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Unit 1: Who we are
Unit 1: Who we are
September 8th - October 16th
Central Idea: Everything has a form and purpose that connects relationships and communities to one’s self.
Central Idea: Everything has a form and purpose that connects relationships and communities to one’s self.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Students will choose an art form to demonstrate their role in the community, and how they can make it a better place. This could include demonstrating how mathematical concepts and scientific inventions have made their community better. They can also demonstrate this with a story, poem, illustration, song or video. Students will share their findings with a chosen audience.
Student Agency:
Student Agency:
Voice: Identifying what a community looks like to a student. Students will voice their ideas about how to create a strong virtual community and what they want to be true. Students demonstrating the connections they made.
Choice: Students choose to create or recognize relationships in their community. Students will choose how to build community in our virtual setting. Students will co-create the classroom expectations in a virtual setting.
Ownership: Students will reflect on the community they have built. Students will hold one another accountable for the expectations they have set. Students will have ownership over how they demonstrate their connection to a community.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Form: Everything has a form with recognizable features that can be observed, identified, described, and categorized.
What are ways stories can be told?
What is a pattern?
What makes language unique?
Function: Everything has a purpose, a role, or a way of behaving that can be investigated.
What is the purpose of the objects in the sky?
How do pictures and text work together?
How can you show what you are feeling?
Connection: We live in a world of interacting systems in which the actions of any individual element affect others.
How can we find out about our past through stories?
How do our experiences allow us to connect with stories?
How can you work as a group to achieve a common goal?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Math: Composing and decomposing numbers, understanding the relationship between numbers, uses in real life, and ability to model material in a variety of ways depending on the context
Reading: Context clues, making predictions & inferences, relationships amongst characters, text evidence, understanding plot elements (sequence, conflict, resolution), author’s purpose, imagery, point of view, subject-verb agreement, adverbs, personal narratives, poetry
Science: Patterns, relationships, cycles in our physical environment and living environment, physical properties of matter, changes occur every day, investigate sun, Earth, and moon systems, predict, collect, and record data by measuring and observing, analyze and interpret data, construct models, using evidence and making logical conclusions, describe and classify, explore and recognize
Social Studies: Biographies, timelines, historical documents, community, celebrations, Connection between historical events and their impacts, utilizing a variety of resources, cultures, understanding and considering context, and recognizing commonalities
Student work from Mrs. Sikes' class
Student work from Mrs. Sikes' class
Student work from Mrs. Imhoff's class
Student work from Mrs. Imhoff's class
Student work from Mrs. Connor's class
Student work from Mrs. Connor's class
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