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Unit Questions Teacher Resources Student Resources
What patterns do we see in nature?
Exploration questions 1-6
 curriculumInteractive Reading:

Weather
(Unite for Literacy-Search for title)

 A Hot Summer Day
(Unite for Literacy-Search for title or Let's Go Outside Collection)

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

 Discovery EducationThunderstorm Sound Effect

 Thunderstorm Sounds
(SafeShare)
Sun Safe Play Everyday
(SafeShare)
Alex the Alligator
(SafeShare)

wixieWixie:
Wixie: Teachers login to Wixie, select the link, then assign students.



        Short i Word Families    

                        curriculum Shared Reading:
 Block the Sun, Not the Fun
Tumblebooks login:
Username: aacpl
Password: aacps

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

Discovery EducationWhat is Thunder and Lightning? Song

 The Want Song
(safeshare)
smartboard Cloud Song

Art Integration:

Weather In Art
(PowerPoint)
(Google Slides version)

Clouds in Art
(PowerPoint)
(Google Slides version)

 Curriculum ConnectionTheme Activities:

 DogSave Your Skin

snakeWeather Transformer (Cat in the Hat)

polar bearWeather Wheel (Sid the Science Kid)

 sky Sky

Smartboard Read It Know It Rainy Day

Foundational Activities:

iguanaThe Big Hit
(Starfall)

monkeyBlending Trucks (PBS)

penguinCookie's Alphabet Soup (PBS)

  

Word Clouds
(ABCYa)

IP Words
(Starfall)

 Frog's Rhyming
(WordWorld)
What patterns do we see in nature?
Exploration questions 7-12		 curriculumInteractive Reading:

Can You See the Wind?
(Unite for Literacy)

 curriculumShared Reading:

 Weather Wiz Kids Tools
(Teacher Information)

 What is George Wondering?
(PTD)


 Art Integration:

 Wind Dancing
(video)

"Wind Painting"

Japanese Style Windsocks
(PowerPoint)
(Google Slides version)

wixieWixie:
Wixie: Teachers login to Wixie, select the link, then assign students.

                Word Challenge
 Theme Activities:

  batWeather Surprise
(Sid the Science Kid)

Foundational Activities:

dolphinKeyboard Zoo (AbcYa)

kangarooWord Search Jr
(AbcYa)

fish Word Family Sort
(Read, Write, Think)

ladybugBlending Bowl
(Between the Lions)

frogWonder Red Word Power (PBS)

rhinoPrincess Presto

 Spelling Power (PBS)
What patterns do we see in nature?
Exploration questions 13-17		 curriculumInteractive Reading:

Season's Change
(National Geographic)
curriculumVideos:

discovery Wind and Sailing
Discovery: Prior to selecting link, login to Discovery Education (aacps.discoveryeducation.com)

curriculumShared Reading:

smartboard Shared Research Weather

 Smartboard Weather for Jobs

smartboard USA Weather


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

 "Weather Dance"

 Stormy Weather
(PowerPoint)
(Google Slides version)

wixieWixie:
Wixie: Teachers login to Wixie, select the link, then assign students.
Season Sort
 Theme Activities:

Butterfly Curriculum ConnectionsWeather, Clothing, Advice

KoalaWhat's the Weather Like?

Smart Weather

mooseHurricanes (TrueFlix)
Foundational Activities:
Smartboard Short o Families

Smartboard Short o Play

Arty's Smarty Doors
(Between the Lions)
lionFlood - Classify Topics
(Between the Lions)

 dogClifford's Make a Word
 elephantHalfPipe Blends
(Electric Company)

 

 

Teacher Notes
Questions/Resources Standardsh
What patterns do we see in nature?
Exploration questions 1-6

 Common Core
CCSS.RF.K.1-Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
CCSS.RF.K2-Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (Phonemes).
CCSS.RF.K.3-Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
CCSS RF.K.4- Read emergent level texts with purpose and understanding.
CCSS.L.K.1-Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS.L.K.5- With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.RI.K.2- With prompting and support, identify the main topic, and retell key details.
CCSS.RI.K.3- With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text
CCSS.RI.K.7- With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, or thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts)
CCSS.RI.K.9-With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts (illustrations) on the same topic.
CCSS.RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown questions in text.
CCSS SL.K.4- Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
CCSS.W.K.2- Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
CCSS.W.K.8- With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Health
7.A.1.a- Define a disease. (Skin Cancer)
National PE Standard 4:
The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.

