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Unit Author

FirstandLastName

SusanMenard,KaylaBourg,LorettaWebb

AuthorsE-mailAddress

Susanmenard1@gmail.com
,
kbour37@tigers.lsu.edu
,
Lwebb14@tigers.lsu.edu

CourseName(s)

ELRC

CourseNumber(s)

4507

CourseSection(s)

Instructor(s)Name(s)

Dr.Heroman

Unit Overview
Unit Plan Title

Spring:EricCarle

Curriculum-Framing Questions

Goals

ContentQuestions

Studentswillgainexperienceaboutspringandenjoy
exploringandanalyzingpicturesandtextsthroughan
authorstudyofEricCarleandhisliterature.Studentswill
beabletomakeconnectionsinELA,Math,andScience
throughmanyofEricCarlesbooks.
Math
IfyoucouldaskEricCarleaboutoneofhisbooks,what
mightyouask?Howcanmathproblemsbecreatedtogo
witheachbookselected?Whatconnectionscanyou
makewiththetextandwhy?EssentialQuestion:What
otheranimalsemergeinspring?Whatotherchangesdo
younoticeinspring?

Unit Summary

ThisunitlooksattheseasonofspringthroughthelensofEricCarleandwilldemonstrate
howEricCarlesliteraryworksmaybeusedtoenhancelearningacrossthecurriculum.
LessonsinthisauthorstudywillintegratespecificCarlebooksintothecontentareasof
st
K1
GradeELA,Math,andScience.

InScience
,TLWdevelopknowledgeandskillsabouttheplantlifecycle.TLWwillcreate
fourpicturesoftheplantlifecycleandlabelthemcorrectlyusingKidpix.TLWalsobeable
tocorrectlysequencefourpicturesofaplantlifecyclecreatedbypeers.
Inmath
thebookschosenare
TheVeryHungryCaterpillar
,
TheGrouchyLadyBug
,

RoosterOfftoSeetheWorld
,and
10RubberDucks
.Themainconceptsinmathare
using
additionandsubtractionwithin20tosolvewordproblemsinvolvingsituationsofaddingto,
takingfrom,puttingtogether,takingapart,andcomparing,withunknownsinallpositions,
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e.g.,byusingobjects,drawings,andequationswithasymbolfortheunknownnumberto
representtheproblem.Theactivitiesplannedshouldallowstudentstoanswerthe
questionsbecauseasstudentsreadorlistentobooksthestudentsmayhavewonderings
runningthroughtheirmindsthattheywouldliketoasktheauthor.Inaddition,asstudents
digdeeperintotextandnoticenumbers,order,patterns,andclocksthestudentsbeginto
thinkmathematicallyaboutthetext.Inorderforstudentstobuildevenbetterscheme,
studentsmakeconnectionswithwhattheyhavereadtothemselves,theworld,andother
texts.Finally,asthestudentsreviewthebooksthethemeofchangeandspringasthe
seasonarepresent,andclassdiscussionswillevolvearoundtheessentialquestions.A
KWLchartwouldbeanexcellentwaytokickofftheunit.
ELAStudentswillread
TheVeryHungryCaterpillar
andwatchavideoaboutthe
transformationofacaterpillartoabutterfly.Theywillthendiscussthedifferencesbetween
themadeupstoryandthevideoofwhatactuallyhappensduringmetamorphosis.Students
willthen,withpartners,usingtheknowledgetheyhavegained,createtheirownstoriesofa
caterpillarwhochangesintoabutterfly.

Subject Area(s)

(Listallsubjectsthatapply)

Math,LanguageArtsandScience

Grade Level

[Clickbox(es)ofallgradelevel(s)thatyourUnittargets]

XK2

68

ESL
GiftedandTalented

35
912
Resource
Other:

Targeted State Frameworks/Content Standards/Benchmarks

Science
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.1.6

Withguidanceandsupportfromadults,useavarietyofdigitaltoolstoproduce
andpublishwriting,includingincollaborationwithpeers.
Science
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.1.7

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Participateinsharedresearchandwritingprojects(e.g.,exploreanumberof
"howto"booksonagiventopicandusethemtowriteasequenceof
instructions).
Math:
CCSS.MATHoperations
1.OA.1
Useadditionandsubtractionwithin20tosolvewordproblemsinvolvingsituationsof
addingto,takingfrom,puttingtogether,takingapart,andcomparing,withunknowns
inallpositions,e.g.,byusingobjects,drawings,andequationswithasymbolforthe
unknownnumbertorepresenttheproblem.
ELA
-
R.L.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
R.L.10 With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for
grade 1.
W. 6-With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and
publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes

Science
Thelearnerwilldefinenewvocabularywords.Thelearnerwillcreatelabeled

drawingsofthestagesofthelifecycleofaplantusingKidpixandacolorprinter.Thelearner
willusenewvocabularywordsaslabelsindrawings.Thelearnerwillcollaboratewithpeersto
arrangeeachothersdrawingsinthecorrectorder.
MATH
Studentswillbeabletodemonstrate
theuseofadditionandsubtractionwithin20toanswer
problemstheyhavecreatedafterreadingtheselectedtext.Studentswillusetheread,
draw,andwriteprocess.Icanstatementsare:Icansolve
comparewithdifference
unknown
problemtypes.
ELA
Thestudentswillbeabletouseinformationfromavideoandtheirimaginationto
createastoryaboutacaterpillarandwhathappenswhenitbecomesabutterfly.

