EL Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs
Guiding Questions and Big Ideas
How does an author engage the reader in a narrative?
An effective narrative has a beginning that establishes the character and situation, a middle that introduces a problem with character response, and an ending that resolves the problem. In this unit, students read and write narrative texts about frogs. They closely read poems about frogs and develop “why” questions about frogs. They read and write narrative pourquoi tales that answer these “why” questions.
When reading, students analyze the plot structure of a narrative. Students learn that narrative texts have a clear sequence of events that makes sense and is easy to understand. Specifically, they have: A beginning that establishes the situation and introduces the characters and/or narrator A middle that describes the central problem and explains how the character(s) respond to the problem An ending that has a solution/resolution to “wrap up” the problem and explains the message or purpose of the narrative.
Mathematics
Unit 3 Stories with Addition and Subtraction
Essential Question:
Why is problem solving important?
Unit 4: Making Sense of Multiplication and Division
Essential Questions:
How do we work with objects that come in equal groups?
How can patterns be used in mathematics?
Vocabulary:
factor
multiply
equal groups
product
decompose
divide
partition (fair share)
measurement (repeated subtraction)
quotient
divisor
properties (rules of how numbers work)
commutative property
associative property
Unit 5 Reasoning with Shapes and Their Attributes
Essential Questions:
Why might it be important to recognize non-examples of shapes?
In what ways are relationships used in math?
Vocabulary:
Non-example
Quadrilateral
Rhombus
Rectangle
Square
Parallelogram
Trapezoid
Social Studies - Economics
Standards:
3.E.1 Understand how economic decisions and resources affect the local economy.
3.E.1.1 Explain how entrepreneurship develops local communities.
3.E.1.2 Explain how the natural resources of a region impact the production and consumption of goods in local communities.
3.E.1.3 Summarize the role supply and demand plays in local economies.
I.1.1 Identify content required to provide an answer to compelling questions
I.1.5 Understand academic and domain-specific words in sources to create responses to compelling questions.
I.1.10 Construct responses to compelling questions with specific claims and information from teacher-provided sources.
I.1.11 Identify ways to address problems related to the compelling question.
Science - Motion and Stability
Standards:
PS 3.2 Understand motion and factors that affect motion.
PS 3.2.1 Carry out investigations to infer changes in speed or direction resulting from forces acting on an object.
PS 3.2.2 Carry out investigations to compare the relative speeds (faster or slower) of objects that travel the same distance in different amounts of time.
PS 3.2.3 Use models to explain the effect of Earth’s gravity on the motion of any object on or near the Earth.
PS 3.3 Understand how energy can be transferred from one object to another.
PS.3.3.1 Ask questions to explain how heat is created by friction.