Unit+1+Animals,+Tame+and+Wild

=Key Question: =  How are people and animal important to one another? = = =Expanding Concepts: =
 * How do people take care of pets?
 * How can people help animals?
 * How can animals help people?
 * What can we learn about animals by watching them?
 * Which wild animals can we find in our neighborhood?
 * How can we help animals around the world?

= Web Resources: = [|National Geographic Amazing Animals:] excellent resource for animal information, easy reading, videos included [|The Electronic Zoo:] a large collection of sites related to animals, easy to navigate, includes many links to individual zoo sites [|AnimalLand:] a complete resource about pets, information on how to take care of them [|Animal Podcasts:] enjoy listening and learning about animals, created by GFPS first grade students [|Brainpop Jr.] links to animal videos

=[|Reading A-Z:] = What Animals Eat - Level C What Is At the Zoo - Level C Where Animals Live - Level D The Mitten - Level D Frog Is Hungry - Level D In the Sea - Level E Bear and Kangaroo - Level E City Animals - Level E Places Plants and Animals Live - Level E Country Animals - Level E Monkey to the Top - Level F Where Is Cub? - Level F The Food Chain - Level F Big and Small Cats - Level G Whose Eggs Are These? - Level G Ants, Ants and More Ants - Level G Animal Eyes - Level G Hibernation - Level G Animals, Animals - Level H Weird Bird Beaks - Level H Grasshopper's Gross Lunch - Level H Birds - Level I Is That A Fish? - Level I Discovering Dinosaurs - Level I Extreme Insects - Level I Why Robins Hop - Level I

=[|Discovery Streaming] =

= IS Resources: = = Print Resources: = = Read Aloud: =

Chapter Books:
=Library Media Collections: = = Technology Activities: = Students use Kidspiration to complete a graphic organizer that sorts wild and tame animals, Venn Diagram to compare wild and tame animals, etc. Students use KidPix to illustrate how animals help people. Students use GarageBand to create a podcast to promote helping animals around the world.


=Inquiry Project: Help Animals in Danger = Children research the many ways people can help animals in danger. Children each choose one animal to investigate.

(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]