Standards and Activities

Subject 1: First grade math

• Standards:
o Add and subtract within 20
▪ Add or subtract?

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▪ Roll the sum/subtraction roll it

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o Extend the counting sequence (120)
▪ Counting by 10s

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▪ Fill in the missing numbers
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o Understanding place value
▪ Number scoops

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▪ Place value puzzle pieces

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o Tell and write time
▪ Telling time maze

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▪ What does the clock say? (song)
• what does the clock say video
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o Reason with shapes and their attributes
▪ Shape ispy

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▪ What am I made of?

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Subject 2: Third Grade Social Studies

• Standards:
o Compare and contrast the treatment of a variety of demographic groups in the past and
present.
▪ Slavery role-play simulation – students will be given separate roles in American
slavery to demonstrate what it was like at that time.
• Roles: Slave masters, house slaves, and field slaves.
▪ Read about Anne Frank – students will read and fill out the reader worksheet to
learn about Anne Frank and her story.
• Anne Frank Reader Link
o Explain how rules and laws impact society. (21st century skills)
▪ Being a good citizen worksheet – students will connect images with its action to
better understand good citizenship.
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▪ Rules and Laws poster – students will work together to create a poster defining
rules and laws and giving examples for each.

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o Describe the role of various financial institutions in an economy.
▪ Classroom economy – have students roleplay as different financial institutions or
consumers and interact with one another.
• Examples of financial institutions: commercial banks, insurance
companies, investment banks, savings and loans, credit unions,
brokerage, and investment companies.
▪ Finacial institutions vocabulary sort – students will complete the worksheet
below to better understand different financial institutions.

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o Determine the importance of saving/investing in relation to future needs. (21st century
skills)
▪ Class Store – students will be given play coins for good behavior at the end of the
day, they can save up their coins for various prizes listed below.
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▪ Budgeting activity – students will do the worksheet below and choose which is
most important with the $100 dollars they have to spend.

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o Explain the cultural contributions that different groups have made on Iowa.
▪ Write about the story of your family coming to Iowa and make a visual
representation to go along with it.

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▪ Assign each group of students a cultural group in Iowa and have them create a
visual representation of that group and what they have done for Iowa.
• Cultures: German, Irish/British, Dutch, Native American, Scandinavian,
Southeast Asian, and Hispanic.
 What do Teachers Think About the Iowa Core?
Teacher one: Zachary Hackbarth
The Iowa standards have not changed since he has been in college, so it has not been an adjustment. He
believes that, to a degree, it has been helpful. He also feels that it depends on the school that you are
teaching in. In larger schools, where there are multiple teachers teaching with Iowa Core there becomes a
lack of flexibility. They have several nit-picking meetings between teachers to ensure consistency.

Teacher two: Heather Schurr

In her very first year of teaching, they did not have it yet; it was school by school. She finds it helpful
because it creates consistency throughout the state. For social studies, it was hard at first because it was
measured in understanding. This was revamped four or five years ago. She did not like it as much to start
out with, but after the fixing, she started to like it.