EDLC 632
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P : T U TPATTERNS OF
RACTICE HEMATIC NIT EMPLATE
Steps
Step 1:
Standards
Step 2:
Text Set (3-5
books)
TEACHER
CANDIDATE
JADI-BLAKE
CLARK
LANGUAGE
ART(S)
ELA/Math 1
GRADE
TEACHER GUIDE – UNIT PLAN
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
Johnston, T., & Deas, R. (2009). 10 Fat turkeys.
Cartwheel Books.
Pilkey, D., & Moore, C. C. (2020). 'Twas the night
before Thanksgiving. Scholastic Inc.
Wallace, A., & Elkerton, A. (2018). How to catch a
Turkey. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky.
McGovern, A., & Freem, E. (2005). The pilgrims' first
thanksgiving. Scholastic, Inc.
THEME OF UNIT
Thanksgiving
1.8 The student will expand vocabulary.
b)Develop vocabulary by listening to and
reading a variety of texts.
c)Ask for the meaning of unknown words
and make connections to familiar
words.
d)Use text clues such as words or pictures
to discern meanings of unknown words.
Number and Number Sense
1.1The student will
c) count backward orally by ones when given any
number between 1 and 30;
Step 3:
Textbooks
Step 4:
Digital
Resources
Step 5:
Vocabulary
Step 9:
Assessment
Pilgrim
Thanksgiving
Voyage
Harvest
Mayflower
Gratitude
Tradition
Feast
Native Americans
Step 6:
Learning Logs
Step 7:
Differentiation
Step 8: *How to catch a turkey activity and writing piece:
Students will create their own turkey and write a
Projects
writing piece describing the steps to catching a
turkey.
*Thanksgiving word sort: Common and Proper
Nouns: Students will complete a worksheet sorting
the common and proper nouns using the vocabulary
from the Thanksgiving Pilgrim story.
Writing piece will be assessed using a rubric being
sure students had a beginning, middle, and end along
NOTES
with correct punctuation.
Thanksgiving word sort can be graded.
References
