Lesson+Plans

DRAFT: Library Orientation Plans, Trimester 1 Orientation "Musts" checklist

__**Unit Plans**__
 * Kindergarten: Coming Soon!**

//Theme: Ezra Jack Keats Author Study Essential Question: How does EJK show feelings through words and pictures?// //Integrates an EJK author study with language arts skills such as letter writing, sequencing, characters, and descriptive writing.// //Final Project: A collage depicting EJK stories.//
 * First Grade:**

//Theme: Lois Ehlert Author Study// //Essential Question: How do people use nature in Lois Ehlert stories?// //Integrates a Lois Ehlert Author Study with ways people use nature (such as food, pets, imagination, money, beauty).// //Final Project: individual books on the theme of LE and Nature showcasing all of the work from this trimester's lessons.//
 * Second Grade:**

//Theme: Book Club/ Traditional Tales Essential Question: What can we learn about ourselves as readers through traditional tales? Integrates language arts skills such as activating schema, visualizing, making connections, and inferences into a fun book club focusing on traditional tales.//
 * Third Grade:**

//Theme: Patricia Polacco author study (also figurative language and newspapers) Essential Question: In what ways can a newspaer mirror the language and themes of Polacco's stories? Integrates a Polacco author study with figurative language-- each lesson ends with the students creating a "section" of a newspaper. Final Project: a Polacco themed newspaper.//
 * Fourth Grade:**

//Theme: Biographies and the Revolutionary War Essential Question: What can we learn about the American Revolution through studying the "major players" of that time period? Final Project: a Revolutionary War "wax" museum.//
 * Fifth Grade:**