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Under the Deep Blue Sea

Under the Deep Blue Sea. Kindergarten Thematic Unit Created by Miss Emily Brown Education 300- Fall 2011. Table of Contents. Student Learning Outcomes Daily Activities Questions Essential ? Unit ? Content ? CSO’S National Standards Assessments References.

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Under the Deep Blue Sea

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  1. Under the Deep Blue Sea Kindergarten Thematic Unit Created by Miss Emily Brown Education 300- Fall 2011

  2. Table of Contents • Student Learning Outcomes • Daily Activities • Questions Essential ? Unit ? Content ? • CSO’S • National Standards • Assessments • References

  3. Student Learning Outcomes • At the conclusion of the unit, students will be able to: • Identify animals that live in the ocean. • Differentiate between an ocean and other large bodies of water. • Identify an ocean food chain. • Identify plants in the ocean. • Understand vocabulary terms related to the ocean. • Sing songs related to the ocean. • Differentiate between a school of fish and a pod of whales. • Identify how the ocean is useful to human. • Sort seashells by color, shape and size. This may be some student’s first experience with seashells. • Use the internet for research purposes. • Complete an interactive Venn Diagram. • Use Microsoft Excel and Word. • Create an edible snack through use of measurement. TOC

  4. Timeline • Week One • Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday Back to Table of Contents • Week Two • Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday

  5. Essential Question What do we need to live? TOC

  6. Unit Questions • What is an ocean? • What kinds of animals live in the ocean? • What do ocean animals need to survive? • How is the ocean useful to humans? TOC

  7. Content Questions • What is a school of fish? • What do we call a group of whales? • How much of our Earth is covered by oceans? TOC

  8. WV CSO’s • Math • Science • Reading and Language Arts • Visual Arts and Music • Technology • 21st Century Skills

  9. Math CSO’s • M.O.K.1.3 g roup and count manipulatives by ones, fives, and tens. • M.O.K.2.2 create, describe, and extend a repeating pattern using common objects, sound, and movement. • M.O.K.2.3 model and identify patterns of counting by 5’s and 10’s • M.O.K.4.1 estimate the size of an object and compare and order objects with respect to a given attribute. • M.O.K.4.2 use standard and nonstandard units of measure to find the length of an object. • M.O.k.5.1 collect, organize, display, and interpret data using a pictograph and bar graph (with and without technology). WV CSO

  10. Science CSO’s • SC.O.K.1.1 ask questions about themselves and their world. • SC.O.K.1.3 demonstrate curiosity, initiative and creativity by asking questions about the environment noting patterns and variations of natural objects (e.g., trees, leaves, or animal structures). • SC.O.K.1.7 collect and record information in a variety of ways (e.g., drawings, weather calendar, or graphs). • SC.O.K.2.2observe and describe the movement, growth and changes in plants and animals. • SC.O.K.2.3 observe and describe models of plants and animals in different environments (e.g., terrariums, aquariums, animals and plants in a forest, pond, or field). • SC.O.K.2.4 describe, compare, sort and group objects in terms of what they are made of (e.g., clay, cloth, paper, or metal) and their physical properties of size, shape, color, weight or texture. • SC.O.K.2.9 explore and state different ways objects can be moved (e.g., straight, circular, fast, or slow). • SC.O.K.3.1 recognize that models are representations of real things. • SC.O.K.3.4 work in groups, listen to and be tolerant of different viewpoints. • WV CSO

  11. Reading and Language Arts CSO’s • RLA.O.K.1.7 use new vocabulary in speaking.   • RLA.O.K.1.8 recognize that print conveys meaning. • RLA.O.K.1.9 establish a purpose for reading (e.g., for information, for pleasure). • RLA.O.K.1.13 use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational resources to support literacy learning (e.g., environmental print, signs, labels, electronic resources). • RLA.O.K.2.2 use writing and other methods for self-expression (e.g., drawing pictures, using letters or phonetically spelled words, telling, dictating, making lists). • RLA.O.K.2.7 use a variety of sources to gather information in sharing thoughts and ideas (e.g., pictures, charts and graphs, electronic resources). • RLA.O.K.3.1 listen, recite and respond to familiar stories, poems, nursery rhymes, songs and stories with repeated patterns. • WV CSO

  12. Visual Arts and Music CSO’s • WV Visual Arts • VA.O.VAI.1.3 use materials, tools, and technology in a safe and responsible manner. • VA.O.VAI.6.1 compare and connect the creative processes used in visual arts to other disciplines • WV Music • MU.O.GMK.2.1.1 participate in singing a variety of songs.  • MU.O.GMK.2.1.7 communicate by moving expressively to music. • WV CSO

  13. Technology Standards • 21C.O.PK-2.1.TT.1 Student uses keyboard and mouse to enter name and User ID, types sentences and follows on-screen prompts to successfully operate computers.  Student uses printers, audiotapes, and other technologies.  Student names common technologies (e.g., CD player, DVD player, video camera, cell phone). • 21C.O.PK-2.1.TT.3 Student logs on to computer, starts and exits programs, finds files, and handles and uses output devices (e.g., CDs, DVDs, USB drives, diskettes) with care.  Student uses file menu commands (e.g., New, Open, Close, Save, Save as, Print) and saves computer files to diskette, hard drive and server. • 21C.O.PK-2.1.TT.5 Student creates text, types words and sentences, and inserts images using word processing software.  Student creates, saves, prints and opens existing files.  Student uses editing functions in word processing software (e.g., font, boldface, underline, font color).  Student inserts graphics that enhance the understanding of the text. • 21C.O.PK-2.1.TT.6 Student, working in a teacher–led whole group project, enters simple data into a spreadsheet and creates graphs electronically (i.e., use of chart wizard). • 21C.O.PK-2.1.TT.10 Student begins to locate information in a variety of developmentally appropriate technology resources (e.g., interactive books, educational software, CD-ROMs, elementary multi-media encyclopedias and web-based search engines) to support classroom assignments. • WV CSO

