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🎉 Week 34: Year B Showcase

Lesson Overview
Grade Level Grades 1-2
Duration 30 minutes
Curriculum Year B
STREAM Focus All Areas (Celebration)

Week 34: Year B Showcase

🎯 Learning Objectives

STEM Objectives

Students will be able to: 1. Reflect on Year B learning journey 2. Share favorite projects and memories 3. Demonstrate growth and skills 4. Celebrate accomplishments

Faith Integration Objectives

Students will be able to: 1. Express gratitude for learning opportunities 2. Recognize God's presence throughout the year 3. Celebrate as faith community 4. Look forward with hope

Week 34: Year B Showcase

🙏 Faith-Reason Integration

Catholic Teaching Connection

Gratitude and Celebration — Looking back on a year of learning, we give thanks to God who gave us curious minds and the opportunity to explore His creation.

Scripture Connection

"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." — Psalm 136:1

Saint Connection

All the saints from Year B! — St. Kateri, Bl. Solanus Casey, St. Francis, St. Thérèse, St. Fiacre, and more — all showed us how to learn and love God.

📚 Materials Needed

  • Student portfolios/work samples

  • Display materials

  • Certificates

  • Camera for photos

  • Celebration supplies

  • Reflection sheets

📝 Lesson Procedure (30 minutes)

Opening Prayer (2 min)

"Dear God, thank You for this amazing year of learning! Thank You for robots, towers, butterflies, gardens, and all our STREAM adventures. Thank You for the saints who showed us how to love You and learn. We are so grateful! Amen."

Year B Memory Journey (10 min)

Walk through the year:

Fall memories:

  • 🔬 Nature observation — "What did we discover outside?"

  • 🤖 Dash Robots — "What did you program Dash to do?"

  • 🗼 Tower building — "How tall did we go?"

  • 🐾 Animal habitats — "What animal did you help?"

  • 🎁 Gift making — "Who did you make something for?"

Winter memories:

  • ⭐ Stars and light — "What did we learn about the Christmas star?"

  • ❄️ Snowflakes — "Are any two the same?"

  • 🔧 Invention labs — "What problem did you solve?"

  • 🎪 Friendship machines — "How do chain reactions work?"

Spring memories:

  • 🌻 Gardens — "Is your plant still growing?"

  • 🦋 Butterflies — "What is metamorphosis?"

  • 🌷 New life — "How is spring like Easter?"

Discussion:

  • "What was your FAVORITE activity?"

  • "What was HARDEST?"

  • "What saint do you remember?"

  • "What did you learn about God?"

Portfolio Celebration (8 min)

Look through work:

  • Find your best work from Year B

  • Choose one thing to share

  • Remember how you've grown!

Partner sharing:

  • Show your partner your favorite project

  • Tell them why you chose it

  • Listen to theirs

Saints Recall (3 min)

Quick saint match game:

  • "Who loved animals?" (St. Francis)

  • "Who followed the star?" (Wise Men)

  • "Who gardened as prayer?" (St. Fiacre)

  • "Who did little things with love?" (St. Thérèse)

  • "Who saw the Risen Jesus first?" (St. Mary Magdalene)

Saints showed us: Faith and learning go together!

Awards & Recognition (5 min)

Celebrate everyone!

Possible awards:

  • 🔬 Super Scientist

  • 🤖 Coding Champion

  • 🏗️ Master Builder

  • 🎨 Creative Artist

  • 🤝 Teamwork Star

  • 💪 Perseverance Prize

  • 🙏 Faith Friend

Every student recognized!

Closing Celebration (2 min)

Looking ahead:

  • "Next year: NEW adventures!"

  • "Keep being curious"

  • "Keep asking questions"

  • "Keep seeing God in everything"

Final cheer: "We are STREAM scientists! We explore God's world! We learned and grew in Year B!"

Closing Prayer: "Thank You, God, for Year B! Thank You for every robot, every building, every plant, every butterfly. Thank You for friends who learned with us and teachers who helped us. Bless our summer and bring us back ready to learn more. We love You! Amen."

📎 Home Connection

"We celebrated Year B today! What a year of learning and growing! Ask your child: 'What was your favorite Year B activity?' 'What did you learn?' 'Which saint do you remember?' 'How did you see God in STREAM?' Thank you for supporting your child's STREAM journey. Keep exploring this summer!"

✅ Assessment

  • Reflected on year's learning

  • Shared favorite project/memory

  • Participated in celebration

  • Expressed gratitude

Year B Accomplishments Summary

Your child explored:

  • 🔬 Science: Nature, senses, plants, butterflies, light

  • 🤖 Technology: Dash Robots, ScratchJr

  • 🙏 Religion: Saints, Scripture, faith connections

  • 🏗️ Engineering: Towers, habitats, inventions, gardens

  • 🎨 Arts: Various creative projects

  • 🔢 Math: Measurement, patterns, estimation

STREAM skills developed:

  • Observation and inquiry

  • Coding and programming basics

  • Engineering design process

  • Collaboration and teamwork

  • Perseverance through challenges

  • Faith-reason integration

Congratulations on completing Year B!

Lesson Version: 1.0 — Year B | **