Activity Based Curriculum - Prototype 3: First Grade – Changes
Animal Changes – From One Stage to Another
Evolution
Sphinx: The Story of a Caterpillar
Amazing World of Butterflies and Moths
Butterfly and Moth
The Butterfly Cycle
Observe caterpillars spin cocoons. Note the changes in daily log.
Talk to a butterfly collector.
Examine butterfly specimens, and classify them by size and color.
Make a butterfly mobile
The Very hungry Caterpillar
Retell the story with hand puppets or on a flannel board
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog
Bullfrog Grows Up
Salamanders
Jump, Frog, Jump!
Frogs
A Frog’s Body
Common Frog
Visit a pond in the spring. Collect tadpoles. Construct a class aquarium and observe changes
Imaginary Changes – From One View to Another
Graham Oakley Magical Changes
Round Trip
Reflections
Changes Changes
Study optical illusions
Mouse Paint
Little Blue and Little Yellow
Experiment with changes in color mixing.
Ridiculous Changes – From One Farce to Another
Fish is Fish
You Look Ridiculous,” said the Rhinoceros to the Hippopotamus
The Mixed Up Chameleon
Write another version of the stories
Paint a picture of an animal you make up.
From Little to Big
How puppies grow
Two Kittens are born: From Birth to Two Months
Watching Them Grow: Inside a Zoo Nursery
Let me Tell You About My Baby
Compare the rate of change in animals and humans
From Day to Night
What makes A Day and Night
Sun Up, Sun Down
The New Moon
The Moon Seems to Change
Make a calendar showing phases of the moon light
Grandfather Twilight
Paint the same place at different times of day.
From One Color To Another
Study coloration changes in the animal world
The mixed Up Chameleon
From Season to Season
Wonders of Seasons
Study a globe
Make a model of the earth’s rotation and revolution
Where Do All The Birds Go?
Study a map of bird migration. What other animals migrate? Create a calendar showing migration times.
From Young To Old
How Does It Feel to Be Old?
I have Four Names for My Grandfather
Growing Older
Annie and The Old One
Interview older persons, help make a scrapbook of their favorite memories
When People Die
The Dead Bird
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
Plan a funeral ceremony
Magical Changes
The Donkey Prince
The Hedgehog Boy
The Ugly Duckling
The Frog Prince
The Frog Princess
Dawn
The Crane Wife
Make a comparison chart
Interview the changelings
Make mural showing all the characters before and after
From Seed To Plant
From Flower to Fruit
Oak and Company
How the Forest Grew
Plant seeds, and chart the daily growth
Experiment with different light and nutrient conditions
Change in Me – From One Me to Another
One Morning in Maine
“Change”
Titch
Higher on the Door
Someone New
Collect baby pictures in an album
Interview a family member about things you used to do
Collect toys and clothes that you used to wear
How have your interests and sizes changed?
Weather Changes – From Fair to Foul
The Cloud Book
Will It Rain?
Tornado
Tornado! Poems
Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll
Hurricane Watch
Dreams
Study barometers
Keep a journal of weather changes
Make a terrarium
Watch steam collect on a glass plate above a steam kettle
Evening Gray Morning Red
Predict the weather
Give a TV weather broadcast
Interview a meteorologist
When the Wind Blew
Changes in Matter – From One State to Another
Boil water, then freeze it
Make bread
Make jello
Popcorn
The Popcorn Book
Cook and observe the changes
What Happens to Hamburger
Messing About With Baking Chemistry
Conduct experiments – hypothesize results
Changes in the Landscape – From One View to Another
The Little House
The Story of an English Village
New Providence: A Changing Landscape
Study old photographs of your community. Make a book showing the changes
Children’s Literature, Changes
Amazing World of Butterflies and Moths by L. Sabin, Illustrated by J. Helmer, Troll, 1982
Annie and the Old One by M. Miles, Illustrated by P. Parnall, Little, Brown, 1971
Bullfrog Grows Up by R. Dauer, Illustrated by B. Barton, Greenwillow, 1988
Butterfly and Moth by P. Whalley, Knopf, 1988
The Butterfly Cycle from Oxford Scientific Films. Photographs by J. Cooke, Putnam, 1977
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog by J. Kent, Simon & Schuster 1982
“Change” in River Winding by C. Zolotow, Harper & Row, 1978
Changes Changes by P. Hutchins, Macmillan, 1971
Common Frog from Oxford Scientific Films,. Photographed by G. Bernard, Putnam 1979
The Crane Wife, W. S. Yagaw, Translated by K. Paterson, Illustrated by S Akapa, Morrow 1981
Weekly Schedule for First Grade Classroom
