Unit Plan: Sequence: The Way Things Go

Unit Overview
Day #1
Day #2
Objective
- The students will The student will be
acknowledge the
able to use and
theme of More
apply their thinking
Than Anything
skills in everyday
Else by Marie
situations by being
Bradby and
able to identify a
understand how it
problem and solve
applies to their
it with their
lives.
thinking skills
-The students will using a sequence of
identify the
steps.
sequence of the
story in writing.
Standards
IAS 1.RL.2.1: Ask IAS 1.2.3 Describe
and answer
ways that
questions about
individual actions
main idea and key can contribute to
details in a text.
the common good
of the classroom or
IAS 1.2.2: Identify community.
text that uses
sequence or other
NCSS Standard- 5.
logical order.
Individuals,
Groups and
Institutions.
Students will see
how they can
contribute to the
well-being of
themselves, their
classmates and the
school institution
as a whole.

Materials

More Than
Anything Else by
Marie Bradby,
paper with names
of each student,
they will need
crayons, colored
pencils or markers
to appropriately
decorate the paper
based on their

PowerPoint
(attached to back
of lesson plan),
Worksheets,
Computer,
Projector,
Interactive smart
board, Whiteboard,
markers, and
Anchor Chart

Day #3
The student will
be able to
identify
materials for
recycling by
sorting them into
groups of what
can and cannot
be reused.

Day #4
The students will
understand that
baking is a stepby-step sequence
after they hear
and participate in
the Read Aloud
of How to Bake
Bread

NCSS VIIProduction,
Distribution and
Consumption-

IAS 1.2.2:
Identify text that
uses sequence or
other logical
order.

IAS- 1.2.3
Describe ways
that individual
actions can
contribute to the
common good of
the classroom or
community.
1.4.1 Identify
goods (tangible
objects, such as
food or toys, that
can satisfy
peoples wants
and needs) that
people use.
-Various
recyclable
materials and
trash in a bag
(plastic bottles,
plastic bags,
cardboard,
aluminum cans,
glass bottles,
etc.)

IAS 1.W.8: With

guidance and
support from
adults, recall
information from
experiences or
gather
information from
provided sources
to answer a
question

How To Bake
Bread poem,
Flour, Eggs, Oil,
Yeast, salt and
sugar. An anchor
chart for each
group. A piece of
writing paper for
each student and
a projector.

response to the
story. A piece of
writing paper to
write the sequence
of the story.
Scissors and glue.

Anticipatory
Set

Purpose

Lesson
Presentation

-PowerPoint
-Accompanying
Worksheet
-Anchor
Chart/Marker

In this story,
Booker used to be
a slave. All he
wants to do is
read. What if you
couldnt read? I
know you all have
been focusing on
main idea and
sequence, lets see
if we can find
them in this story
as well.
Today I am going
to read the story
More Than
Anything Else by
Marie Bradby,
lets see if we can
figure out what
the main idea of
the story is.

The teacher will

model the problem
solving process by
using it to solve a
simple addition
problem which will
be something that
the students can
relate and connect
to.

I will read the

story to them
using a special
voice for the main
character, Booker
and different
voices for the
other characters as
well. After this a
grand
conversation will

Input: Teacher
presents the six
steps of problem
solving. Then he
models the process
using a scenario.
Then, the class
solves a scenario
together.
Output: Students
solve a scenario

By the end of the

lesson, you will be
able to define a
problem and use
my thinking skills
to solve problems
in situations
outside of math.

-Going Green
Song
https://www.yout
ube.com/watch?
v=Y3LdvTgFV0
0
The teacher will
display the
Recycling
Symbol on the
smartboard and
ask students if
they know what
it means. He will
then ask students
to define
recycling.

By the end of the

lesson, you will
be able to
identify
materials that
can be recycled
and understand
how recycling
has a positive
impact on our
environment.
Input: The
Teacher will
define reduce,
reuse and
recycle. Then the
teacher will play
the Going
Green song.
Then, students
will brainstorm
materials that

Discussion about
sequence. The
teacher will ask
students if they
have ever baked
before.

Today I am
going to read
you the poem,
How To Bake
Bread, lets see if
we can identify
the steps
necessary to
bake bread.

The teacher will

read the poem,
then foster a
discussion and
collaborative
read aloud. Then
they will mix
bread together.

take place with

questions from the
teacher.

Closure or
Conclusion

What was your

favorite part of the
main idea of More
Than Anything
Else?

individually.

can be recycled.
Output:
Students will
sort materials
that can be
recycled.
Students will
partner up,
define recycling
and remind each
other of
materials that
can be recycled.
This will take
place during the
lesson
presentation and
the closure.

Students partner
The class will
up, define problem
collaborate and
solving and suggest
make an anchor
ways to solve the
chart about the
scenario that they
sequence of
have covered
baking.
together.
Formative
The students will
This takes place
This will take
Assessment
collaborate with
via the closure and
place during the
the teacher to
the lesson
read aloud as a
establish the
presentation. The
means of
sequence of the
teacher will be able
checking for
story. Then they
to check for
understanding.
will write it on
understanding by
their own. Then
asking students
the students will
questions and by
draw unique
monitoring their
aspects about
discussions during
themselves.
the closure portion
of the lesson.
Adaptations
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Summative Assessment This will take place via the writing assignment at the end of the poetry read
aloud lesson. The collaboration and writing process will serve as a formal check for understanding.
The teacher will critique writing based on:
-Accuracy of information.
-Ability to decipher writing.
-Ability to explain what they have written.