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PROJECT SUMMARY

Learners will work cooperatively to determine 

whether or not they agree with this bit of weather 

lore: “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a 

lamb.”   Learners will communicate their findings 

through the creation of a book using StoryJumper.  

SOUTH DAKOTA CONTENT STANDARDS

ELA Standard 1.W.1:   Write opinion pieces in which they 

introduce the topic or name the book they are writing 

about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, 

and provide some sense of closure.

Earth/Space Science Indicator 1: Analyze the various 

structures and processes of the Earth system.

Nature of Science Indicator 2: Apply the skills 

necessary to conduct scientific investigations.

ISTE NETS STANDARDS

1.d.   Students identify trends and forecast 

possibilities.

2.d.   Students contribute to project teams to produce 

original works or solve problems.

3.d.   Students process data and report results.

Learners will be grouped in triads according to 

their AIMSweb benchmark scores.   Learners 

who receive similar scores will work together.  

This will be done to ensure that all learners are 

provided with an equal opportunity to contribute 

to a group’s success.   It will also allow for 

differentiation in terms of product.  

As a culminating activity, learners will create an 

online storybook summarizing their findings and 

stating whether or not they agree with the 

proverb.   All storybooks must have a minimum of 

three pages.   The first page will state the proverb 

and what this proverb means.   The second page 

should include a digital picture of the group’s line 

graph and a statement summarizing their recorded 

data.   The third page must include a statement of 

agreement or disagreement with the proverb as 

well as a justification of this belief.

MATERIALS & TECHNOLOGY USED

•     In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb by Marion Dane Bauer

•     Computers

•     KSFY Weather Website 

http://www.ksfy.com/weather

•     Graph paper

•     Pencils and fine-tipped markers

•     Rulers

•     Digital camera or cell phone for taking pictures

•     Lined paper for sloppy copies (drafts)

•     StoryJumper Website http://www.storyjumper.com/ 

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learners will understand what it means to make a 

prediction.   They will use a digital resource to collect 

data (daily noon temperatures) and will represent this 

data in a line graph.   Learners will evaluate, analyze, and 

synthesize this data to construct an opinion.   Learners 

will use technology to create an original work that 

reports the results of their investigation and states 

their opinion.

    At the end of February, the teacher will read aloud to students 

the book In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb by Marion Dane Bauer.  

Following the reading, students will be placed in triads to discuss 

their reactions to the story and predict whether or not this March 

will follow the proverb.  

    On the first Monday in March, the teacher will use the 

Promethean board to model how to go to the KSFY website, check 

the noon temperature, and record this temperature.   The KSFY 

website will be bookmarked on all classroom computers.  

    Students will then be shown how to access this same website 

on the classroom computers and will have an opportunity to 

record the day’s temperature.

    Using graph paper, a pencil, and a fine-tipped marker, the 

teacher will model how to create a line graph and record the 

day’s temperature on the graph.   Each group will then have an 

opportunity to create its own graph.  

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