Connecting Literature with the California Science Standards Strategic Science Teaching Kindergarten – Physical Science 1 SST K/Physical Science

A model lesson for each grade level: Literature selection Science Standards Literacy Strategy Science Investigation 2 SST K/Physical Science

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Browse The Elements of SST Lessons Standards Alignment Lesson at a Glance Teacher Background and Resources Materials, Vocabulary, and Advanced Preparation Teacher Tips Common Misconceptions Explicit script for delivering the lesson through the 5E instructional model Teacher Reflection Teacher and Student pages SST K/Physical Science 4

The 5E Model of Instruction 5 SST K/Physical Science

My Five Senses by Aliki What Does Matter Look Like? Essential Question: What can we observe about matter? Student Outcomes: Students learn how to use their five senses to observe and describe matter. Students observe, compare, and describe objects. Students gain an understanding of vocabulary associated with the five senses from My Five Senses and generate words for a “Concept Wheel”. (Concept Wheel) 6 SST K/Physical Science

Learning Strategy: Guided Reading Students group words according to the sense that they use to describe objects about which they read in My Five Senses. They then use the words to describe other nearby objects. They brainstorm, use prior knowledge, and use visual displays to connect the printed word, pictures and concepts. 7 SST K/Physical Science

Modeling the Literacy Strategy “Now that we have read My Five Senses, who can name one of the senses for us to chart on our wheel?” 8 SST K/Physical Science

Modeling the Literacy Strategy What pictures in the book go with the word See? Hear? Please explain your answer. How do our five senses help us describe the properties of matter? 9 SST K/Physical Science

Concept Wheel (it takes practice!) The Concept Wheel builds on students’ background knowledge and visually displays the connection between prior conceptual knowledge and new vocabulary. Whole class generation of the Concept Wheel leads to individual record-keeping of new vocabulary by writing or illustrating. 10 SST K/Physical Science

Look at an object (a ball for example) and take turns modeling how to describe the “matter” using complete sentences. The 5E Learning Cycle Engage 11 SST K/Physical Science

Explore Look around the room and collect objects – samples of samples. With a partner at your table, share an observation about your matter. Observing Matter: My matter looks round and has no edges. My matter smells like plastic. My rubber feels soft and squishy. 12 SST K/Physical Science

Explain On the 5-coulumn Senses Chart record the properties of the matter. Require that the description be in a full sentence and that the sense used be named. Encourage the sentence frame “My matter looks ____”, “My matter feels _____”, to produce one word per sample and eventually written observations. 13 SST K/Physical Science

Evaluate Introduce the My Matter Book project that students will complete. Show a sample book and how each sense will have one page about their an object they select from a collection of objects. Ask students which senses they can use to describe a selected object. 14 SST K/Physical Science

Elaborate Play the “What’s My Matter?” game. Provide “black boxes” with unknown objects inside that students use their sense of touch to describe, then compare with seeing the object. 15 SST K/Physical Science

Teacher Reflection How does the student work provide evidence of student understanding that matter has properties that can be described using the five senses? What instructional strategies were used in this lesson promote student understanding? How do you know? How does the literature selection support student understanding of the science concepts? How would you modify instruction to ensure understanding of outcomes by all students? 16 SST K/Physical Science

Your presenter will provide local contact information or you may contact your County Office of Education Science Specialist for more information. The bibliography is located in the publication: Strategic Science Teaching Grades K-12: A Sampler of Science Lessons Connecting Literature with California Standards, 2002, CISC, Science Subcommittee Strategic Science Teaching Provided by CISC-Science Sub-Committee 17 SST K/Physical Science