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Title: Magnificent Me |
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Subject Matter and Level: 2nd Grade Reading and Math
Instructional
Designer: Kris Malloy
Description of the
Unit: This unit is designed to extend students' understanding of themselves
and their world. All students are unique. Therefore, the students
will apply what they learn about themselves to a variety of engaged learning
activities.
Before the unit begins each students needs to bring a baby picture and their birth information. They also will have filled out an "All About Me" sheet.
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Lesson 1 - Celebrate "Me" Day |
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| Objective: | The students will use past experiences to make predictions about their classmates. |
| Materials: | Baby pictures, PowerPoint, and worksheet |
| Activities: | The boys and girls will watch the "Who's This Baby?" PowerPoint that was created by the teacher. The PowerPoint will be designed so that each child will have a slide that includes their baby picture and two clues about themselves. We will pause after each slide and the boys and girls will predict which classmate the slide refers to. There will be a class name word bank on the bottom of the worksheet. After we've completed the PowerPoint, we will view it a second time to check the accuracy of their answers. |
| Assessment: | We will discuss as a group what strategies they used to make their predictions. We will also use the worksheet as an assessment. |
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Lesson 2 - Ramona Forever |
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| Objective: | The students will identify the title, author, genre, and main idea of the novel excerpt from the book, Ramona Forever. |
| Materials: | The Catch A Sunflake Series from Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. You could also read Ramona Forever orally to the students. |
| Activities: | The students will
read the story orally and make a chart showing the pros and cons of having
brothers and sisters.
The students will write a paragraph in which they explain the three hardest things about growing up and why. |
| Assessment: | Journaling and student participation |
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Lesson 3 - It's A Baby |
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| Objective: | The students will design birth announcements for themselves. |
| Materials: | Hallmark Greetings Workshop CD and disk with scanned baby pictures on it. |
| Activities: | Each student will
create a baby announcement for himself or herself.
The students will insert their baby picture into the baby announcement. |
| Assessment: | Baby announcement checklist |
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Lesson 4 - Measure Me |
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| Objective: | Students will be able to distinguish between standard and nonstandard units of measurement. |
| Materials: | Have a variety of hands-on materials for the students to use for measuring. You will also need rulers. |
| Activities: | Read the book Measuring
Penny by: Loreen Leedy. This book is a great resource for
introducing standard and nonstandard units of measurement.
Have the boys and girls measure objects in the room using standard and nonstandard units of measurement. Complete the worksheets on standard and nonstandard units of measurement. |
| Assessment: | The boys and girls will turn in their measurements of the objects they measured in our classroom. They will also journal on the differences between standard and nonstandard units of measurement. |
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Lesson 5 - Foot Fun |
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| Objective: | The students will be able to classify shoes into groups using a variety of different rules. |
| Materials: | Lots of shoes |
| Activities: | We will start off
by reading the book How Big is a Foot by: Rolf Myller.
The boys and girls will take turns sorting the shoes into two groups. The other boys and girls will have to try and figure out the rule that they are using to sort the shoes into the two groups. The students will trace a pattern of their foot and cut it out. They will then measure objects in our classroom with their foot pattern. We will have "foot" cookies at milk break for a snack. These can be made with sugar cookie dough and a foot cookie cutter. |
| Assessment: | Student participation in all the activities and they will also hand in their sheet on the objects they measured. |
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Lesson 6 - "Me" Babies |
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| Objective: | The students will make "Me" babies to represent their birth statistics. |
| Materials: | The materials needed for this project are provided as a link at the bottom of this section. |
| Activities: | The students will use their estimation skills to make comparisons between the different babies. |
| Assessment: | The students will make at least five comparisons dealing with the birth weights of the class babies. They will use >, <, and the = sign. For example: Mary < John. |
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Lesson 7 - Graphing Weights |
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| Objective: | The students will make graphs on Excel that represent the birth weights of all the boys and girls in our classroom. |
| Materials: | Computers, class list, and birth weights of each student. |
| Activities: | The students will begin by creating a spreadsheet displaying all the necessary information. The students will then choose a graph to display the information. |
| Assessment: | Excel checklist |
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Lesson 8 - All About Me |
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| Objective: | The students will create a KidPix slide show titled "All About Me". |
| Materials: | Computers and storyboards |
| Activities: | The students will
storyboard their slide show.
The students will then create a KidPix slide show from their storyboards. During the week when they are the helper, they will share their slide show with their classmates. |
| Assessment: | KidPix checklist |
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Lesson 9 - Letter Writing |
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| Objective: | The students with write a friendly letter to their pen pals about their "Me" baby. |
| Materials: | computer, final draft of their letter, and disk with their picture of themselves with their "Me" baby |
| Activities: | The students will
write friendly letters to their pen pals telling them about their
"Me" baby.
They will publish their letters in Word. They will attach a picture of themselves with their "Me" baby to the letter. |
| Assessment: | Letter checklist (The letters must include a heading, greeting, body, closing, and signature) |
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Lesson 10 - Bedtime Stories |
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| Objective: | The students will choose their favorite bedtime story to read to their "Me" baby. |
| Materials: | sleeping bags, pillows, pajamas, books, and "Me" babies |
| Activities: | The students will
get ready for bed and then read a story to their "Me" baby.
The teacher will also visit their "room" to hear their story. |
| Assessment: | The students will
journal why they chose this story to read to their "Me" baby.
Rubric for oral reading |
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Prior, Learning Interests, Misconceptions and Conceptual Difficulties We will use the KWL chart to guide us through this unit. It is amazing how little the students know about themselves and how motivated them become when we get started on the unit. |
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Additional and Alternate Resources Big Sarah's Little Boots By: Paulette Bourgeois Billy's World By: Cora Weber-Pillwax Chester Bear, Where are You? By: Peter Eyvindson City Sounds By: Rebecca Emberley Clifford's Family By: Norman Bridwell A Difficult Day By: Eugenie Fernandes Franklin in the Dark By: Paulette Bourgeois General Store By: Rachel Field I Like Hats By: Blair Drawson I Like Me! By: Nancy Carlson I Want a Cat By: Tony Ross Move Over, Twerp By: Martha Alexander Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car By: John Burningham Nobody By: Meguido Zola and Angela Dereume A Place For Ben By: Jeanne Titherington Say It! By: Charlotte Zolotow When Will I Read? By: Miriam Cohen William's Doll By: Charlotte Zolotow |
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Community Resources We have Grandteachers and business volunteers in our classrooms on a regular basis. Therefore, they will be involved in all the activities in this unit. I also invite parents to join our classroom whenever it is convenient for them. Their gift of "time" has been a very valuable resource in our classroom. |
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Technology Resources Digital Camera KidPix Hallmark Greetings Workshop CD PowerPoint, Excel, and Word Digital Scale Destination Computer |
