GRADE 3 Unit 4: LOVING LIFE

We will understand that all life is interconnected. Life cycles of all living things include birth, growth, reproduction and death. Inherited traits help us survive and thrive and some traits can be affected by the environment. Certain traits can give life advantages for surviving and thriving. We will practice observing, understanding, celebrating and caring for life at school in order to help plants and animals survive and thrive. We will learn from the indigenous wisdom of Native Americans who have lived on and cared for this land and the life on it long before us. Through our field guide and exhibition we will inspire our school community to learn and support life in surviving and thriving alongside us!

During exhibition, we will present our field guide, share our land acknowledgement, role-play our plant or animal, teach and explain our life cycle dance and help our younger buddies celebrate and learn about plants and animals at school. The exhibition will end with buddies completing a Loving Life Pledge and planting squash seeds in the school’s new Three Sisters’ Garden.

Click the green buttons below to access the aligned standards in the Scope and Sequence document, along with final product resources and student work samples from the project.