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  Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary The purpose of this learning experience is for students to determine what plants need in order to survive. Students must understand the definition of a cycle as covered in an earlier unit about the Water Cycle. They will have already started the unit and will have already planted seeds in two individual pots.
  Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary What do plants need to survive? What do plant need to grow? How do plants produce seeds. What are the basic parts of a plant? What would our world be like without plants?
  Wonderful Winter This is a unit that was developed for special education students in grades one and two. This unit will take approximately four weeks to complete. " Winter Is Here," by Kimberly Weinberger, "The Snowy Day," Ezra Jack Keats(cassette tape also), "Sunshine Makes The Seasons," by Franklyn M. Branley, and "The Biggest Best Snowman," by Martha Cleyler are used.
  Weather or Not! What would happen to our ecosystems if the weather remained constant? What would happen if humans could consistently manipulate the weather? Are man-made biospheres the answer to controlling weather and our way of life?
  Patterns on Parade Teaches the concept of pattern using manipulatives in one,two and three dimensions.
  Critter Characteristics Essential Questions: How do animals’ characteristics help them survive in their habitats? How do animals’ different characteristics make them interesting? How does one gather information about a topic and share it with others?
  Cooperative Learning How well can First and Sixth Graders work cooperatively to collaborate on reading, writing and art-related activities? How can Sixth Graders self-esteem be improved? How well can Sixth Graders recognize and appreciate differences in First Graders?
  Plant Seeds To explain the general life cycle of a plant, the parts of a plant, and what it needs to grow.
  The Big Blue What would your life be like if you lived in the ocean? Are there still treasures in the ocean? What have people done to harm the ocean?
  The Sky is Falling Essential Questions: Why do leaves fall off trees? Do people plant all of the flowers and trees we see? If so who? If not how do they get planted? Can you think of five things we use trees for?
  ANIMALS This is an interdisciplinary unit in science and language arts. Students will complete a unit on; animal classifications, animal coverings, how animals move, what animals eat, animal babies and how animals communicate. The unit will take approximately four weeks to complete and lessons generally will be forty minutes, with extensions for some activities.
  Polar Pals: Polar Bears and Penguins January is a great time of the year to study the Artic and Antarctic and all the neat animals that live there! For two weeks, students in 1st grade will explore and expand knowledge of polar bears and penguins. Will gain a sense of what life is like for these two polar animals; including habitat, diet, enemies, physical characteristics, and any interesting facts found. They will use acquired knowledge and investigate how habitats are suited for these two polar animals. Students will use the internet in computer class to explore selected websites about polar bears and penguins, acquire additional facts, play games, view fascinating pictures of polar animals, and take an on-line quiz about penguins.
  Plants From Seeds 3-week unit: introduce plants and seeds to students. They will read fiction and nonfiction books about plants and seeds, observe plants and seeds, record observations in a journal, produce a poster describing life cycle of plants, and discuss what is needed for plant growth. Working independently and in collaborative pairs, the students will activate their prior knowledge about plants and extend this knowledge to include how a plant grows and what is needed for plant growth. As a culminating project, they will sprout seeds and record their observations in journals.
  A Parade of Penguins Kindergarten students will study four different types of penguins over a five day period. This unit will be completed during the winter season between units dealing with bears and hibernation and eskimos and environment. Through a variety of group and individual work and projects students will learn about special characterisitics that each penguin possesses to adapt to their environment.
  Folk Tales This lesson was developed to integrate the social studies and language arts curriculums. It helps the student investigate different cultures while incorporating their own culture within the experience.
  Habitats The purpose of this unit is to familiarize the students with different habitats of the world. Students will learn the location, plants and animals of each area in the unit. This will be accomplished through classroom experiences and use of the internet.
  The Earth's Underwater Zoo: Under The Sea This learning experience demonstrates the variety of underwater environments and exquisite forms of life.
  A Stitch in Time The reading and quilts unit is a language arts unit developed to nurture a love of reading with a connection to well known quilt patterns and to feature different authors and illustrators. This unit is literature based and spans a period g reading, writing, and technology skills. The unit focuses on the history and origins of various quilt patterns and is designed for use with first and second grade students.
  Let the Games Begin "Let the Games Begin" is an integrated learning unit involving language arts, math, science, technology, social studies and health. This unit is designed to be used with students in grades one and two but could easily be adapted to be used throughout all of the elementary grades. This is devised to be a total immersion and activity based unit with a strong emphasis on language arts and writing skills.
