UNIT PLAN Unit Title:
My Feelings
Number of Lessons:
8
Time: (in weeks)
2 weeks
Name:
Colin Briggs
Subject(s):
English Language Arts
Grade(s):
K
ationale: This unit will allow students to learn about their feelings and exlore ways of exressing the!" how they #an affe#t us and what they are$ !"er"iew and #once$t %a$: This unit will gi%e students the oortunity to dis#uss their feelings" share their own oinions" and to understand the oinions and feelings of others$ They will use so#ial skills and intraersonal skills to learn !ore about feelings$ Prescribed Learnin& !utcomes: &eaking and Listening'
($ &tudents will seak and listen to exlore" extend" #larify" and refle#t on their thoughts" ideas" feelings" and exerien#es$ &tudents will be exe#ted to' ($ exress feelings and gi%e si!le des#ritions of ast exerien#es 2$ begin to ask and resond resond to )uestions" )uestions" seeking infor!ation infor!ation *who+ *who+ what+ why+ why+ where+ when+, when+, -$ exress oinions *. like /0 . don1t like /, $ listen to the ideas and oinions of others 2$ &tudents will be able to #o!!uni#ate infor!ation and ideas effe#ti%ely and #learly" and to resond ersonally and #riti#ally &tudents will be exe#ted to' 2$ begin to use gestures and and tone to #on%ey #on%ey !eaning !eaning $ engage in si!le oral resentations and resond to oral resentations and other texts -$ &tudents will be able to intera#t with sensiti%ity and rese#t" #onsidering the situation" audien#e and urose$ &tudent will be exe#ted to' ($ de!onstrate that they are be#o!ing aware of so#ial #on%entions in grou work and #o3oerati%e lay 2$ de%elo the #on#ets4%o#abulary of feelings and an awareness that so!e %o#abulary #hoi#es #an hurt eole Prere'uisite #once$ts and Skills: &tudents will need to !ildly understand what feelings are$ They should ha%e a #lear understanding of how to listen to instru#tion$ *This unit is for kindergarten students in their first week of English Language Arts #lass and therefore they will ha%e little rere)uisites,$
Teacer Pre$aration e'uired: Tea#her !ust gather all !aterials listed under the !aterials needed #olu!n of the unit lan$ They !ust ur#hase or #he#k out *fro! Library, the re)uired text for the story ti!e lesson$ The tea#her !ust reare a K5L #hart as well as a word wall for the students$ Tea#her !ust reare all needed needed a#ti%ities a#ti%ities and #rafts #rafts for Feeling &tations &tations lesson and reare food food #ut outs for Breakfast Breakfast Club Club lesson$ #ross#urricular #onnections: &#ien#e' K ($( de!onstrate an understanding of the!sel%es as uni)ue and se#ial K ($- identify needs and wants that are #o!!on to all #hildren ($-$2 exlain how good eating habits #ontribute to health and well3being • • •
6isual Arts' 7C (' &tudents will be exe#ted to #reate" indeendently or #ollaborati%ely" a %ariety of artworks$ 7C ' &tudents will be exe#ted to refle#t on and resond to their own and others1 art works • •
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7C (' &tudents will be exe#ted to exlore" #hallenge" de%elo" and exress ideas" using the skills" language" te#hni)ues" and ro#esses of of the arts$ 7C 2' &tudents will be exe#ted to #reate and4or resent" #ollaborati%ely and indeendently" exressi%e rodu#ts in the arts for a range of audien#es and uroses$ K$9$( use !usi# and !o%e!ent to des#ribe ersonal exerien#es
*+tensions to Unit: &tudents #an use !any of these lessons o%er !ore than one #lass$ To further understanding if students are struggling" ea#h lesson #an be used o%er two or three #lasses in order to exand on the out#o!e being addressed$
Teacer Pre$aration e'uired: Tea#her !ust gather all !aterials listed under the !aterials needed #olu!n of the unit lan$ They !ust ur#hase or #he#k out *fro! Library, the re)uired text for the story ti!e lesson$ The tea#her !ust reare a K5L #hart as well as a word wall for the students$ Tea#her !ust reare all needed needed a#ti%ities a#ti%ities and #rafts #rafts for Feeling &tations &tations lesson and reare food food #ut outs for Breakfast Breakfast Club Club lesson$ #ross#urricular #onnections: &#ien#e' K ($( de!onstrate an understanding of the!sel%es as uni)ue and se#ial K ($- identify needs and wants that are #o!!on to all #hildren ($-$2 exlain how good eating habits #ontribute to health and well3being • • •
