Mountains and Trees Our Natural Environment Changes
Theme 1 Unit 4

 

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How does our changing environment affect us?
Exploration Questions 1-4

Curriculum ConnectionShared Reading:

The Living Song

Out on the Playground


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

Living and Non-living
(SafeShare)


curriculum iconSongs:

Living and Non-living Things
(SlideShare)



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

Rhyming IG and OT

Theme Activities:

Living Things Change Their Environment

Foundational Activities:

High Frequency Practice
(All)

Rhyming Short a and o

Rhyming Sight Words

Short Vowel Hig Pigs
(Vocabulary Company)

Short O Center
How does our changing environment affect us?
Exploration Questions 5-7
Curriculum ConnectionShared Reading:

 Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out
(Illinois.edu)

At the Beach

Litter

Put Trash in the Trash Can

  A Way To Help Planet Earth


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

Discovery icon
Human Habitats


Introduction to Earth Day


Mya and Miguel Earth Day Projects


Air Pollution


Water Pollution


Land Pollution

Going Green
(SafeShare Video)

Go Green with Disney
(SafeShare Video)

AAC Filthy Jobs Video
(SafeShare Video)

Protecting the Environment by Changing the Light Bulb
(SafeShare Video)

Recycle Guys-Littering is Wrong
(SafeShare Video)

World's Deepest Trash Can
(SafeShare Video)


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

  Ideas to Save the Earth

 You Can Recycle


 Rhyme AT and EN

Create a Shadow

Theme Activities:

Pollution Tree Map


Foundational Activities:

Short e Circle Map

Short a and Short e Sort

Short Vowel Jigsaw Puzzle
(Vocabulary Company)

Short or Not?
(Vocabulary Company)

Short O Center

Short O Nonense/Real Word Sort

 

 

Teacher Notes
Questions/Resources Standards
How does our changing environment affect us?
Exploration Questions 1-4

The Living Song
Out on the Playground
Living and Non-Living
Living and Non-Living Things
Rhyming ig and ot
Rhyming Short a and o
Rhyming Sight Words
Short Vowel Hig Pigs
High Frequency Practice
Common Core

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

RF1.2 Demonstrate understaning of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes)

RF.1.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and wor analysis skills in decoding words.

RF.1.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

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

RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings. and major events in a story, using key details.

RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

RI.1.7 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.

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

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 capitialization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

SL.1.3 Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.

SL.1.4 Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

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

SS 3.B.1.a Identify the physical  characteristics of a place (physical features, climate, vegetation, animal life).

SS 3.B.1.b Identify human characteristics of a place (human-made features, language, political system, how to make a living)

SS 3.B.1.c Describe places by how people make a living and where we live.

NGSS Engineering Practice 1: Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).

NGSS Engineering Practice 8: Communicate information or design ideas and/or solutions with others in oral and/or written forms using numbers that provide detail about scientific ideas, practices, and/or design ideas.

NGSS CCC 2: Simple tests can be designed to gather evidence to support or refute student ideas or causes.


Visual Arts
2.1.b Use selected works of art as inspiration to express ideas visually and verbally about people, places, and events.
Technology
ISTE Student Standards Addressed:
1. Empowered Learner
3. Knowledge Constructor
How does our changing environment affect us?
Exploration questions 5-7

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out
At the Beach
Litter
Put Trash in the trash Can
Animal Habitats
Introduction to Earth Day
Earth Day Projects
Air Pollution
Water Pollution
Land Pollution
Goign Green
Go Green with Disney
AAC Filthy Jobs Video
Protecting the Environment by Changing the Light Bulb
Recycle Guys-Littering is Wrong
World's Deepest Trash Can
Pollution Tree Map
Ideas To Save the Earth
You Can Recycle
Short Vowel Jigsaw Puzzle
Short or Not?
Short e circle map
Short a and Short e Sort
Rhyme At and En
Short O center
Short O Nonsense/Real Word Sort
Common Core

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

RF1.2 Demonstrate understaning of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes)

RF.1.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and wor analysis skills in decoding words.

RF.1.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings. and major events in a story, using key details.

RL.1.6 Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

RI.1.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

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

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

RI.1.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.

RI.1.6 Distinguish  between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.

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 capitialization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

SL.1.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

SL.1.2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.


Health

Health 3.C.1.a Explain why litter is harmful.

Health 3.C.1.b List ways to prevent littering

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

SS 3.B.1.c Describe places by how people make a living and where they live.

SS 3.D.1 Explain how people modify, protect, and adapt to their environment.

NGSS Science and Engineering Practice 7: Listen actively to arguments to indicate agreement or disagreement based on evidence, and/or retell the main points of the argument.

NGSS CCC 2: Simple tests can be designed to gather evidence to support or refute student ideas or causes.
Visual Arts
2.1.b Use selected works of art as inspiration to express ideas visually and verbally about people, places, and events.
Technology:
ISTE Student Standards Addressed:

1. Empowered Learner
3. Knowledge Constructor

Office of Instructional Technology
August 2017
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