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A comprehensive unit focusing on civics, math, reading, and writing with teacher-designed worksheets, spreadsheet activities, PowerPoint presentations, and a Web Quest about helping others. Students review and apply skills independently to reinforce concepts. Classroom discussions and activities promote data recording, graphing, and understanding the importance of helping others. The unit culminates in a fun and educational web-based activity exploring the theme of compassion and kindness.
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Arthur’s First Grade“Helping Others” Integrated Unit by : Erika Layton First Grade Civics, Math, Reading and Writing
Word Integration • A Teacher Designed Worksheet • Designed for the student to be able to complete independently • Designed to be a review of skills learned in class and practiced in the program • Includes problems pertaining to both math and reading and writing content areas
Excel Integration • Teacher Designed Spreadsheet • Classroom discussion about “Helping Others” • Teacher models how to record data into the spreadsheet by using the students’ information • Teacher shows how to visually represent data in the form of a graph
Access Integration • Teacher designed database • Spreadsheet format is prepared prior to the lesson • Teacher generates classroom discussion and records students data about “Helping Others” • Teacher models how to categorize and sort using a database
PowerPoint Integration • Teacher presentation • Reviewing the important concepts of “Helping Others” • Who students can help • How students can help others • Why students should help others • Designed to summarize the theme of the unit- “Helping Others”
Web Authoring Integration • Teacher Web Quest for Student • Designed to be completed at home or at a public library with the help of a parent or guardian • Links to “Arthur and Friends” activities, designed to be both fun and educational • Designed to be a fun wrap-up lesson for the integrated unit “Helping Others”