Unit Plan Overall Idea Matrix
Topic An integrated curriculum covering mammals. Math, literacy, and science lessons will all focus on the mammal theme.
Target Audience (make sure to describe number, age, and abilities of students) A typical first grade classroom. There are 22 children in the class all around the ages of !" years old. They are all on or around grade level.
#verall #b$ectives %iven a group of different animals, the students will be able to identify the mammals in the group, with accuracy of identifying at least &' correct mammals. %iven a prompt, the students will be able to write about their favorite mammal, using at least ( correct facts. %iven a collection of stuffed animals, groups of ()' students will choose a mammal from the collection and demonstrate how to correctly measure an aspect of the animal, using non!standard measuring tools, scoring at least a &&)2* %iven a list of pictures of animals, students will be able to correctly identify whether or not the animals is an herbivore or a carnivore and be able to e+plain their reasoning using at least two facts. %iven a list of animals, the students will be able to group them according to their characteristics with ,'- accuracy.
.ommon .ore /tandards 01.&.". 2se illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events. /tandard 2 .haracteristics and basic needs of organisms 3 all living things have structures that enable them to function in uni4ue and specific ways to obtain food, reproduce, and survive. The student will engage in investigations that integrate the process standards and lead to the discovery of the following ob$ectives5 &. 6lants and animals need to take in air, water, and food. 7n addition, plants need light. &.M8.A.2 Measurement 9 8ata Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units. 2. :+press the length of an ob$ect as a whole number of lengths units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter ob$ect end to end. 7/T: /tandards &. .reativity and 7nnovation 3 /tudents demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. 2. .ommunication and .ollaboration 3 /tudnets use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. ;. 0esearch and 7nformation <luency! /tudents apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
Technology &) 7!Movie 2) i6ad App
=ow Technology will be 2sed :ducate the class on the general topic of animals and then specific what a mammal is and its characteristics. The students will use the 1ittle /tory .reator application to
Materials that >eed to ?e .reated iMovie software /tuffed animals i6ad
create a storyboard about their favorite mammal and why. ;) i6ad .amera The students will use the camera of the i6ad to take pictures to document how they are measuring the animals and group participation. The teacher will use the /mart?oard to teach a lesson about mammals. /tudents will be asked to participate in the lesson using the features included by the teacher. The students will also complete a coordinating worksheet after the /mart?oard 1esson. The students will use Aidspiration create a web of how different animals are connected by habitat and eating habits.
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6aper 6encil i6ad 1ife paper animals >onstandard units 0ubric /mart?oard 1esson @orksheet 0ubric .omputer with Aidspiration 1ist of animals
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Technology Unit Timeline Planner Must have one lesson plan for each individual plus at least one as group (number of group members + 1 !
"esson Topic .reating a story #hat $tudents #ill %o The students will use the i6ad app 1ittle /tory .reator to create a storyboard of their favorite mammal. They will use the characteristics of mammals, learned in class, to include into their story. Time &llotted ;* mins Ob'ectives &ddressed The students will use illustrations and detail to write about the setting, characters, and events of a story about a mammal. %iven a list of pictures of animals, students will be able to correctly identify whether or not the animals is an herbivore or a carnivore and be able to e+plain their Technology Used i6ad Person (esponsible (or )roup Theresa
=erbivores, .arnivores, and #mnivores .haracteristics
The students will participate in a /MA0Tboard lesson that discusses herbivores and carnivores. They will use the information they learned to complete an accompanying worksheet.
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/MA0Tboard and >otebook
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reasoning using at least two facts. Measuring with non!standard units 7n groups of four, students will measure paper representation of animals using ( different non! standard measurements. :ach group will take pictures to document how they are measuring each animal, and then as a class we will compile our pictures in a class measuring book. 7n groups of 2, the students will look at a list of animals that they are familiar with and group them according to their eating habits (carnivore or herbivore) and)or the environment that they live in. ;*!(' minutes /tudents will collaborate to measure with nonstandard units of measurement s. i6ad .amera Aaley 6almer
0elationships between types of animals
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/tudents will correctly identify and group animals based on known characteristics .
Aidspiration
1aura Morris