How We Organize

Ourselves
Systems work to
produce and process
what we use.

Transdisciplinary Learning
Mathematics
Measurement: Time
Mapping: Positions (prepositional language)
Language Arts
Reading: Expository How to non-fiction texts
features of, reading strategies, connecting to
writing expository texts, determining importance
Writing: Expository How to texts
Viewing and Creating: Viewing expository texts,
creating own expository texts, following expository
texts to create a product
Listening and Speaking: Communicating how to do
something, following step-by-step directions

Disciplinary Learning

Lines of Inquiry

(Examples)

Unit Vocabulary

1. The purpose of systems.

(FUNCTION)
2. The elements that make systems
work (RESPONSIBILITY,
CONNECTION)
Job
Role
Production
line
Assembly
line
Warehouse
Transport
Equipment
Factory
Stock

Workers
Inspector
Fold (and other
commands)
Cost
Store
Barcode
Harvest
Grow
Plant

Essential Elements
Knowledge
Students will
increase their
knowledge of
systems and
their purposes.
Students will
develop an
understanding of
how parts of a
system (humans
included) must
work together for
the system to be
successful.

Mathematics
Knowledge:
Place Value
Basic Facts
Order and
Sequence
Patterns
Strategy:
Addition and
Subtraction
Multiplication
and Division

Language Arts
Word Study:
Students continue
to learn word
patterns to develop
their spelling skills.
Additionally, they
will continue to
grow their bank of
high frequency
words (snap
words).

Important Dates
Week of March 21: Visiting author Ken
Nesbitt
April 6 15: Songkran Holiday
April 18: Classes resume
May 2: Student-led Conferences
May 5: No classes for students (ISE
day for teachers)

Skills

Communication:
Listening to directions, listening to others, speaking clearly,
comprehending what has been read, writing how to texts,
interpreting and analyzing visuals
Social:
Taking on and completing tasks in an appropriate manner, being
willing to assume a share of the responsibility, making decisions
based on fairness and equity, working cooperatively in a group,
being courteous to others, sharing materials, taking turns,
reacting reasonably to the situation, understanding what behavior
is appropriate in a give situation and acting accordingly, being a
leader in some circumstances and a follower in others
Self-management:
Knowing and applying appropriate rules or operating procedures
of groups of people

Learner Profile
and Attitudes
*Communicato
r
*Principled
*Commitment
*Cooperation
*Integrity

Action
Students will have
an opportunities to
create and follow
how to texts.
Students will
assume a role in a
team.