Parents: For the lesson you and your student are to work together to find the answer to the following question: Why can you only see stars at night? In order to do this you will view and discuss a video with your student.
*Important note: above each video or activity there will be instructions to help you work through the information and ideas with your student in order to help them start formulating an answer to the question
Learning target: Just as if we were to do this in the classroom, I have assigned a learning target with this lesson--for those who may not know... a learning target is simply the end goal or result we hope the students should be able to reach by the end of a lesson. Your student should be very farmiliar with what a learning target is as we go over them both before and after each lesson.
Target: The learner will be able to answer the question; why can you only see stars at night? by watching a video and discussing key ideas they notice.
Beginning the lesson: Before diving into the lesson I would like you to pose the question to your student and give them some time to develop a possible response. After a minute or two you can ask them to share their response with you, if your student is struggling to formulate possible responses, I have created a disscussion board where they can see what other students in their class have shared. Or they can share their response on the board for everyone to see!
Possible way to pose this information to your student: "okay! so for todays activity we are going to work to answer a pretty interesting questions, its something i've even found myself wondering about. The question is; why do you think you can only see stars at night? I want you to think about this for a bit and try to come up with a reason" "would you mind sharing, your thoughts with me?" *respond to their idea how you see fit* I think we should share this response with everyone in your class!" *go ahead and follow the instructions below*