Cycles

<p><i>Cycles</i> a book in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 1-3 gives students the opportunity to explore cycles in relation to patterns.<br><br>The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time ensure compliance with national standards and most importantly pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery.<br><br>By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 1-3 students will discover the cycles around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In this book students will explore cycles and patterns in time and calendars. Misconceptions about the phases of the moon will be laid to rest in a practical (and fun!) lunar cycle simulation. Students also will explore the developmental stages of butterflies and predict what each stage of a butterfly's life might look like if they themselves were transformed into a butterfly.<br><br><i>Cycles</i> along with the other books in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 1-3 (<i>Discoveries</i> <i>Faces</i> <i>Gifts</i> and <i>Symbols</i>) makes teaching advanced learners easier!<br><br>Grades 1-3<br><br>This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books:</p><ul> <li> <i>The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System</i> by Joanna Cole;</li> <li> <i>From Caterpillar to Butterfly</i> by Deborah Heiligman (or other metamorphosis books);</li> <li> <i>An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch</i> by Laurence Pringle;</li> <li> <i>Brother Eagle Sister Sky</i> by Susan Jeffers; and </li> <li> <i>Round Trip</i> by Ann Jonas.</li> </ul>