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Reread, Rethink, Recycle [3rd Grade], Karen Morrison
Reread, Rethink, Recycle [3rd Grade], Karen Morrison
Understanding by Design: Complete Collection
This unit integrates writing, media/technology and economics via collaboration differentiation. The goal is to publish a niche newspaper solely focused on going green. The unit opens with an analysis of the power of persuasion by exposure and examples. Students will then be learning researching skills necessary as they read books & navigate through websites about how to be environmentally friendly. The research and essays written will become the articles in the newspaper, the foundation. Students will be invited to learn a basic understanding of the parts of a newspaper, applying for a job and how to persuade for positions based …
Habitats [3rd Grade], Leslie Davenport
Habitats [3rd Grade], Leslie Davenport
Understanding by Design: Complete Collection
This is a unit focused on a TEK from the Curriculum Framework for the STAAR Alternate. Students will understand that animals live in specific environments called habitats and that each habitat has its own characteristics. Throughout the unit, students will learn about five different habitats that animals live in. At the end of the unit, students will create a mural of a habitat of their choosing, including at least three elements. Students will then have to describe the elements of the mural.