Our Learning Goals
Unit 7- Changes in Nature and Life Cycles: In this unit, students will learn that asking questions allows a reader to understand what they are reading, make predictions, and clarify information. They will also understand the life cycles of plants, butterflies, and amphibians; and how plants and animals prepare for seasonal changes.
Students will understand that Plants make adaptations to survive and grow throughout the various seasons; As animals, such as caterpillars and frogs, grow, their bodies change;
Lines of Inquiry (What questions are we trying to answer?): How do things in nature change over time? How do the seasons affect animal and plant behavior?
Skills we are learning: Asking and answering questions about important details in texts. Retelling and summarizing stories in sequential order. Identifying the main idea and key details in text and illustrations
Text(s): Flower Garden, Eve Bunting; The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree, Gail Gibbons; Frederick, Leo Lionni
Text-Focusing Question(s): How does an apple tree change throughout the four seasons of the year? How does Frederick get ready for winter differently from the other mice?
Phonemic Awareness:
Target skills:
Phonemic Awareness is a foundational skill for learning to read and write. Each day, students will participate in a short lesson to help them develop an awareness of the sounds of our language.
Students will learn to:
●isolate sounds in words
●blend sounds to make words
●segment words into sounds
●manipulate sounds in spoken words
Reading Target Skills:
I can identify the characters, setting, and major events in a story.
I can ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
I can use words I learned from texts and discussions in my work.
I can express my ideas and thoughts in a way that others can understand.
I can determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.
Writing: Students will write an informational All-About Book about something in nature.
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Writing Target Skills:
I can produce and expand complete sentences.
I can print upper and lowercase letters correctly.
I can draw a picture and supply facts about a topic.
Social Studies:
Students will learn why people have jobs, how jobs help individuals and communities, and how people earn and spend money. They will explore different types of jobs, understand the difference between needs and wants, and see how families use money to take care of themselves. Students will also learn about budgeting and practice making smart choices about spending, using examples from their own lives and stories to solve problems.
Science:
We will also look at what plants and animals need to live and how their needs are similar or different. This includes learning about what people need to survive, too.
Math:
Target Skills:
Module 6: Place Value Foundations-D and Three-D
We will:
Count and write teen numbers
Compose and decompose teen numbers
Count to 100
Compare numbers
Order and match numeral and dot cards
from 1 to 10. State
1 more
than a given number.
(Lesson 29)
Objective 2: Make
math stairs
from 1 to 10
in cooperative groups.
(Lesson 30)
Objective 3:
Arrange, analyze, and draw
1 more
up to 10
in configurations other than towers.
(Lesson 31)
Objective 4:
Arrange, analyze, and draw sequences of quantities of
1 more,
beginning with numbers
other than 1.
(Lesson 32)
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from 1 to 10. State
1 more
than a given number.
(Lesson 29)
Objective 2: Make
math stairs
from 1 to 10
in cooperative groups.
(Lesson 30)
Objective 3:
Arrange, analyze, and draw
1 more
up to 10
in configurations other than towers.
(Lesson 31)
Objective 4:
Arrange, analyze, and draw sequences of quantities of
1 more,
beginning with numbers
other than 1.
(Lesson 32)
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