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Jason Fiscina
Course: EDU 537
Grade: 3 Grade
Studies
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Topic: Space

Dr. Mason
Date: June 16, 2015
Content Area: Social

Lesson Objective:
After a lesson on space students will demonstrate their understanding of the importance of
events that happen near and distant by constructing a timeline of 4 major events related to
space over a 40 year period.
NYS Standards and Indicators
New York State Standard Social Studies Grade 3 Social Studies 2.2.2
2.2.2. Students develop timelines that display important events and eras from world
history.
Indicator:

This will be evident when students construct timelines of 4 major events that
happened in space over the past 50 years
New York State Standard Social Studies Grade 3 Social Studies 2.2.4
2.2.4 Students compare important events and accomplishments from different time periods
in world history.
Indicator:

This will be evident when students when students compare the significance of
each event to its time period.
New York State Standard Social Studies Grade 3 Social Studies 2.3.2
2.3.2 Students gather and present information about important developments from world
history.
Indicator:

This will be evident when students rotate between 4 stations gathering

information on major events in space.

This will be evident when students present the importance of an individual

event to word history.
English Language Arts (CCLS) Speaking and Listening (SL.3.4):
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and
relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Indicator:
This will be evident when the student present their findings on a particular event in
space, explaining not only the space event but the time period it took place in and its
importance to world history.
New York State Art Standard 3
Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual
work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.
Indicator:

This will be relevant when students listen to clips from particular time periods based
on major events in space.
Motivation

Teacher will gage student interest by first playing the songs from the same time-period of
the 4 major events that will be discussed. Elvis Presleys All Shook Up (1957), Archiess
Sugar, Sugar (1969), Michael Jacksons Billie Jean (1983) and Ushers Yeah (2004)
will be played in a short clip of 30 seconds. While the clip is playing the year that each song
was written in will appear on the board. During the 30 second listen students will take
prior knowledge from space and other world events and will write down a few thoughts of
what they felt was important during that time period. Students will be given an
opportunity briefly to share their thoughts with a partner in a quick think pair share.
Materials
Notebooks/IPad (to take notes)
4 bulletin board sheets (one for each group)
Markers
Crayons
Scholastic blurbs of 4 major events
SmartBoard
Wall Space (To hang up bulletin board sheets)
Tape
Pens
Timer
Space timeline worksheet
Learning Strategies
Teacher Demonstration: This will be evident when the teacher models the role of each
person in the group (recorder, researcher, artist, and presenter)
Cooperative Learning groups: This will be evident when the students work together in
groups of 3-5 students to prepare presentation on space event to class.
Presentation: This will be evident when the student groups present individual space events
to the class.
Group Discussion: This will be evident when the whole class participates in a discussion
about each event and its significance to only space but world history.
Adaptations
Christopher:
o The student with a significant grapho-motor disability will use a voice-to-text
application and/or iPad usage for writing assignments.
o The student will be provided with a list of specific keywords pertinent to the
activity and unit ahead of time. This can be used during the activity.
Wo Lin:
o The student will be provided with a rubber grip for the writing utensil.
o The student will be provided with a list of vocabulary words, their English
translation and visual aids that are pertinent to the activity and unit ahead of
time. This can be used during the activity.
o The student will be provided with an iPad for writing assignments, but has
the option to use a voice-to-text application.
Herbie:

o The student with a significant grapho-motor disability will use a voice-to-text

application and/or iPad usage for writing assignments.
o The student will be given a list of vocabulary words and their definitions
pertinent to the activity and unit ahead of time. This can be used during the
activity.
Differentiation of Instruction
Tier 1: Students will be given a list of key terms along with their pictures the night before
on flash cards. They will be given the flash-cards to class to help in their group work on
space event.
Tier 2: Students will be given a list of key terms without picture, just definitions of each
term. They will bring these flash-cards to help interpret information from group discovery
of individual space events.
Tier 3: Students will be given a list of specific terms the night before. The students will
look up each key term and bring those definitions to class the next day. These terms will
help during group discovery on individual space events.
Developmental Procedures
Students will listen to a 30 second clip of Elvis Presleys All Shook Up (1957).
(Students write down thoughts or prior knowledge of 1950s. They then share those
thoughts with a partner. Think, Pair, Share)
Students will listen to a 30 second clip of Archiess Sugar, Sugar (1969). (Students
write down thoughts or prior knowledge of 1960s. They then share those thoughts
with a partner. Think, Pair Share)
Students will listen to a 30 second clip of Michael Jacksons Billie Jean (1983).
(Students write down thoughts or prior knowledge of 1980s. They then share those
thoughts with a partner. Think, Pair, Share)
Student will listen to a 30 second clip of Ushers Yeah (2004).
(Students will write down thoughts or prior knowledge of 2000s. They then share
those thoughts with a partner. Think, Pair, Share)
Teacher will go over each role (recorder, researcher, artist and presenter).
(The recorder will write down facts from space event blurb. The researcher will read
the blurb and highlight key information on event. The artist will create picture of
event on large bulletin board paper. The Presenter will share bulletin board sheet to
class.)
Students split up into four groups of minimum 4 students (if more students than 4
duplicate jobs)
(Assign roles to each student. Make sure all groups understand task and each student
has a role)
Set timer for 20 minutes and tell students begin their research on each individual
space event.
(1957 group First Satellite To Orbit Earth, 1969 group First Moon Landing, 1983
group First American Woman in Space and 2004 First Spacecraft to orbit Saturn).
After the 20 minutes are up students return to their seats and get settled in to listen
to presentations on each space event.
As each of the four groups presents the individual space events, students take down
notes based on each presentation.

Students then complete a timeline based on the four events each group presented.
After students complete the timeline, led by teacher questioning students participate
in a group discussion reviewing their opinion of the lesson.
(What did you like? What did you dislike? What would you change?)
Assessment

Students will construct a four event timeline in correct chronological order for the following
major space event, First Satellite To Orbit Earth (1957), First Moon Landing (1969), First
American Woman in Space (1983) and First Spacecraft to Orbit Saturn (2004).
Independent Practice
After students construct their time-lines, students will pick two of the four space events and write
down 2-4 sentences that describe the importance of each event to space history.
Follow-up: Direct Teacher Intervention and Academic Enrichment
Direct Teacher Intervention:
The teacher will work independently with the student who had difficulty completing the
lesson. The teacher and student will go over each event together, so that the student can
receive a thorough understanding of the purpose of each event..
The teacher will also use pictures clips of each event to provide the student with a visual
to help aid acquisition of event time period..
The teacher and student will complete a review each of the 4 major space events together.
Academic Enrichment:
The student will research 4 additional space events
The student will present their findings and information to the class the following day.

References
NASA Challenging the Space Frontier. (2015)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/mission.htm