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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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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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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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My Country 'Tis of Thee
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This unit was created because of the events that happened on September 11, 2001. After reviewing the events of September 11th, it became apparent that the students had confusion as to the significance of landmarks in New York City and Washington. We realized as teachers the importance of our American Heritage and what it means to be an American. The patriotism that has encompassed our nation since that horrific day has brought around a renewed love and allegiance to our wonderful country. As teachers, we wanted to embrace this unification and pass it on to our children. We want the children to know what each patriotic symbol looks like and what it also represents. This unit will focus on the different patriotic symbols and what each one represents.
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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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Introducing Two Great Men
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Have children gain Understanding of and explain why we celebrate President's Day.
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The Rainforest
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Emphasizing on animals and plants of the South American rainforests.
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My Family
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The students will attend to the video "My Family, Myself". Following the video students will engage
in a short discussion about the term "family". Students will be given paper and instructed to draw a picture representing their ideas about a family. The students will be given time to explain their drawing to the other students
in class.
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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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World Geography
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This geography unit begins early in the school year with the "launch" of a Teddy Bear on a trip around the world. The Teddy Bear carries instructions for travel, a journal, addresses, and other information which allows the students to communicate with the people who have the bear. The Teddy Bear is given to someone who is going on an international flight with a note to flight attendants asking that he be shared with children.
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All Around Town
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This unit is designed to teach students about the community in which they live. It covers the basic community helpers and goods and services within the community.
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The Indian in the Cupboard of America
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Native Americans - Brainstorm aloud with the children and put on the board what they already know about Native Americans. Further their interest in Native Americans by showing the movie The Indian in the Cupboard
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It's a Cold, Cold World
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This learning experience presents an introduction to the continent of Antarctica. The experience is built around the story Winston, Newton, Elton, and Ed by James Stevenson. The students enjoy a piece of fictional literature while gathering factual information about where it takes place - the continent of Antarctica.
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All Around the Community
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Introduce and expand on the concept of community-what is a community? How do we become good community members? Why or how do we change our communities? The Social Studies Curriculum requires students will be able to understand the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation (Standard #5). Students will describe a community and what roles people have in a community. Will allow students to reflect on their roles as classroom community member and members of the community in which they live.
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Castles
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Who lived and worked in a castle community? How was a castle community the same and different from our community? How did castles change over time and become outdated? How did a castle community meet the member's needs of food, clothing and shelter?
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Once Upon a Castle
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This interdisciplinary unit introduces children to the history of castles and the elements of a fairy tale. Students read and write fairy tales. They read and work collaboratively on several group projects that are designed to extend knowledge. The highlight of the unit comes when students share their family castle projects.
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Let's Make a Map
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Reinforce and develop student mapmaking skills that will enable students to understand the parts of a map and how maps are used in their lives.
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