Annual Plan for Integrated Study

1. Assemble the following materials

a. District calendar: 2021-2022 School Year

Radnor Township School District

2021-2022
Instructional Calendar
School Board Approved on November 24, 2020 & April 27, 2021
JULY 2021 JUL 5 District Holiday All Buildings Closed JANUARY 2022
S M T W T F S AUG 16 PIAA High School Sports Begin S M T W T F S
1 2 3 AUG 25-26 Teacher Induction
1
AUG 30-SEP 2 Teacher In-Service No Students K-12
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SEP 3 Teacher Flex In-Service No Students K-12 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 SEP 6 District Holiday All Buildings Closed 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
SEP 7 Offices Open/No School No Students K-12
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SEP 8 First Student Day K-12 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 SEP 16 Offices Open/No School No Students K-12 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
NOV 2 Teacher In-Service No Students K-12
NOV 18,22,23 Evening Parent Full Student Day 30 31
AUGUST 2021 Conferences 6-12 FEBRUARY 2022
S M T W T F S NOV 22 Evening Parent Full Student Day S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conferences K-5
1 2 3 4 5
NOV 23 Parent Conferences K-5 No Students K-5
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NOV 24 Parent Conferences K-12 No Students K-12 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 NOV 25-26 District Holiday All Buildings Closed 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
DEC 10 Assessment Day K-5 No Students K-5
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DEC 23 Teacher Flex In-Service No Students K-12 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
29 30 31 DEC 24 District Holiday All Buildings Closed 27 28
DEC 27 Offices Open/No School No Students K-12
DEC 28-31 District Holiday All Buildings Closed
SEPTEMBER 2021 JAN 17 District Holiday All Buildings Closed MARCH 2022
S M T W T F S FEB 18 Teacher In-Service No Students K-12 S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 FEB 21 District Holiday All Buildings Closed
1 2 3 4 5
MAR 3 Evening Parent No Students K-5
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Conferences K-5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 MAR 11 Assessment Day K-5 No Students K-5 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
MAR 18 Parent Conferences K-5 No Students K-5
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 APR 11-14 Offices Open/No School No Students K-12 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
26 27 28 29 30 APR 15 District Holiday All Buildings Closed 27 28 29 30 31
May 17 Teacher In-Service No Students K-12
MAY 30 District Holiday All Buildings Closed
OCTOBER 2021 JUN 10 Assessment Day K-5 No Students K-5 APRIL 2022
S M T W T F S JUN 8 RHS Graduation S M T W T F S
1 2 JUN 21 Last Student Day / Early Dismissal (K-12) 1 2
JUN 22 Teacher In-Service No Students K-12
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 PSSA Testing Window 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 April 25 – 29: English Language Arts (3 – 8) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
May 2 – 13: Mathematics (3 – 8)
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 May 2 – 13: Science (3 – 8) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Keystone Testing Window 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Winter: December 1 – 15
31 Spring: May 16 – 27
NOVEMBER 2021 Radnor High School Testing Window* MAY 2022
S M T W T F S Midterms: Jan 26, 27, 28 S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 Senior Finals: June 1, 2, 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Underclassman Finals: TBD Based on Emergency Closure Days
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 *Radnor High School midterm and final testing dates may be adjusted due to emergency 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
closure days.
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
The 2021-2022 calendar has three built-in emergency school closure days. If more
28 29 30 than three emergency school closure days are needed, additional school days will 29 30 31
be added onto the end of the school year beginning June 21. It is possible that the
school year could be shortened in June should the district not need to utilize the
DECEMBER 2021 three emergency school closure days. The calendar will be revised as needed. JUNE 2022
Student Emergency Make-Up Days
S M T W T F S Canceled student days will be made up as follows: S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 Day 4: June 22 Day 6: June 24 1 2 3 4
Day 5: June 23 Day 7: June 27
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 District Holiday K-12 Parent Conferences 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 K-12 Teacher In-service K-12 Early Dismissal 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31 K-5 Teacher In-service Graduation
26 27 28 29 30
Offices Open/No School Student Emergency Make-Up
b. Social Studies Standards: https://www.socialstudies.org/standards/national-curriculum-
standards-social-studies-introduction
c. State Standards: https://www.education.pa.gov/Teachers%20-
%20Administrators/Curriculum/SocialStudies/Pages/default.aspx

d. District scope and sequence: https://www.rtsd.org/Page/13269

e. List of festivals/seasonal activities/community events:
i. September
a) 6- Labor Day
b) 15- First day of Hispanic Heritage Month
ii. October
a) 11-Indigenous people day
b) 31- Halloween
iii. November
a) 1-First day of Native American Heritage Month
b) 7- Daylight savings
c) 11- Veterans Day
d) 25- Thanksgiving
e) 26- Native American Heritage Day
iv. December
a) 26- Kwanza
v. January
a) 17- MLK day
vi. February
a) 1- First day of Black History Month
b) 2- Groundhog Day
c) 21- Presidents’ Day
vii. March
a) 1- first day of women’s history month
b) 13- daylight savings
c) 17- St Patrick’s day
viii. April
a) 22- Earth Day
ix. May
a) 1- First day of Asian pacific American heritage month
b) 5- Cinco de Mayo
c) 30- Memorial Day
x. June
a) 1- First Day of Pride Month
b) 14- Flag Day
c) 19- Juneteenth

f. Blank calendar pages:

