Theme or Big Idea Thematic Unit Question(s) Grade Level Skittles!!!!

1st or 2nd Grade Classroom

Thematic Unit Planning Matrix
Content or Subject Area Thematic Questions Centers (Activities) Technology Assessment Integration and/or Rubric (References, Scale Software and/or Resources) Student Products or Portfolio NM Standards: Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics NM Content Standards with Benchmarks (other than ELA and Math) The ISTE NETS and Performance Indicators for Teachers and Students

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Math

How do you add and subtract number? How to count numbers on your fingers?

Each student will be given a certain amount of skittles to practice adding and subtracting.

Teachers could easily use PowerPoint of the internet to bring up plus and minus table sheets and show them through an overhead to work them out on the board.

The teacher will can then summarize the activity and decide what the students have learned by asking a sequence of related questions as well as state the purposes of the curriculum.

Take note of each child on how they participated and what they learned during the activity. Engage with each child to see if they enjoyed or dislike the activity. Documentation through photographs may be done to

1.N.2.1 Use a variety of models to demonstrate an understanding of addition and subtraction of whole numbers. 1.N.3.1 Use strategies for whole-number computation, with a focus on addition and subtraction (e.g., counting on or counting back, doubles, sums that m

Content or Subject Area

Thematic Questions

Centers (Activities)

Technology Assessment Integration and/or Rubric (References, Scale Software and/or Resources)

Student Products or Portfolio

NM Standards: Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics NM Content Standards with Benchmarks (other than ELA and Math) The ISTE NETS and Performance Indicators for Teachers and Students

(Link to respective website is posted in the Course Materials NM Standards (Inc. NMCCSS & ISTE/NETS)

add as well. What are Language skittles to Arts you? Incorporating skittles to a child imagination can provide a great story! Have each child think about where skittles come from and have them write their own short story. (For instance they may have seen the skittles commercials in which they may relate to) Computers are a great way to introduce children to technology, in which they could practice typing their stories on the computer. As a teacher, you could show them clips of the commercial, which could boost their sense of imagination. If the products are too dangerous to bring into the classroom Test the children on their writing ability; have them write a short story. See how well their writing ability is and acknowledge weather or no they related to any of the sample videos you offered. Collect the students writings or make copies of them to keep on file. Determine what needs to be worked on following their writing skills. K-4 Benchmark 1-A: Listen to, read, react to and retell information: K 1. Retell, reenact, or dramatize stories or parts of stories, including personal events. 2. Demonstrate sense of story (e.g., beginning, middle, end, characters, details). 3. Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of types of books and selections (e.g., picture books, caption books, short informational texts, nursery rhymes, word/finger/puppet plays, reenactments of familiar stories). 4. Role-play and act out stories (e.g., fairy tales, songs, rhymes). 5. Follow simple oral instructions.

How are skittles made? Science

Provide the ingredient for making skittle.

Test the children on what types of ingredients were mentioned.

Collect the results of how many each child got right and then provide them

K-4 Benchmark I: Use scientific methods to observe, collect, record, analyze, predict, interpret, and determine reasonableness of data. 1. Make observations, develop simple questions, and make comparisons of familiar situations (e.g., What does the seed look like when it starts

Content or Subject Area

Thematic Questions

Centers (Activities)

Technology Assessment Integration and/or Rubric (References, Scale Software and/or Resources)

Student Products or Portfolio

NM Standards: Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics NM Content Standards with Benchmarks (other than ELA and Math) The ISTE NETS and Performance Indicators for Teachers and Students

(Link to respective website is posted in the Course Materials NM Standards (Inc. NMCCSS & ISTE/NETS)

you can perform a video or ingredient list on the internet to show the children the process of making skittles.

Provide pictures of the ingredient and other products and have them choose between them all, which ones need to be, use to make the finishing product. Have the children group up and create a collage on what types of candy can be bad for you. They could easily include other food groups that would be unhealthy for

with what the to grow?). 2. Describe relationships between correct objects (eg., above, next to, below) answers were. Documentation would also be done during this time.

Health

Is Candy good for you? What happens if you have too much sugar? How does this affect our health?

Provide the students with different types of candy and have them talk about why candy can be bad for you.

Teachers can show You Tube videos on how sugar can be bad for you and how it affects our body.

Gather each groups finished product and hang them up so that each student can see what the others have done. Documentation can also be done at this time for portfolios.

1. identify how personal choices relate to health and how the consequences of those choices affect self and others (e.g., smoking, lack of physical activity, nutrition, personal hygiene, personal safety); 2. identify characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships (e.g., describe the unique differences of self and others); and 3. recognize what is meant by good persona hygiene (e.g., describe the importance of hand washing in disease prevention).

Content or Subject Area

Thematic Questions

Centers (Activities)

Technology Assessment Integration and/or Rubric (References, Scale Software and/or Resources)

Student Products or Portfolio

NM Standards: Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics NM Content Standards with Benchmarks (other than ELA and Math) The ISTE NETS and Performance Indicators for Teachers and Students

(Link to respective website is posted in the Course Materials NM Standards (Inc. NMCCSS & ISTE/NETS)

your body. What do Skittles look like? How many colors are in the rainbow? Drawing centers are always great! The children can provide us teachers with their best drawing on how many colors they think are in a skittles package. You can provide the students with a PowerPoint of different picture of skittle packages or pictures that involve skittles. Have the children draw anything they can think of that is colorful or reminds them of skittles. Collect their pictures or copy them and keep them on file. Have the children explain to us what they have drawn. K-1 1. Identify the elements of art in works of art and the environment. 2. Explore the use of lines, shapes and other art elements for image making. 2-3 1. Group colors based on formal and informal criteria (warm-cool, limited color schemes, etc.) 2. Discuss how different elements of art impact images.

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