Procedures

Linkyourdailyplanherelinkinyourgroupunitfolder..
Lesson1MyButterflyStorySusanMenard
Lesson1EricCarleSpringMathLorettaWebb
Lesson3SpringScienceKaylaBourg

Approximate Time Needed

3days
Prerequisite Skills

ScienceBecauseoftheyoungageofourstudents(K1)appropriatelisteningskillsarethe
onlyprerequisiteskills.Allotherskillswillbetaughtasthelessonunfolds.
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MathStudentsshouldbefamiliarwithamouseandkeyboardinordertonavigatetheweb
quest.Studentsmaychoosetoworkwithabuddyifreadingisachallenge.Studentsshould
havemasteredaddingandsubtractingnumberswithin10.
Studentsshouldbeabletoreadgradelevel1textandhavebasicunderstandingofstory
sequenceandstructure.

Materials and Resources

TechnologyHardware(
Clickboxesofallequipmentneeded)
Camera
LaserDisk
XComputer(s)
XPrinter
DigitalCamera
XProjectionSystem
DVDPlayer
Scanner
XInternetConnection
Television

VCR
VideoCamera
VideoConferencingEquip.
XOther:Headphones,
XActiveboard

TechnologySoftware
(Clickboxesofallsoftwareneeded.)
Database/Spreadsheet
ImageProcessing
DesktopPublishing
XInternetWebBrowser
EmailSoftware
Multimedia
EncyclopediaonCDROM

WebPageDevelopment
XWordProcessing
XOther:Kidpix,Promethean
software,PowerPoint

PrintedMaterials

Supplies

Math
EricCarlbooks:
TheVeryHungryCaterpillar
,
The
GrouchyLadyBug
,
RoosterOfftoSeetheWorld
,and
10
RubberDucks
.

Scienceconstructionpaper,glue,scissors,headphones
Math
Webquest,EricCarleresponsesheet(created),
pencils,crayons,computers,ipads,100chart,andunifx
cubesasmanipulatives,individualstudentwhiteboardsand
expos,1rubberduck.
ELA
TheVeryHungryCaterpillarbooks,
chartpaperor
whiteboardfordiagram,markers
Science-

InternetResources

http://www.schooltube.com/video/19449682487a7b3c3a47/Th
eTinySeed
.
1. MATHHook

https://youtu.be/_bsnkmdknX4

2.
http://www.ericcarle.com/home.html
3. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article464768/Thous
andsrubberduckslandBritishshores15yearjourn
ey.html
4. h
ttps://youtu.be/sKLDxiIFFIA

ELA
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/
activity/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-and-the-butterfly-lifecycle/?ar_a=1
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Others

BRECBluebonnetSwampNatureCenter

Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction

ResourceStudent

SciencePreferentialseatingbyteacher,extendedtime,
oneononeteachersupport.
Math
studentswillchooseonly12bookstocompletewith
apartnerandgivenextendedtime.
ELAstudentswillpartnerreadandcreatetheirbookswitha
partner

Non-NativeEnglish
Speaker

ScienceASpanishversionofTheTinySeedbyEricCarle.
PictureslabeledinSpanishorEnglish.
Math
ifstudentsdonotunderstandEnglish,theymay
interpretmeaningfromthepicturesandcreateamath
problemwithnumbersanddrawingsonly.

GiftedStudent

ScienceHigherorderthinkingquestionsinwholegroup,
requiredtodefendanswersusingscientificreasoning.
Math
Thelinktotherealcargoshipmentofrubberducks
goingoverboardisincludedtoinvestigatethatstoryfurther,
aswellas,linkstoEricCarlesmassivelistofbookstoread
more.Thesemaybedevelopedintolearnerschoice
projects.Somestudentsmaychoosetousemultiplicationas
well.
ELAstudentsmaywanttoextendthestorytoaddmore
detailsandadditionalpagestothepowerpoint.

Student Assessment

Eachlessonwillbeassessedseparatelyusingaspecificrubric.Then,thescoresfromall
threerubricswillbeaveragedtodetermineascorefortheentireunit.
Math
Mathunitplanrubric
Science
rubricattachedtolessonplan
ELA
Rubricattachedtolessonplan

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