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ELA: Unit 3 Description
Theme: Sharing Ideas
Sharing ideas is a unit where students will use listening and sensory skills 
to create mental pictures for comprehension. They will develop writing skills 
to share their ideas with their peers. Students will use the conventions of 
print and language to communicate with others. 
Enduring Understandings:
	Listening to others can help me learn new things.
	I communicate to understand others.
	I communicate to help others understand me.
Essential Questions:  
	Why is it important to listen to others?
	How do looking, listening, speaking, reading, and writing help me 
understand others?
	How do looking, listening, speaking, reading, and writing help me to 
understand me?
Lesson 1: Being Friends
Story: Kate’s Game
Big Book: A Friend for Little Bear
Decodable Reader: Jane and Wade
Leveled Readers: Your Could Help, Friends Can Help, Friends in Your Community
Vocabulary: hello, could, walk, pull, all, oh 
Story Words: stuck, feet, tail, better
Comprehension:  Strategy- Story Structure
                             Skill- Predictions
Writing: Personal Narrative
Phonics: Blend with Long /a/a_e
Spelling Words: make, take, came, game, gate, late, black, flag, walk, all 
Grammar/Mechanics: Days, Months, and Holidays
Literacy Stations: Spelling, Word Builder, Writing, Partner Reading, 
Computer, Art, Phonics, Promethium Board
Assessment: teacher generated tests, teacher observation and guaranteed 
curriculum assessment activities.


Math: Unit 3 : Collecting and Sorting Data
Enduring Understandings:
	I can make my own decisions if I think.
	I can show my thinking in different ways.
Essential Questions:
	Why do I need to think?
	How can I make a good decision?
	Why is it important to show my thinking in different ways?
	How can I tell others about my ideas?
	How can ideas change?
Objectives:
	TSW know the purpose and uses of different types of graphs and chart.
	TSW know how to sort and classify using logical classification rules.
	TSW learn probability vocabulary.
Outcome: 
	Collect, sort, organize and describe data based on real-life 
situations
	Make, read, and understand data in charts, graphs, and tables.
	Explore, create, and solve sequence-of-pattern problems.
	Predict outcomes based on probability.
	Learn vocabulary.
Math Literacy Stations: Number writing, Partner Games, Computer, Addition, 
Promethean Board, Building Station, Subtraction