  14. 21st Century Learning Skills • 21C.O.PK-2.1.LS.1 Student uses text, people and electronic resources (e.g. interactive books, educational software, CD-ROMs, elementary multimedia encyclopedias and search engines) to locate information for classroom assignments and is able to identify the author and purpose for each source located. • 21C.O.PK-2.1.LS.2 Student can accurately interpret and create simple visuals (e.g. charts, maps, graphs and models) and use this information to solve problems and communicate information. • 21C.O.PK-2.1.LS.3 Student articulates thoughts and ideas, representative of real and imaginary experiences, clearly and effectively through oral, written or multimedia communication 

  15. 21St Century Cont. • 21C.O.PK-2.2.LS.2 Student identifies parts of a system and explains how those parts interact with one another.  • 21C.O.PK-2.2.LS.4 Student engages in discovery, exploration and experimentation to reach unexpected answers.  Student makes unusual associations and provides a variety of solutions to problems.  • 21C.O.PK-2.3.LS.5 Student uses clearly defined teacher directions and interpersonal skills to move others toward the goal. • 21C.O.PK-2.3.LS.6 Student focuses on a project goal, and with teacher guidance, frames appropriate questions related to the goal, considers possible courses of action, selects a plan of action and completes the project. TOC

  16. National Standards • Science - As a result of activities in grades K-4, all students should develop understanding of • The characteristics of organisms • Life cycles of organisms • Organisms and environments • Math- Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category. • K.MD.3. Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.1 • RLA • W.K.2. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. • TOC

  17. Week One Monday • Assess prior knowledge and learn about the student’s interests by completing a KWL chart on the PDA devices. • Introduce unit with teacher created movie using Windows Movie Maker- Under the Deep Blue Sea Timeline

  18. Week One Tuesday • Students will play teacher created PowerPoint game to assess student’s prior knowledge of the ocean. • Read Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andrae to help students understand the types of creatures who live in the sea. This story is a collection of nursery rhymes. Timeline

  19. Week One Wednesday • Students will use http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/alphabet/ to create an ocean alphabet chart. Several words will be selected for vocabulary words. • Sing songs related to the ocean. • Guide parents to the classroom Edublog and ask them to work with their children on the included activities. • http://missbrownskindyclass.blogspot.com/ Timeline

  20. Week One Thursday • Read I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry and create a food chain of the sea. Food chains will be created on Kidspiration and assessed using the attached rubric. This will be completed as a class. We will discuss what ocean animals depend on to survive. Timeline

  21. Week One Friday • Sort seashells by color, shape and size. Students will also measure the shells, sort by 5’s and 10’s and use estimation skills to estimate the total number of shells. Students will use a bar graph in MS Excelto chart the results. Students will dig the shells from a sand filled plastic pool. Timeline

  22. Week Two Monday • Read Humphrey, The Lost Whale by Wendy Tokuda. Students will discuss how fish live in schools and whales live in pods. Timeline

  23. Week Two Tuesday • Use an interactive Venn Diagram from readwritethink.org to compare and contrast whale pods and schools of fish. This will be assessed using the attached rubric. Students will be heterogeneously grouped to complete this assignment. • http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/venn-diagram-circles-30006.html- Timeline

  24. Week Two Wednesday • Read My Very Own Octopus by Bernard Most. Students will create a foam octopus of their own. Timeline

  25. Week Two Thursday • Complete Internet Treasure Hunt. • Students will create their own interactive ocean scene using the attached website. They will also write two sentences describing their ocean. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/animals/ocean/animaloceancreate.htm. Timeline

  26. Week Two Friday • Create edible aquarium cups. Students need to use their math skills to measure the ingredients. • http://childstoryhour.com/craft36.htm • Assessment on ocean unit. Timeline

  27. Assessments • KWL chart created on PDA • PowerPoint Game • Treasure Hunt • Computer Usage Checklist • Shell Sort Checklist • Venn Diagram Rubric • Food Chain Rubric • Descriptive Ocean Rubric • Teacher created end of unit assessment TOC

  28. References • http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/animals/ocean/octopus-craft.asp • http://missbrownskindyclass.blogspot.com/ • http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/venn-diagram-circles-30006.html • http://www.thevirtualvine.com/ocean.html#Drama-

  29. References • http://childstoryhour.com/craft36.htm • http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/alphabet/ • http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/animals/ocean/animaloceancreate.htm. • http://www.educationworld.com/standards/national/index.shtml- • http://wveis.k12.wv.us/Teach21/public/cso/cso.cfm

  30. References • http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/media/all_about_otters/whatsanotter01.html- • http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/ocean/ • http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/life/turtle1.htm • http://www.seasky.org/seagallery/seagallery.html

  31. References • Google • MS Word • MS PowerPoint • MS Excel • Windows Movie Maker • Blogger

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