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These are some of the curriculum units I do with each grade level.
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Forces Around Us
Essential Questions:
- How do forces affect the motion of an object?
- How do scientists interact with the world?
- How can humans exhibit fairness and cooperation in their daily lives?
- How does the engineer design process apply in any given situation?
First Grade
First Grade
Engineering, Force, and Motion Unit
Essential Questions:
- How do forces affect the motion of an object?
- How do the forces of flight keep an object in the air?
- How is the engineer design process utilized in exploration?
- How can using correct terminology help us develop stronger explanations?
Second Grade
Second Grade
Inquiry Unit
Essential Questions:
- What does student driven learning look like?
- How does framing higher level questions lead to deeper understanding?
- How do note-taking skills impact learning and sharing?
- Why is collaboration important in learning?
Thinking Skills Unit
Essential Questions:
- How do people exhibit divergent and convergent thinking?
- How does practicing thinking make our brains smarter?
- What is memory and how can we improve it?
Third Grade
Third Grade
Whole Class Enrichment Study Group Engineering Unit
Essential Questions:
- How do engineers shape our world?
- How does working with a team present challenges and rewards?
Whole Class Enrichment Study Group Invention Unit
Essential Questions:
- What characteristics to inventors possess?
- How do inventors change the world?
- Why is it important to learn about historical contributions to society?
Advanced Reading Poetry Unit
Essential Questions:
- What makes a poem a poem?
- How do poets communicate abstract ideas, emotions, and truth?
- What strategies do poets use to communicate important ideas?
Advanced Math Number Systems Unit
Essential Questions:
- How do patterns help us better understand number systems?
- How do place value and zero impact a number system?
- How does our number system compare to other systems around the world?
- How do number systems help us to better understand a culture?
Fourth Grade
Fourth Grade
Enrichment Study Group Environmental PBL Unit
Essential Questions:
- How are species in an environment connected?
- How do we integrate information from multiple sources to write and speak about a subject?
- How do changes in an environment contribute to the adaptations, behaviors, and life cycles of the species in that environment?
- How can written word be used as a tool to accurately convey research and opinions on a topic?
Enrichment Study Group Advertising Unit
Essential Questions:
- How does advertising reflect cultural norms?
- How does point of view connect with advertising?
- How are communication skills utilized in advertising?
Advanced Reading Book Studies
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Student selected book clubs
Advanced Reading State Project
Essential Questions:
- How does a state’s history, geography, and location influence the population and culture?
- How are our United States unique and similar from each other?
- How can we effectively tell a state’s story?
Advanced Math Geometry Unit
Essential Questions:
- How is geometry useful in our everyday lives?
- How are our daily lives impacted by mathematical concepts?
- How do I think and speak like a mathematician?
Advanced Math Algebra Unit
Essential Questions:
- How does algebra connect with other areas of mathematics?
- How is algebra useful in everyday life?
- How can physical representation assist in understanding abstract concepts?
Fifth Grade
Fifth Grade
Whole Class Enrichment Study Group Mystery Disease PBL Unit
Essential Questions:
- How can a community come together to solve a problem?
- How can human interaction with an environment impact physical well being?
- How can humans prevent an incident from reoccurring by learning from experience?
Whole Class Enrichment Study Group Physics Unit
Essential Questions:
- How do force and motion relate to each other?
- How does physics impact design?
- Why is it important to learn about historical contributions to society?
Advanced Reading Book Studies
- The Cay by Theodore Taylor
- Student selected book clubs
Advanced Reading Create-A-Country Project
Essential Questions:
- What makes a country unique?
- How do the various elements of a country work together to create a thriving environment for the inhabitants.
- How can countries work together to support each other for a better world?
Advanced Math Decimals, Fractions, Percents Unit
Essential Questions:
- How does understanding percents enable us to be smart consumers?
- How do percents connect with the idea of proportionality?
- How are our daily lives impacted by mathematical concepts?
- How do I think and speak like a mathematician?
Advanced Math PBL Park Design Unit
Essential Questions:
- How is math used in the real world?
- How does math connect with engineering and design?
- How can technology be utilized in design?
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