September 2021
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 October 2021
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 November 2021
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 December 2021
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 January 2022
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

February 2022
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 March 2022
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 April 2022
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 May 2022
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 June 2022
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

2. I read over the Social Studies standards for grades 2, 3, and 4.

https://pdesas.org/standard/view/
3. Specific topics addressed in 3rd grade Social Studies: https://www.perma-
bound.com/state-standards.do?state=PA&subject=social-studies&gradeLevel=3
• Principles and Documents of Government
• Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
• How Government Works
 • How International Relationships Function
• Economic Systems
• Markets and the Functions of Governments
• Scarcity and Choice
• Economic Interdependence
• Work and Earnings
• Basic Geographic Literacy
• The Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions
• The Human Characteristics of Places and Regions
• The Interactions Between People and Places
• Historical Analysis and Skills Development
• Pennsylvania History
• United States History
• World History

4. Overriding THEME for the year: Our Community and Beyond

5. Smaller topic components: https://www.perma-bound.com/state-
standards.do?state=PA&subject=social-studies&gradeLevel=3
a. Rules and Laws in your Community and Beyond
i. The purpose of rules, laws, and government and their importance
in the classroom, school, community, state and nation
ii. The importance of political leadership and public service in the
school, community, state, and nation
iii. Identify reasons for rules and laws in the school and community
b. The Impact of Government on the Community and Beyond
i. Explain ways to influence others in and outside of your community
ii. Identify how community customs and traditions influence
governments
c. Economics in the Community and Beyond
i. Describe how individuals, families, and communities with limited
resources make choices
ii. Identify local economic activities and examples of local businesses
opening, closing, expanding or contracting
iii. Identify ways local businesses compete in the community to get
consumers
iv. Identify groups of competing producers in the local community
v. Identify government involvement in local economic activities
vi. Identify and define wants of different people in the community and
beyond
vii. Explain how self-interest influences choice
viii. Explain why goods, services, and resources come from all over the
nation and the world
ix. Identify local resources and explain why some products are
produced locally in a community while others are not
x. Identify local geographic patterns of economic activities
d. Jobs in the Community and Beyond
 i. Identify different occupations in and outside of the local
community
ii. Define entrepreneurship and identify entrepreneurs in the local
community
e. Understanding the Geography of our Community and Beyond
i. Identify and locate places and regions within and outside the
community
ii. Describe the human and physical features of the local area
iii. Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical
characteristics of places and regions in and outside of the
community
iv. The number and distribution of people in the local community
v. Human movement in the local community
vi. Ethnicity of people in the local community (customs, celebrations,
languages, religions)
vii. Political units in the local area and beyond

f. How Individuals Impact our Community

i. How people depend on, adjust to and modify physical systems on a
local scale
ii. Identify impacts of people on physical systems
iii. Ways humans change local ecosystems
g. How the History of Pennsylvania has Shaped Your Community
i. Social organization (relationships of individuals, families, groups,
communities; ability to be educated)
ii. Understand the political and cultural contributions of individuals
and groups to Pennsylvania history
h. How the United States and World History has Shaped Your Community
i. Identify conflict and cooperation among community social groups
and organizations in United States
ii. Identify conflict and cooperation among community social groups
and organizations affected world history

6. Within the topics, you might decide to divide into smaller segments (one- or two-
week units) such as “home,” “school,” “our town.”
a. Our Community and Beyond
i. Classroom rules and expectations
ii. What is a community?
iii. Who makes up a community?
iv. Our community’s story
b. Rules and Laws in our Community and Beyond
i. Difference between rules and laws
ii. Who makes local, state, and national laws?
iii. Why do we have rules and laws in school and our community?
iv. The importance of rules and laws by state and nation
c. The Impact of Government on the Community and Beyond
 i. How do individuals impact the creation of rules and laws?
ii. Who is in charge at school?
iii. Who holds the authority in local, state, and national governments?
iv. Treat people fairly and leave a lasting impact on others
d. Economics in the Community and Beyond
i. What are goods, services, consumers, and producers?
ii. Examples of local economic activities and local businesses
iii. How is the government involved in local economic activities?
iv. Community competition to gain consumers
v. What are local resources? Why are certain products produced
locally in a community?
vi. Goods, services, and resources come from all over the nation
e. Jobs in the Community and Beyond
i. Why do people work?
ii. Occupation opportunities in our community and beyond
iii. What are profit and loss?
iv. What is an entrepreneur? Who are entrepreneurs in our
community?
v. What is saving money and why do people save?
f. Understanding the Geography of our Community and Beyond
i. Reading and creating maps, globes, graphs, and diagrams
ii. Locate places and regions
iii. Physical vs Human features of the local area
iv. Distribution and movement of people in the local community
v. Ethnicity of people in the local community (customs, celebrations,
languages, religions)
g. How Individuals Impact our Community
i. How do people depend on, adjust to and modify physical systems
on a local scale?
ii. How do people impact physical systems?
iii. How do humans change local ecosystems?
h. How the History of Pennsylvania has Shaped Your Community
i. Explore PA’s history through primary documents, material
artifacts, and historic sites
ii. Relationships of individuals, families, groups, communities in
Pennsylvania
iii. How has conflict among social groups and organizations in PA
history shaped our lives today?
i. How the United States and World History has Shaped Your Community
i. Explore contributions of individuals and groups to US history
ii. What primary documents, material artifacts, and historic sites are
important in US history?
iii. How has conflict among social groups and organizations in US
history shaped our lives today?
iv. How has conflict among social groups and organizations in world
history shaped our lives today?
 v. What individuals and groups from around the world have made
significant political and cultural contributions?

