Raccoons Math

and Literacy
Unit Plan

By Samantha Bee

www.mathandliteracy.com

2011

Table of Contents

Table of Contents.........................................................................................................1
Raccoons Math and Literacy Unit .................................................................................3
Plan Introduction .........................................................................................................3
Objectives.......................................................................................................................................................................3
Components ..................................................................................................................................................................3
Common Core State Standards.....................................................................................6
English Language Arts ............................................................................................................................................. 6
Reading Literature .................................................................................................................................................... 6
Key Ideas and Details ...............................................................................................................................................6
Integration and Support .........................................................................................................................................6
Reading Informational Texts ................................................................................................................................ 6
Foundational Skills.................................................................................................................................................... 7
Writing............................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Text Type and Purpose.............................................................................................................................................7
Production and Distribution of Writing...........................................................................................................8
Research to Build and present Knowledge......................................................................................................8
Mathematics................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Kindergarten................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Counting and Cardinality .......................................................................................................................................8
Operations and Algebraic Thinking ...................................................................................................................8
Number and Operations in Base Ten.................................................................................................................8
Measurement and Data ...........................................................................................................................................9
Grade 1 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Operations and Algebraic Thinking ...................................................................................................................9
Number and Operations in Base Ten.................................................................................................................9
Measurement and Data ...........................................................................................................................................9
Geometry........................................................................................................................................................................9
Raccoons Unit Resource List.......................................................................................10
Non-Fiction ................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Fiction........................................................................................................................................................................... 12
KWL Chart Activity .....................................................................................................14
KWL Tree Chart..................................................................................................................................................... 16
Sing Along with Guitar Chords....................................................................................19
Guitar Chords............................................................................................................................................................ 27
Group Listening Questions ................................................................................................................................. 28
Reading Comprehension Activity................................................................................29
Elements of a Story Activity ............................................................................................................................... 30
Raccoons CAN/HAVE Activity ........................................................................................................................... 32
Raccoon Mask Craft ...................................................................................................33

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Literacy Activities.......................................................................................................34
Matching Activity .................................................................................................................................................... 35
Lowercase Letter r ............................................................................................................................................... 48
Uppercase letter R................................................................................................................................................ 49
Action Words ............................................................................................................................................................ 50
Math Activities...........................................................................................................51
Word Problems Activity....................................................................................................................................... 52
Subtraction Activity 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 54
Subtraction Activity 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 55
Count-By-5s Activity ............................................................................................................................................ 56
Raccoon Shapes Craft.................................................................................................58
My Big Book of Raccoons Activity ...........................................................................64
Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................................... 66
Things That I learned ............................................................................................................................................ 67
My Raccoon Diagram............................................................................................................................................. 71

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Elements of a Story Activity

Write down examples from the story in the proper circle

Setting

Characters

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Raccoons CAN/HAVE Activity

Think about what raccoons HAVE and write your ideas in the lines under
the word HAVE, then think about what raccoons CAN do and write your
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Word Problems Activity

For this activity, read the questions and write down the answer on the
line bellow it. Use the number line at the top to help you find the answers!

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1. Rosy Raccoon has 7 berries. 3 are red and the rest are blue. How
many blue berries does Rosy have?

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2. On my street there are 7 full garbage cans and 5 empty garbage cans.
How many garbage cabs are there?

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3. A mother raccoon just had babies! She has 9 in total. Four of them are
girls. How many of the baby raccoons are boys?

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4. A raccoon has five fingers on each foot, and has four feet. How many
fingers does a raccoon have in total?

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5. Misty Raccoon has 8 candies. She has to share them with her little
brother. How many candies will they each get?

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