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STUDENT WORK & Teacher Bright Spots

UTK Unit 3

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Awesome Animals Interactive or Shared Writing

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Guided or Interactive Writing - Awesome Animals

As time permits, write about awesome animals. Keep it simple. Illustrate each piece. Keep each piece to help them with their final product at the end of the unit.

Example:

Bears are strong.

Sloths move slow.

Narwhals are awesome because they have a big tooth in front of their face.

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Can, Are, Have Thinking maps to support amazing animal introductions & UTK writing

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Tigers can scratch.

Tiger have stripes

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Lesson 1

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What do you KNOW about animals?

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Lesson 2

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Wild vs. Domestic Animals

Wild

No one owns them

They don’t live in human houses because they’ll make a mess

Domestic

Live in cages

Humans take care of domestic animals.

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Lesson 3

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Lesson 4

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Lesson 5

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Teacher Resource

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Animal Magnets

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World Wall

1 way to organize groups:

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Lesson 6

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Lesson 8

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Lesson 9

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Lesson 10

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Lesson 11

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Lesson 12

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Bright Spots

2023-2024

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Lesson 14

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Lesson 17

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Predator/Prey pairs

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Lesson 22 & 23

Final Product: Animal Models

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Model magic

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LEGO

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I Can Take Care of Animals Books

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Teacher Bright Spots

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Bright Spots

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Teachers used these habits of mind to design activities to connect STEAM with Literacy

Owl Tear Art. After reading Owl Babies, we combined fine motor skills with our thinking about the body parts of an owl.

We engineered owl nests. Students had a lot of fun taking their noticings about nests and applying them to their engineering.

We read about owls and nests and used nature left over from shadow boxes and made owl nests.

Ms. Minezaki &

Ms. Archana

UTK

B-101

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Bright Spots

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AWESOME ANIMALS

We observe an animal everyday and use lego, shape blocks, and other materials to make models of the animals. We integrate math by counting, looking for patterns, and studying shape.

Ms. Minezaki &

Ms. Archana

Nipaquay UTK

B-101

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Bright Spots

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AWESOME ANIMALS

We have been observing ladybugs, tadpoles, caterpillars, chicks, and roly polies in the classroom.

Ms. Minezaki &

Ms. Archana

Nipaquay UTK

B-101