The final unit of the year will be focused on science instruction which can be found under the science tab when you click on curriculum!
Unit 3 ; Transportation (10 weeks)
Students will learn how fast life changed from the past to the present. Students will learn the difference between modes of transportation from the past versus the present. Knowing how we lived in the past helps us to understand how we live now. Understanding how and why we live the way now will help us plan and set goals for the way we want to live in the future.
- Essential Questions
- How did people live in the past?
- How do people live now?
- What are the differences between past and present?
- What things are done easier now than in the past?
- What things do you think will change the future?
- How do people live before and now around the world?
- What are the different modes of transportation?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of each mode of transportation?
- Vocabulary
- transportation, by air, by land, by water, by railroad, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, airplane, to move, then, now, future, story, biography, character, character's traits, setting, author, writer, narrator, message, title, beginning, middle, ending, details, reader's theater
- Objectives
- I can ask and answer questions.
- I can share my ideas and opinions with a partner.
- I can back up my opinions with details from the text.
- I can identify something new that I learned from a lesson or nonfiction book.
- I can make predictions.
- I can interpret and analyze a timeline.
- I can identify pictures/illustrations that represent a concept or idea.
- I can compare and contrast two concepts by using a Venn diagram.
- I can identify concepts that have changed over time.
- I can identify advantages and disadvantages of an idea/concept.
- Formative Assessment (throughout the unit)
- KWL Chart: Whole class activity - first and second columns are filled at the beginning of the unit and the third column is filled as students gain knowledge throughout the unit.
- pair share activities, small group activities, reading response to non-fiction texts, key vocabulary, journals, simple/critical thinking questions, observational assessments
- KWL Chart: Whole class activity - first and second columns are filled at the beginning of the unit and the third column is filled as students gain knowledge throughout the unit.
- Summative Assessment (at the end of the unit)
- Group project
- Students will analyze the past and the present in relation to transportation, compare the two, see how time has advanced, and make predictions for the future.
- Students will analyze the past and the present in relation to transportation, compare the two, see how time has advanced, and make predictions for the future.
- Group project