Format
1. Welcome in map! We look at what types of reptiles live in your area!
2. Students enjoy Val's funny fiction story "How Rattlesnake Got His Rattle." We introduce sign language related to snakes!
3. Students draw their own rattlesnake on an envelope, and drop in paperclips for the rattle.
4. Miss Liz the Science Wiz jumps in with non-fiction and explores turtles, and Komodo dragons with your students.
5. We focus on the facts that reptiles are cold-blooded, lay eggs, have scales (scutes) and can be both a predator or prey.
5. Students engage with the science method vocabulary words: question, predict, observe, experiment, conclude, scales, predator, prey, and molt.
6. Students become snakes and crawl under a towel to shed their skin without using their hands!
7. We review all our cool reptile facts, the story and our sign language.
9. Call To Action: Go home and tell our Rattlesnake Story! Then show your family how to molt.
10. Tell your family some cool reptile science facts about turtles and Komodo dragons.
Objectives
Students engage in hands-on science to learn the main characteristics of reptiles.
In the process, they
1. learn basic reptile facts - scaly skin, soft eggshells, cold-blooded
2. be able to teach our sign language to a friend or family member
3. engage with the Scientific Method and use the vocabulary of Materials, Question, Predict, Experiment, Observe, Conclude.
4. conduct their own ecdysis or molting experiment
5. use problem solving skills to free themselves from their temporary skin
6. be able to explain why reptiles molt
7. compare number of eggs in a clutch
8. develop an appreciation for reptiles and their role in our environment
9. understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction
10. create their own rattlesnake puppet
11. retell the rattlesnake fiction story using sequential steps in the story
12. explain the science of cold-blooded
13. discuss the difference between predator and prey. Explain how a turtle, snake or Komodo dragon can be both predator and prey
Standards Alignment
National Standards
Please let Valerie know if you have specific standards that you would like her to cover.
Standards Covered in this Program:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1 to .4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1 to .7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.1 to .3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.1 to .6
Art:
NA-D.K-4.1
NA-D.K.-4.3
NA-T.K-4.2
NA-VA.K-4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.6
K-PS2-1, PS2.A, PS2.B. PS3.C
Science:
K-ESS2 - 2.2
K-LS1 - 1
LS1.C
ESS2.E
Math
KMD.A.2
1MD.A.2
2MD.A.2
K.OA.A.1
1.OA.A.1
2.OA.A.1
3.OA.A.1
State Standards
Valerie is happy to identify these if you like!