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Do
Not Open Until May 2000!
Designed
by: Marian Davis, Meadowfield Elementary
GRADE
LEVEL: Kindergarten SUBJECT:
Math
CORE
CURRICULUM OBJECTIVE(S):
Collect data (such as estimating, counting, and
tallying, measuring, and/or other activities).
(KSP1-1)
Formulate
questions based on data.
(KSP1-2
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Organize,
record, and communicate data (such as bar graph,
picture graph, etc.). (KSP1-3)
Read
and interpret data to make comparisons and answer
questions.
(KSP1-4)
2) OVERVIEW:
>Students
will collect, organize, and record data about
themselves and the class. They will include
this data in a time capsule that they will open at
the end of the year.
They will make comparisons using new data
and the data from the time capsule at the end of
the year when it is opened.
3)
FOCUS/ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How
can you collect data?
How
can you formulate questions based on data?
How
can you organize data?
How
can you make comparisons and answer questions
using data?
4)
TIME FRAME: One 45 minute class period
at the beginning of the year.
One 45 minute class period at the end of
the year.
5)
RESOURCES/MATERIALS:
A
box or other container
Large graph paper
Camera/Film
Paper
Photograph
of each student
My Favorite Things survey sheet
6)
CULMINATING
ASSESSMENT:
Teacher
observation/students' ability to collect data by
completing a survey, formulating questions based
on this data, recording data on a bar graph, and
making comparisons and answering questions about
the graph.
Do
Not Open Until May 2000!-Rubric
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Data
has been collected correctly
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2
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All
data needed and additional information has
been collected.
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1
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All
data needed has been collected.
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0
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Additional
data needs to be collected.
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Graph
is filled in correctly
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2
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Graph
is filled in and is correct.
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1
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Graph
is partially filled in and/or partially
correct.
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0
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Graph
has not been filled in.
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Student
can formulate guided questions about the
graph
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2
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Student
asks guided questions.
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1
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Student
has difficulty asking questions.
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0
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Student
cannot formulate questions.
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Student
can answer guided questions about the graph
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2
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Student
can answer guided questions and voluntarily
provides additional information.
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1
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Student
answers the necessary guided questions.
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0
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Student
cannot answer the guided questions.
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7)
INSTRUCTIONAL
ACTIVITIES:
1.
Tell
students that they are going to make a class time
capsule.
Ask if they know what a time capsule is.
Brainstorm with students the kinds of
things to include in a time capsule.
2.
Give each student a sheet of paper and ask
them to draw
a picture to tell about themselves.
Help them to
include information about themselves that may
change,
such as their weight, height, or how many teeth
they may
have lost.
When they have completed this information,
students can place their sheets in the time
capsule.
3.
Distribute
copies of
the My
Favorite Things survey.
Read it aloud to students and
help them record the information needed.
4.
Explain
to students that they will complete the survey.
Again at the end of the year.
(Do not put the surveys in the time capsule
yet).
5.
Divide
the class into four groups.
Have each group use
the data on the My
Favorite Things survey forms to make a graph.
(Each group will use just on of the topics
on the survey).
6.
Allow a
few days for students to collect or create other
things that they want to
include in the time capsule.
7.
With
the students, seal the time capsule and choose a
date near the end of the year
to open it.
8.
Just
before the time to open the time capsule, have the
students complete the My
Favorite Things survey again.
9.
Have
groups make new graphs using the new data.
10.
Ask students to look at their completed surveys
and
graphs to compare how they have changed as
individuals
and as a group.
11.
Have students draw new pictures of
themselves.
Take
photographs, also, for comparison.
*Sample guided questions:
·
Which
was the favorite color of your group?
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Which
color was the least favorite?
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Has
your favorite TV show changed?
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Look at
your photograph. Do you look different now?
If so, how are you different?
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Look
at your handwriting sample. Has it
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