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Suggested lesson

Day 1

Read aloud, The Magic Hockey

Stick with the class (stop at Taxi

scene)

Show “Wayne Gretzky’s Top 10

Moments” Clip

Provocation video (Wayne Gretzky clip- Top 10

Moments-TSN)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_cq26AZerA

Teacher asks students, “What makes someone

Great?”

Students to answer using Stickie Notes, Linoit app or

Padlet (responses can be posted to the Bulldogs

Literacy Blog for discussion between classes)

Teacher to discuss some students ideas

Day 2

Read the rest of The Magic Hockey Stick then discuss the book with the class

Possible questions by teacher or students*:

What do you wonder?

Why was the main character more pleased with what she had done when she returned

the hockey stick?

How did the daughter get an assist?

Whose stick would you like to play with?

*NOTE: These questions will be added to the Bulldogs Literacy Blog. Students may be directed

to answer in that space and engage in conversation about the book with other students from

across the board. http://bulldogsliteracy.commons.hwdsb.on.ca

Teachers split students into small groups

Students then research an athlete (or any other person) that they think is “great”

Literacy - The Magic Hockey Stick

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Day 3

Students continue researching

Day 4

Students share the information that they’ve found on their athlete in a knowledge building

circle

If teachers want they can use knowledge building circles from natural curiosity

http://www.naturalcuriosity.ca/pdf/NaturalCuriosityManual.pdf (pg. 12)

Accessing Support Materials in The Hub

Resources to support these lessons for The Magic Hockey Stick have been uploaded to the

HWDSB Curriculum Share in The Hub. The following links provide information for how to access

your class, the HWDSB Curriculum Share, and how to copy the content to your own courses

within the Hub.

Retrieving Content from the Curriculum share

https://tv.hwdsb.on.ca/media/retrieving-content-from-the-curriculum-share

How to add a teacher to your class

https://tv.hwdsb.on.ca/media/how-to-add-a-teacher-to-your-class

How to Access your class on the Hub

http://bit.ly/HWDSB-Hub

Accessing & Posting to the Bulldogs Literacy Blog

The Hamilton Bulldogs Literacy Blog is hosted on HWDSB’s Commons and is a space where

students can explore their learning with other students in HWDSB, authors, artists, and

members of the Hamilton Bulldogs hockey club. Video recordings of players reading each year’s

book and all archived learning material can be accessed here. For information on how to access

and participate click the link “Join the Blog and Start Posting” at the right side of the screen at:

http://bulldogsliteracy.commons.hwdsb.on.ca

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“3 Act Math”- The Hockey Puck Question

Curriculum Links

Grade 4

Number Sense

Overall

• Solve problems involving the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of single- and

multi-digit whole numbers, and involving the addition and subtraction of decimal numbers to

tenths and money amounts, using a variety of strategies;

• Demonstrate an understanding of proportional reasoning by investigating whole-number unit

rates.

Measurement

Overall

• Estimate, measure, and record length perimeter area mass capacity volume and elapsed time,

using a variety of strategies .

Grade 5

Number Sense

Overall

• Solve problems involving the multiplication and division of multi-digit whole numbers, and

involving the addition and subtraction of decimal numbers to hundredths, using a variety of

strategies;

• Demonstrate an understanding of proportional reasoning by investigating whole-number

rates.

Measurement

Overall

Estimate measure and record perimeter area temperature change and elapsed time using a

variety of strategies;

Grade 6

Overall

Number Sense

Numeracy - The Magic Hockey Stick

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• Solve problems involving the multiplication and division of whole numbers, and the addition

and subtraction of decimal numbers to thousandths, using a variety of strategies;

Measurement

• Estimate measure and record quantities using the metric measurement system;

Act 1

Show the students the Act 1 video (located in the HWDSB Curriculum Share in The Hub)

Ask students: “What do you wonder?”

Have students come up with different wonderings, students or teacher to record

students wonderings

Focus student thinking to “How many hockey pucks will fit in this classroom?”

Show video again…

Ask students: “How many hockey pucks will fit in this classroom?”

o Give an answer that is too high.

o Give an answer that is too low.

o Guess as close as you can.

o Share some results as class.

Extension: Have students post and share their answers on the Bulldogs Blog and ask other

students how they arrived at their answers. http://bulldogsliteracy.commons.hwdsb.on.ca

Act 2

Ask students: “What information will you need to solve the problem?”

Brainstorm as a class.

Reveal to them the information.

Show them video of the puck measurements. (located in the HWDSB Curriculum Share

in The Hub)

Make sure the students are clear with measurements of the puck. Might want to pause

video and record information as a class.

Give them the room measurements:

o Length:6 metres

o Width: 5 metres

o Height: 3 metres

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Allow students time to solve the problem in small groups.

Act 3

Reflect and Connect

Students share and discuss their solutions

Possible consolidating questions:

o How did you calculate the number of pucks in the room?

o What measurements did you use and why?

o What information helped you figure out your answer?

o Compare your estimations to your final product

Is your estimation close to your answer? Why?

Further questions:

Now with this knowledge, how many pucks do you think could fit in the school?

3 Act Math Resources

http://robertkaplinsky.com/

http://gfletchy.com/3-act-lessons/

http://blog.mrmeyer.com/

https://tapintoteenminds.com/3act-math/

After Game Activity

Students are invited to write a news report describing the details and results of the game. The

news report can be posted to the Bulldogs Literacy Blog

(http://bulldogsliteracy.commons.hwdsb.on.ca)

Access to Resources (Learning Commons)

A copy or multiple copies of The Magic Hockey Stick are in every school Library Learning Commons. Utilize resources from both your Library Learning Commons and the Virtual Library to help students answer their inquiry questions from the activities in this package. The Virtual Library is now available through the HUB in the 4 to 6 portal. Each school Library Learning Commons will have a wide selection of materials on both hockey and sports in general. Also, if available, talk to your school teacher librarian about further resources and options for completing the inquiry process.

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About The Magic Hockey Stick

Inspired by a true story, this fictional tale tells how a little girl, whose parents win Wayne Gretzky's hockey stick at an auction, becomes her hockey's team's star player with it. Meanwhile, "The Great One" goes into the greatest slump of his career. Realizing Gretzky needs the stick more than she does, the girl returns it to him, and Gretzky gets over his thousand-goal slump. http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/magic-hockey-stick#cart/cleanup

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 3.3

DRA: 18

Guided Reading: K