  Under the Canopy This rainforest unit is an integrated summer reading program designed to reinforce language arts skills with an emphasis on reading and writing. The summer program is designed to help students at risk meet the N.Y. State standards. This unit is literature based and spans a period of four weeks incorporating reading, writing, and technology skills for students who have just completed grades one through five. It will also expose the students to the geographical and scientific significance of a rainforest habitat. This theme based approach to learning a broad topic allows students functioning at a wide variety of levels to work together cooperatively, learn from each other, and have fun together. At risk readers take on the role of the "mentor" or "teacher" when paired with younger students and they are then able to build their self-esteem . These students are rarely able to be the experts with their peer group so this becomes a very positive experience for all the children. In addition, the younger students love the attention from their older classmates. All aspects of the summer program center around the rainforest theme including reading, writing, listening, and speaking projects, art activities, guest readers, and even snacks are woven into the theme. "Under the Canopy" is sure to be a swinging good time for all!
  Shhhh! Animals Hibernating! This learning experience meets the needs of all learners because it implements all the learning styles. All the students are actively involved in their learning with this hands-on activity. The students are given the opportunity to make decisions and observations on their own with the teacher as a facilitator.
  Up to Our Nose in Snow Essential Questions: What is measurement? What is snow? What would our life be like without measurement?
  Info Access in the Library for Electronic Resource Library Reference, Research: Information technology is used to retrieve, process, and communicate information and as a tool to enhance learning.
  Life Cycles of the Frog and the Butterfly Essential Questions: Why is it important to stop, look, and observe clues in my world? What is the reoccurring themes/patterns evident animal life cycle? How do I locate information on a topic?
  Matter The class is preparing to have ice cream for a snack. The teacher should arrange for another individual to call the class out of the room. Upon return, the students will find that the ice cream has melted. The teacher will engage the students in a discussion about what has happened to the ice cream. During the discussion the teacher will take another container of ice cream out of the freezer. The teacher will use the frozen ice cream to continue the discussion and to introduce the students to two phases of matter.
  You've Got Mail Students will learn the path a letter takes from writer to addressee. How does technology help us to communicate with others?
  Woodland Animals and Their Habitat Students use a variety of media to gain information about specific woodland animals through the use of graphic organizers and a journal. They then use the information to develop an animal report. This unit can be adapted for any grade level and to learn about animals in different habitats.
  First Grade Graphing with Excel Working together in groups, students will make a bar and pie graph using Excel software. They will write statements from a bar and pie graph.
  The Environment and You Why is it important that we take care of the environment? Name some ways that you can do your part in taking care of the environment. How do man's actions impact the environment?
  Something Fishy Going On Essential Questions: What type of a physical environment is necessary for life to exist in the ocean? How are human social needs the same as creatures of the ocean?
  Dinosaur Characteristics and Groupings The purpose of this learning experience is for students to become aware of different dinosaur characteristics and how dinosaurs can be grouped according to their characteristics. This correlates with Mathematics, Science, and Technology Standard
  Fall Into Winter None available.
  Oceans of Fun Students will create an ocean life 3D environment.
  Under The Sea Students will recoanize defining characteristics of ocean animals and learn their names.
  Map Studies - Estimate and Measure Distance The project supports student progress toward attainment of the learning standards by encouraging students to take the risks in the estimation of the distances we will measure. Students at the first grade level are not inclined naturally to estimate a distance. Rather, they try to get the correct answer immediately.
  Grasping Graphs Children will numerically investigate their visual world. Learning experiences progress from concrete to semi-concrete to pictorial to more abstract finally to formal bar graphs.
  Plants This is a first grade learning unit based on plants and plant characteristics. This unit will be designed to help students understand the function of plants, the structural make-up of plants and the importance of plants in our lives. This unit will take approximately 2-3 weeks to complete.
  What is Foot? This learning experience reflects current scholarship and "best" classroom practices in those students are given visual, tactile, individual, and small group experiences.
  Bugs and Creepy Crawlies What makes living things similar to and different from each other and non-living things? In what ways do plants and animals depend on each other and their physical environment? How do human activities and decisions have a profound impact on the physical and living environment? How is the continuity of life sustained? How will students listen, read, and write to show an understanding of bugs and creepy crawlies? How can computers and other tools of technology help us in observing, retrieving, processing, and communicating information about bugs and creepy crawlies?
  Down on the Farm Essential Questions: What kind of background information helps children develop vocabulary in order to become effective communicators? What skills do children need to develop to become lifelong readers and writers? How can young children practice problem solving? What kinds of technology can young children utilize in order to collect information? What kind of practice in numbers and numeration helps young children understand basic mathematical concepts?
  Goodness Corillas in our Community The purpose of this learning experience is to extend student's prior knowledge of the term community.





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