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Investigation
Investigation
Investigation#
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What percussion instruments are made of wood?
How can we make and play them?
Day 1
Question of
the Day
Vocabulary
Focused
Project
Learning
Introducing
Investigation 1
Scan to Watch
Choice Time
Bookmark videos of people
playing metal percussion
instruments made from everyday
objects for Investigation 2.
Reflection
• What common concepts
and ideas did their questions
reflect?
• How can you build on their
interests during the next
investigations?
Read-Aloud
Focused
Language &
Literacy
Focused
Mathematics
Outdoors
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Materials: paper towel tube
English: rattle
Spanish: sonaja
Discussion and Shared Writing: Mighty
Minutes 297, “Can You Guess Who?”;
wooden percussion instruments; marker
Guided Discovery: Art – percussion
instruments; paper towel tubes; materials
to make percussion instruments, e.g.,
cardboard tubes, tape, clean milk cartons,
sand, small rocks
Independent Discovery: Music and
Movement – plastic cups; materials that
make different sounds when rattled, e.g.,
sand, small rocks, beads, etc.
Preparation
You finished your first
investigation! Take some time to
review your observation notes
about the children’s questions
and interests.
What could you make with this?
Playing With Pre-Reading Skills: two
lowercase letters with familiar sounds
Book: Olivia Forms a Band, Book
Discussion Card 04
Guided Discovery: Mighty Minutes 261,
“Do You Think?”
Choice Time: Independent Discovery:
Library – none
Guided Discovery: Intentional Teaching
Experience M20, “I’m Thinking of a Shape”;
geometric solids; empty containers of
different sizes similar in shape to the
geometric solids
Choice Time: Independent Discovery:
Blocks – blocks that are threedimensional shapes
Materials: wooden blocks, mallets
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