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Birds of a Feather (3-5) Storyline
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Birds of a Feather (3-5)
Overview
This sequence of instruction was developed to help elementary teachers who were working remotely. We developed a short storyline that ties together a few sessions to help explore a specific concept. We tried to include some activities that honored and included the student’s family and experience, and some that included the potential for ELA learning goals.
Students make observations of the behaviors while watching short videos of Bald Eagles and Hummingbirds. They then make observations of birds in their own neighborhood or school grounds. They use these observations to explore th knees of these organisms and behaviors used to meet these needs.
It is part of Clime Time - a collaboration among all nine Educational Service Districts (ESDs) in Washington and many Community Partners to provide programs for science teacher training around Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and climate science, thanks to grant money made available to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) by Governor Inslee.
Overview
This sequence of instruction was developed to help elementary teachers who are working remotely. We developed a short storyline that ties together a few sessions to help explore a specific concept. We tried to include some activities that honored and included the student’s family and experience, and some that included the potential for ELA learning goals.
"Birds of a Feather" is designed around students making observations of birds near their home or school to answer the question: "How do birds get what they need from our local environment?"
It is part of Clime Time - a collaboration among all nine Educational Service Districts (ESDs) in Washington and many Community Partners to provide programs for science teacher training around Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and climate science, thanks to grant money made available to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) by Governor Inslee.
Storyline
( pdf version: https://bit.ly/37M07sa )
The unit of instruction is centered on answering the questions:
How do birds get what they need from our local environment?
- Growing Elementary Science Distance Learning Storyline –
How do different kinds of birds get what they need from our local environment?
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| Asking Questions & Defining ProblemsIntroduce Phenomena or Problem | Carrying Out an InvestigationInvestigation | Read, Write, Make SenseInteractive read aloud to introduce ideas -model ideas to organize thinking and support literacy connections | Putting the Pieces TogetherBring together evidence from activities-synthesize- extending the learning based on student interest |
Engaging Students in Practices | Phenomena launch:Introduce the videos of the two birds, Eagle and Hummingbird. WATCH WITHOUT SOUND!Watch Bald Eagle: https: Notice and Wonder – Jamboard Watch the Hummingbird: Video of the two interacting (optional)
(This link will ask you to save a copy in your own Google sace.)
| Investigate:Family Wondering | Data Analysis:Data is shared The class creates a class data set of the observations collected by the various families. What birds did we predict live near or around our homes? What birds did we actually observe? What parts of the environment did you think provided for the birds needs?
Example Analysis Sheet:
Reading options(CHOICE BOARD, teacher-facing part connects to learning goal; student facing part is about the general content of the article)
Students read an article and then think about the needs of birds surfaced in the reading. They can add these ideas to their initial models using the sentence prompts. Ideas surfaced during data sharing should also be added
Teacher facing Choice Board of NewsELA Options:
(A free NewsELA account is needed to access these articles, which are available at several reading levels) | Putting the Pieces TogetherChoose a bird...go visual...support it with evidence.
Pick a bird species that lives in your community. It can be one you have observed or a bird you know lives in WA State.
Examples: Drawin (Bald Eagle) Jamboard (Hummingbird)
Gallery walk - compare contrast needs of Birds
Assessment: Each student picks a different bird board and write a paragraph explaining how that bird’s need are different than their bird’s needs and how it meets them in different ways. |
Family and Community Connections
| Ask a family member to help you think about the birds that live around your home and community. Make a list of these ideas on the provided Jamboard Discuss what you think these birds need to survive. | Investigation done with Family at home. | Do you know anyone who works outside or spends a lot of time outside? Interview them about the most interesting birds they have seen or the most interesting things they have seen a bird doing. |
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Technology Considerations
| Provide students with links to the videos and Google Jamboard for launching storyline.
| Students collect and share data from their Family Wondering Bird Walk via images (if possible) to a separate Jamboard. | Newsela articles are shared. This can be done for follow-up asynchronous work. |
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Storyline Launch → → → → → → → Investigating → → → → → → → → Sensemaking |
Materials
- Birds of a Feather Storyline: https://bit.ly/37M07sa
- Birds of a Feather Science Standards Alignment: https://bit.ly/2XnDLeI
- Student facing Slide Deck: https://bit.ly/2VSiIAh
- Bald Eagle Video: https://bit.ly/3m238NC
- Hummingbird Video: https://bit.ly/3CL8CCf
- Both Interacting Video: https://bit.ly/3AFSdNI
- Jamboard for Notice and Wonder: https://bit.ly/3g1DbK1
- Model Template (Jamboard) For Bird Needs: https://bit.ly/3AFt1qn
- Family Wondering Birdwalk: https://bit.ly/3jRul2D
- Google Docs Version: https://bit.ly/3jTafVR
- Birdwalk Observations Jamboard: https://bit.ly/3g1DbK1
- Example Birdwalk Observations: https://bit.ly/3iHUiSR
- Example Analysis of Birdwalk: https://bit.ly/3CPmfjP
- NewsELA Reading Options (Teacher Resource): https://bit.ly/3yUlmnA
- Example Bird Board (Eagle) - Hand Drawn: https://bit.ly/3CU2LL5
- Example Bird Board - (Hummingbird) - Jamboard: https://bit.ly/3AH0iS6
Standards Alignment
This document lists the Science standards that are/can be addressed with these materials at the Third, Fourth and Fifth Grade levels.