Unit+4+Our+Changing+World

=Key Question: =  How do things change? How do they stay the same? = = =Expanding Concepts: =
 * How can familiar things help us with changes?
 * How do plants change as they grow?
 * How do animals change as they grow?
 * Why are some changes difficult?
 * How do changes in the weather affect us?

= Web Resources: = http://www.teachervision.fen.com/literature/activity/5243.html http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/keepingquilt.htm http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/units/pumpkins.htm http://visalia.k12.ca.us/teachers/psmith/cstp/3/pumpkin_life_cycle.htm http://www.tooter4kids.com/Frogs/Frog_Index.htm http://bogglesworldesl.com/froglifecycle.htm http://www.kidlink.org/kie/nls/english/friends/lessons.html http://www.teachingheart.net/weather.htm =[|Reading A-Z:]= Level H __Wing's Visit to Singapore__ f Level I __Families__ nf __Mike's Good Bad Day__ f __On Vacation__ f Level J __The Thanksgiving the Jacks Built__ f __The Thanksgiving the Other Jacks Built__ f Level K __Gorillas__ nf __Maria's Family Celebration__ f Level L __Colonial Life__ nf __Eggy's Easy Out__ f __World Holidays__ nf Level M __Arthur's Bad News__ Day f Level N __Celebrating Food and Family__ nf __Colleen and the Leprechaun__ f __Owen and the Tortoise__ f __Meeting Father in Plymouth__ f Level N __Morty and the Oatmeal Babysitter__ f __Morty and the Suitcase Caper__ f __Sweet Potato Challenge__ f __The Footprint__ f __The Little Fir Tree__ f __Walking in Roman Footsteps__ f __Neighborhood Mystery__ f =[|Discovery Streaming:] = All About Families Goose The Rainbabies Make Way for Ducklings Five Creatures When I Get Mad Where Do You Live? Neighborhoods: Understanding Where We Live Everybody Needs Shelter Holiday Facts and Fun: Thanksgiving Leo the late Bloomer Animal Life Cycles Junior Zoologist: Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles = IS Resources: = __Moving Gives Me a Stomach Ache__ McKend, Heather CD ROM 1577-A CD ROM __Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt__ Hopkinson, Deborah 12075-A KIT __Animals and How They Grow__ CD ROM 1770-A CD ROM

= Print Resources: = = Read Aloud: =

Picture Books:
__All Kinds of Famiies__ Simon, Norma 301.42 (Ben Franklin, Eielson, Century, PIC, Viking, West, Wilder, Winship) __Amelia Bedelia's Family Album__ Parish, Peggy F PAR ( Century, Kelly, Lake Agassiz, Lewis & Clark, Phoenix, Viking, West) __The Biggest Bed in the World__ Camp, Lindsay F CAM (Lake Agassiz) __Celebrating Families__ Hausherr, Rosmarie 306.85 HAU (Lake Agassiz, Phoenix, Viking, West) __Clifford's Family__ Bridwell, Norman F BRI (West) __The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Humongous Pumpkin__ Stan and Jan Berenstain F BER (Ben Franklin, Eielson, Century, Kelly, Lewis & Clark, Phoenix, West, Wilder) __The Big, BIG Pumpkin__ Lexau, Joan F LEX (Wilder)

Chapter Books:
__Caterpillar and the Polliwog__ Kent, Jack F KEN (Ben Franklin, Century, Lake Agassiz) = Library Media Collections: = __Kids Discover:__ Shelter 392 KID (Eielson, Winship) __Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain__ VIDEO CASS. #87(Ben Franklin) __Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs__ Barrett, Judi KIT M (Ben Franklin, Century, Twining) VIDEO CASS.#73 (Ben Franklin) __An Extraordinary Egg__ Lionni, Leo KIT M 6BKS (Phoenix) __Frog__ Windsor, Jo KIT 6BKS RILEY (Wilder) __Frog and Toad Are Friends__ Lobel, Arnold KIT K (Ben Franklin, Eielson, lake Agassiz, Phoenix, Wilder) __Apples and Pumpkins__ Rockwell, Anne Level I KIT I24 5BKS (Ben Franklin, Wilder) __The Giant Pumpkin__ Cowley, Joy KIT 6BKS 2-136 (Century) __Growing Pumpkins__ Berger, Melvin KIT 6BKS 2ND (Kelly) __Families Are Different__ Pellegrini, Nina FPEL (Ben Franklin, Century, Kelly, Lewis & Clark) KIT K 6 BKS (Phoenix) = Technology Activities: =


=Inquiry Project: Make a Time Line of Change = How do things change? Children investigate something that changes, such as seasons, weather patterns, or people. Children draw and illustrate a time line that shows how the subject changes.

(Language Arts Standard 1: Students engage in the research process.) This process includes:
 * Formulating questions
 * Gather and organize information
 * Synthesize your findings
 * Publish and present your findings.

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