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STEM Ac(vi(es in a Spanish Immersion Classroom By María Miranda and Verónica Luna Grady

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STEM  Ac(vi(es  in  a  Spanish  Immersion  Classroom  

By  María  Miranda  and  Verónica  Luna  Grady  

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Spanish  Immersion  at  BLOCKS  Preschool  

 •  Teacher-­‐student  ra7o:  2  to  18  •  Mul7age:  3  to  5  years  old  •  Spanish  dominant  children  can  aDend  2  days  •  Theme-­‐based  learning  •  Follows  MA  Curriculum  Standards    

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What  do  we  teach?  

•  We  teach  Literacy,  Math,  Science  and  Social  Studies  through  6  content  units:  

   -­‐  3  Science  Units:  Fall,  Winter  and  Spring  

   -­‐  3  Social  Studies  Units:  All  about  me,  My    family  and  Community  helpers.    

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Strategies  that  promote  student  par(cipa(on  

•  Pictures  and  icons  •  Manipula7ves  •  Sentence  strips  •  Poin7ng  •  Flexible  grouping  •  Think  aloud  •  Role  playing  •  Exit  7cket  

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What  is  STEM?  

Science,  Technology,  Engineering  and  Math  

•  It  is  the  integra7on  of  at  least  2  STEM  disciplines  within  a  curricular  ac7vity.    

•  It  is  a  project  based  approach  to  learning.  

•  It  provides  the  opportunity  to  use  the  Engineering  Design  Process.  

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The  Engineering  Design  Process    

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•  Ask:  What  is  the  problem?  •  Imagine:  Brainstorm  many  solu7ons  (focus  on  quan7ty)  and  choose  one.  

•  Plan:  Draw  a  diagram,  make  a  list  of  materials.  •  Create:  Follow  the  plan  and  test  it  out!  •  Improve:  Modify  your  design  to  make  it  beDer  and  test  it  out!  

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STEM  Ac(vi(es  

We  included  two  STEM  ac7vi7es  in  our  Community  Helpers  Unit:    •  The  Tower  Challenge  

•  The  Firefighters  Ramps  Challenge  

 

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The  Tower  Challenge    

•  The  children  will  pretend  they  are  construc7on  workers,  and  

•  given  a  certain  number  of  blocks,  in  groups  of  four,  they  will  build  the  highest  possible  tower  that  stands  for  at  least  10  seconds.    

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Teacher  Observa(ons  

•  The  children  built  horizontally,  placing  the  blocks  next  to  each  other  to  make  the  floor  of  the  tower.  

•  They  placed  blocks  next  to  each  other  to  build  solid  walls  and  ran  out  of  blocks  quickly.    

 •  When  they  built  the  second  floor,  it  collapsed.        •  Teacher  support  was  needed  to  guide  the  teams.  

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What  did  they  learn?  

•  It  is  not  necessary  to  use  blocks  to  build  a  whole  floor.  

•  When  they  run  out  of  long  blocks,  they  could  use  two  medium  blocks  and  it  will  be  the  same  length.  

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What  did  they  learn?  

•  For  the  tower  to  be  sturdy,  they  have  to  put  blocks  across  when  they  start  each  floor.      

 

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Conclusion  

•  Through  trial  and  error  the  children  learned  that  the  posi7on  and  size  of  the  blocks  has  an  impact  on  the  stability  of  the  tower.    

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Language  Objec(ve  

Students  will  be  able  to  use  a  sentence  structure  to  describe  what  happened:    Construí  un  edificio  _________  (alto/bajo)    Mi  edificio  _____________  (se  cayó/no  se  cayó)  

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The  Firefighters  Ramp  Challenge  

•  The  children  will  use  four  ramps  with  different  surfaces  (wood,  felt,  quilted  fabric  and  mesh  shelf  liner)  and  launch  four  iden7cal  fire  trucks  at  the  same  7me.  

•  They  will  observe  which  fire  truck  gets  to  the  house  on  fire  first.  They  will  repeat  the  experiment  four  7mes.  

•  They  will  tally  the  results  in  order  to  draw  conclusions  about  what  they  saw.  

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Teacher  Observa(ons  

•  For  some  groups,  four  ramps  were  too  many  to  observe  at  the  same  7me  so  they  did  the  ac7vity  with  just  three  ramps.    

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What  did  they  learn?  

•  The  children  learned  that  the  truck  on  the  wood  ramp  is  always  faster,  followed  by  the  one  on  the  felt  ramp,  and  the  truck  on  the  mesh  shelf  liner  is  always  last.  

 

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Conclusion  

•  The  children  realized  that  the  texture  of  the  ramps  determined  the  speed  of  the  trucks.  

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Language  Objec(ve  

Students  will  be  able  to  do  the  following  according  to  their  level  of  language  proficiency:  •  Point  to  the  fastest/slowest  truck.  •  Fill  in  the  blanks  in  the  sentence:  El  camión  más  rápido/lento  fue  el  de  la  rampa  _____________  (lisa,  afelpada,  ondulada  y  gomosa)  .    •  Say  the  full  sentence.  

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MA  Learning  Standards  

Math:  •  Measurement  and  Data:  PK  MD  MA.1  and  PK  MD  MA.2    

•  Geometry:  PK  G  MA.1  Science:  •  Physical  Science:  PK-­‐PS2-­‐1  and  PK-­‐PS2-­‐2  Social  Studies:  PK-­‐K.4,  PK-­‐K.6  and  PK-­‐K.8  Literacy:  SL  MA  5,  L  MA  6    

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Where  can  you  incorporate  STEM  ac(vi(es?  

•  These  examples  show  how  we  integrated  STEM  into  one  of  our  Social  Studies  Units  in  our  Spanish  Immersion  Classrooms.  

•  But  STEM  ac7vi7es  can  be  incorporated  into  any  subject  and  are  a  great  way  to  promote  language  acquisi7on!    

•  Where  could  you  integrate  STEM  ac7vi7es  in  your  seing?