Faces

<p><i>Faces</i>, a book in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 1-3, gives students the opportunity to see the faces of the world from an entirely different perspective.<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 faces around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. Students will design masks to reflect what is behind a human face. They will go on to analyze and scrutinize faces in art, as well as on the moon and Mars. <i>Faces</i> also presents students with geometric problems, and allows them to explore cultural differences. Students will study myths, folktales, and fairy tales that occur in different cultures around the world.<br><br><i>Faces</i>, along with the other books in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 1-3 (<i>Cycles</i>, <i>Discoveries</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>Feelings</i> by Aliki;</li> <li> <i>Beauty and the Beast</i> by Marianna Mayer;</li> <li> <i>Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms</i> by Marvin Terban;</li> <li> <i>Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky</i> by Elphinstone Dayrell; and</li> <li> <i>The Art Gallery of FACES</i> by Philip Wilkinson.</li> </ul> Planning Materials Page Unit Planner and Overview Enduring Understandings and Generalizations Guiding Questions Activities 1. Pre-Assessment 2. Mathematical Faces and Patterns 3. What Does Your Face Say? 4. Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Images 5. We Have More Than One Face 6. Looking Beyond 7. Looking Within 8. The Culture of Masks 9. Masked Traits 10. What Does It Really Mean? 11. Modern Myths 12. Famous Faces 13. Fractured Faces 14. Your Facial Dimensions 15. The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships 16. Important Faces 17. Functional Circles 18. Earth’s Faces 19. Post-Assessment Attachments 1. Self-Assessment Rubric 2. Response Rubric 3. Evaluation Rubric 4. Proverbs 5. Mask Models 6. Shadows 7. Shadow Myth Play 8. Fibonacci Numbers 9. Important Faces Tic-Tac-Toe 10. Paper Pyramids 11. Helen of Troy