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Plan
By Phase By Day Calendar
Empathize
Students will launch the bird inquiry through direct observation, guided listening, shared reading, and community-based noticing. They will begin building empathy for birds and for the people who care about local habitats by sketching, talking, sorting evidence from nature, and revising early journal work with teacher, peer, and expert feedback.
Days 1 - 5
🪶 Wings and Nests Discovery Day
Launch 60m
📚 Bird Stories and Sound Words
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
👂 Listening for Calls and Clues
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
🗺️ Our Trees, Nests, and Homes Map
Deliverable 60m
📝 Bird Journal Checkpoint
Assessment 55m
Define
Students will sort and synthesize what they noticed about local birds, nests, trees, seasons, and feelings so they can define a clear class design challenge for the neighborhood bird guide and Bird-and-Nest Museum. They will use journals, sketches, talk moves, picture cards, peer feedback, and community-based evidence to name what birds need, what people need to understand, and how their work can help families care more for nature and community.
Days 6 - 10
🪶 Bird Clues Sort and Class Chart
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
🌦️ Seasons, Trees, and Bird Needs
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
💬 Family Visitor Need Interviews
Community Experience 60m
🧩 Problem Statement Picture Posters
Deliverable 60m
✅ Bird Guide Challenge Checkpoint
Assessment 60m
Ideate
Students will use what they already observed about local birds, nests, trees, and feelings in nature to generate many possible ideas for a shared neighborhood bird guide and Bird-and-Nest Museum display. They will study mentor examples, sort what families and visitors need to understand, sketch multiple concepts, get peer and teacher feedback, revise, and choose strong directions for the next drafting phase.
Days 11 - 16
📚 Bird Guide Picture Walk
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🧠 Visitor Needs Sorting Map
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
✏️ Three Bird Museum Sketches
Project Work 60m
🗣️ Two Friends Feedback Round
Deliverable 60m
🪺 Nest Display Choice Conference
Assessment 70m
🎤 Guide Page Share-Out
Deliverable 50m
Draft
Students will turn their bird observations, seasonal ideas, and home-and-habitat thinking into first drafts of journal pages, bird-guide entries, and nest or habitat models. They will use mentor texts, shared criteria, quick critique routines, and expert-informed details to create early versions that can be tested and revised in the next phase.
Days 17 - 24
📚 Bird Guide Page Features
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
🎵 Sound Words and Bird Labels
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🪺 Nest Diorama Materials Plan
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
✏️ First Bird Guide Drafts
Deliverable 60m
🧱 First Nest Habitat Build
Project Work 60m
💬 Two Friends Feedback Round
Project Work 60m
🖍️ Revised Guide and Model Drafts
Deliverable 70m
🗣️ Draft Share Checkpoint
Assessment 60m
Test
Students will test their draft bird guide pages, nest and habitat dioramas, and oral explanations with classmates and community users, gather feedback about clarity and accuracy, revise based on what they learn, and document how their work better helps families understand local birds, seasons, trees, and homes.
Days 25 - 30
🗣️ Bird Guide Feedback Practice
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
👂 Peer Bird Museum Tryout
Project Work 60m
🪶 Revise Sketches Labels Sounds
Deliverable 60m
🌲 Nature Center User Test
Community Experience 75m
📊 What Users Understood Chart
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
✅ Bird Guide Test Checkpoint
Assessment 60m
Critique
Students will use kind, specific critique to improve their bird guide pages, nest and habitat dioramas, and oral explanations by comparing their work to class criteria, listening to peer and expert feedback, and revising for accuracy, detail, and audience understanding.
Days 31 - 35
🪶 Bird Guide Critique Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
👂 Two Friends Review Guide Pages
Deliverable 60m
🌲 Nature Center Expert Tune-Up
Community Experience 60m
🪺 Nest Museum Piece Revision
Project Work 75m
🎤 Museum Share Practice Round
Assessment 60m
Notice & Reflect
Students will revisit their bird observations, nest models, guide pages, and museum pieces to notice growth, explain how feedback changed their work, rehearse for authentic audiences, and share final learning with families and community partners. They will use speaking, drawing, audio, and simple reflection routines to connect birds, seasons, homes, and community care while documenting next steps for noticing and protecting birds around them.
Days 36 - 40
🪶 Bird Guide Growth Gallery
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🎤 Museum Talk Rehearsal
Deliverable 60m
🌳 Caring for Birds Action Chart
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🖼️ Wings and Nests Museum Walk
Assessment 75m
📘 My Bird Learning Memory Page
Deliverable 55m