Unit Plan

Unit Theme:2.7 Wild Weather ___ Date: ______Period: 5_ weeks Teacher:

Subject: ___ENGLISH______

Reform Strategy (PCEA):

Grade:1X2 34 5 67 8 910 11 12

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EssentialQuestions
EQ1. Are all disasters natural?
EQ2. Why is it important to be prepared?
EQ3. What can we learn from print?
Transfer Objective (T) y Acquisition (A)
T1. The student will leave the class able to use his/her learning about natural disasters to be prepared during a hurricane, earthquake, or tornado.
The student acquires skills to...
A1. Listen, interact, and participate in class by asking questions, offering support for and elaborating on opinions, describing personal experiences, and using words to express ideas.
A2. Describe text features, identify main idea or lesson, and tell the difference between text types.
A3. Write both fiction and nonfiction texts after researching a topic and to apply the features of a sentence.
A4. Determine the meaning of unknown words or phrases including multiple meaning words through inferring in a text.
Days / Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5
Standards and expectations
2.L.1
2.L.1a
Listen and interact with peers.
Ask and answer questions.
Activities:
Walkthrough, KWL (Hurricane)
What can we learn from print?
Demonstration/Simulation
experiments-makethunderstorm.htm / Standards and expectations
2.R.1
2.R.2I
2.S.3
Activities:
Read a story about a hurricane.
Hurricane! By Jonathan London
Hurricane By David Wiesner
Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina By Kirby Larson
The Magic School Bus: Inside a Hurricane By Joanna Cole
Attachment 2.7 Graphic Organizer / Standards and expectations
2.R.2L
Main Idea/ Supporting Details
Activity:
Graphic Organizer / Standards and expectations
2.S.1
2.L.1a
2.S.2b
2.W.2
How to prepare for a natural disaster.
Activity:
Student will work on page 1 for the Safety Book. Guide to prepare for a hurricane: / Standards and expectations
2.L.1
2.W.2
2.LA.1
Activity:
Causes and their Characteristics
1
week
Day 6 / Day 7 / Day 8 / Day 9 / Day 10
Standards and expectations
2.L.1
2.L.1a
Activities:
Walkthrough KWL (Earthquake)
What can we learn from print?
Demostration/Simulation

8324161_earthquake-projects-
kids.html
weather-earthquake.htm / Standards and expectations2.R.1
2.R.2I
2.S.3
Activities:
Story about an Earthquake.
Earthquake By Millie Lee
Earthquakes ( Let’s Read and Find Out Science 2) By Franklyn Branley
Attachment 2.7 Graphic Organizer / Standards and expectations
2.R.2L
Activities:
Main Idea/ Supporting Details
Graphic Organizer / Standards and expectations
2.R.FS.11b
2.LA.2g
Activities:
Letter Clues/Cognates
Students will work on page 2 for the Safety Book. / Standards and expectations
2.R.FS.11b
2.LA.3
Activities:
Clues for Story Text/ Class Charts
2
week.
Day 11 / Day 12 / Day 13 / Day 14 / Day 15
Standards and expectations
2.L.1
2.L.1a
Walkthrough KWL (Tornado)
What can we learn from print?
Demonstration/Simulation
experiments-tornado-bottle.htm- bottle.htm / Standards and expectations
2.R.1
2.R.2I
2.S.3
Story about an Tornado
Tornado Slim and the Magic Cowboy Hat By Brian Ladgdo
Farmer Brown Goes Round and Round By Terry Sloat
Tornado Alert ( Let’s Read and Find Out Science 2)Attachment 2.7 Graphic Organizer / Standards and expectations
2.R.2L
Main Idea/ Supporting Details
Graphic Organizer / Standards and expectations
2.W.2
Readings with questions on tornado Safety:
Students will work on page 3 for the Safety Book. / Standards and expectations
Standards and expectations
2.R.5
2.R.10
Fantasy and Realistic Fiction/Venn Diagram
3
week
Day 16 / Day 17 / Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3
Standards and expectations
2.LA.4d
2.R.FS.11b
2.LA.1g
Activities:
Consonant Blends
Compound Words / List of Words / Standards and expectations
2.W.1
2.W.2
2.W.6
PT:1 The Safety Book
The student works with the book. / Standards and expectations
2.L.1a
2.R.4I
Reading Strategies /Questioning
Activity:
Weather Words and What they Mean By Gail Gibbons / Standards and expectations
2.S.2b
2.LA.4a
Reading Strategies/ Making Meaning / Standards and expectations
2.R.6I
2.LA..4a
Reading Strategies/ Visualization
Activity:
Attachment 2.7: Visualizing Images While Reading
4
week
Day 4 / Day 5 / Day 6 / Day 7 / Day 8
Standards and expectations
2.R.1
2.LA.3a
Story Mapping with Theme / Standards and expectations
2.R.1
2.LA.3a
Activity:
Attachment 2.7
Story Mapping with Theme / Standards and expectations
2.W.1
2.W.2
2.W.FS.9
2.LA.1e
PT 2 Wild Weather Picture Book
Select genre, start writing the story in teams. / Standards and expectations
2.W.1
2.W.2
2.W.FS.9
2.LA.1e
PT 2 Wild Weather Picture Book
Writing the story working in teams. / Standards and expectations
2.W.1
2.W.2
2.W.FS.9
2.LA.1e
PT2 Wild Weather Picture Book
Complete the story book.
5
week