world  We are Change Makers
Theme 4 Unit 2

 

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Exploration Questions 1-9 Exploration Questions 10-18

 

  Teacher Resources Student Resources
Exploration Questions 1-9 Shared Reading:
Teacher Note: Resources referenced in the curriculum such as books, magazines, etc. will not appear in SMART Notebooks. These resources should be displayed by using the document camera.

  Bucket Fillers
(Q2 Additional Resource)

Interactive Read Aloud:
Catching the Moon
(SafeShare)

Videos:
Paynee FC

What is Empathy?
(SafeShare)

Dex, the Heart of a Hero
(Q4-SS and Science)

Ordinary Mary
(Q6-SS and Science)

 
Discovery: Prior to selecting the link, login to DiscoveryEducation (aacps.discoveryeducation.com)

 Meet Hani Shihada

Compound Sentences
(SafeShare)

Open and Closed Syllables
(SafeShare)

Dividing Words With Open Syllables
(SafeShare)

Songs:

Fill Your Bucket Song
(SafeShare)

Character and Setting Song
(SafeShare)

Prefix or Suffix?
(SafeShare)

Prefix and Suffix Song

(SafeShare)

Prefix and Suffix Review Song
(SafeShare)

Conjunction Song
(SafeShare)

Conjunction Song
(SafeShare)

Complex Sentences Song
(SafeShare)

Arts Integration:

Put Down or Pick Me Up List

PowerPoint
(Google Doc version)
(Q2-Move, Move, Move)

Creative People Who Have Changed the World
(Q4-SS and Science)

What is a tableau?
(SafeShare)

Smart Notebooks:

Healthy Minds & Body
(Q2-Move, Move, Move)

Compliment Chains
(Q2-SS and Science)

Attirbutes of a Change Maker
(Q3- SS and Science)

Passion into Profession
(Q4-Morning Mission Launch)

Empathy
(Q5 Morning Mission Launch)

Situation Cards
(Q5  SS and Science)

Photo Walk
(Q7  SS and Science)

Chesapeake Bay
(Q10  SS and Science)

wixie icon Wixie:
Teachers login to Wixie, select a link, then assign to students

  Bucket Fillers
(Q2)

  Attributes of a Change Maker
(Q3)

  Passion
(Q4)

Vowel Teams
PowerPoint
(Google Slides version)
(Foundational)


Open Syllables
PowerPoint
(Google Slides version)
(Foundational)

Theme Activities:

Storyline Online

Pep Talk With Kid President
(SafeShare)

Color Your World With Kindness
(SafeShare)

Kids, Robots, and a Passion for Science
(SafeShare)

How to Change the World
(SafeShare)

Bucket Fillers
(SafeShare)


Foundational Activities:


Base Word Baseball



Adjectives Ending in ed and ing


Word Wizard
(Read Write Think)

Spelling Practice
(BBC)

Dipthong Practice Postcard
(BBC)

Vowel Teams
(Starfall)

Irregular Past Tense Jeopardy
(ESLGames Plus)

To Bee or Not to Bee
(Funbrain)

My Reading Tools
(Fun 4 the Brain)

Word Bingo
(ABCYa)

Basic Sight Words
(Smart Tutor)

Basic Sight Words 2
(Smart Tutor)

Basic Sight Words 3
(Smart Tutor)

Word Clouds
(ABCYa)

Spelling Practice
(ABCYa)

Kitten Hop Word Identification
(ABCYa)

Spelling 1
(Mr. Anker)

Spelling 2
(Mr. Anker)

Spelling 3
(Mr. Anker)

Spelling 4
(Mr. Anker)

Prefixes and Suffixes
(eLearning for Kids)

Suffix Game
(ESL Games Plus)

Conjunction Game 1
(Mr. Anker)

Conjunction Game 2
(Mr. Anker)

Find the Conjunction
(BBC)

Conjunction Wheel of Fortune Game
(ESL Games)
How can I be perceptive and persistent to overcome challenges?
Exploration Questions 10-18


Shared Reading:
Teacher note: Resources references in the curriculum such as books, magazines, etc. will not appear in SMART Notebooks. These resources should be displayed by using the document camera.