7. Broadly PENCIL in the themes, topics, units for the year using Social Studies
topics as your broad base.
a. September: Our Community and Beyond
i. Labor Day (9/6)
ii. Icebreakers
iii. Classroom rules and expectations
iv. First day of Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15)
v. What is a community?
vi. Who makes up a community?
vii. Our community’s story
b. October: Rules and Laws in our Community and Beyond
i. Difference between rules and laws
ii. Indigenous People Day (10/11)
iii. Who makes local, state, and national laws?
iv. Why do we have rules and laws in school and our community?
v. The importance of rules and laws by state and nation
vi. Halloween (10/31)
c. November: The Impact of Government on the Community and Beyond
i. First day of Native American Heritage Month (11/1)
ii. How do individuals impact the creation of rules and laws?
iii. Who is in charge at school?
iv. Veterans Day (11/11)
v. Who holds the authority in local, state, and national governments?
vi. Treat people fairly and leave a lasting impact on others
vii. Thanksgiving (11/25)
d. December: Economics in the Community and Beyond
i. What are goods, services, consumers, and producers?
ii. Examples of local economic activities and local businesses
iii. How is the government involved in local economic activities?
iv. Community competition to gain consumers
v. What are local resources? Why are certain products produced
locally in a community?
vi. Goods, services, and resources come from all over the nation
vii. Winter break
viii. Christmas (12/25)
ix. Kwanza (12/26)
e. January: Jobs in the Community and Beyond
i. New Year’s Day (1/1)
ii. Why do people work?
iii. Occupation opportunities in our community and beyond
iv. Martin Luther King Day (1/17)
v. What are profit and loss?
 vi. What is an entrepreneur? Who are entrepreneurs in our
community?
vii. What is saving money and why do people save?
f. February: Understanding the Geography of our Community and Beyond
i. Reading and creating maps, globes, graphs, and diagrams
ii. Groundhog Day (2/2)
iii. Locate places and regions
iv. Valentines’ Day (2/14)
v. Physical vs Human features of the local area
vi. Presidents’ Day (2/21)
vii. Distribution and movement of people in the local community
viii. Ethnicity of people in the local community (customs, celebrations,
languages, religions)
g. March: How Individuals Impact our Community
i. First Day of Women’s History Month (3/1)
ii. How do people depend on, adjust to and modify physical systems
on a local scale?
iii. Daylight Savings (3/13)
iv. How do people impact physical systems?
v. St. Patrick’s Day (3/17)
vi. How do humans change local ecosystems?
vii. Climate, weather, and environments
viii. Animals, plants, and flowers in different environments
h. April: How the History of Pennsylvania has Shaped Your Community
i. Explore PA’s history through primary documents, material
artifacts, and historic sites
ii. Relationships of individuals, families, groups, communities in
Pennsylvania
iii. Earth Day (4/22)
iv. How has conflict among social groups and organizations in PA
history shaped our lives today?
i. May: How the United States and World History has Shaped Your
Community
i. First Day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (5/1)
ii. Explore contributions of individuals and groups to US history
iii. What primary documents, material artifacts, and historic sites are
important in US history?
iv. Mother’s Day (5/8)
v. How has conflict among social groups and organizations in US
history shaped our lives today?
vi. How has conflict among social groups and organizations in world
history shaped our lives today?
vii. What individuals and groups from around the world have made
significant political and cultural contributions?
viii. Memorial Day (5/30)
j. June: Importance of Historical Analysis and Skill Development
 i. First Day of Pride Month (6/1)
ii. Past, present, and future time
iii. Historical sources
iv. Flag Day (6/14)
v. Fact vs opinion
vi. Historical research
vii. Juneteenth (6/19)
viii. Father’s Day (6/19)
ix. Last Day of School (6/21)

