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Fact vs. Opinion Students will learn to distinguish the difference between facts and opinions. They will practice identifying facts and opinions. Essential Question: What is the difference between fact and opinion? 7
5
Three-Ring Government In social studies class, third grade students identify the structure of the federal government and describe the roles and responsibilities of government officials. The essential question framing the unit is: How is our government organized? 3
5
Understanding Author & Illustrator Students will be able to identify and explain the job responsibilities of an author and an illustrator and to better connect with this concept, they will become an author/illustrator. Essential questions: What is an author? What is an illustrator? What relationship do an author and illustrator have? How do an author and illustrator affect one another? What type of job do you have in kindergarten that is affected by someone else’s work? K
5
Zoo Animals Students address the following essential questions in this unit: What are reptiles? What are mammals? What are birds? How are these animals alike? How are they different? K
4.5
Creating Story Elements Flap Books Story elements are key parts to every story. Essential questions: What character traits would you use to describe the characters? What key details would you use to describe the setting? What key details would you use to describe major events? 1
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Nouns and Verbs in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Following a class discussion of nouns and verbs in the story, students will go to a computer to locate and print photos to illustrate one noun and one verb of their choice. Essential questions: What is the function of a noun? What is the function of a verb? How can pictures be found with a computer? 3
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Old Ironsides In exploring a unit on Poetry, students will research the USS Constitution and construct a guide that a tourist could follow while taking a walking tour of the vessel. The students are asked to consider the following essential questions: What are some present day uses of the USS Constitution? What is the significance of the naval vessel to Massachusetts, Oliver Wendell Holmes and his poem, Old Ironsides? 10
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Mathematical Magnitude: Research Using Print Sources This lesson is designed to teach students to use a print source to locate and use information about his/her career choice in order to answer the essential question: How are mathematics used in real life? 9
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Diary of a Worm/Fiction and Non-Fiction The essential concept of this lesson was designed for the student to differentiate between fiction and non-fiction and to compare the habitat relationships between worm, spider, and fly. The Essential Questions: What does it mean if a book is fiction or non-fiction? How would you explain the benefits a worm has on the world? What would happen if fly, spider, and worm were all friends? 1, 2
2.5
Animal Research Project The lesson is designed to teach students how to use the BIG6 graphic organizer so they will have a systematic way to approach research papers. The students will then have to look-up a book on the subject and retrieve the book form the shelf to show they can use the library online catalog system. A review on accessing databases from the school lab and home will be done. Student will choose topic. 7
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