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Fol Unit Guide Template-2
Fol Unit Guide Template-2
Fol Unit Guide Template-2
INSTRUCTIONAL UNIT:
Teacher
Cody Elmer
Subject
ELA
Unit/Lesson Title
Investigating Animals
Grade level
2
PBL/Service Learning idea. How will students apply the knowledge and skills in a meaningful way? What is
the product or service to be created? Which creativity system will be taught and used decision making, problem
solving, invention, investigation, experimentation, or systems analysis?
Investigate animals and their lives using nonfiction text in order to enhance understanding and inspire
the students to dig deeper, want to know, seek to know, and understand themselves and their world as a
result.
Assessment
What informative assessments will be used to
show mastery of the targets?
1. Reflection journal to reflect on what they
learned or accomplished recorded each
day
a.
b.
c.
d.
Learning Dispositions
How can you set up the climate of the class to
support the learning targets?
Create habitats around the room with nonfiction
books that fit in each area.
Have middle school reading buddy come read about
their favorite animal.
Watch a few national geographic videos about
different animals.
Have animal sounds playing in the background
during silent work time.
Wonder
Question
Seek Clarity
Acquisition of Knowledge
Declarative Knowledge
Students will learn that .
Nonfiction is informational text
Well designed inquiry creates engaged
learning
Showing interest and curiosity creates
questions
Sharing findings is how we celebrate
learning
When writing about facts we need to put
the detail in our own words
Plagiarism is copying others ideas and not
giving them credit for their work
Interesting info sometimes is not
informative
Procedural Knowledge
Students will learn how to
Discriminate between relevant and irrelevant
info
Access and use info from a variety of sources
Collect and analyze relevant info
Identify key details
Identify main idea
Evaluate information
Assemble and interpret findings
Pose questions
Participate in research
Navigate online tools
Kahoot -quiz
Intro_Day One
Into (Disposition & Informative Assessment)
The students become the explorers on an adventure to discover and investigate animals around the world.
Walk around the classroom to the different habitats and preview the nonfiction animal books.
Through (Knowledge
Demonstration / Model
Review fact vs. fiction (opinion) and photographs vs. drawings (abstract)
Ask students for prior knowledge facts about animals or facts from passage
Decide on a few questions students want to explore to learn more about real animals
(general)
What does it look like?
How does it move and act?
What does it eat?
Where does it live?
Open Classroom
1.1. Log in with student email
1.2. Go to English Language Arts class
1.3. Follow directions in Animals Day One
Will be using the knowledge of how to find facts (key details) in nonfiction text to
research an animal of your choice.
Assessment (summative)