8. Reading/Language Arts and Math standards to naturally fit in skills:

The Reading/Language Arts standards below can fit naturally into the annual plan
using integration.
a. PA.1.1.3.F. Learning to Read Independently: Understand the meaning of
and use correctly new vocabulary learned in various subject areas.
b. PA.1.1.3.G. Learning to Read Independently: Demonstrate after reading
understanding and interpretation of both fiction and nonfiction text.
c. 1.1.3.G.2. Connect the new information or ideas in the text to known information.
d. 1.1.3.G.3. Clarify ideas and understandings through rereading and discussion.
e. 1.1.3.G.4. Make responsible assertions about the text by citing evidence from the
text.
f. PA.1.1.3.H. Learning to Read Independently: Demonstrate fluency and
comprehension in reading.
g. PA.1.2.3.A. Reading Critically in All Content Areas: Read and understand
essential content of informational texts and documents in all academic areas.
h. 1.2.3.A.1. Differentiate fact from opinion within text.
i. 1.2.3.A.2. Distinguish between essential and nonessential information within a
text.
j. 1.2.3.A.3. Make inferences from text when studying a topic (e.g., science, social
studies) and draw conclusions based on text.
k. 1.2.3.A.4. Analyze text organization and content to derive meaning from text
using established criteria.
l. PA.1.2.3.B. Reading Critically in All Content Areas: Use and understand a variety
of media and evaluate the quality of material produced.
m. PA.1.2.3.C. Reading Critically in All Content Areas: Produce work in at least one
literary genre that follows the conventions of the genre.
n. PA.1.4.3.A. Types of Writing: Write narrative pieces (e.g., stories, poems, plays).
o. 1.4.3.A.1. Include detailed descriptions of people, places and things.
p. PA.1.4.3.B. Types of Writing: Write informational pieces (e.g., descriptions,
letters, reports, instructions) using illustrations when relevant.
q. PA.1.5.3.E. Quality of Writing: Revise writing to improve detail and order by
identifying missing information and determining whether ideas follow logically.
r. PA.1.5.3.F. Quality of Writing: Edit writing using the conventions of language.
s. PA.1.6.3.A. Speaking and Listening: Listen to others.
t. 1.6.3.A.1. Ask questions as an aid to understanding.
 u. 1.6.3.A.2. Distinguish fact from opinion.
v. PA.1.6.3.E. Speaking and Listening: Participate in small and large group
discussions and presentations.
w. PA.1.8.3.A. Research: Select a topic for research.
x. PA.1.8.3.B. Research: Locate information using appropriate sources and
strategies
y. PA.1.8.3.C. Research: Organize and present the main ideas from research.
https://www.perma-bound.com/state-standards.do?state=PA&subject=language-
arts&gradeLevel=3
The Mathematics standards below can fit naturally into the annual plan using
integration.
a. 2.1.3.A. Apply one-to-one correspondence and number patterns to count up and count
back and to compare values of whole numbers and values of money.
b. 2.1.3.D. Apply place value concepts and base-ten numeration to order and compare
whole numbers.
c. 2.1.3.E. Apply number patterns even and odd, factors and multiples to represent
numbers in various ways.
d. 2.1.3.F. Understand the concepts of addition and subtraction and use the inverse
relationships between addition and subtraction to determine unknown quantities in
equations.
e. 2.1.3.I. Apply place-value concepts and numeration to counting, ordering and
grouping.
f. 2.1.3.J. Estimate, approximate, round or use exact numbers as appropriate.
g. 2.2.3.A. Develop fluency in the use of basic facts for the four operations.
h. 2.2.3.E. Use estimation skills to arrive at conclusions.
i. 2.3.3.A. Demonstrate an understanding of measurable characteristics and the need to
quantify those characteristics.
j. 2.3.3.F. Estimate and verify measurements of length, area, weight, and capacity.
k. 2.4.3.A. Use models and number facts to draw conclusions and explain reasons for
conclusions.
l. 2.5.3.A. Develop a plan to analyze a problem, identify the information needed to
solve the problem, carry out the plan, check whether an answer makes sense, and
explain how the problem was solved in grade appropriate contexts.
m. 2.6.3.A. Gather data from surveys and observations within the classroom or homes.
n. 2.6.3.C. Describe data displayed in a diagram (e.g., Venn) a graph or a table.
o. 2.6.3.D. Analyze data shown in tables, charts, diagrams, and graphs; compare the data
from two categories displayed in a graph and compare representations of a set of data
in different graphs.
p. 2.7.3.B. Determine whether different outcomes of the same event are equally likely or
not equally likely.
q. 2.8.3.B. Use concrete objects and trial and error to solve number sentences (equations
and inequalities).
r. 2.8.3.C. Recognize, describe, extend, create, and replicate a variety of patterns
including attribute, activity, number, and geometric patterns.
s. 2.8.3.G. Use a table or a chart to display information.
 t. 2.8.3.H. Describe and interpret the data shown in tables and charts.
u. 2.9.3.B. Identify and draw lines of symmetry.
v. 2.9.3.E. Identify and draw lines of symmetry in geometric figures.
w. 2.9.3.F. Identify symmetry in nature.
x. 2.9.3.G. Fold paper to demonstrate the reflections about a line.
y. 2.9.3.H. Show relationships between and among figures using reflections.
https://www.perma-bound.com/state-
standards.do?state=PA&subject=mathematics&gradeLevel=3

