Unit+2+Work+and+Play

=Key Question: = What is the value of work and play?

= = =Expanding Concepts: =
 * How can we learn to appreciate the talents of others?
 * How can we work together to achieve a goal?
 * What can we accomplish by using our imaginations?
 * What is the value of a job well done?
 * What is the job of the President of the United States?

= Web Resources: = [|Guide to the 3 branches of government] [|Logging camps] [|Title IX] =[|Reading A-Z:] = [|Mount Rushmore] nf - Level N [|Walking in Roman Footsteps] f  - Level Q [|Fast Forward to the Future] f - Level Y

=[|Discovery Streaming:] = [|Understanding the Constitution: The Executive Branch] [|National Parks: Mount Rushmore] [|Ssssshhhh! We're Writing the Constitution!]

= IS Resources: = Constitution: A History of our Country - 21 minute video - call #40762-2 Magic Schoolbus videos Magic Treehouse books

= Print Resources: = = Read Aloud: =

Chapter Book/Scott Foresman Trade Book Library:
__Beatrice's Goat__ by Page McBrier __The Year of Miss Agnes__ by Kirkpatrick Hill __Baseball in the Barrios__ by Henry Horenstein

=Library Media Kits: = __Joshua's Song__ by Joan Hiatt Harlow - Level R - 15 copies - Call # Kit R24 __The Cowboys of Argentina__ by Robert R. O'Brien - Level S - 18 copies - Call # Kit S29 __The Winter Room__ by Gary Paulsen - Level U - 15 copies __Woodsong__ by Gary Paulsen - Level U - 3 books - Call# Kit U

= Technology Activities: =


=Inquiry Project:All in a Day's Work = What does it take to be successful? Students research a job or career to learn what it takes to be successful at it? (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.

[|GFPS Research Investigation Technology Integration Resources]