Description
This set of multiple lessons and activities uses the book Usha and the Big Digger (Written by Amitha Jagannath Knight and illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat) to address multiple standards across units in math and social studies.
SOCIAL STUDIES & LITERACY
- Teach critical literacy by examining perspectives that are and are not included in a short documentary on constellations
- Teach cultural competency and different perspectives by introducing research on how different cultures view the stars
- Teach comparing and contrasting viewpoints by encouraging students to discuss their interpretations of different constellations
- Teach informational paragraph writing as students engage in cultural research on constellations
ANGLES
- Teach angle types by examining the angles present in various constellations
- Teach protractor use to measure angles in the constellations officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union.
- Teach students to classify angles (right, acute, obtuse) based on their measurements
- Teach students to explore the additive property of adjacent angles by looking at the multiple angles created from stars in a constellation (ex. adding angle ABC and CBD to form angle ABC).
WORD PROBLEMS & FRACTIONS
- Teach solving word problems involving multiplication and division of fractions using line segments in constellations
- Teach explaining fractions to others in open-ended word problems
GRAPHING
- Teach graphing points on a coordinate plane to create constellations
- Teach comparing graphed creations to provided constellations, allowing students to apply their understanding of graphing and comparison between images
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Highlights
Digital downloads
Grades
4th - 8th
Standards
CCSS4.MD.A.2
CCSS4.MD.C.5
CCSS4.MD.C.5a
Answer Key
Not Included
Teaching Duration
1 month
Description
This set of multiple lessons and activities uses the book Usha and the Big Digger (Written by Amitha Jagannath Knight and illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat) to address multiple standards across units in math and social studies.
SOCIAL STUDIES & LITERACY
- Teach critical literacy by examining perspectives that are and are not included in a short documentary on constellations
- Teach cultural competency and different perspectives by introducing research on how different cultures view the stars
- Teach comparing and contrasting viewpoints by encouraging students to discuss their interpretations of different constellations
- Teach informational paragraph writing as students engage in cultural research on constellations
ANGLES
- Teach angle types by examining the angles present in various constellations
- Teach protractor use to measure angles in the constellations officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union.
- Teach students to classify angles (right, acute, obtuse) based on their measurements
- Teach students to explore the additive property of adjacent angles by looking at the multiple angles created from stars in a constellation (ex. adding angle ABC and CBD to form angle ABC).
WORD PROBLEMS & FRACTIONS
- Teach solving word problems involving multiplication and division of fractions using line segments in constellations
- Teach explaining fractions to others in open-ended word problems
GRAPHING
- Teach graphing points on a coordinate plane to create constellations
- Teach comparing graphed creations to provided constellations, allowing students to apply their understanding of graphing and comparison between images
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Standards
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CCSS4.MD.A.2
Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.
CCSS4.MD.C.5
Recognize angles as geometric shapes that are formed wherever two rays share a common endpoint, and understand concepts of angle measurement:
CCSS4.MD.C.5a
An angle is measured with reference to a circle with its center at the common endpoint of the rays, by considering the fraction of the circular arc between the points where the two rays intersect the circle. An angle that turns through 1/360 of a circle is called a “one-degree angle,” and can be used to measure angles.
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