Standards:

Science:
1-ESS1-1.

Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

1-ESS1-2.

Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.

Math:
Tell and write time.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.B.3

Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Represent and interpret data.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.C.4

Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the
total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category
than in another.

Assessments:
PRE-True False Survey with Questions about the sun, moon, and earth and their relationships.
POST-Short answer with simple questions about the sun, earth, moon and their relationships.
Ongoing- Matching the appropriate time with sunrise, sunset, and noon
PRE-Matching activity with digital and analog clocks on hour/half hour
POST-Telling the time hour/half hour on analog clocks fill in the blank

Books:
Sun up, Sun Down by Gail Gibbons- Sun Up, Sun Down is a student friendly book that introduces
children to the sun, shadows, earths rotation, the water cycle and how rainbows are made. It is in the
format of a little girls day and is relatable to students that are wondering and studying the sun.
The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons- The Moon Book focuses on the phases of the moon, its orbit and
eclipses. The book includes cultural and historical information about the moon and is engaging for
students that are learning about the moon.
The Reasons for Seasons by Gail Gibbons- The Reasons for the Seasons gives information on how the
seasons happen based off of the rotations and revolution of the sun and earth. There is a focus on how the
cycle of day and night changes and what happens to animals and plants in different season.
I chose these books for science because Gail Gibbons has a way of simply explaining difficult scientific
concepts to children. Her language is easy to read and focusing on one author can even lead us to
studying her for reading. The illustrations are simple and the content is relatable. I think that students can
really access the facts given in these books and they will also be able to read them on their own once
introduced to tough vocabulary. The books also give information about culture and history related to the
sun, moon and earth.
I.Q. Its Time by Mary Ann Frazer -A little mouse named 'I.Q.' and his kid classmates have to get
everything ready for Parents Night, and their class is learning about time that day. They learn about all
kinds of timekeepers (analog, digital, stopwatch...), about the minute hand and hour hand, about how to
read the face of a clock. This is a fun story to share with students to use their knowledge about time and
timekeepers.
How Do You Know What Time Is It? By Robert Wells- an age- appropriate depiction of the history of
measuring time--from simply observing the movement of the sun to using shadow stick clocks to our
modern atomic and quartz clocks. The book also covers time zones, meridians, and more
Me Counting Time: From Seconds to Centuries by Joan Sweeney- This book covers all the different
measurements related to time. It goes form a second all the way to a millennium to gives your students an
introduction into the many different ways to talk about time. It is also good to show them how those
measurements are used in everyday life.
For the math part of my Unit I focused on these books about time. I thought it would be important for
students to understand the history of time telling. Since it was something that changed over time its
important to see how its grown and to learn about how time changes depending on where you are in the
world. Since we are also going to focus on the concept of time Me Counting Time will help students to
understand the difference between one second to a millennium. IQ Its Time will put learning about time
into context for children as students and its a fun way to engage them about the objects we use to keep
time.

Music:
What Time is it? Busy Beavers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eGkW3JnthI
Earth and Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM01YJF8xT4
Technology
Clockworks
Help Max and Molly fix the tower clocks by telling the time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/telling_the_time/play/popup.shtml
The Earth and Beyond
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/earthandbeyond/soonmoonearth/
Dramatic Play
For dramatic play students will have access to Lab coats, timers, clocks, thermometers, and any other
devices to check on the weather. They will have tags that say astronomer, meteorologist, and astrologer.
There will also be props that change the weather and the students will have an area to give weather
reports like they were on the news. I would introduce doing weather reports as part of a classroom study
of the everyday weather.

Science Center:
Medium size Globe with a small figurine attached to Washington, DC. Students will use a flashlight to
represent the sun as the earth makes its rotation. Students will experiment with what the figurine in DC
sees as the earth rotates. Students can draw what they imagine the figurine will see as the light moves
around the earth.

Math Center:
Gear clocks will be available for students to display their favorite time of day. They will then match that
analog time with a digital time flashcard. Students will then draw and describe why that time is their
favorite time. Exploring the clocks and how they work will take up a majority of the time.
Math Pack:
To help support the learning of time families can grab these materials to use with their child.

Kitchen timer or stopwatch to time how long activities take. Children can time themselves
brushing their teeth, doing their homework, getting dressed in the morning.
Families can also make a salt/sand timer with their children to have their own timing device.
Instructions to make a timer can be found here
http://www.education.com/activity/article/Sand_Clocks/
To continue with the exploration or number sense and counting tens, families can gather Dixie
cups and pennies. Each cup will hold ten pennies becoming ten, students can count by tens or
stack tens.
Pencils and a paperclip make a spinner, on a scrap piece of paper you can write time, numbers or
anything and turn it into an adding game or time writing game.