9. Scope and sequence for introducing new concepts:

https://www.time4learning.com/scope-sequence/third-grade.html#la

10. On a separate page for each Topic or Unit, list materials, learning center ideas,
books, music, games, and so forth that you might assemble to make this topic/unit
“come alive” for the students.

a. Our Community and Beyond

i. Labor Day
ii. Icebreakers
a) Birthday circle
b) Self-portrait
c) All about me letter writing
iii. Rules and expectations
iv. Hispanic Heritage Month (history and importance)
v. 9/11 Patriot Day video and Never Forget activity
vi. What is a community? My Neighborhood, My World Scholastic
vii. Who makes up a community?
 viii. How can we have the best community? - writing prompt
ix. Community visitor
x. Radnor’s community story
b. Rules and Laws in our Community and Beyond
i. Rules vs Laws game
ii. Indigenous People Day activity
iii. Who makes local, state, and national laws?
iv. Rules and laws in school and our community
v. Read “What If Everybody Did That?” by Ellen Javernick
vi. Importance of rules and laws on state and national level
vii. Halloween Parade
viii. History of Halloween
c. The Impact of Government on the Community and Beyond
i. Native American Heritage Month – read “SkySisters” by Jan
Bourdeau Waboose and watch traditional Native storytelling
ii. How does your vote impact law? Review Election Process
iii. Hold a mock vote (Disney vs Nickelodeon)
iv. Persuasive letter to the principal to change a school rule
v. What is a veteran?
vi. Veterans Day
vii. Lunch with Veterans
viii. Read “For Which We Stand: How Our Government Works and
Why It Matters” by Jeff Foster
ix. Create a flipbook about authority in local, state, and national
governments
x. Respect look, sound, and feel poster
xi. Create I Am Thankful For Lapbook
xii. Review the history of Thanksgiving
d. Economics in the Community and Beyond
i. Goods, services, consumers, and producers pocket chart sorting
activity
ii. Field trip to visit 3 local businesses
iii. Buying Local PBS video
iv. Read “Lemons and Lemonade: A Book About Supply and
Demand” by Nancy Loewen
v. Create your own product or service and sell it to your classmates
vi. Competition Pizza – use local pizza shops to evaluate market
competition
vii. Winter break
viii. Christmas
ix. Kwanza
e. Jobs in the Community and Beyond
i. New Year’s Day
ii. Why People Work Career & Salary Exploration Activity
iii. Career day – parents discuss opportunities in the community
iv. Everyday Heroes community helpers activity
 v. What Do You Want to be When you Grow Up? Craft
vi. Who is Martin Luther King?
vii. Martin Luther King Day
viii. Read “Ethan’s BIG Business Plan” by Ethan Hsu and Yu-Ting
Hung
ix. Road To Riches Game
f. Understanding the Geography of our Community and Beyond
i. Map and Globe intro
ii. Read “Me on the Map” by Joan Sweeney
iii. Me on the Map activity
iv. Locate places and regions competition on Kahoot!
v. Valentine’s Day
vi. Physical vs Human characteristics of a community sorting activity
vii. Presidents’ Day
viii. Movement of people workbook
ix. What is diversity and why is it important?
x. Diversity in our community – Read “All Are Welcome” by
Alexandra Penfold
g. How Individuals Impact our Community
i. Women’s History Month
ii. What does it mean to be a good citizen? Writing prompt
iii. We Must Look After Earth, Human Impact on Earth Video
iv. People and the environment in the US
v. Recycling Activity
vi. Climate vs Weather
vii. What is your favorite climate? – writing prompt
viii. Nature walk
h. How the History of Pennsylvania has Shaped Your Community
i. People and the environment in PA
ii. Watch Gettysburg the 1993 movie
iii. Explore PA’s history – Field Trip to Gettysburg
iv. Read “Pennsylvania (A True Book: My United States)” by Karen
Kellaher
v. Plant a Tree Activity
vi. Earth Day
vii. Paint stones for school garden
i. How the United States and World History has Shaped Your Community
i. Asian Pacific Heritage Month
ii. Watch US History for Kids, Social Studies for Grade 3 Kids
Academy
iii. What is the Deceleration of Independence and why is it important?
iv. What is the US Constitution and why is it important?
v. Mother’s Day
vi. Read “Our Star-Spangled Story Part 1”
vii. Who Am I? poem writing
viii. Explorer game
 ix. World History timeline
x. Memorial Day
j. Importance of Historical Analysis and Skill Development
i. Pride Month
ii. Past, Present, and Future timelines flip book
iii. Primary vs Secondary source game
iv. Flag Day
v. Fact vs Opinion sort
vi. Think Like A Historian activity
vii. What is Juneteenth?
viii. Father’s Day
ix. Last Day of School
11. Each standard is included into the sub-themes and broken down above.
12. Ways of assessing:
a. Exit tickets
b. Pop quizzes
c. Homework
d. Writing prompts
e. Formal assessments
f. Individual and group projects
g. Kahoot!
h. Direct observation
i. Constantly ask questions
j. Reviewing student’s class assignments
k. Collect and evaluate student’s notebooks each month
l. Emoji self-assessment worksheet
m. Pair and share
n. Green, yellow, red card
o. Rubrics

