3. Unit Plan Framework: Broad Goals and Alignment chart Main Content Area Competency Goals and Objectives 1.L.1.1 1.L.1.2 1.L.1.3 and their Alignment to Broad Goals. Broad Goals What is How do What the different d. Lesson Alignment are the basic needs between support plants the needs of and of living different things? ? animals? Explain how one lesson Relevant Goals (3c): Place aligns/flows to the next. (How does each lesson an X under the goal that Lesson name Behavioral Objective build on the previous one? How are the lessons tied corresponds with the together? How does the learning progress from one lesson. lesson to another?) 1 After correctly categorizing living and This lesson is a review lesson from things found outside, students will Kindergarten standards. This will lead into X draw one living and one non living thing the unit about what plants and animals need using tools appropriate, and correctly state to survive. one reason why they are in that category. 2 This lesson uses the book to introduce the After students read Students will The Lorax, project students will engage in at the end of be able to describe characters, setting, and X the unit. They will use this book as a major events from the story using The Lorax reference to understand how important it is a story elements map. to take care of their environment. 3 The focus of this lesson is specifically on After students read and have A Seed in Need what plants need to survive in an class discussion about what plants need X students will be able to classify and label the environment. During this lesson, The Lorax needs of plants in order to survive. will be referenced. 4 Once the students have learned about plants, After learning about what animals need and students will learn that animals need similar how the needs can be found in their X X environment, students will be able to write things found in their environment for about and draw animal needs that can be survival as well. will be The Lorax
3. Unit Plan Framework: Broad Goals and Alignment chart Main Content Area Competency Goals and Objectives and their Alignment to Broad Goals. 1.L.1.1 1.L.1.2 1.L.1.3 Broad Goals What are the basic needs of living things? What is the between plants and How do different support the needs of different animals? d. Lesson Alignment Lesson name Behavioral Objective Relevant Goals (3c): Place an X under the goal that corresponds with the lesson. Explain how one lesson aligns/flows to the next. (How does each lesson build on the previous one? How are the lessons tied together? How does the learning progress from one lesson to another?) 1 After correctly categorizing living and things found outside, students will draw one living and one non living thing using tools appropriate, and correctly state one reason why they are in that category. X This lesson is a review lesson from Kindergarten standards. This will lead into the unit about what plants and animals need to survive. 2 After students read The Lorax, Students will be able to describe characters, setting, and major events from the story The Lorax using a story elements map. X This lesson uses the book to introduce the project students will engage in at the end of the unit. They will use this book as a reference to understand how important it is to take care of their environment. 3 After students read A Seed in Need and have class discussion about what plants need students will be able to classify and label the needs of plants in order to survive. X The focus of this lesson is specifically on what plants need to survive in an environment. During this lesson, The Lorax will be referenced. 4 After learning about what animals need and how the needs can be found in their environment, students will be able to write about and draw animal needs that can be X X Once the students have learned about plants, students will learn that animals need similar things found in their environment for survival as well. The Lorax will be ?
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