Unit Title Unit Author(s) Subject Area Lesson Focus Standards

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Assessment

Differentiation

America the Beautiful: How do we celebrate and honor our country? Dorothy Sisk Date Day 5 Social Studies Grade K Putting it all together: Celebrate! Social Studies: K.1 The student will recognize that history describes events and people of other times and places by b) identifying the people and events honored by the holidays of Independence Day (Fourth of July). K.9 The student will recognize the American flag and the Pledge of Allegiance and know that the president is the leader of the United States. Language Arts: K.3 The student will build oral communication skills. Music: K.7 The student will create music through a variety of experiences. 2. Use the voice in speech and song. SWBAT create and share multiple representations of celebrations of our country. America the Beautiful illustrated by Wendell Minor Poem written on large chart paper Music version of America the Beautiful on CD, CD player Continue to fill in checklists from previous assessments. Use a rubric for assessment of oral language: eye contact, audibility, and interaction with audience. MI: rhythmic/musical: students will sing along to America the Beautiful

Teacher Does We have learned so much about ways we celebrate and honor our country. Today, we will share what we created this week and review what we learned.

Students Do

Link 3 minutes

Engage and educate 10 minutes

Read America the Beautiful illustrated by Wendell Minor. Teach students the song, first by choral repetition. Sing the song as a class with music.

Students will sing along to America the Beautiful.

Active learning 20 minutes

We have learned so much about celebrating and honoring our country this week. Today, you get to put your knowledge to work and celebrate! Have students share their products from the past 4 lessons.

Students will select one product from this week that they are most proud of. Student will chare what the item means, how it celebrates of honors our country, and why they like it. Audience should actively listen, ask questions, and provide critique and praise.

Reflect

Review what the students learned over the unit: go back to the main question, How do we celebrate and honor our country?

Now and then

When learning about new celebrations and holidays, link to what we learned about this week: how is it the same, different?