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Books and stories about kites:

The Kite

From:

Poems

The Kite by Harry Behn

How bright on the blue Is a kite when it's new! With a dive and a dip It snaps its tail Then soars like a ship With only a sail As over tides Of wind it rides, Climbs to the crest Of a gust and pulls, Then seems to rest As wind falls.

When string goes slack You wind it back And run until A new breeze blows And its wings fill And up it goes! How bright on the blue Is a kite when it's new! But a raggeder thing You never will see When it flaps on a string In the top of a tree.

Poems A KITE By: Bethany Roberts

I often sit and wish that I Could be a kite up in the sky, And ride upon the breeze and go, Whichever way I chanced to blow.

Kites By: Bethany Roberts The March wind is calling, "Come fly your kite!" The wind is blowing With all its might. The kites are tossing In the sky. The wind is calling, "Come fly up high."

Kite Pattern for back of writing

Copy this pattern onto construction paper and attach to the back of students writings.

Students add crate paper or ribbon as the tail of the kite for a “High Flying” wall display.

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Kite Contractions Example and Explanation Students pull a bow from a bag. They write the contraction for the set of words on a kite. Then they write a sentence using the contraction. They attach curling ribbon to their kite and attach the set of words to their kite’s tail.

Kite Contractions

are

not

does

not

Kite Contractions

should not has

not

Kite Contractions

they

are

I

am

we

she

will

is

she

will

will

not

Kite Antonyms Instructions and Example 1.

pretty

ugly

Copy a kite pattern for each child. 2. Students will choose a set of antonyms to write and illustrate in the large kite. 3. Attach a crate paper streamer or ribbon for the tail. 4. Students write sets of antonyms on the tail triangles and glue them to the tail.

“Flying High with 10’s and 1’s” Math Center Example and Explanation

26 Tens

Students pull a cloud card from a bag and create the number using Base 10 Blocks.

Ones

Students then record results and answer questions on the recording sheet.

Teacher Instructions for “Flying High with 10’s and 1’s” Math Center: 1.

Print and Laminate the desired number of student 10’s and 1’s mats. 2. Cut out and laminate the cloud number cards, and put them in a brown paper bag or empty tissue box. 3. Copy a “Flying High with 10’s and 1’s” recording sheet for each student.

Student Instructions for “Flying High with 10’s and 1’s” Math Center: 1.

2. 3.

4.

Pull a card from the “Flying High with 10’s and 1’s” number cards bag, and put it in the top of your kite. Use Base 10 Blocks to show the correct number of 10’s and 1’s in the bottom part of your kite. Fill in the answers on your recording sheet.

Repeat these steps until you finish the recording sheet.

Tens

Ones

Name_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

The 1st card I pulled out had the number ____ on it. This number is ___________. (odd or even) There are ___ groups of 10’s and ___ 1’s in this number. This number comes between ____ and ____. The 2nd card I pulled out had the number ____ on it. This number is ___________. (odd or even) There are ___ groups of 10’s and ___ 1’s in this number. This number comes between ____ and ____.

The 3rd card I pulled out had the number ____ on it. This number is ___________. (odd or even) There are ___ groups of 10’s and ___ 1’s in this number. This number comes between ____ and ____. I can put my 3 number in order from greatest to least:>

______

________

________

12

18

20

26

32

37

43

45

95

90

81

72

66

67

54

53

High Flying Fact Families

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High Flying Fact Families

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High Flying Fact Families

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High Flying Fact Families

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High Flying Fact Families

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This project based lesson follows a simplified version of the engineering process.

Imagine Phase: Teacher provides students with images and videos of kites in action. Students can also fly a store bought kite and discuss what makes the kite stay in flight. Students brainstorm and draw a picture of what they want their kite to look like. Plan Phase: Students create a list of materials they will need to build their kite. They then label their “Imagine” picture showing what materials will be used for different parts of their kite. Design Phase: Students use materials to actually build a kite. Students test their kite to see if it will stay in the air. Improve Phase: If the student's kite would not fly, they will rework their design so it will be able to stay in the air. If the student’s kite does fly, they will think of ways they could have made it even better.

A step by step guide to building a kite by: ________________ This is what I imagine my kite will look like:

These are the materials I will need:

1.

5.

2.

6.

3.

7.

4.

8.

This is what I did when I build my kite:

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(did or did not)

I can improve my kite by:

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