6isual Arts' 7C (' &tudents will be exe#ted to #reate" indeendently or #ollaborati%ely" a %ariety of artworks$ 7C ' &tudents will be exe#ted to refle#t on and resond to their own and others1 art works • •
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7C (' &tudents will be exe#ted to exlore" #hallenge" de%elo" and exress ideas" using the skills" language" te#hni)ues" and ro#esses of of the arts$ 7C 2' &tudents will be exe#ted to #reate and4or resent" #ollaborati%ely and indeendently" exressi%e rodu#ts in the arts for a range of audien#es and uroses$ K$9$( use !usi# and !o%e!ent to des#ribe ersonal exerien#es
*+tensions to Unit: &tudents #an use !any of these lessons o%er !ore than one #lass$ To further understanding if students are struggling" ea#h lesson #an be used o%er two or three #lasses in order to exand on the out#o!e being addressed$ Uni"ersal ,esi&n for Learnin& (U,L) and ,ifferentiated Instruction (,I): This lesson lan in#ludes !any different learning styles and M.1s$ This unit in#ludes %isuals" !usi#" grou work" indeendent work" logi#al thinking" linguisti#s" kinestheti# ase#ts" and naturalisti# #an be in#ororated by doing these lessons in an outdoor setting4#lassroo!$ &lower learners will be addressed with a #onstant #he#king for understanding and their #onstant ability to be asking )uestions$ &tudents with food allergies will be #onsidered when dis#ussing breakfast otions$ esources: :ew Brunswi#k Brunswi#k #urri#ulu! #urri#ulu! First Day Jitters Jitters by ;ulie
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%er%iew of Lessons'
Lesson - and Title (Time in minutes)
!utcomes in lesson
($($ First
&tudents will be exe#ted to' exress feelings Full Class *9 and gi%e si!le !inutes, des#ritions des#ritions of ast exerien#es exerien#es
($2$ &tory Ti!e
&tudents will be exe#ted to' begin to ask and Full Class *9 resond to !inutes, )uestions"
a) !utcomes in Student .riendl/ Terms Terms b) Teacin& Strate&ies
Assessment Strate&ies
a, . will be able to exress !y feelings and talk about things that ha%e haened to !e$
Assessing #o!rehension through CD and #lass dis#ussion4#hart$
b, Dse #hart to write down students1 ideas about different toi#s$ a, . will be able to answer )uestions and find out who+ what+ why+
Lesson Acti"ities %ulti$le Intelli&ences 0alanced Literac/
%aterials (S$ecific to Tis Lesson)
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5hite board 5hite board !arkers
%I: Intrapersonal Intrapersonal addressed addressed through refle#ting uon ersonal exerien#es exerien#es and and feelings$ Interpersonal Interpersonal addressed while dis#ussing ideas with others$ Linguistic addressed fro! dis#ussion and listening to others$ 0L: Oral Language used Language used during grou dis#ussions
&tory3retelling" assessing #o!rehension of the story" setting" #hara#ters" !ain
ead a book to student about the first day of s#hool$ First Day Jitters Jitters by ;ulie
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Book" referably Big Book 5hite board 5hite board
%er%iew of Lessons'
Lesson - and Title (Time in minutes)
!utcomes in lesson
($($ First
&tudents will be exe#ted to' exress feelings Full Class *9 and gi%e si!le !inutes, des#ritions des#ritions of ast exerien#es exerien#es
($2$ &tory Ti!e
&tudents will be exe#ted to' begin to ask and Full Class *9 resond to !inutes, )uestions" seeking infor!ation *who+ what+ why+ where+ when+,
($-$ Breakfast Club Full Class *9 !inutes,
($$ Artist &#hool Full Class *9 !inutes,
&tudents will be exe#ted to' exress oinions *. like /0 . don1t like /,
a) !utcomes in Student .riendl/ Terms Terms b) Teacin& Strate&ies
Assessment Strate&ies
a, . will be able to exress !y feelings and talk about things that ha%e haened to !e$
Assessing #o!rehension through CD and #lass dis#ussion4#hart$
b, Dse #hart to write down students1 ideas about different toi#s$ a, . will be able to answer )uestions and find out who+ what+ why+ where+ when+
