Lesson Stage 4, 5
Materials
- Who Is Neil Armstrong? By: Roberta Edwards
- A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky: The Story of the Stars, Planets, and Constellations--and How You Can
Find Them in the Sky By: Michael Driscoll
- Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer By: Montrew Dunham
- Neil Armstrong By: Dana Meachen Rau
- One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong By: Don Brown
- Sterling Biographies: Neil Armstrong: One Giant Leap for Mankind By: Tara Dixon-Engel
- Timeline
- Construction paper
- Markers
- Glue
Technology Resources:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCt1BwWE2gA
Sunshine State Standards
SS.5.A.1.2:Utilize timelines to identify and discuss American History time periods.
LA.5.1.6.2:The student will listen to, read, and discuss familiar and conceptually challenging text.
Instructional Objectives
Social Studies Content Objective: After the lesson on Neil Armstrong, the student will be able to create a timeline with his accomplishments that he achieved in outer space.
Language Objective: As a whole class, students will create a timeline based on Neil Armstrong’s life.
Hook /Anticipatory Set
To start this lesson, I would ask students does anyone like to go stargazing. Has anyone ever looked at stars or planets in a telescope? I would start a discussion on outer space and then read a few stories from the book A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky. After reading some stories from the book, I will tell them we are now going to talk about a famous person who has been to the moon and outer space. Today we will be talking about Neil Armstrong.
Procedures
To get started on learning about Neil Armstrong, the students will be broken up into groups and each group will receive a different book about Neil Armstrong. Each student within the group will also have a job to complete while reading about Neil Armstrong. One student will be the reader and read a chapter to his/her group. Another student will be the writer. He/she will write down any important information they learned about Neil Armstrong. The next student will go to the teacher and learn how to create a timeline. The last student will be the manager. He/she will listen to the story, keep time, and tell the groups when it is time to switch.
moon.
4. After watching thevideo, the students will work together to complete the First word worksheet. The teacher will leave
up facts and the books will be available for the students to use to complete this activity.
Type of assessment
Students will complete the first word activity.
Students will also complete the class timeline.
Grading system
6-7 = Excellent 4-5 = Satisfactory 3 or less = Needs Improvement
Closure
At the end of the lesson, the student will all help to hang up the timeline created by the whole class. Once the timeline is hung, the students will take a few minutes to turn to a buddy and discuss some of the interesting facts they learned about today. The students will turn in their worksheets.
Real life connection
The students can make real life connects with this lesson, because they can look up to the sky and see stars & the moon every night. They can see that even though the moon looks quite close, it is actually very far away.
- Who Is Neil Armstrong? By: Roberta Edwards
- A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky: The Story of the Stars, Planets, and Constellations--and How You Can
Find Them in the Sky By: Michael Driscoll
- Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer By: Montrew Dunham
- Neil Armstrong By: Dana Meachen Rau
- One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong By: Don Brown
- Sterling Biographies: Neil Armstrong: One Giant Leap for Mankind By: Tara Dixon-Engel
- Timeline
- Construction paper
- Markers
- Glue
Technology Resources:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCt1BwWE2gA
Sunshine State Standards
SS.5.A.1.2:Utilize timelines to identify and discuss American History time periods.
LA.5.1.6.2:The student will listen to, read, and discuss familiar and conceptually challenging text.
Instructional Objectives
Social Studies Content Objective: After the lesson on Neil Armstrong, the student will be able to create a timeline with his accomplishments that he achieved in outer space.
Language Objective: As a whole class, students will create a timeline based on Neil Armstrong’s life.
Hook /Anticipatory Set
To start this lesson, I would ask students does anyone like to go stargazing. Has anyone ever looked at stars or planets in a telescope? I would start a discussion on outer space and then read a few stories from the book A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky. After reading some stories from the book, I will tell them we are now going to talk about a famous person who has been to the moon and outer space. Today we will be talking about Neil Armstrong.
Procedures
To get started on learning about Neil Armstrong, the students will be broken up into groups and each group will receive a different book about Neil Armstrong. Each student within the group will also have a job to complete while reading about Neil Armstrong. One student will be the reader and read a chapter to his/her group. Another student will be the writer. He/she will write down any important information they learned about Neil Armstrong. The next student will go to the teacher and learn how to create a timeline. The last student will be the manager. He/she will listen to the story, keep time, and tell the groups when it is time to switch.
- Once each student has had time to be each one of the jobs,all the students will go back to their seat and discuss some of their important facts that they wrote down. The teacher will write the facts on the board to get the students ready for the next task.
- Aftercollecting a bunch of facts about Neil Armstrong, the class will work together to create a huge timeline about Neil Armstrong. The groups of students will each come up and work on a section of the timeline. Some students will draw the main line. Some will write dates and facts that happened in Neil Armstrong’s life. Some will draw pictures to go with timeline. Everyone will work on the timeline.
moon.
4. After watching thevideo, the students will work together to complete the First word worksheet. The teacher will leave
up facts and the books will be available for the students to use to complete this activity.
Type of assessment
Students will complete the first word activity.
Students will also complete the class timeline.
Grading system
6-7 = Excellent 4-5 = Satisfactory 3 or less = Needs Improvement
Closure
At the end of the lesson, the student will all help to hang up the timeline created by the whole class. Once the timeline is hung, the students will take a few minutes to turn to a buddy and discuss some of the interesting facts they learned about today. The students will turn in their worksheets.
Real life connection
The students can make real life connects with this lesson, because they can look up to the sky and see stars & the moon every night. They can see that even though the moon looks quite close, it is actually very far away.