Lesson Plan

The Science of Sound Lesson Plan: Littles Edition

Listen closely, make rice dance on a drum, and talk through a string telephone.

This is the Littles Edition of The Science of Sound: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades K-3. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: Where do sounds come from, and how do they get into our ears?

The Week

• Mon: A Listening Walk (Reading) • Tue: Buzz, Hiss and Boom (Writing & Words) • Wed: The Dancing Rice Drum (Science & Math) • Thu: String-Cup Telephone (Hands-on Project) • Fri: The High or Low Show (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of The Science of Sound has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade K-3 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Littles (grades K-3), about 30 to 45 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: My Listening Walk
• Sequence cards (How a Sound Reaches You) and a cut-and-sort page (High or Low?)
• Writing page: My Favorite Sound
• Hands-on project: String-Cup Telephone
• Word search, maze, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 4 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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