&tory3retelling" assessing #o!rehension of the story" setting" #hara#ters" !ain ideas" et#$
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ead a book to student about the first day of s#hool$ First Day Jitters Jitters by ;ulie
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%I: Linguistic addressed Linguistic addressed while listening to tea#her reading book$ 0L: Guided Reading used used through tea#her reading book to students$ students$
a, . will be able to talk about how . feel about things$ . will be able to talk about things
Assessing #o!rehension" #an students na!es things they like or dislike+ Exit ti#ket"
that . like and things that . don1t like$
differentiating healthy breakfast foods fro! unhealthy breakfast foods$ foods$
dislikes$ Interpersonal Interpersonal addressed while sharing likes" dislikes and ideas with others$ 0L: Oral Language fro! students dis#ussing their oinions$
&tudents will be able to reeat what their #lass!ates ha%e shared and know how they felt$
&tudents will draw a i#ture or !ake a song of4about the first day of s#hool$ &tudents will share what they drew or wrote with the #lass$
a, . will be able to use !y a#tions and !y fa#ial exressions to share !y
5hite board 5hite board !arkers
%I: Intrapersonal Intrapersonal addressed addressed through refle#ting uon ersonal exerien#es exerien#es and and feelings$ Interpersonal Interpersonal addressed while dis#ussing ideas with others$ Linguistic addressed fro! dis#ussion and listening to others$
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b, Book 5alk" 5alk" K5L Chart" &tory etelling
b, Likes and
&tudents will be exe#ted to' Full Class *9 begin to use use !inutes, gestures and tone to #on%ey !eaning
%aterials (S$ecific to Tis Lesson)
0L: Oral Language used Language used during grou dis#ussions
b, Creati%ity through %isual art and !usi#$
2$2$ Charades
Lesson Acti"ities %ulti$le Intelli&ences 0alanced Literac/
Assess!ent through students being able to use their gestures and tone to dislay e!otions4 to
%I: Intrapersonal Intrapersonal addressed through students refle#ting uon their own eating habits" likes and
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%I: Spatial addressed through students drawing their s#hool exerien#es$ Interpersonal Interpersonal addressed fro! sharing their i#ture4song i#ture4song with #lass$ Intrapersonal Intrapersonal addressed while working alone to #reate their i#ture4song about ersonal exerien#es$ Musical addressed through students #reating their own song$ 0L: Oral Language while sharing their #reati%e #reations with the #lass$ &tudents will lay #harades using gestures and tone to #on%ey !eaning$ They will be re)uired to use their a#tions to hel other students understand the #hara#ter or idea they are trying to ortray$ %I: Kinesthetic addressed while students a#t out$
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Book" referably Big Book 5hite board 5hite board !arkers Caret or area for #hildren to sit during story Bristle board Tae Constru#tion aer *foods, Bu#kets
aer Markers4 Crayons .nstru!ents *shakers" bells" sti#ks" dru!" et#$,
Cue #ards
that . like and things that . don1t like$
($$ Artist &#hool Full Class *9 !inutes,
b, Likes and
differentiating healthy breakfast foods fro! unhealthy breakfast foods$ foods$
dislikes$ Interpersonal Interpersonal addressed while sharing likes" dislikes and ideas with others$ 0L: Oral Language fro! students dis#ussing their oinions$
&tudents will be able to reeat what their #lass!ates ha%e shared and know how they felt$
&tudents will draw a i#ture or !ake a song of4about the first day of s#hool$ &tudents will share what they drew or wrote with the #lass$
b, Creati%ity through %isual art and !usi#$
2$2$ Charades
&tudents will be exe#ted to' Full Class *9 begin to use use !inutes, gestures and tone to #on%ey !eaning
a, . will be able to use !y a#tions and !y fa#ial exressions to share !y feelings$
Assess!ent through students being able to use their gestures and tone to dislay e!otions4 to #on%ey !eaning$
b, Charades Charades *a#ting out,
2$$ &how ? Tell Full Class *9 !inutes,
