First Grade Unit 9: Growing and Changing p. 1 ... grown/changed since they were
born? How old do you think ... How does a frog grow and change? Pp B24-25 ...
First Grade Unit 9: Growing and Changing p. 1 Unit Overview-Pacing 4th Quarter/1 week The purpose of this unit is to introduce students to the ways in which animals and humans grow and change. COMPETENCY GOAL 1: The learner will conduct investigations and make observations to build an understanding of the needs of living organisms.
NC Standard Course of Study Competency Goal and Objectives: 1.03 Observe the ways in which humans are similar to other organisms.
McMillan/McGraw Hill text book correlation pages:
Unit B Lesson 4 •
Grow & Change pp B21-25
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Science Resource Book pp 89-90
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Math Links- addition concepts, line graphs
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Writing Link-show how you grow.
Activities:
ENGAGE:
Prior knowledge- Ask students how they have grown/changed since they were born? How old do you think the girl is in the pictures on p B20? What clues tell us if someone has grown and changed? Size, body, shape, hair, etc. • Reading in Science Resources p 87. EXPLORE: • Alternative Explore Activity: Activity Resource p 43- Baby Animal Names OR Explore Activity: How does a caterpillar grow? P B21 (requires longer/extended time period) EXPLAIN: • How do animals grow and change? pp B22-23 Answer questions: When do the changes in these animals seem to be the greatest? Early, just after birth. Vocabulary: hatch. • Reading in Science Resource pp 89-90 • Thinking further- how do mother’s feed their animals? • Health Handbook- Eat Healthful foods and Stay Healthy pp R34-35, R37 (see back of teacher’s editions and student text for Resource Section) • How does a frog grow and change? Pp B24-25, A frog grows in stages. Vocabulary: tadpole. How does a frog change in ways you can see/ways you cannot see? •
First Grade Unit 9: Growing and Changing p. 2 Unit Overview- Pacing 4th Quarter/ 1 week The purpose of this unit is to introduce students to the ways in which animals and humans grow and change. COMPETENCY GOAL 1: The learner will conduct investigations and make observations to build an understanding of the needs of living organisms.
NC Standard Course of Study Competency Goal and Objectives: 1.03 Observe the ways in which humans are similar to other organisms.
McMillan/McGraw Hill text book correlation pages:
Activities Continued :
How is a frog’s life in water different than a frog’s life on land? • Reading Strategies: Sequence of events • Visual Aid Transparencies #5 How does a frog change? #6 How do people change? EVALUATE: • Informal Assessment p B25, Think and write: Retell-how each of the following animals change: dog, duck, and frog. EXTEND: • Writing Link: Show How You Grow. • Math Link: Line Graph • Reading Link: Draw a Shelter (use Foldables) EVALUATE: • Chapter Review ppB28-29 • A Look at Animals Vocabulary: Reading in Science Resources pp 93-94 • Formal Assessment: Assessment Book pp13-16 •
