Search: 1.1.2 Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning., 2.3.1 Connect understanding to the real world.
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| Title | Overview | Grade | Average Rating |
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| 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 | |
| What Were They Thinking Then, What Are We Thinking Now? | In the library students compare primary sources from two time periods relating to an issue in their novel or play. Students compare how the issue was perceived by characters in their work to how it is perceived by individuals today. The essential questions for this lesson are: Have the ideas and perspectives about the main issue of the novel or play changed with time? To what extent has the issue been resolved? | 10 | |
| 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 | |
| Community Helpers | In a theme unit on community helpers, Kindergarten students will name a range of community helpers and be able to describe how they perform their major roles. The essential questions for this unit include: Who are community helpers? How do they help us? | K | |
| Cornell Notes with I Tunes | Essential Question (s): How can Cornell Notes help me during lectures? How does Cornell Notes help me with remembering or reflection after the lecture? What is the standard format for using Cornell Notes? | 12 | |
| Drawing on Blue Jeans | Students use resources and information from the library to develop global perspectives in a changing world, learning about the roles and responsibilities of members of the global community. Each student identifies and explores his or her own particular area of interest. The students then connect their understanding to the real world, using inquiry to inspire artistic expression. | 11, 12 |