Classroom Components for Shadows

 

Books(Linguistic):

·          Asch, Frank.  Bear Shadow. New York, NY:Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1984.

·          Bulla, Clyde Robert. What Makes a Shadow? New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., 1994.

·          Daly, Niki. Papa Lucky’s Shadow. New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1999.

·          Freeman, Don.  Gregory’s Shadow. New York, NY: Puffin Books, 2000.

·          Gibbons, Gail.  Sun up, Sun down. Orlando, Fla: Scholastic, Inc., 1983.

·          Swinburne, Stephen R.  Guess Whose Shadow. Hong Kong: Boyds Mill Press, 1999.

 

Videos(Visual/Spatial):

·          Stevenson, Robert Louis. My Shadow (video) USA: GPN Nebraska ETV Network. 1994.

 

Whole group activities-(ST)( Could use any of the intelligences, please list): 

·          Yes/no graph "Will the groundhog see his shadow?"

·          In pairs, play a concentration game that matches the shadow to the object

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Whole group Songs(Music)/Movement(Bodily/Kinesthetic):

·          “Shadow Song,” (to Skip to my Lou)  see attached.

·          “See my Shadow,” (To Frere Jacques) see attached.

 

Journal Activities (Intrapersonal)(NT): How do you think you could shine a light on you where no shadow could be seen?

 

Center Activities (Interpersonal)(SF): 
Blocks/ Maps (Visual Spatial)– Add flashlights to the Block center and let students shine it around their “buildings” to make shadows.

 

“Housekeeping”(Kinesthetic)-

 

Letter/Word center-(Linguistic)

 

Music/ Listening(Musical)-

 

Science(Naturalist)-

 

Art(Visual Spatial)- Using the overhead, position student in front of light shining on wall.