Unit 4 Cycle Component 4
Cycle Component 4: Expanding Contexts and Applying Learning
Context
When addressing the Component 4 requirement, I considered a class of third graders who are reading approximately one grade level below their same age peers. This reading group consists of three English Learners and three struggling readers who receive Title 1 reading services. The students participate in an alternative reading program, eighty minutes daily.
Identify a List of Target Terms for Big Idea invention, patent, applications, timeline, electricity, inspiration, creative, imagination,
The Big Idea: Actions for Expanding and Applying Learning
Web Organizer: Students will choose several inventions they feel are the most important to humankind and provide two or …show more content…
I am going to select the invention of the light bulb. Who invented the light bulb?
Students’ response: Thomas Edison
Teacher: I am going to write Thomas Edison’s name on the web organizer. Name one important fact about how the invention impacted humankind?
Students: The light bulb provided a safer way to light homes.
Teacher: Continue to choose several more inventions and complete the remainder of the web. You may reference the touchstone text or other text to find your information.
Sequence-Invention
The teacher will demonstrate using a sequence flowchart to demonstrate the order the inventor’s followed to create an invention. The students will create their own sequence organizer by imagining they are inventors and consider the following steps the inventor followed to be successful. For example:
Pet Hair Picker Upper
Coming up with an Idea: Identify a problem worth solving
My dog sheds a lot hair and I want a convenient way to pick up the dog hair without using the vacuum.
Build Your Idea: sketch your idea, build a prototype
Teacher will draw a picture of the Pet Hair Picker Upper (roller with tape and a broom
Context
When addressing the Component 4 requirement, I considered a class of third graders who are reading approximately one grade level below their same age peers. This reading group consists of three English Learners and three struggling readers who receive Title 1 reading services. The students participate in an alternative reading program, eighty minutes daily.
Identify a List of Target Terms for Big Idea invention, patent, applications, timeline, electricity, inspiration, creative, imagination,
The Big Idea: Actions for Expanding and Applying Learning
Web Organizer: Students will choose several inventions they feel are the most important to humankind and provide two or …show more content…
I am going to select the invention of the light bulb. Who invented the light bulb?
Students’ response: Thomas Edison
Teacher: I am going to write Thomas Edison’s name on the web organizer. Name one important fact about how the invention impacted humankind?
Students: The light bulb provided a safer way to light homes.
Teacher: Continue to choose several more inventions and complete the remainder of the web. You may reference the touchstone text or other text to find your information.
Sequence-Invention
The teacher will demonstrate using a sequence flowchart to demonstrate the order the inventor’s followed to create an invention. The students will create their own sequence organizer by imagining they are inventors and consider the following steps the inventor followed to be successful. For example:
Pet Hair Picker Upper
Coming up with an Idea: Identify a problem worth solving
My dog sheds a lot hair and I want a convenient way to pick up the dog hair without using the vacuum.
Build Your Idea: sketch your idea, build a prototype
Teacher will draw a picture of the Pet Hair Picker Upper (roller with tape and a broom