Two Week Integrated Lesson

Topic – Culture: Native American Heritage Month

Art Totem Pole Project

Navajo Rug Project
Language Arts Read “SkySisters”
Scholastic: Challenging Columbus
Writing A Day in the Life
American Roots Music
First Thanksgiving Poem
Vocabulary Word Wall
Code Talkers
Social Studies What is Culture?
 Virtual Field Trip to the first Thanksgiving
Museum of Indian Culture
Mathematics Populations, temperatures & precipitation
Lines of Symmetry
Science Lacrosse & Newton’s Laws of Motion
Sundials: Keeping Time Like Native Americans
Music Listen to authentic music
Watch “All My Children of the Sun”

Detailed topics with necessary accommodations:

Language Arts: Read and discuss “SkySisters” by Jan Bourdeau Waboose. This story is about
two Ojibway sisters traveling to see the SkySpirits’ midnight dance. Explain the importance of
Native American storytelling as a fun way to celebrate and honor Native American Heritage
month. Provide the book on audio tape. Review Scholastic’s piece “Challenging Columbus”
regarding Americans protests condemning the explorer’s impact on Native Americans. Next,
utilize map skills to plot his 1492 voyage using lines of latitude and longitude. Present
instructions orally and repeat frequently. https://junior.scholastic.com/issues/2017-
18/090417/challenging-columbus.html#1030L

Writing: Write a draft about how you imagine a day in the life of a Native American child would
be like. Review the drafts with a peer and make revisions before submitting the final paper.
Create a poem about the first Thanksgiving following the virtual field trip experience. After
watching the PBS video of American Roots Music, answer the writing prompt question: “Why
would the U.S. government want to keep Native Americans from singing their own songs and
speaking their languages?” Answers can be given verbally if needed.

Vocabulary: Complete a Code Talkers Worksheet. Watch “The Warrior Tradition” and take
notes, as small groups, about what a Code Talker did during World War II. Provide students with
a note taker if necessary. Students will write their own coded message. The Word Wall is created
by students finding words used in the English language that have Native American origins. Each
student will be assigned a word and definitions will be compiled. Students will compete in a
game of Kahoot! Allow for verbal responses as well.

Social Studies: Discuss the question: What is Culture? Visit the Museum of Indian Culture in
Allentown, PA https://www.museumofindianculture.org/ to learn about the diversity of Native
American history and cultures. Take a virtual field trip to the first Thanksgiving at Plimoth
Plantation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5qi3Meqy24 https://plimoth.org/. Provide
focusing prompts and any reasonable accommodations for field trips.

Math: Lesson on lines of symmetry using the symmetrical balance art lesson by designing a
Navajo rug. Identify and draw lines of symmetry by folding two-dimensional shapes. Give an
exit test on lines of symmetry. Extended allotted time for exit ticket if appropriate. This math
unit will use numbers related to Native American tribes’ Pre-European and current populations,
Native American regions’ average yearly temperatures and precipitation. Students will recognize
the decline in population for many tribes over time by comparing numbers, rounding, and
completing computations. Students will use the temperature and precipitation data to determine
which region they would prefer to live in. Allow tape recorder to capture responses.

Science: People used the solar calendar system and sundials in their daily lives. Earth’s rotation
can be observed as a change in the direction of a shadow cast from an object. The shadow cast by
the sun can help determine the time throughout various points of the day. Students will create
their own sundial and read data on a sundial then discuss how sundials function to tell time.
Allow frequent breaks and one on one assistance if needed. Native American Indians (the
Algonquian tribe) started the game of lacrosse, which was originally known as stickball. Study
how the science behind lacrosse pertains to Newton’s laws of motion.
https://www.sportsrec.com/487887-the-physics-behind-throwing-a-lacrosse-ball.html

Music: Play authentic music in the background of activities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOgXqL5yeUk. Watch American Roots Music Episode
Four: All My Children of the Sun which explains the evolution of Native American music forms
https://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/pbs_arm_episode_summaries.html#4. Provide
captioned media and assistive listening systems.