&tudents will be exe#ted to' engage in si!le oral resentations resentations and resond to oral resentations resentations and other texts
a, . will be able &tudents will to share things de!onstrate their or ideas in front ability to of the #lass and arti#iate in oral oral talk about what resentations resentations by others share$ resenting an an ite! to the #lass$
b, Tell Tell !e" &how !e" .n%ol%e !e
-$($ Feeling &tations
&tudents will be exe#ted to' de!onstrate that Full Class *9 they are !inutes, be#o!ing aware of so#ial #on%entions in grou work and #o3oerati%e lay
-$2$ Feeling 5ords Full Class *9 !inutes,
&tudents will be exe#ted to' de%elo the #on#ets4 %o#abulary of feelings and an
a, . will be able to work well with !y #lass!ates$ b, Learning &tations
a, . will be able to understand different feelings and words about feelings$ . will
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%I: Spatial addressed through students drawing their s#hool exerien#es$ Interpersonal Interpersonal addressed fro! sharing their i#ture4song i#ture4song with #lass$ Intrapersonal Intrapersonal addressed while working alone to #reate their i#ture4song about ersonal exerien#es$ Musical addressed through students #reating their own song$ 0L: Oral Language while sharing their #reati%e #reations with the #lass$ &tudents will lay #harades using gestures and tone to #on%ey !eaning$ They will be re)uired to use their a#tions to hel other students understand the #hara#ter or idea they are trying to ortray$
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aer Markers4 Crayons .nstru!ents *shakers" bells" sti#ks" dru!" et#$,
Cue #ards
%I: Kinesthetic addressed while students a#t out$ Interpersonal Interpersonal addressed as students work together to a#t out and to identify what they are ortraying$ 0L: Word Work as students !ust understand the word gi%en in order to a#t out what is assigned to the!$ &how ? Tell' students will bring so!ething in fro! ho!e and share it with the #lass$ They will exlain what their ite! !eans to the! and will #o!!ent on the ite!s of others$
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&how ? Tell ite!s fro! ho!e
%I: Intrapersonal Intrapersonal addressed addressed when students #hoose an ite! that is i!ortant to the! and share their
They will then ersonal oinions oinions regarding regarding these ite!s$ ite!s$ show they #an Interpersonal Interpersonal addressed as students share their ite!s resond by with others and dis#uss the ite!s others ha%e shared$ 0L: Oral Language as students share their ite!s #o!!enting on other student1s with the #lass and exlain why they #hose it and it1s resentations$ resentations$ i!ortan#e$ &tudents will &tudents will go fro! one #enter4station to the next$ show they are Ea#h station will in#ororate a different feeling along aware of so#ial with an a#ti%ity *hay" !ad" sad" et#$,$
&tudents will be asked to la#e #ertain words under a Gni#eH #ategory or a GhurtfulH
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0L: Word Work as students understand the !eaning of different feelings$ &tudents will learn Gfeeling %o#abularyH *frustrated" sad" gru!y" et#,$ :i#e words %s$ hurtful words *how words #an hurt eole1s feelings,$ &tudents will #reate a word wall for ni#e words$
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%I: Interpersonal Interpersonal addressed as students work
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Constru#tio n aer Markers4 #rayons &#issors 7lue Book Fli #hart Bristle board &tring
5ord wall *bristle board Markers 5hite board Markers
b, Tell Tell !e" &how !e" .n%ol%e !e
-$($ Feeling &tations
&tudents will be exe#ted to' de!onstrate that Full Class *9 they are !inutes, be#o!ing aware of so#ial #on%entions in grou work and #o3oerati%e lay
-$2$ Feeling 5ords
&tudents will be exe#ted to' de%elo the Full Class *9 #on#ets4 !inutes, %o#abulary of feelings and an awareness that so!e %o#abulary #hoi#es #an hurt eole
a, . will be able to work well with !y #lass!ates$ b, Learning &tations
