Holiday

What’s your favorite holiday?

2nd Grade
By: Diana Miranda
Thematic Unit Planning Matrix

Content or Essential Centers Technology Assessment Student Work or TEKS and Technology Standards:
Subject Area Questions (Activities) Integration and/or Rubric product Identify the relevant TEKS and ISTE Standard for
What do (Must include at Scale (What is the final Teachers and Students
you want least 2 - How are you product? i.e.
the students technology tools going to presentation slides,
to that you have evaluate WordCloud,
do/achieve? used in this class your newsletter, Reflective
for each subject student’s Essay?
area) work
ELAR What are The students -Powerpoint I will evaluate Digital Storybook TEKS:(12) Composition: listening, speaking, reading,
holidays? will be -Youtube Video my students' writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The
divided into work by making student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose
groups and
sure they have multiple texts that are meaningful. The student is
will be
at least 4-5 expected to: (B) compose informational texts, including
handed a
variety of
holidays in their procedural texts and reports;
books where informative ISTE Standard for Teachers: 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3c, 3d,
they will do digital storybook 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, and 7b.
the research and that the ISTE Standard for Students: 1c, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4b,
and gather information
5a, 6a, 6b, 6d, 7a and 7b.
their provided is
information correct.
for the Digital
Storybook.
Social What is The students -Powerpoint I will evaluate Timeline TEKS:(b) Knowledge and skills.(1) History. The student
Studies the first will be given -Timetoast my students' understands the historical significance of landmarks and
Holiday a worksheet timeline work by making celebrations in the community, state, and nation. The
celebrated with an sure their student is expected to: (A) explain the significance of
at the empty holidays are in various community, state, and national celebrations such
beginning timeline that chronological as Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and
of the they will order and they Thanksgiving; and
year? have to fill should have at
What is out, there least 8 holidays ISTE Standard for Teachers: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3c, 4b,
the last will be on their 5a, 5b, 5c, 6b, 6c, 6d, and 7a.
Holiday books put timeline. ISTE Standard for Students: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b,
celebrated out for them 3c, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, and 7a.
at the end and they will
of the be able to
year? use their
devices for
more
research.
Math What is a The students -Powerpoint I will evaluate Interactive Multimedia TEKS:(10) Data analysis. The student applies
calendar? will go around -Interactive my student’s Poster mathematical process standards to organize data to make
asking their it useful for interpreting information and solving
friends, other
Multimedia work by
problems. The student is expected to: (B) organize a
classmates or poster making sure
collection of data with up to four categories using
teachers (12 the students
people) what
pictographs and bar graphs with intervals of one or more
asked 12
their favorite ISTE Standard for Teachers: 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3c, 3d,
people, they
holiday is and 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, and 7b.
they will have have four
ISTE Standard for Students: 1c, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4b,
to choose holidays
5a, 6a, 6b, 6d, 7a and 7b.
between 4 graphed and
holidays. They
that their
will gather
their results
interactive
and create a multimedia
bar graph that poster is
they will put
creative.
into an
Interactive
multimedia
poster.