First Grade - Unit 5
American Contributions
Essential Questions | “I Can” Statements & Assessments | Instructional Activities | Lesson Resources |
1. How do context clues and decoding strategies help with unknown words? | This means I can use context clues and decoding strategies to confirm or self-correct the reading of unknown words. | -decode grade-level words accurately -use context clues to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding |
Utah State Social Studies Core Curriculum Standards
Enduring Understanding: Students will recognize their roles and responsibilities in the school and in the neighborhood. Name their school, neighborhood, state, and national symbols, landmarks, and documents. |
Essential Questions | “I Can” Statements & Assessments | Instructional Activities | Lesson Resourcs |
2. What are my responsibilities in school and in the neighborhood? | This means I can recognize my roles and responsibilities as a citizen in the school and in the neighborhood. | -identify verbs in texts discussing roles and responsibilities -describe behaviors that contribute to cooperation within groups at school and in the neighborhood -discuss the roles and responsibilities of being a member of a group. -identify and express feelings in appropriate group behavior -articulate how individual choices affect self, peers, and others. -communicate positive feelings and ideas of self | Working Together Cooperative Learning Activity Good Citizenship Lesson with rhyming, high frequency words, vocabulary, adjectives, sentences, and Narrative Writing) Buzzing Behavior Impacts People and Communities Kids Can Make A Difference Lesson |
3. What are symbols and landmarks? | This means I can recognize and describe national and state symbols, documents, and landmarks. | -identify school symbols and landmarks -identify neighborhood and community symbols and landmarks -identify and describe Utah symbols, documents and landmarks -recognize and describe national symbols -describe the American Flag and the importance of this symbol -demonstrate respect for patriotic practices and customs | The Value of Illustrations/Pictures & Informative/Explanatory Writing The Eagle as an American Symbol American Symbols Opinion Writing |
4. Who are the notable people who have made contributions? | This means I can identify notable people who have contributed to our community, state, and nation. | -compare and contrast literature and informational texts about the same notable person and describe the connection between two key events or ideas -read with expression at appropriate rate using reader’s theaters |
Utah State Science Core Curriculum Standards
Enduring Understanding: Students will gain an understanding of Physical Science through the study of the forces of motion and the properties of materials by analyzing objects and recording their properties. |
Essential Questions | “I Can” Statements & Assessments | Instructional Activities | Lesson Reources |
5. How are objects classified and sorted? | This means I can classify, sort, and chart objects by observable properties. | -sort objects according to size, shape, color, and texture -identify and explain the attributes of a variety of objects -compare and contrast objects | Sorting Lesson with Sorting Mat |
6. What are measurable properties of matter? | This means I can predict, observe, and explain how measurable properties such as weight and temperature affect whether objects sink or float and record results. | -participate in experiments to explore which objects will sink or float
-describe in speech and in writing the measurable properties that cause objects to sink or float | Science NetLinks Lesson - Sink & Float |
7. What are the changes that can occur in matter? | This means I can predict, identify, and describe changes in matter when heated, cooled or mixed with water. | -recognize and share information obtained from text features in informational texts -participate and record what happens in experiments about changes in matter when cooled and/or heated | Using Text Features to Learn About Changes in Matter |