ST Mastery 35%

Strategies Planned
Demonstration (of word choice and illustration details)
Hands-on experience (to hold animal homes, measure with a ruler, experiment to see
the properties of solids and liquids, and write using descriptive words)
Direct instructions (about measurement, animal shelters, and word choice)
Categorizing (items as solids or liquids)

Competition (in determining if substances could go through straws)

Multiple Intelligences fostered
Body/Kinesthetic Experimenting with liquids and solids; holding animal homes;
measuring real items
Verbal Linguistic - Discussing word choice
Naturalistic Holding and looking at actual animal shelters and natural materials
animals use

SF Interpersonal 35%
Strategies Planned
Group experiences and working with others (to experiment with liquids and gasses)
Chances to share ideas with other students and present ideas to the class (when sharing
sentences)

Playing games with a partner to enforce reading words

Multiple Intelligences fostered
Musical/Rhythmic music playing during writing
Interpersonal working in groups, sharing ideas with classmates

NI - Understanding 20%
Strategies Planned
Relating and connecting different ideas in solids and liquids, and in hypothesizing
which animals would use which materials for their homes
Gaining information through direct instruction and questions the teacher poses to them.
Chances to work independently in writing, in hypothesizing, and in measuring.
Comparing and contrasting solids and liquids.
Multiple Intelligences fostered
Intrapersonal Journal activity writing about what makes them laugh
Verbal/Linguistic Sharing sentences with class and explaining why solids and liquids
are solids and liquids.

Logical/Mathematical - Discussing the differences between solids and liquids.

NF Self-expressive 10%
Strategies Planned
Discussion and chance to ask questions during instruction
Discovery learning (in finding the properties of solids and liquids)
Creating hypotheses (in each science lesson)

Writing about personal experiences, using any descriptive language

Multiple Intelligences fostered
Logical/Mathematical creating hypotheses and conducting experiments
Visual/Spatial writing descriptive sentences