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Wanted Poster
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The students will examine a fairy tale character of their choice in great detail. They will then create a wanted poster that includes the following: a picture of the character, a written description of his/her appearance, a reward amount, and reason(s) the character is wanted.
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Wonderful Winter
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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.
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Found In Space
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Students will direct an imaginary visitor from outer space into their galaxy, solar system planet, hemisphine, landmass, country, state, village and street of their school.
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Literature That Is Scary or Silly
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Primary literature based unit explores concepts of silly, scary, reality and fantasy. It utilizes a three-story theme from the Houghton Mifflin Reading Series. About four weeks for the unit, one week per story, one week for wrap-up and culminating experience (could be stretched to expand). Students expand decoding skills already learned, perfect sentence structure and editing skills, discuss mood of each story, looking at authors' use of specific sound words and letter placement. Students bring all skills together and create an original work.
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Off We Go
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Why is transportation important? How do people's needs and wants effect transportation? How has transportation effected our environment? How does transportation effect everyday life? What would our lives be like without the variety of transportation available today?
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Critter Characteristics
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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?
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Cooperative Learning
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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?
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Plant Seeds
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To explain the general life cycle of a plant, the parts of a plant, and what it needs to grow.
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The Big Blue
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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?
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The Sky is Falling
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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?
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Once Upon A Fairytale
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This is a primary English/Language Arts unit on Fairytales. The unit will take about 4
weeks to complete. This unit will stress the elements of a fairytale. In this unit students
will read for the understanding of the character, setting, and plot points of specific
fairytales. The children will create their own fairytales through the writing process. With
the use of technology, the children will produce a fairytale book complete with
illustrations.
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100th Day Celebration
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How we can we help people in our community? What are some things we can be thankful for? How can we get information from many people all over the world? What steps do we need to take when planning a project or celebration?
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ANIMALS
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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.
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Plants From Seeds
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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.
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Let's Write a Book!
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THe purpose of this experience is to write a book with third grade students to honor their retiring teacher. For presentation, the book will be made into a power point production.
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A Parade of Penguins
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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.
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Folk Tales
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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.
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Habitats
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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.
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A Stitch in Time
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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.
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Under the Canopy
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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!
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Nursery Rhymes
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Essential Questions: Why do we learn nursery rhymes? What makes a nursery rhyme interesting? If you were to write a nursery rhyme, what would you choose to write about and why?
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You've Got Mail
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Students will learn the path a letter takes from writer to addressee. How does technology help us to communicate with others?
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Animals of the Chinese Zodiac
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Students will be introduced to the Chinese zodiac as part of the general introduction to the various elements of the Chinese New Year before they have this learning experience. They will have access to Internet-based information on the Chinese zodiac during this introductory experience.
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Is It Fiction or Non Fiction?
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OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to distinguish between the genres of Fiction and Non Fiction as found in book and electronic print format, after hearing books read aloud and locating information on a CD-ROM.
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Woodland Animals and Their Habitat
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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.
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Digging for Treasure
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Language Arts unit-focuses on listening and gathering information. Students read and listen to factual information (biographies) about specific people; questions are presented, students will decide if the information is "Trash or Treasure", and information is used in, completing graphic organizers, writing sentences to answer questions and developing a paragraph. Using vocabulary overview guide, students learn vocabulary specific to a person or time period. Provides opportunities for students to practice and refine writing skills, while learning note-taking skills. By studying people that persist, restrain impulsively, and seek accuracy, students will realize the importance of self-control and self-regulation. Students are assessed through observation and teacher conferences.
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Folklore for Primary Students
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Essential Questions: How do characters within folklore help us to better understand ourselves as learners? How can the lessons learned in folklore help us to better understand our own experiences and actions? How does working in cooperative groups make us better learners?
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The Pilgrims: Sacrifice for Freedom
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Many children can associate the Pilgrims with Thanksgiving, but many do not know why the Pilgrims actually came to
America and what these people faced when they made the decision to sail to the New World. The purpose of this unit is to go
beyond their prior knowledge to answer those questions through activities such as listening, shared writing, videos, story
dramatization and role playing activities. A goal is for the children to put themselves in the place of the Pilgrims to enhance their
learning.
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Talking to Author Jan Brett via E-mail
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Students experience the rapid way in which e-mail allows people to communicate in a direct and personal manner.
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First Grade Graphing with Excel
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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.
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Proud To Be An American
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This unit takes a look at the various symbols of the United States of America and the pride they elicit. We will read books, watch a movie, and use creative arts to gain an understanding of these symbols.
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Map Studies
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Essential Questions: What is a map and why are maps important? How can we find directions on a map and why are directions important? What if your Dad got a job in another part of New York State? How would you know where to go? How is math important when using a map?
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Plants
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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.
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Bugs and Creepy Crawlies
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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?
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What's Inside
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Students will read simple informational texts with repetitive language and simple illustrations to begin to collect data, facts and ideas. Students will interpret information represented in pictures, illustrations, and simple charts and webs.
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Down on the Farm
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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?
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Once Upon A Time
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Using a professional storyteller, have students
listen to traditional and non-traditional fairy tales. Storyteller will discuss
the elements of a fairy tale.
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Goodness Corillas in our Community
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The purpose of this learning experience is to extend student's prior knowledge of the term community.
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