Art: Study totem pole storytelling, review the meaning behind totem poles, and discuss symbols
and animals. Share this website with the students to research totem animals and their meanings
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-totems/. Read “A Totem Tale: A Tall Story from Alaska”
by Deb Vanasse. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV0rPn2F6lk. Make a fun,
storytelling totem. Design a Navajo rug, which includes a lesson on symmetrical balance.
http://web.archive.org/web/20080130134231/http://www.mpsaz.org/arts/elements/balance/page1
.html Present and explain projects with one step directions and in a visual format.
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Teacher In- Teacher In- Teacher Flex In-
Service Service Service

Hispanic
Heritage Month

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
District No School First Student
Holiday - Rosh Hashanah Day Icebreaker - Icebreaker -
Labor Day Birthday Draw a Self-
Rules and Circle portrait
Expectations
9/11 Patriot Day
Letter to future video and Never
self Forget activity

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
No School
Icebreaker – All about me Hispanic Yom Kippur Hispanic Heritage
All about me letter writing Heritage Month Month craft
letter writing history and
importance

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

What is a My Who makes up Community How can we have

community? Neighborhood, a community? members the best
My World game community?
Scholastic Writing prompt

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How can we Radnor’s Radnor’s Community

have the best Community Community visitor fair
community? Story Story day
Writing
prompt
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2
Community
visitor fair journal
reflection

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
What is a rule? Rules vs Law Christopher If I discovered a History of
What is a law? game Columbus - new world Indigenous
Who, what, writing prompt Peoples’ Day
where, when

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Indigenous
Peoples’ Day Who makes Rules and Read and Read and discuss
local, state, laws in discuss “What If “What If
and national school and Everybody Did Everybody Did
Indigenous laws? our That?” by Ellen That?” by Ellen
Peoples’ Day vs community Javernick Javernick
Columbus Day

Scholastic:
Challenging
Columbus

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Write a class Write a class Rehearse the Perform the play Persuasive letter
play based on play based on play and discuss to the principal to
Ellen Ellen understanding of change one school
Javernick’s Javernick’s the text after the rule
book book play

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Persuasive letter Importance of Importance History of Halloween Parade Halloween

to the principal rules and of rules and Halloween
to change one laws on a laws on a
school rule state level national level
 November 2021
Saturd
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday ay

1 2 3 4 5 6
Native American Diwali
Heritage Month Teacher In- What is Culture? Museum of
Service Totem Pole Indian Culture
Read and discuss Watch and Project Filed Trip
“SkySisters” by Election Day discuss
Jan Bourdeau traditional Watch “All my
Waboose Native Children of the
storytelling Sun”
Listen to authentic
music American Roots
Music writing
prompt

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Daylight Veterans Day
Saving Word Wall Navajo Rug Sundials: Lunch with
Time Project Keeping Time What is a Veterans
End A Day in the Life like Native Veteran?
writing prompt Lines of Americans
Symmetry
Populations,
temperature, &
precipitation

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Review election Hold a mock Read and Create a Create a

process vote (Disney discuss “For flipbook about flipbook about
vs Which We authority in authority in
How does your Nickelodeon) Stand: How Our local, state, and local, state, and
vote impact law? Government national national
Works and Why governments governments
it Matters” by
Jeff Foster
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Evening Parent Parent Parent District Holiday No School
Conferences Conferences Conferences - Thanksgiving

Respect – Look, Create I am Review the

sound, and feel Thankful For history of
poster Lapbook Thanksgiving

28 29 30
Hanukkah
Write First
Virtual Field Trip Thanksgiving
to the First poem
Thanksgiving
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Goods, services, Is it a good or a Consumer

consumers, and service? and producer
producers game
pocket chart
sorting activity

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Assessment
Watch Shark Classroom Field Trip to Journal reflection Day
Tank Shark Tank visit 3 local on local business
business field trip

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Watch PBS Why is buying Read and Supply and Create your
Video - local discuss “Lemons Demand game own product
Buying Local important? and Lemonade: or service and
A Book About sell it to your
Supply and classmates
Demand” by
Nancy Loewen

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Teacher Flex In- No School Christmas
Create your Competition Competition Service
own product Pizza – use Pizza – use local
or service and local pizza pizza shops to
sell it to your shops to evaluate market
classmates evaluate market competition
competition

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No School No School No School No School No School
Kwanza
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1
New
Year’s
Day

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Why do people Career and Career Day – Career Day Everyday

work? Salary Parents discuss journal Heroes –
Exploration opportunities in reflection community
Activity the community helpers
activity

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Craft - What do Craft - What do What is Diversity in our Who is Martin

you want to be you want to be diversity? community, the Luther King,
when you grow when you grow United States, Jr.?
up? up? Why is and the world
diversity
important?

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
District Holiday –
Martin Luther Writing prompt - Writing prompt Craft – What Craft – What
King, Jr. Day What impact do - What impact does the perfect does the
you wish to do you wish to community look perfect
make on your make on your like to you? community
community? community? look like to
you?

