Plants

How do plants grow?

1st grade
By: Monica Aguilar
Thematic Unit Planning Matrix

Content Essential Centers Technology Assessment Student Standards:

or Questions (Activities) Integration and/or Rubric Products or The ISTE NETS and Performance Indicators
Subject (Must include at Scale Portfolio for Teachers and Students
Area least 2 Web 2.0 TEKS
tools)

English How do Students will Students will use a Teacher will Students ISTE for students
Language plants read mind map to grade both will print 1. a. Apply existing knowledge to generate
Arts and grow? individually remember what a activities and the mind new ideas, products, or processes
Reading the book, plant needs for it will grade map. Then ISTE for teachers
Ready, Set, to grow. They will from 0 to they will put 3. a. Demonstrate fluency in technology
Grow! : A also illustrate in 100. The together the systems and the transfer of current
kids Guide the smartboard the grade will illustration knowledge to new technologies and
to materials they reflect on and mind situations
Gardening need for a plant to how specific map on the
by Rebecca grow. they were on portfolio.
Spohn. After the TEKS 14.(B) identify important facts or
they are illustration details in text, heard or read;
finished and if they (C) retell the order of events in a text by
reading mention all referring to the words and/or illustrations;
individually, the things the and
in groups plant needs (D) Use text features (e.g., title, tables of
they will for growing contents, illustrations) to locate specific
identify and in the mind information in text.
describe the map.
basic needs
of a plant.
 Content Essential Centers Technology Assessment Student Standards:
or Questions (Activities) Integration and/or Rubric Products or The ISTE NETS and Performance Indicators
Subject (Must include at Scale Portfolio for Teachers and Students
Area least 2 Web 2.0 TEKS
tools)

Science What does Students will Students will use Students will Students ISTE for students
a plant watch a word cloud to be graded on will get to 4. b. Plan and manage activities to
grow? video on mention the words take their develop a solution or complete a project
YouTube, everything a plant they used in plants and
Learn how can grow ex: word cloud their word c. Collect and analyze data to identify
and what do different fruits. and also how clouds on solutions and/or make informed decisions
plants grow. After that, students they take the
will get to plant a care of the portfolio. ISTE for teachers
seed and start a plant. They b. Engage students in exploring real-world
timeline. will be issues and solving authentic problems using
graded from digital tools and resources
0 to 100. TEKS
B.10. (B) identify and compare the parts of
plants;
Math How long Students will Students will use a The graph Students ISTE for students
does a observe their graph to document will have a will have 3. b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate,
plant plants every the growth of the total of 10 their graphs synthesize, and ethically use information
grow two days. plant. At the end, percent of the and poster from a variety of sources and media
weekly? students will make grade. The in their d. Process data and report results
a multimedia multimedia portfolio. ISTE for teachers
poster to report poster will 1. c. Promote student reflection using
results after 2 have a total collaborative tools to reveal and clarify
weeks. of 80 percent. students conceptual understanding and
After that thinking, planning, and creative
they will processes
have a grade TEKS
of 0 to 100. B.1. (E) create and use representations to
organize, record, and communicate
mathematical ideas;
B.8. (C) draw conclusions and generate and
answer questions using information from
picture and bar-type graphs