ST – Mastery 35%

Strategies Planned
 Demonstration
o M: Demonstration of how to create a bar graph
o W: Demonstration of how to create a word web
 Hands-on experience
o S1: Students get to manipulate tuning forks and cup/string telephones
o R: Students use puppets, spinners, and iPads
o M: Students place a picture of themselves on a bar graph
o S2: Students manipulate multiple materials to build their boat and test it
 Direct instructions
o M: Direct instruction on how a bar graph functions
o W: Mini-lesson on how to use voice words
 Categorizing
o S1: Students categorize sounds that they hear during the anticipatory set
o R: Students categorize characters based on how they feel
o M: Students categorize themselves according to what items are their favorites
o S2: Students categorize which boats worked better than others according to their
shapes and materials

Multiple Intelligences fostered

 Body/Kinesthetic
o S1: Students experiment with sound by manipulating objects and listening
o S2: Students experiment with buoyancy by creating boats out of materials and
testing their creations

SF – Interpersonal 35%
Strategies Planned
 Group experiences and working with others
o S1: Students work in groups to experiment with sound waves
o S2: Students work in groups to design, create, and test their boat
 Chances to share ideas with other students and present ideas to the class
o R: In closure, students can share their worksheet from one of the stations with the
class
o W: Students have can share their word webs with one other student
o S2: Students explain to the class which materials they used to build their boat and
why they chose those materials

Multiple Intelligences fostered

 Musical/Rhythmic
o R: Students listen to a song from a movie and consider how the character might
be feeling
 Interpersonal
o S1: Students communicate with one another about sound waves as they
experiment
 o S2: Students consider the opinions of the students in their group as they work
together to create a boat

NT - Understanding 20%
Strategies Planned
 nquiry
o S1: Students ask a question about how sound waves travel and answer it through
their experimentation
o S2: Students ask a question about how to create the best boat and answer it
through their experimentation
 Problem Solving/Logical Thinking
o M: Students analyze and come to conclusions about a bar graph.
 ndependent Work
o S1: Students work independently during the closure to draw a picture or write a
sentence about what they have learned
o R: Students work independently at two of the four stations
o M: Students work independently at their desks during the independent practice
time
o W: Students work independently to create a word web with voice words
o S2: Students work independently during the closure to draw a picture of a revised
boat
 Comparing and Contrasting
o S1: Students compare and contrast sound moving through the air and sound
moving through a solid
o R: Students compare and analyze four different emotions that a character could be
feeling
o M: Students consider which bars on the graph are larger and which are smaller
o S2: Students compare and contrast the boats that they created

Multiple Intelligences fostered

 Intrapersonal
o R: Students are given times during stations to consider how they relate to how the
characters are feeling
o W: During writing workshop, students are able to express their own life and
experiences through their writing
 Verbal/Linguistic
o R: Students have discussions with the teacher during guided reading time about
what they have read
o W: Students express themselves through writing
o S2: Students verbally share with the class why they chose to make their boat the
way that they did.

NF – Self-expressive 10%
Strategies Planned
 pen-Ended Discussion
 o S1: Students discuss how they believe sound will travel, and continue this
discussion as they experiment and discover
o R: Students discuss the book that they read during guided reading
o S2: Students discuss which boat floated best and why with their group
 Creative Art Activities
o R: Students are able to act out a story in one station and draw a picture of their
own emotions in another.
o W: Students express themselves through a word web
o S2: Students design and create a boat
 Hypothesizing
o S1: Students hypothesize how they think sound waves will travel
o S2: Students hypothesize about what materials and shapes will best help a boat to
float

Multiple Intelligences fostered

 Logical/Mathematical
o M: Students analyze the meaning of a bar graph
o S2: Students consider which materials and shapes are ideal for helping a boat float
 Visual/Spatial
o R: Students visualize characters’ emotions by looking at pictures
o M: Students analyze information by examining a visual representation (a graph)
o W: Students use a visual (a word web) to help them organize their pre-writing
o S2: Students visualize and design their boat before creating it
 Naturalist
o S1: Students consider how they have heard sound in nature