ASCA Mindsets (Standards): Demonstrate the development of the whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional and physical well-being.
Science/Social Studies
Social Studies
CCRS SL.K.3- Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
CCRS SL.K.4- Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and with prompting and support, provide additional detail
Science
K-ESS2-1: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
K-PS-2: Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area.
K-PS3-1: Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth's surface.
NGSS Crosscutting Concept, Cause and Effect: Events have caused that generate observable patterns.
 
Technology
ISTE Student Standards Addressed:
1 Empowered Learner
3 Knowledge Constructor
What patterns do we see in nature?
Exploration questions 7-12		 Common Core
CCSS RF.K.1- Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
CCSS RF.K.2-Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes)
CCSS RF.K.3- Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
CCSS RF.K.4- Read emergent level texts with purpose and understanding.
CCSS RI.K.1- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS RI.K.8- With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
CCSS RI.K.10-Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
CCSS L.K.1 -Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking.
CCSS L.K.5- With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS SL.K.2- Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
CCSS SL.K.3- Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
CCSS SL.K.5- Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
CCSS SL.K.6 - Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
CCSS RL.K.4- Ask and answer questions about unknown words in text.
CCSS RL.K.5- Recognize common types of texts (storybooks, poems)
Health
National PE Standard 4:
The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.

ASCA Mindsets (Standards): Demonstrate the development of the whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional and physical well-being.
Science/Social Studies
Science
NGSS Science and Engineering
K-ESS2-1: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
K-ESS3-2: Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
K-PS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes or pulls on the motion of an object.
K-PS2-2: Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed of direction of an object with a push or pull.
Crosscutting Concept, Influence of Engineering, Technology, and Science on Society and the Natural World: People depend on various technologies in their lives: human life would be very different without technology.
Social Studies
CCRS SS.K.B.1.a- Discuss that places have natural and physical features.
CCRS SS.3.D.1.b- Identify ways that people change their environment to meet their needs, such as planting crops or cutting forests.
Technology
ISTE Student Standards Addressed:
1 Empowered learner
3 Knowledge constructor
6 Creative Communicator
7 Global Collaborator
What patterns do we see in nature?
Exploration questions 13-17		 Common Core
CCSS RF.K.1- Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
CCSS RF.K.2-Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes)
CCSS RF.K.3- Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
CCSS RF.K.4- Read emergent level texts with purpose and understanding.
CCSS RI.K.2- With prompting and support, identify the main topic, and retell key details.
CCSS RI.K.4- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
CCSS RI.K.9- With prompting and support, identify basic similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures)
CCSS L.K.1 -Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking.
CCSS L.K.5- With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS SL.K.2- Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
CCSS RL.K.3- With prompting and support, identify characters, setting, and major events in a story.
CCSS RL.K.5- Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems)
CCSS RL.K.10- Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
CCSS W.K.2- Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
Health
National PE Standard 4:
The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.

ASCA Mindsets (Standards): Demonstrate the development of the whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional and physical well-being.
Science/Social Studies
Science
NGSS Science & Engineering
Practice 2: Develop and/or use a model to represent amounts, relationships, relative scales (bigger, smaller), and/or patterns in the natural and designed world(s).
K-ESS2-1:Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patters over time.

Social Studies
SS 3.D.1.a- Identify ways people adapt to the environment, such as wearing clothing that is appropriate to the weather.
Technology
ISTE Student Standards Addressed:
1 Empowered learner
6 Creative Communicator
7 Global Collaborator

Office of Instructional Technology
August 2017
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