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Unit 3- Resources In Our Community Overview: Documents Unit 3 Overview Video
Week 1 (1 of 2) Week 1 (2 of 2)
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Week 2 Reading Practice Decomposing Numbers
Week 4 Reading Practice Composing Numbers
Week 5 Reading Practice Decomposing Numbers
Week 6 Reading Practice Decomposing Numbers
- Week 1
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Week 1: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: goods, service, shop Introduce Weekly Words: consumer, producer, buy Action Verbs in Different Tenses Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk Consumers and Producers, Read 1
Mirror Shared Reading: “To Market, To Market” Child Copy
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk; Images; Listen & Respond (Wen-mei and Her Clay Pot)
Science Literacy: What do seeds need in order to grow and change?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Fluent Reader's Challenge; Look, Cover, Write, Check; Name It, Write It, Mark It; Trick Word Memory; Blend Match and SortScience and Engineering Lesson 1: Comparing Seeds Prompts Cards Chart
Lesson 2: Seed Parts
Lesson 3: Exploring PlantsStudios Studio Prompts Store Prompts Library Tally Sheet Images of Money
Children use familiar materials to engage with the new topic. In Science and Engineering, children observe and record plant growth.
Writing Basics Deconstruction: Personal Recount Purpose and Stages
Deconstruction: Personal Recount Poetry
Deconstruction: Personal Recount Poem
Deconstruction; Individual Construction
Individual Construction - Week 2
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Week 2: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: need, want, choice Introduce Weekly Words: save, spend, sell Sorting Nouns into Categories Sorting Nouns into Categories Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk Those Shoes, Read 1
Those Shoes, Read 2
A Chair for my Mother, Read 1 A Chair for my Mother, Read 2
A Chair for my Mother, Read 3
Shared Reading: “Giving Thanks” Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (Those Shoes)
Science Literacy: How do plants help produce new plants?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Fluent Reader's Challenge; Say it, Build It, Write It; Sentences; Make New WordsScience and Engineering Lesson 1: Potato Cuttings Prompts
Lesson 2: Plants Grow and Change Needs of PlantsStudios Activities continue and extend from Week 1.
Children write book reviews of Unit 3 books.
In Science and Engineering, children observe and make predictions about plant growth.Writing Basics Deconstruction and Individual Construction: Repetition
Deconstruction and Individual Construction: Repetition - Week 3
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Week 3: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: natural resource, industry, local Introduce Weekly Words: global, rural, interconnected Phrases of Place Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk From Cocoa Bean to Chocolate, Read 1
From Cocoa Bean to Chocolate, Read 2
Me on the Map “How people make sneakers” video
Fresh-Picked Poetry, “Pile Up”
Shared Reading: “Garden Song” Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (Me on the Map)
Science Literacy Prompts 1: How have our plants changed? 2: How many different kinds of plants live in an area of our schoolyard?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Fluent Reader's Challenge; Look, Cover, Write, Check; Name It, Write It, Mark It; Syllable Sort;Science and Engineering Lesson 1: Plants Grow and Change Observation Sheet
Lesson 2: Plant ObservationsStudios Studio Prompts Images Art Procedure Library Order Form Leaf Images
The Drama and Library Studios are combined, as children extend their thinking about suppliers and consumers. At the Science and Engineering Studio, children compare leaves.
Activities also continue and extend from previous weeks.Writing Basics Deconstruction: Adjectives; Planning
Individual Construction Individual Construction, Deconstruction, and Revision - Week 4
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Week 4: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: supply chain, worker, customer Introduce Weekly Words: harvest, produce, provide Changing Verbs to Nouns Changing Nouns to Verbs Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk From Sheep to Sweater, Read 1
From Sheep to Sweater, Read 2
On the Farm, At the Market, Read 1 On the Farm, At the Market, Read 2
On the Farm, At the Market, Read 3
Shared Reading: “Market Day” Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (On the Farm, At the
Market)
Science Literacy: How do plants help people in our State and community?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Fluent Reader's Challenge; Trick Word Memory; Suffix Sort; Say It, Build It, Write It; SentencesScience and Engineering Studios Studio Prompts Images Plant Images Plant Labels
Children expand the classroom market; read and sort tags and labels; write stories about obtaining goods from close by and far away.