a, . will be able to understand different feelings and words about feelings$ . will know what kinds of words #an hurt other1s feelings$ b, 5ord 5ord wall" 5ord Chart
They will then ersonal oinions oinions regarding regarding these ite!s$ ite!s$ show they #an Interpersonal Interpersonal addressed as students share their ite!s resond by with others and dis#uss the ite!s others ha%e shared$ 0L: Oral Language as students share their ite!s #o!!enting on other student1s with the #lass and exlain why they #hose it and it1s resentations$ resentations$ i!ortan#e$ &tudents will &tudents will go fro! one #enter4station to the next$ show they are Ea#h station will in#ororate a different feeling along aware of so#ial with an a#ti%ity *hay" !ad" sad" et#$,$
&tudents will be asked to la#e #ertain words under a Gni#eH #ategory or a %I: Interpersonal GhurtfulH Interpersonal addressed as students work #ategory$ They together in order to #reate a word wall and to dis#uss will know roer feelings$ ter!s for their Intrapersonal Intrapersonal addressed as students refle#t uon their feelings through own feelings$ the word wall and Linguistic addressed as students #reate a word wall what ea#h word and exa!ine the !eaning of different Gfeeling !eans$ wordsH$ 0L: Word Work used as students #reate their own 5ord 5all and understand the !eaning and affe#ts of Gfeeling wordsH$
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Constru#tio n aer Markers4 #rayons &#issors 7lue Book Fli #hart Bristle board &tring
5ord wall *bristle board Markers 5hite board Markers Cue #ards &#issors Tae *!agnets,
eflections1e"isions (on se$arate seet):
Unit Plan Tem$late
The unit lan te!late te!late is designed designed as a guide to use when lanning lanning units$ units$ The lan !ay be adated adated to se#ifi# subIe#t subIe#t areas and !odified as you gain exerien#e$ exerien#e$ The atta#hed atta#hed sa!le te!late should be used as a basi# outline$ The sa#e re)uired for ea#h heading in the te!late te!late will %ary and should be adIusted as needed$ The te!late is a%ailable on the .ntranet entitled Dnit lan Te!late$ Te!late$ .t is i!ortant that all areas re)uired in the te !late are #o!leted and that t he unit lan be suffi#iently #lear and detailed so that another tea#her #ould use the lan to tea#h the unit$ ationale: 5hy are you tea#hing this unit+ !"er"iew' .n#lude a brief state!ent of the #ontext and stru#ture of the unit des#ribing the !aIor #on#e #on#ets" ts" skills skills and4or and4or unders understan tandin dings$ gs$ Jou should should also also in#lud in#ludee a #on#e #on#ett !a4gr !a4grah ahi# i# organier4web for this unit$
Unit Plan Tem$late
The unit lan te!late te!late is designed designed as a guide to use when lanning lanning units$ units$ The lan !ay be adated adated to se#ifi# subIe#t subIe#t areas and !odified as you gain exerien#e$ exerien#e$ The atta#hed atta#hed sa!le te!late should be used as a basi# outline$ The sa#e re)uired for ea#h heading in the te!late te!late will %ary and should be adIusted as needed$ The te!late is a%ailable on the .ntranet entitled Dnit lan Te!late$ Te!late$ .t is i!ortant that all areas re)uired in the te !late are #o!leted and that t he unit lan be suffi#iently #lear and detailed so that another tea#her #ould use the lan to tea#h the unit$ ationale: 5hy are you tea#hing this unit+ !"er"iew' .n#lude a brief state!ent of the #ontext and stru#ture of the unit des#ribing the !aIor #on#e #on#ets" ts" skills skills and4or and4or unders understan tandin dings$ gs$ Jou should should also also in#lud in#ludee a #on#e #on#ett !a4gr !a4grah ahi# i# organier4web for this unit$
=ow will you a##o!!odate your di%erse learners+ 5hat are the indi%idual needs within this #lassroo! and how will you a##o!!odate the!+ Consider learning styles" !ultile intelligen#es" Aborigina Aboriginall and #ultural #ultural influen#e influen#es$ s$ 5hat are the adatatio adatations ns and !odifi#at !odifi#ations ions needed needed for students with .ndi%idual Edu#ation lans *.Es,+ unit4lessons and" if ne#essary" where they #an be obtained$ obtained$ esources: List resour#es used in the unit4lessons Also list the te#hnology re)uired$
!"er"iew of Lessons:
