Sara Tulley

Thematic Unit Showcase

Can we read fun books and learn important skills incorporating their themes?

Unit Questions

 What can we do to keep the Earth clean?

How can math be a part of our everyday lives?

Can you read a story and understand the

unspoken meaning(s)? Can you use creative thinking to come up with your own ideas about things? Is it important to know the author to understand their books?
Content Questions

 Who is Dr. Seuss and what is he famous for?

What is the quarter of an hour?

When in the real world do you see fractions? Why was the Grinch mean and how did he finally

become caring? How can recycling keep the environment healthy?

Day 1 Plan

Content Question: Who is Dr. Seuss and what is he famous for?

Watch Dr Seuss: Rhymes and Reasons

YouTube.com video In Computer Lab, students will complete Dr. Seuss Scavenger Hunt. Students will use Microsoft Word to type their answers, then print.
Assessment Plan

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Diagnostic - Discuss with students what they know about Dr. Seuss. Formative - Observe students to understand what they know about using computers by seeing if they can successfully use internet, type and print documents. Summative - Grade scavenger hunt to assess if students correctly used internet sources right and found correct answers.
Day 2 Plan

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Content Question: What is a quarter of an hour?

Watch dramatized reading of The Cat in the Hat on

YouTube.com. Give Pre-Test on telling time to the nearest quarter hour. Centers:
Group 1 - Color, cut out & create Dr. Seuss clocks. Form into groups of 2

and play game.

Group 2 Play Learning Time Interactive Game.

Post Test
Assessment Plan

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Diagnostic - Pretest on telling time to nearest quarter hour. Formative - Observe students playing games, grade worksheet from spinner game. Summative - Posttest on telling time to the nearest quarter hour.

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Content Question: When in the real world do you see fractions?

Read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

charts, sorting, graphing and estimation. Review and question using Power Point. Students will complete fraction/tally worksheet and bar graph. As a class, we will make a graph on Kids Zone.
Assessment Plan

Use colored Goldfish crackers to learn fractions, tally

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Diagnostic Questioning prior knowledge using Power Point. Formative Grade graph, fraction, tally worksheet. Summative Exit slips on 1-2 new things they learned about fractions, graphs and/or tally charts.

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Content Question: Why was the Grinch mean and how did he finally become caring?

Read How the Grinch Stole Christmas Students will draw picture and write short creative

story to explain how they would make the Grinch giggle. In the computer lab, each student will type their short story into Microsoft Word and print.

Assessment Plan

Diagnostic Review/Discuss parts of a sentence. Formative Observe students writing their creative stories and drawing pictures and help students when necessary. Summative Grade creative writing and picture using rubric.

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Content Question: Why does recycling keep the environment healthy?

Read The Lorax

students examples of things they can recycle and what they are made into. Play Interactive Power Point Game using Smart Board The Lorax and the Environment Make Pledge to the environment.
Student Example 1 Student Example 2

Teach students facts about the environment. Show

Assessment Plan

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Diagnostic Question students using physical examples/discussion about The Lorax, the environment and recycling. Formative The Lorax and the Environment Game. Summative I Pledge to slips

References

 Seuss, D. (2011, December 7). Random housechildren. Retrieved from

http://www.seussville.com/ Printable math and ela worksheets for teachers and homeschool families. (2011, May). Retrieved from http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/ Catalena, M. () (2003). Dr. seuss: Rhymes & reasons [0 series episode]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkOHQGA8hZc Funtrivia. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.funtrivia.com/en/People/Seuss-Dr-Theodor-Geisel4306.html NCES. (2011). Kids. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ Retrieved from http://www.apples4theteacher.com/clocks.html harvey0rabbit. (2010). The cat in the hat by dr. seuss. [0]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtfCqv27HjE Rubistar. (2008). Retrieved from http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

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