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Read and discuss What is an The importance The importance Guest speaker
“Ethan’s BIG entrepreneur? of mathematics of mathematics –Local
Business Plan” by in everyday life in business entrepreneur
Ethan Hsu and Who are
Yu-Ting Hung entrepreneurs in
our community?
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Road to Riches
game
 February 2022
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5
Groundhog Day
Lunar New Year Map key and Read and
PA History of compass discuss “Me on
Map and Globe Groundhog Day activity the Map” by
intro Joan Sweeney

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Me on the Map Me on the Map Locate places Reading and Reading and
activity activity and regions creating graphs creating graphs
competition on and diagrams and diagrams
Kahoot!
Valentine’s Day
card crafting

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Valentine’s Day Teacher In-
Physical Human Physical vs Service
History of characteristics of characteristics Human
Valentine’s Day a community of a community characteristic
sorting activity
Card exchange

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District Holiday
– President’s What is Distribution Analyze the Diversity in our
Day President’s Day? and movement distribution and community
of people movement of
Presidents’ workbook people in
Jeopardy game Wayne, PA and
create a graph

27 28

Read and
discuss “All Are
Welcome” by
Alexandra
Penfold
 March 2022
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5
Women’s History Evening Parent
Month Research an Conferences Day at the
influential Women’s
Explore the female and Research an History
History of create a poster influential Museum -
Women’s History on her impact female and students bring
Month create a poster their research to
on her impact life and turn the
classroom into a
museum

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Assessment
Writing Writing prompt - Video - We Analyze graphs Day
prompt - What What does it Must Look and diagrams
does it mean to mean to be a After Earth, regarding
be a good good citizen? Human Impact Human Impact
citizen? on Earth on Earth

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Daylight St. Patrick’s Parent
Saving Activity - How Craft - How do Simulation Day Conferences
Time do people people impact activity -How
depend on, physical systems? do humans History of St. St. Patrick’s
adjust to and change local Patrick’s Day Day parade
modify ecosystems?
physical
systems?

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

People and the People and the Recycling Recycling Climate vs

environment in environment in Activity Activity Weather
the US the world

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Climate vs Writing prompt Nature Walk at

Weather – What is your Valley Green
Writing prompt – favorite
What is your climate?
favorite climate?
 April 2022
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2
Beginning
Journal reflection of of
nature walk Ramadan

People and the

environment in PA

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Watch Watch Watch Explore PA’s Field trip journal

“Gettysburg” “Gettysburg” “Gettysburg history – Field reflection
the 1993 the 1993 movie ” the 1993 Trip to
movie movie Gettysburg

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
No School No School No School No School District Holiday –
Passover & Good
Friday

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Easter Earth Day
Read and Review Review Plant a Tree
discuss fractions - fractions - activity Plant a Tree activity
“Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvani
(A True Book: by the numbers a by the
My United numbers
States)” by
Karen
Kellaher

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Paint stones Ethnicities of Parents Parents Wayne, PA Around

for school people in the volunteer to volunteer to the World – represent
garden local visit to visit to discuss the customs,
community discuss their their ethnicity celebrations,
ethnicity languages, and
religions of each
student
 May 2022
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Asian Cinco de Mayo
Pacific Explore Asian Watch Kids Journal Mother’s Day
American Pacific Academy - reflection on Mathematics gift making
Heritage American “US History Kids Academy Cinco de Mayo
Month Heritage for Kids, craft
Month Social Studies
for Grade 3”

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Mother’s
Day What is the What is the US Writing Writing prompt Historical
Deceleration Constitution? prompt - - Create your Field Trip to
of Create your own law Philadelphia
Independence? Why is it own law
important?
Why is it
important?

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Teacher In-
Journal Service Read and Read and Poem writing -
reflection of discuss “Our discuss “Our Who Am I?
Philadelphia Star-Spangled Star-Spangled
field trip Story Part 1” Story Part 1”

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Poem writing - Explorer game Journal Create a World Create a World

Who Am I? reflection of History History
explorer game timeline timeline and
hang it on the
classroom
walls

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District
Holiday –
Memorial Day
 June 2022
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4
Pride Month
What is the past, Past, Present,
History of Pride present, and and Future
future? timelines
Importance of flipbook
acceptance

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Assessment Day
Primary vs Primary vs Fact vs Opinion Fact vs Opinion
Secondary Secondary sort
sources source game

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Flag Day
Think Like a Think Like a Father’s Day gift What is
Historian History of Historian making Juneteenth?
activity Flag Day activity
Why is it
important?

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Juneteenth Last Student Teacher In-
Father’s Open and Day Service
Day reflect on
beginning of End of year
the year letter class picnic
to future self

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*All reasonable accommodations will be provided throughout the school year for diverse
learners’, ELLs, and students with disabilities to ensure that all students are provided
with an equal learning experience.
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