Organizing Theme:

The features of a life cycle

Inquiry
into:

Literacy:
Reading
Literacy:
Writing

Changes within a life cycle

How life cycles depend on
the environment

Focus: Life cycles,

environments

Science, Mathematics

Math

Concepts

Related: Survival,
Interdependence,
Cycle/Growth

Audienc
Grade 1 Classmates
e:
Product
An online newspaper article with two paragraphs and a diagram
:
Success
Students understand that the environment determines the survival of a plant or
Indicato
animal life cycle.
r:

What is a life cycle?

How are life cycles connected?
What are the stages within a life cycle?
Focused learning opportunities and curriculum benchmarks being covered during unit

Ongoing

Students will:
-use features of non-fiction texts to gather information
-begin to integrate information from multiple sources to deepen understanding of a topic
-make text-to-world connections
-pose and respond to questions

listening and
participating in guided
reading, fluency,
comprehension, reading
strategies

Students will:
-write reports using simple facts
-organize ideas into paragraphs with guidance
-publish hand-written pieces in polished format
Students will:

spelling patterns,
punctuation, editing
own work with guidance

-Write descriptively using simple facts

EAL

31st January 17th March

2015

Objectiv Present a newspaper article depicting causation, connection, and change relating to
e:
life cycles
Summative Assessment

Central
Idea:

The survival of a plant

or animal life cycle
relies on
environmental factors.

Proposed Dates:

Causation, Connection,
Change

Questio Teacher

Unit Title:

How the World

Works

How the World Works

-Give book summaries in a variety of forms: book report, outline, retell

-Make text-to-self and text-to-world connections
-Use increasingly complex sentences when speaking and writing
-Continue reading, writing and sharing narratives
-Begin using elements of the writing process
Data Handling- Collect, display, and interpret data, including an exploration into the growth of living things
Number: Make and test estimations related to in-class experiments
Shape/Space: Represent real world situations using geometrical shapes
Measurement: Estimate, measure, and compare size and growth related to plants and animals
Research: Keep a journal of plant growth in varying conditions

Continue to identify and

use parts of speech for
understanding
grammar; Read with
improving fluency,
accuracy, expression
and comprehension
addition, subtraction,
time, place value

ICT

Arabic

Music
P.E.

The Arts

Library
School
Excursio
ns

Students will use:

-Microsoft Power Point to create and edit pieces for their newspaper article
-Microsoft Publisher to construct their newspaper article
-Brainpop to find out more about plants and the environment
Students will learn:
In Arabic A:
The students will learn lesson (our school garden) they will learn story elements (beginning-middle-end) the story about planting apple tree (seeds-water
sun.etc.)
In Arabic B:
-the parts of plants, the students will plant some of seeds and they label the plant part (seeds-..etc.) and the record the change of plant cycling and the
Students will learn about the history of palm tree.
fruits, vegetables & what plants need to grow(sun- water soil)
How to say the seasons of the year and months of the year.
Students will:
reflect on their performance at the Arts Celebration and continue to focus on movement, singing, and playing instruments. Students will begin to use
symbolic notation to learn to read basic music.
Students will: participate in a variety of invasion games and striking games. They will be playing modified versions of rugby, netball and football where
they explore attacking and defending and develop their spatial awareness. They will also participate in modified striking and fielding games. During this
unit they will develop their hand eye coordination and timing. They will also explore tactical ways to score more points, and how to work as a team to
prevent the opposition from scoring.
Students will: In art lessons we will be linking with the concepts of connection, causation and change. The focus will be drawing and sculpture.
Central Idea: Artists represent movement in artworks in both 2 and 3 dimensions
Lines of Inquiry: Movement can be shown on a flat surface. Movement can used as the inspiration to create art and become part of an artwork

Students will: be learning how to us the library computer system to locate books of interest and books that relate specifically to the UOI. They will
complete personal pieces of work, in picture form and written form to reinforce their learning and understanding of the UOI for their portfolio. Students will
watch short video that relate to their UOI and share ideas and information in group discussions. Students will be encouraged to find books of personal
interest using their browser card. They will begin to learn how to scan their own books out of the library - focusing on taking responsibility for library
materials.
To be decided.

Brain Pop
Clip Art, Text Box,
Word Art
Basic sight words,
common vocabulary
in Arabic

- Singing and rhythmic

work.
Teamwork, cooperation
games, fairplay.
Safety