ChinaUnitPlan

Demographicsofstudents Ms.Lewisssecondgradeclassiscomprisedof18diversestudents.Thereare9boysand9girlsinthe class.FourstudentshaveIndividualizedEducationPlansandtherearetwoaidesintheclassroom,oneoneonone aideandoneoneonthreeaide.TherearesixEnglishLanguageLearnersintheclasswithvariedlanguage proficiencies. UnitTopic NewtonPublicSchoolshavecreatedaunittoteachstudentsaboutChina.Thisisoneoffourcountries thatthesecondgraderswilllearnabout.Iusedtheessentialquestionsandenduringunderstandingsdesignedby NewtonPublicSchoolstocreatesupplementallessonstoenhancestudentlearning.Ifocusedongeography, culture,andcivicsthroughoutmyunit. EnduringUnderstandings TheenduringunderstandingshavebeendesignedbyNewtonPublicSchools.Ihaveusedthemasthestartingpoint formybackwardsdesign. Geography Mapsandglobeshelppeopledescribeandexplaintheearth. Culture Therearesimilaritiesanddifferencesamong,betweenandwithinculturesofpeople. Landandweatheraffectpeoplesculture(food,clothing,shelter,traditions.) Civics Therearerightsandresponsibilitiesassociatedwithcommunitymembership. EssentialQuestions TheessentialquestionshavebeendesignedbyNewtonPublicSchools.Ihaveusedthemasthestartingpointfor mybackwardsdesign. Geography Howdomapshelpus? Culture Howarepeoplethesameanddifferent Howdoesenvironmentaffectculture(food,clothing,shelter,traditions)? Civics Whatdoesitmeantobeamemberofthiscommunity? LessonPlans Lesson1IntroductiontoChina ThisistheintroductorylessontoaunitaboutChina.ThisisthefourthcountryMrs.Lewiss2nd

gradeclasshasstudied.Thegoalofthislessonistouncoverstudentsbackgroundknowledge aboutChina.IwillalsointroducewhereChinaislocatedontheworldmapincomparisontothe othercountrieswehavestudied.Thestudentswillcontinuetopracticetheiruseofappropriate vocabularylikecardinaldirections. Lesson2WhatCamefromChina?Part1

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DuringreadingstudentswillreadonechapterfromthebookLookWhatCameFromChina byMilesHarverywithpartners.Afterthestudentsreadthebooktheywillworkwithpartners tocreateaposterabouttheirchapter.Theywilldecidewhichnewlearningfromthe informationaltexttoshare. Lesson3WhatCamefromChina?Part2 ThefocusofthislessonisforstudentstosharewhattheylearnedfromthebookLookWhat CameFromChinabyMilesHarvery.Studentswillhaveanopportunitytosharetheirnew learningsandexploretheirclassmatesposters. Lesson4TheGreatWallofChina ThislessonisabouttheGreatWallofChina.UsingtechnologywewilltraveltotheGreatWall ofChinaandexplorethisamazingwonderoftheworld.Studentswillhaveanopportunityto takewhattheylearnedduringthewholegrouplessonandapplytheirknowledgeindividually. Lesson5TheSevenChineseBrothers ThislessonisabouttheGreatWallofChina.UsingtechnologywewilltraveltotheGreatWall ofChinaandexplorethisamazingwonderoftheworld.Studentswillhaveanopportunityto takewhattheylearnedduringthewholegrouplessonandapplytheirknowledgeindividually. Lesson6ChinaStations ThislessoniscomprisedofthreestationsthatexploredifferentpartsofChineseculture. Throughthree15minutestationsstudentswillhaveanopportunitytocreatetheirownChinese artifacts.Thestudentswillhaveanopportunitytoseehowtheirlivescompareandcontrastwith achildinChina,tomakepaperandtocreateaChineseNewYearMask.

Assessment Similarlytotheessentialquestionandenduringunderstandings,NPScreatedaChinaTravelJournalthat complimentstheprescribedlessons.Thetraveljournalwillserveasthesummativeassessmentfortheunit.In additiontothesummativeassessmenttherewillbeavarietyofformativeassessmentsthroughouttheunit. Supplementalworksheets Posters Handsonactivitiesmakingpaper,chinesenewyearmasks Theformativeassessmentswillallowmetocheckforunderstandingasweprogressthroughtheunit.Iwillbeable torevisitinformationthatstudentsmissedtoensureeachstudentssuccess. PreAssessmentThepreassessmentwillhappenduringmorningworkonthedaybeforeordayoflesson1 IntroductiontoChina.Thestudentswillbeaskedwhattowriteonatchartwhattheythinktheyknowabout Chinaandwhattheywanttoknow. PostAssessmentAftertheunitiscompletethestudentswillfilloutaworksheetthatwillaskthestudentsWhat didyoulearnaboutChina? Differentiation ThefourstudentsthathaveIEPswillbeassistedbytheiraidesthroughouteachlesson.Ihavealsocreated supplementalworksheetstomakethecontentmoreaccessibleforallstudents,thesupplementalworksheetsare attachedtoindividuallessonplans. 2