Embedded Files
Unit 4: Sharing the planet
Unit 4: Sharing the planet
March 30th - May 27th
Central Idea: Humans' responsibility to nature can cause changes to the planet.
Central Idea: Humans' responsibility to nature can cause changes to the planet.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Explore the different seasons and understand how all living creatures adapt to those seasons.
Student Action
Student Action
Choose: Students will be given ownership to create their own storylines of stories that happen in different seasons. They will speak about how they can do different activities, wear different things, and see different things in different seasons.
Act: After brainstorming, the students will create a project where they illustrate and label themselves doing an activity in one season.
Reflect: Students will think-pair-share with their peers to compare and share the different seasons.
Student Agency
Student Agency
Voice: Why do we have to care for the earth, its different environments and the organisms that share the Earth with us?
Choice: Students will be able to discuss how to become responsible caretakers of the earth and its many different inhabitants.
Ownership: Students can discuss and implement their learning by recycling at home and in the classroom, good healthy snack choices, exercise outside during recess and PE time.
Their engagement with the activities supplied will coincide with our current unit.
Small group implementation will reinforce concepts as well.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Causation: Why is it like this? The understanding that things do not just happen, that there are causal relationships at work, and that actions have consequences.
Change: How is it changing? The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
Responsibility: What is our responsibility? The understanding that people make choices based on their understandings and the actions they take as a result do make a difference.
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Reading: story elements, compare/contrast, categorization;
Math: part-part-whole relationships, numbers and operations, geometry and spatial awareness;
Science: observations, questions and answers, projects, and experiments
Social Studies: keeping Planet Earth green, taking care of Earth’s resources.
Art: crafts, own creative projects
Music: songs related to weather, seasons of the year, animals, recycling, and so on. Model and copy dance movements while listening to songs.
PE: working together to solve problems, teamwork, shared goal
Page updated
Report abuse