Thematic Integrated

Unit Plan
Includes:
26 lesson ideas!
AND
10 activity printouts!
(all aligned with common core)

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Thank you for downloading my integrated unit plan for the childrens book, Tops and
Bottoms! I love teaching by through themes, and this is my first of many thematic unit
plan based on a childrens story. There are 28 different lesson ideas included in this
bundle that are aligned with common core standards. Some of these ideas are open
to your modifications, and I have included TEN activity print to start out!
Including:
Reading (2) Writing (3)
Social studies Science Math
Cut & Paste Differentiation tool.
There will be many more of these integrated unit plans coming soon! This is my first
one posted as a FREEBIE, please leave comments and suggestions as I will be adding
the full document as time goes on!
I hope you find this product useful!
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Integrated Unit Plan

Reading
Sequencing the
story
Identify Character
traits, Plot,
Setting details
Describe the
objects and
vegetables used
in the story
Readers Theater
Academic language

Literature
Read the story,
Tops and Bottoms
Read the story
The Tortoise and
the Hare
Read a story
about eating
healthy.

Writing
Write about what
it would be like to
be a farmer
Write about what
the bear learned
Research and
write about the
habitats of each
animal Worksheet
Spelling list with
new food words
and farming
words

Math
Sorting
vegetables &
creating patterns
Tracking the
weather and talk
about what is
good weather for
crops
Fractions and
halves with
geometry
Graphing and
surveying favorite
vegetables

Social Studies
Talk about what
is good weather
for crop farmers
and track the
weather
Talk about the
history behind
the story the
history if the
slaves to the rich
man NonFiction worksheet

Art, Music, PE
Make a veggie
collage
Make vegetable
stamps, use with
paint
Sing a song about
eating your
veggies
Exercise: Working
on top half
and/or bottom
half of the body

Science
Habitats: create a
shadow box
habitat OR write
about where
bears live and
where hares live
Plant and grow
different
vegetable seeds.
What things do
we need to start a
farm or grow a
garden?
Lifecycle of plants
Survey the class
on favorite
vegetables

Misc.
A memory game
with farming
pictures and
words
Naming
vegetables
matching sheet
Write a poem

Name: _________________

Tops and Bottoms

What is Your Favorite Vegetable?

Tallies:

Broccoli

Carrots

Lettuce

Celery

Cucumbers

Peas

Name: _________________

Tops and Bottoms

What is Your Favorite Vegetable?

Bar Graph:

10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Name: _________________

Tops and Bottoms

What is Your Favorite Vegetable?

1. How many total participated in the survey? ________
2. What vegetable has the most? _________________
3. What vegetable has the least? _________________
4. What is the difference between peas and carrots?
Show your work

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5. How many people like broccoli and cucumbers?
Show your work

_________________________________________
6. How many people like lettuce, celery, and peas?
Show your work

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Name: _________________

Tops and Bottoms

Writing: Social Studies Thinking
What would it be like to be a farmer? Would you like it? Why?

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What things do you need to have a farm?

1. _______________________________
2. _______________________________
3. _______________________________
4. _______________________________
5. _______________________________

Name: _________________

Tops and Bottoms

Writing: Deeper Thinking
What does the word cheated mean in the story?

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Who learns a lesson in the story? __________________
Why does Hare let Bear choose what half of the crop he wants?

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What did Bear learn at the end of the story?

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Name: _________________

Tops and Bottoms

Reading
Who are the Main Characters? Give each 3 traits.

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What is the Setting of the story?

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What is the Plot of the story?

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Name: _________________

Tops and Bottoms

Sequencing: Combine 2 Stories!
Beginning:

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Middle:

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End:

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Name: _________________

Research Something Interesting

Habitats
Book Title: __________________________
Author: ____________________
Animal: ____________________

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Why does it live there?

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Write 3 Fun Facts:

1. ___________________________________
2. ___________________________________
3. ___________________________________
Challenge Question:

What other animals live in this habitat?

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Name: _________________

Non-Fiction
Read and Learn

Book Title: ____________________________

Author: _____________________
3 things you learned:
1.

______________________________

2.

______________________________

3.

______________________________

1 thing you already knew:

1.

______________________________

Draw your favorite part

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Tic-Tac-Toe Tool for Differentiation

Tops and Bottoms: Social Studies Project

Choose one from each row

Research the history of

farming in the United
States. Write a report
including the following:
Who did the work?
What tools were used?
And 5 fun facts.

Retell the story of Tops and

Bottoms through
homemade puppets of
Bear and Hare to present
to the class.

Create a timeline of your

life from when you were
born until today. Include
10 events that are
important to your life.

Choose three vegetables

and create a greenhouse.
Include the definition of a
greenhouse and the name
of all three vegetables.

Student Choice (with

teacher approval)

Create a How To book

about farming. Include a
list of everything you need,
how to plant seeds, grow
crops, and harvest them.
Also include the best time
for planting and harvesting.

Write a sequel to Tops and

Bottoms. Tell what would
happen if Bear continued
his life as a hard working
farmer.

Write about the history of Describe where your family

your family. Include a
lives in vivid detail. Include
family tree and 3 facts
how it looks, feels, smells,
about you heritage on both and the sounds you hear
sides of your family.
when you are home.

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