The block plan outlines lessons for 5 days that integrate different subjects around central themes. Day 1 focuses on math and place value, Day 2 on reading comprehension, Day 3 engineering and problem solving, Day 4 science and materials properties, and Day 5 writing and inventions. Each day includes objectives, standards, materials, and activities that build upon the previous lessons while targeting various skills across disciplines.
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The block plan outlines lessons for 5 days that integrate different subjects around central themes. Day 1 focuses on math and place value, Day 2 on reading comprehension, Day 3 engineering and problem solving, Day 4 science and materials properties, and Day 5 writing and inventions. Each day includes objectives, standards, materials, and activities that build upon the previous lessons while targeting various skills across disciplines.
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Integrated Lessons Block Plan
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Less Math: Place Reading: Science: Science: Writing: on Value character and Making a Properties of Inventions setting change materials Objective 1: After completing 1: After reading a 1: After students 1: After 1: After the (s) the activities, the book, students will have walked completing the minilesson, students students will be able identify ways the around the activities, students will describe and to construct and characters of the playground, they will be able to explain their ideas name a number in book influenced will design a compare and of inventions they three different ways the story. prototype of a contrast properties have by using a to show the same 2: After learning new object or of plastic, graphic organizer. value about setting, tool that will aluminum foil, and 2: After the 2: At the conclusion students will be solve their paper. minilesson, students of the lesson, able to identify desired problem. 2: After learning can explain what a students will be able and describe the 2: After students about difficult persuasive paper is to identify three- setting of the have picked a materials, students and what to digit numbers in book. problem to solve, will be able to consider when various forms they will design a describe why some writing one prototype of a materials are new object or stronger than tool that will others solve their desired problem Standards 2.NS.2; PS 5; PS 6; 2.RL.2.3; K-2.E.1; SEPS.1 2.PS.4 2.W.4 ISTE: domain II 2.RL.2.1;.2.RL.4.1 Materials PowerPoint, iPad, Map with different Clipboards, The 15x15cm: plastic PowerPoint, videos, Dice, Base ten biomes, anchor Curious Garden from baggies, journals, graphic blocks, Clipboards, chart, glue, by Peter Brown, copier paper, organizer, Junie B. Construction paper, marker, Plastic aluminum foil Jones Im Not a Scissors, Sharpie, worksheets, engineering hat, Crook, video of car Worksheet, Index “Everyone Can pencils, paper, 15x5cm: plastic salesman + script of Cards Make a worksheet, poster from baggies, them selling a car, Difference!”. “The with 6 copier paper, article on why you Adventure Club!”. engineering steps aluminum foil should help protect Setting worksheet, the rainforest, character 6 books all the magazine article on worksheet, iPad, same dimensions why you should buy books for Dasani water, pencil individuals to read, pencil Body/acti Ant. Set: Ant. Set: Ant. Set: Ant. Set: Ant. Set: vities -Play “guess what it -show pictures and -read The -each student -go through a is game” videos of different Curious Garden making and testing timeline of people and settings and have grand 2 airplanes: 1 pictures starting Purpose: Today we and have conversation made from with the first will be learning conversation about aluminum foil and phone and ending how to write the them Purpose: There are 1 made from paper with iPhone 11 expanded version of SO MANY ways that to see how far they a number. This way Purpose: These WE can all change go Purpose: of writing the pictures and the world and make There are SO MANY number shows us videos affected it a better place. Purpose: We did ways that WE can all more details about how you guys felt Today, we will be this activity change the world and the number, just whether that be in using the engineer because it shows make it a better place. like the second a good or bad design process that us that different way, and this we learned about materials work Today, we will be using picture I showed the engineer design gave us more same thing yesterday to change better for certain happens to us as some things around things! This is process that we details about the learned about first picture. we read. Today we the school. It is important to Sometimes when we are going to be important that we understand yesterday to change work with numbers, looking at how know different ways because we need some things around they will be in an different that we can help out to know what the school. It is expanded version. characters and and change, because materials will important that we It is important for settings in stories even small decisions work best when we know different ways us to know this so affect how we feel like Liam’s can make are constructing that we can help out we can recognize it about the story. a big difference. our inventions. and change, because when it comes up. Paying attention Today we will be even small decisions to characters and Minilesson: observing and like Liam’s can make a Minilesson: setting gives us -review the analyzing the big difference. - Teach how to more details about engineering properties of write a number in what we are design process by different materials Minilesson: standard, expanded, reading, so it is asking questions such as metal, -teach what an and written form important for us to and explaining plastic, paper, and invention is with practice after notice them. -explain the aluminum foil so -give examples each explanation project we know what we -explain project of - Quiz them at the Minilesson: -go outside and need to build our coming up with an end of teaching -Teach about look for problems inventions. invention characters + give -come back in a -model how to - Explain stations: examples create a list of all Minilesson: think through 1.Carpet- -Teach about ideas -discussion about ideas while filling partner/dice game setting + give -pick 3 how we can test out graphic 2.Back of class with examples -assign students each material to organizer me- foldable + word -short activity to the 3 problems discover its -show video problems placing pictures in -students will properties -give 20 min to 3.iPads- study appropriate independently -explain that I will independently island “character” or work on ideas by test each material work Check for “setting” column researching and by using felt while -walk around understanding: on anchor chart brainstorming for they observe answer -5 groups: white 10 min -after each test I board racing game -Individuals will - work in do, with their table Q/conference be independently assigned pairs partner they will Closure: reading while with students of do the same but Sharing: -Review the three working on the same group as with their -allow volunteers ways to write a worksheet you for 10 materials while to share their ideas number. -will conduct 2 minutes to come recording -share different different reading up with one observations of types of persuasive groups (different design to present each one texts books) while to the class -pass out materials -teach about going through - observe persuasive writing prereading, Closure: properties by & explain they will reading, -Have each pair looking and be doing that to responding, share their ideas feeling while get people to buy exploring, and for their assigned recording their invention applying stages of problem -conduct the fold the guided reading -Talk about pros test Closure: process with each and cons of each -conduct the -go over what differentiated idea/design crinkle test needs to be group -Pick one for -conduct the tear considered when each problem test coming up with an -Explain they -conduct the invention will be stretch test -go over what constructing the - as a whole group, persuasion is solution conduct the tomorrow strength test while everyone writes down observations -discussion over the different properties we observed Assessme Formative: Will be Formative: Will be Formative: Will Formative: I will Formative: Will be nts taken throughout taken throughout be taken monitor taken throughout lesson through minilesson through throughout the participation and lesson through discussion, at answers to Q’s and lesson through accuracy in questions, one on station 1, and short activity. I answers to Q’s discussions one conferences, station 2 will look through and discussion, throughout check graphic worksheets and one on one activities, check organizer Summative: Will be ask questions at conferences, exit slips, check taken at the end of the end of the answering worksheets Summative: Final the unit lesson. questions before persuasion papers closure activity Summative: will Summative: Will be taken at end of be taken at the end Summative: unit of the unit. Resulting tool or object, end of unit Safety Students will Students will wash have a signed hands after the contract. Students experiment. will be expected Students will have to follow a signed contract classroom not to do anything procedures when other than the outdoors. experiment with the materials.