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Example for an Integrated Kindergarten Unit- Habitats

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  Habitats Unit (Integrated)- A Guide Created on December 8, 2020 by Amy Sims, Elisabeth Page for Wellpinint Kindergarten Note: The structure for this guide is modeled after Patrick A. Allen's 'Planning a Strategy Study -Reading or Writing' form from his book Conferring; The Keystone of Reader's Workshop Grade: Kindergarten Enduring Understanding:  Students will be able to ask and answer their own questions about their chosen habitat. Through student generated questions (based upon observations, discussions, and text) they will be able to describe and represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals that live in the students chosen habitat. Students will develop the skills necessary to ask and answer their own questions about various text and concepts, which will transfer to future academic topics. Standards:   K.RL.1- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. K.RI.1- With prompting and support,...
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Adding more Tech and a Global Perspective to the 3 Day Lesson Plan- a reflection

  Incorporating Technology to Support a Small Group of Students             “Today’s students live in an information age and increasingly connect and interact with diverse cultures and traditions around the world” (Dwyer, 2016). Technology can greatly help students when connecting across cultures and can help widen their global view. The three day lesson plan I created had some technology incorporated but it was missing a way to promote global awareness. I went back through my lessons and realized that I have two students in my class who have mastered the science standards K.LS1.From molecules to organisms; Structures and Processes. This presented a perfect opportunity to incorporate an awesome website that could help them gain global awareness about China while working on the lessons math standard K.MD.A- directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common to see which object has more/less of the attribute ...
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Example of a 3 day lesson plan (Template courtesy of Grand Canyon University- College of Education)

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  Section 1: Lesson Preparation Teacher Candidate Name: Amy Sims Grade Level:   Kindergarten   Unit/Subject: Math and Science   Title of Unit and Brief Summary: Living Things: this unit teaches students what living things need to survive as well as how to compare and contrast attributes. Classroom and Student Factors/Grouping: The focus group of students I will be working with show the range of abilities that are evident in the whole class, both academically and behaviorally. One student in the group does have an IEP and is receiving behavior and occupational therapy services. This affects the planning, teaching, and assessment for the unit because the lessons will need to contain modifiers so all the students can access the information and be successful.     Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 National/State Learning Standards  RF = Reading Foundations K = Kindergarten   ...
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