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Lesson 1 Sharing What We Know about Organisms |
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Generate individual lists of living things in their home or what they see on the way to school; graph findings; analyze data using a spreadsheet |
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Name all living things in the classroom; record on class chart to revisit and add to throughout module studies |
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Create a Living Things picture using a drawing program; compile to create a class booklet for check out purposes |
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Read The Empty Lot by Dale Fife |
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Use CD One Small Square Backyard by Virgin Sound & Vision (Grades 3-7) |
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Language Skills: Organisms Poems -- use selected poems in a poem folder and cover different language skills (suggestions of skills found at bottom of each poem) |
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Guided Reading: Select trade books about organism themes; use multiple copies in small guided reading groups covering skill with in each selection; take books home to read with parents |
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