Children think about parts of edible plants.Writing Basics Introduction to and Beginning Revising and Publishing Deconstruction and Individual Construction: Poem Shapes and Titles;
Revising and PublishingPresentation and Celebration - Week 5
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Week 5: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: ship, transport, deliver Introduce Weekly Words: load, container, purchase Words with Multiple Meanings Words with Multiple Meanings Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk “Delivery” (Reach Anthology) Shared Reading: “Delivery” Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (Before We Eat)
Science Literacy: What defenses do plants use to help them survive?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Fluent Reader's Challenge; Look, Cover, Write, Check; Blend Sort;Mid-Unit Assessment: Slides Prompt Image Prompt Rubric
Science and Engineering Lesson 1: Photosynthesis Sheet Passage
Lesson 2: Plant Defenses The Cactus PlantStudios Studio Prompts Business Plan Supply Chain Tags
Drama, Library, and Writing & Drawing Studios are linked to learn about and represent supply chains. Children explore seeds through sorting and making patterns.
Writing Basics Deconstruction: Biography Purpose and Stages; Individual Construction:
Biography BrainstormDeconstruction: Biography Purpose and Stages; Joint Construction: Planning
BiographiesDeconstruction: Interviews; Joint Construction: Planning Biographies
Deconstruction: Biography Purpose and Stages; Joint Construction: Interview
QuestionsJoint Construction: Interviews; Individual Construction - Week 6
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Week 6: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: job, employment, salary Introduce Weekly Words: income, wage, human resources Commas Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk “People in Our Neighborhoods” slides, Read 1, and Dentist Interview
“People in Our Neighborhoods” slides, Read 2, and Organization
Director InterviewBippity Bop Barbershop, Read 1
Bippity Bop Barbershop, Read 2
Shared Reading: “The Bread Song” Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (Bippity Bop ...)
Science Literacy Prompt: 1. How do people engineer ways to grow plants in places
with short growing seasons?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Fluent Reader's Challenge; Say It, Build It, Write It; Blend Sort;Science and Engineering Lesson 1: Growing Seasons Climate Map Changing Seasons Sort Cards
Lesson 2:How do plants grow through different methods? Definition SheetStudios All studio spaces and materials open as needed toward market projects. Continue to make, discuss, and record observations of plant growth and of the sky (weather).
Writing Basics Joint Construction: Interviews; Individual Construction Joint Construction: Interviews; Individual Construction Individual Construction: Sorting Research and Writing Orientations
Deconstruction: Phrases of Time; Individual Construction: Record of Events
Individual Construction and Review - Week 7
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Week 7: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: economy, budget, value (n1) Introduce Weekly Words: donate, value (n2), evaluate Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk Something Special for Me, Read 1
Something Special for Me, Read 2
Something Special for Me, Read 3,
A Chair for My Mother
Shared Reading: “This or That?” Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (Something Special...)
Science Literacy Prompt: What products are made from plants?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Trick Word Memory; Name It, Write It, Mark It; SentencesScience and Engineering Lesson 1: What Comes From Plants? Sort Sheet Sort Cards
Lesson 2: Advertising Maine Produce SampleStudios All studio spaces and materials open as needed toward market projects.
Writing Basics Individual Construction and Review Individual Construction and Review Deconstruction: Conclusion and Verbs, Individual Construction:
ConclusionDeconstruction and Joint Construction: Verbs, Individual
Construction: Revision - Week 8
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Week 8: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: impact, fair, benefit Introduce Weekly Words: system, economy, resource Vocabulary Review Vocabulary Review no lesson; time used for Unit presentation and celebration Text Talk Shared Reading: “Farmworkers” Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (Dolores Huerta)
Science Literacy Prompt: How do farmers sell their produce
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Fluent Reader's Challenge; Match and Sort; Name It, Write It, Mark It; Look, Cover, Write, CheckOn Day 4, the End of Unit Assessment is administered.
Science and Engineering Studios Finalizing projects.
Studios time is combined with Vocabulary and Language, Text Talk, and Writing to open the market on Days 4 and 5.Writing Basics Introduction to and Beginning Revising and Publishing Deconstruction and Individual Construction: Title, Revising and
PublishingPublishing