Videos:
Iggy Peck
(Q10 - SS and Science)

Open and Closed Syllables
(SafeShare)

Dividing Words With  Open Syllables

(SafeShare)

Decode Multi-Syllable Words
(SafeShare)

 
Kid President
(Q12 - SS and Science)

Birds of Hope
(Q13 - SS and Science)


What Do You Do With an Idea?
(SafeShare)

The Coat Lady
(SafeShare Q15- Additional Resource)

Using Apostrophes
(SafeShare)

-ed Past Tense
(SafeShare)


Discovery: Prior to selecting the link, login to Discovery Education (aacps.discoveryeducation.com)

Clifford's Big Idea:  Work Together
(Q11-Additional Resource)

  Fire Fighters Need to Work Together and Communicate
(Q11-Additional Resource)

wixie icon
Wixie:
Teachers l
ogin to Wixie, select the link, then assign to students.
 

 
Leader
(Q10)

  Create an Awareness Campaign
(Q12)


  Songs:

Decode Multi-Syllable Words
(SafeShare)

Contractions Song
(SafeShare)

Beware of Contractions
(SafeShare)

Possessives Song
(SafeShare)

Sight Words Song
(SafeShare)

Quotations Song
(SafeShare)

Verbs Song
(SafeShare)

Suffixes Song
(SafeShare)

Idiomas Song
(SafeShare)


Smart Notebooks:
Smart Notebook Contractions
(SMART Notebook Alternative Activity)

Smart Contraction Matching
(SMART Notebook Alternative Activity)

Contractions
PowerPoint
(Google Slides version)
(Foundational Literacy)

Possessive Pronouns
PowerPoint
(Google Slides version)
(Foundational Literacy)

Literal and Non-Literal Meanings
PowerPoint
(Google Slides version)
(Foundational Literacy)

Theme Activities:

Climate Kids
(NASA)

Foundational Activities:

Apostrophe Game
(BBC)

Apostrophe Practice
(TurtleDiary)

Possessive Nouns
(TurtleDiary)

Flip Book Creator
(Read Write Think)

My Reading Tools
(Fun 4 the Brain)

Contractions 1
(Mr. Anker)

Contractions 2
(Mr. Anker)

Contractions 3
(Mr. Anker)

Contractions 4
(Mr. Anker)

Possessive Pronouns
(ESLGames Plus)

Word Bingo
(ABCYa)

Basic Sight Words
(Smart Tutor)

Basic Sight Words 2
(Smart Tutor)

Basic Sight Words 3
(Smart Tutor)

Word Clouds
(ABCYa)

Spelling Practice
(ABCYa)

Kitten Hop Word Identification
(ABCYa)

Spelling 1
(Mr. Anker)

Spelling 2
(Mr. Anker)

Spelling 3
(Mr. Anker)

Spelling 4
(Mr. Anker)

Syllables Factory Game
(BBC)

Comma Chameleon
(Sheppards Software)

Edit Dan's Copy
(Maggie's Earth Adventure)

Recognize Correct Spellings
(Mr. Anker)

Recognize Correct Spellings 2
(Mr. Anker)

Recognize Correct Spellings 3
(Mr. Anker)

Recognize Correct Spellings 4
(Mr. Anker)

Recognize Correct Spellings 5
(Mr. Anker)

Suffixes and Root Words Game
(Big Brown Bear)

Prefixes and Root Word Game
(Big Brown Bear)

Idioms Game
(ESLGames Plus)

 

 

Teacher Notes
Questions/Resources Standards
How can I be perceptive and persistent to overcome challenges? 
Exploration Questions 1-9


Bucket Fillers
Catching the Moon
Paynee FC
What is EMpathy?
Dex the Heart of a Hero
Ordinary Mary
Meet Hani Shihada
Compound Sentences
Open and Closed Syllables
Dividing Words With Open Syllables
Fill Your Bucket Song
Character and Setting Song
Prefix or Suffix?
Prefix and Suffix Song
Prefix and Suffix Review Song
Conjunction Song
Conjunction Song
Complex Sentences Song
Put Down or Pick Me Up List
Creative People Who Have Changed the World
What is a Tableau?
Healthy Minds and Body
Compliment Chains
Attributes of a Changemaker
Passion into Profession
EMpathy
Situation Cards
Photo Walk
Chesapeake Bay
Vowel Teams
Open Syllables
Storyline Online
Pep Talk With Kid President
Color Your World With Kindness
Bucket Fillers
Attributes of a Change Maker
Passion
Kids, Robots, and a Passion for Science
How to Change the World
Bucket Fillers
Base Word Baseball
Adjectives Ending in ed and ing
Word Wizard
Spelling Practice
Dipthong Practice
Vowel Teams
Irregular Past Tense Jeopardy
To Bee or Not To Bee
My Reading Tools
Word Bingo
Basic Sight Words
Basic Sight Words 2
Basic Sight Words 3
Word Clouds
Spelling Practice
Kitten Hop Word Identification
Spelling 1
Spellling 2
Spelling 3
Spelling 4
Prefixes and Suffixes
Suffix Game
Conjunction Game 1
Conjunction Game 2
Find the Conjunction
Conjunction Wheel of Fortune Game




Common Core

RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

RI.1.4 Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

RI.2.2 Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.

RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

 RF.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

 RF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

RF2.3b Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

RF3.3b Decode words with common Latin suffixes.

 RF1.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

L2.1d Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g.sat, hid, told).

 L.3.1h Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.



Health

National PE Standard 4:

The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.

 ASCA Mindsets (Standards):

Demonstrates the development of the whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional and physical
Science/Social Studies

RI.1.3 Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

SL.1.1.B Build on others' talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.

SL.2.1a Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).


NGSS Science & Engineering Practice 1 Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
 Practice 3 Plan and conduct an investigation collaboratively to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence to answer a question.
 Practice 3 Make predictions based on prior experiences.

W.2.1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

 

NGSS SEP 8 Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information. Communicate information or design ideas and/or solutions with others in oral and/or written forms using models, drawings, writing, or numbers that provide detail about scientific ideas, practices, and/or design ideas.

 

C3-D2.Civ.9 Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions while responding attentively to others when addressing ideas and making decisions as a group.

Technology | ISTE Standards Addressed:
1. Empowered Learner, 2. Digital Citizen, 3. Knowledge Constructors, 4. Innovative Designer
 
Exploration Questions 10-18
Seven Spools of Thread
Iggy Peck
Open and Claosed Syllables
Dividing Words With Open Syllables
Decode Multi-Syllable Words
Clifford's Big Idea: Work Together
Fire Fighters Need to Work Together and Communicate
Kid President
Birds of Hope
What Do You Do With an Idea?
The Coat Lady
Using Apostrophes
-ed Past Tense
Decode Multi-Syllable Words
Contraction Song
Beware of Contractions
Possessives Song
Sight Words Song
Quotations Song
Verbs Song
Suffixes Song
Idioms Song
Contractions
Possessive Pronouns
Literal and Non-literal Meanings
Contractions
Contraction Matching
Leader
Create an Awareness Campaign
Climate Kids
Apostrophe Game
Apostrophe Practice
Possessive Nouns
FLip Book Creator
My Reading Tools
Contractions 1
Contractions 2
Contractions 3
Contractions 5
Possessive Pronouns
Word Bingo
Basic Sight Words
Basic Sight Words2
Basic Sight Words 3
Word Clouds
Spelling Practice
Kitten Hop Word Identification
Spelling 1
Spelling 2
Spelling 3
SPelling 4
Syllables Factory Game
Comma Chameleon
Edit Dan's Copy
Recognize Correct Spellings
Recognize Correct Spellings 2
Recognize Correct Spellings 3
Recognize Correct Spellings 4
Recognize Correct Spellings 5
SUffixes and Root Words Game
Prefixes and Root Word Game
Idioms Game
Common Core

RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson

 RF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

RL.2.4. Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem or song.

RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

 RF1.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

 RF1.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

RF2.3b Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.

 RF3.3b Decode words with common Latin suffixes.

RF3.3c Decode multisyllable words.

 L.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking

 L.1.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

L2.1d Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g.sat, hid, told).

L2.2c Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.

L.3.2c Use a comma to set off the wordsyes and no (e.g., yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It's true, isn't it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?

Health

National PE Standard 4: The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.

 ASCA Mindsets (Standards):

Demonstrates the development of the whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional and physical well being
Science/Social Studies

1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.


SL.1.1.B Build on others' talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.


NGSS Science & Engineering Practice 1 Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
 Practice 3 Plan and conduct an investigation collaboratively to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence to answer a question.

Practice 3 Make predictions based on prior experiences.

RI.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

 

NGSS SEP 4 Analyzing and Interpreting Data. Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

 

C3-D4.7. Identify ways to take action to help address local, regional, and global problems.

Technology | ISTE Standards Addressed:
1. Empowered Learner, 2. Digital Citizen, 3. Knowledge Constructor, 4. Innovative Designer

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