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Lesson
Title
&
Big
Idea*:
Make
your
own
Snowflake
Grade
Level*:3
Lesson
Overview/Summary*:
Class
Periods
Required:
Literacy,
Science
and
Art
and
(please
circle)
Talking
about
weather
and
the
temperature
during
the
winter,
like
how
cold
it
needs
to
be
to
snow.
Then
talk
about
how
every
snowflake
is
unique
and
each
kid
cuts
out
their
own
snowflake.
They
should
use
symmetry
to
help
them
know
what
1
2
3
shapes
are
going
to
be
cut
out
of
the
snowflake.
At
the
end
have
the
students
write
in
their
journals
about
what
they
have
learned
from
this
lesson.
Key
Concepts
(3-4):
What
you
want
the
students
to
know.*
Essential
Questions
(3-4)*:
1. Visual
Art:
Making
a
snowflake
out
of
construction
paper.
What
is
the
weather
like
in
the
winter?
Use
scissors
to
cut
different
creative
shapes
What
temperature
does
it
have
to
be
outside
for
water
or
a
liquid
to
freeze
2. Science:
Learn
what
the
weather
is
like
in
the
winter.
(make
snow)?
Learn
the
temperature
it
has
to
be
to
snow
or
make
something
Are
any
snowflakes
the
same?
freeze.
What
kinds
of
shapes
can
you
cut
out
on
a
snowflake?
Learn
the
uniqueness
of
snowflakes
3.
Literacy:
The
students
should
be
able
to
write
about
what
they
have
learned
about
snow
and
the
weather.
Lesson
Objectives:
(Excellent
resource
at
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/curriculum-planning/new-teacher/48345.html?for_printing=1&detoured=1):
What
you
want
the
students
to
do.
*
1.
Visual
Art:
The
students
will
be
able
to
identify
what
types
of
shapes
can
be
cut
when
paper
is
folded
by
using
symmetry.
2.
Literacy:
The
students
should
be
able
to
write
about
what
they
have
learned
in
the
lesson
and
but
it
into
writing.
3:
Science
The
students
will
be
able
to
identify
the
different
types
of
weather
in
the
winter.
They
will
be
able
to
discuss
what
is
unique
about
each
snowflake.
They
will
be
able
to
identify
the
temperature
it
has
to
be
to
make
water
freeze
outside
so
it
can
snow.
Grade
Level
Expectations
(GLEs)
(3-4)
(http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLE/)
Identify
&
define
common
vocabulary
that
connect
the
art
form
with
the
1. Visual
Art:
Fold
paper
and
identify
folded
edge.
other
identified
content
areas:
Manipulate
paper
to
create
low
relief
(curling,
folding,
tearing,
Freeze:
to
become
hardened
into
ice
or
into
a
solid
body;
change
from
the
cutting)
liquid
to
the
solid
state
by
loss
of
heat
Cut
a
symmetrical
shape
from
a
folded
piece
of
paper
Symmetry:
the
correspondence
in
size,
form,
and
arrangement
of
parts
on
2. Literacy:
Contribute
to
the
construction
and
exchange
of
ideas
opposite
sides
of
a
plan,
line,
or
point;
regularity
of
form
or
arrangement
in
through
independent,
cooperative
and/or
collaborative
work.
terms
of
like
reciprocal,
or
corresponding
parts.
Follow
an
inquiry
process
to:
Temperature:
a
measure
of
the
warmth
or
coldness
of
an
object
or
a. Identify
an
information
need
substance
with
reference
to
some
standard
value.
Closure
(Reflecting
Anticipatory
Set):
Have
the
students
get
out
their
journals
and
list
the
things
they
have
learned.
Summative
Assessment
strategy*:
Have
the
students
do
a
worksheet
about
weather
and
temperature
about
the
winter.
http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/arts_education/publications/special_publications/Defining%20Arts%20Integration.pdf