Unit Plan - September Plan

Troubleshooting Poster *Choose "Scale to fit" under print options - Printing Poster 1 -

1. Intro to Lab (expectations and rules), assign seats, and visit vocabulary words.

Talk about what to do when you need help.

• Lab Intro PPT #1
• Lab Intro PPT #2

Students learn about expectations and behavior in the lab.

Some vocabulary is introduced as well.

Unit Plan

Search Stragegies Posters *Choose "Scale to fit" under print options - Poster 1 (Use Keywords) - Poster 2 (Use Quotation Marks) - Poster 3 (Cite Your Sources)

Learning From Websites

• Activity
• Handout (pdf)

Students explore skills to be successful at searching on the internet. Students are introduced to vocabulary and use basic search engines.

Reading 1.2.1; 1.2.2; 1.3.2; 2.2.2

Writing 2.3.1; 3.3.2

Type in the enchanted learning link (www.enchantedlearning.com), the talk about the difference between the address line and a search box. Have students type in searches in the search box at this website.

Maps Lesson

• Handout(Word)
• Handout(pdf)
• Website

Students use visual text features to make choices about a website.

Reading 1.2.1; 1.2.2; 1.3.2; 2.2.2

Writing 2.3.1; 3.3.2

Enchanted Learning Crossing the Mayflower:

• Handout
• Website

Reading 1.2.1; 1.2.2; 1.3.2; 2.2.2

Writing 2.3.1; 3.3.2

Bat Facts Lesson

• Handout(Word)
• Handout (pdf)
• Website

Students answer questions by skimming text in a website.

Related to reading curriculum book - Stellaluna

Reading 2.1.6; 2.1.7; 2.2.2; 2.4.2

Writing 2.3.1

1.2; 1.3; 1.4; 1.7; 1.8; 2.4; 7.1; 7.3; 7.4; 7.5; 7.6; 8.4; 8.7; 8.9

1. Poetry Publishing - format a poem

Students select a poem that they enjoy (either own work or published work). Then students practice publishing the poem.

Writing 1.4.1; 1.5.1

Reading 3.4.1; 4.2.1

1.3; 1.4; 1.7; 1.9; 2.1; 2.7; 3.1; 3.2; 4.1; 4.3; 4.5; 4.8; 5.3; 7.7

Poetry to choose from

Publishing Sample #1

Publishing Sample #2

Unit Plan

PowerPoint Planning Forms: 1-slide \ 1w-slides \ 2-slides \ 2w-slides \ 4-slides \ 6-slides

2 Trues & a False

• Handout

Introduction to PowerPoint

1.3, 1.7, 1.9, 1.10, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.11, 3.2, 4.1, 4.4, 4.5, 8.8

Poetry to choose from

Publishing Sample #1

Publishing Sample #2

What shape is it?

• Handout
• 2-D Shapes Handout

Math 1.3.2; 3.2.1

Science 1.1.1

Writing 1.5.1; 2.3.1

Example #1

Example #2

Example #3

Who Eats Who? Food Web

• Handout

Native Americans PowerPoint

• Handout

Animal Speeds Graph

• Parts of a Spreadsheet @ learning.com
• Graphing in Spreadsheets @ learning.com
• Handout
• Website

Students investigate speeds of animals using the following webpage.

Then use Excel to graph their findings.

Guess the Sound

1 l 2 l 3 l 4 l 5 l 6 l 7 l 8 l 9 l 10 l 11 l 12 l 13 l 14 l 15 l

Or have the students use the following website:

Sound game @ Scholastic