Unit Plan Template



Date August 7, 2002

|Author |

|First and Last Name |Karen Greenstreet and Amy Bateman |

|School Name |Horizon Elementary and Sawyer Woods Elementary |

|Email Address |kgreenst@kent.k12.wa.us and abateman@kent.k12.wa.us |

|Unit Overview |

|Title |Building Complete Sentences |

|Focus Questions |

|Why should you use complete sentences? |

|Which is more important in a sentence, a noun or a verb? Explain why. |

|Unit Summary |

|In this unit, the students will be able to reinforce their knowledge of a sentence and explore the elements of a complete sentence |

|through building their own complete sentences. |

|Subject Area(s) |

| Math | Reading | Other: |      |

| Science | Social Studies | Other: |      |

| Writing | Library and Information Literacy |

|Grade Level |

| Kindergarten | Grade 1 | Grade 2 |

| Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 |

| Grade 6 | | |

|Standards |

|Essential Academic Learning Requirements: |

|Writing 1.1 Develop concept and design |

|Writing 1.2 Use style appropriate to the audience and purpose |

|Writing 1.3 Apply writing conventions |

|Writing 3.5 Publish |

|KSD Curriculum Frameworks (or SLOs): |

|Writing: |

|Develop one topic in writing (ideas). |

|Include adjectives, adverbs, and strong verbs (word choice). |

|Begin to use basic sentence structure and vary beginnings and lengths of sentences. |

|Write sentences that express a complete thought. |

|Write sentences that include a subject and a predicate with appropriate subject-verb agreement (singular/plural). |

|Explore various computer programs to publish work. |

|KSD Technology: |

|Students will use a variety of input and output devices (keyboards, mouse, printer). |

|Students will use word processing applications. |

|Students will type information into a template. |

|Students will create a multimedia project. |

|Learning Outcomes |

|Students will: |

|Identify the type of sentence. |

|Identify the subject and predicate in a sentence. |

|Describe the function of a noun and a verb in a sentence. |

|Create a sentence with correct subject-verb agreement. |

|Write a complete sentence with quality word choice. |

|Unit Scope and Sequence |

|Sentence Definition – “A complete thought.” |

|Types of Sentences – Statement, Question, Command, Exclamatory |

|Subjects and Predicate (nouns and verbs) |

|Subject-verb Agreement |

|Complete Sentences |

|Student Assessment |

|Write A Complete Sentence Activity |

|Paragraph Activity |

|PowerPoint Complete Sentence Activity |

|Unit Implementation |

|Instructional Strategies |Grouping Options |Scaffolds |

|Teacher assesses students’ prior knowledge |Whole-class instruction | |

|and introduces the unit to the class. | | |

|Using familiar materials, the teacher |Whole-class instruction |Macmillan grammar book pages 1-2 |

|provides examples of sentences. The class | | |

|explores familiar stories for examples of | | |

|sentences. The teacher models sentence | | |

|writing with input from the class. | | |

|Teacher will teach the concepts of the |Whole-class instruction |Macmillan grammar book pages 3 –10 |

|different types of sentences (statement, |Individual or partner practice of skills|[pic][pic] |

|questions, commands, and exclamatory). | | |

|Students will complete activities to | | |

|reinforce their skills. | | |

|Teacher will teach the concepts of subjects |Whole-class instruction |Macmillan grammar book pages |

|and predicate. Students will complete |Individual or partner practice of skills|11 – 15 |

|activities to identify the subject and | |[pic][pic] |

|predicate in a sentence. | |[pic] |

|Teacher will teach the concept of | |[pic] |

|subject-verb agreement for singular/plural. | | |

|Students will complete activities to | | |

|reinforce their skills. | | |

|Teacher introduces the concepts of a |Whole-class instruction |[pic] |

|“Complete Sentence.” Teacher models writing |Individual or partner practice of skills|Alien Activities |

|complete sentences (*Thinking Map). | |[pic][pic] |

|Students practice building complete | |Fairy Tale Activities |

|sentences. | |[pic][pic] |

| | |Family and Friends Activities |

| | |[pic][pic] |

| | |Rainforest Activities |

| | |[pic][pic] |

| | |Sports Activities |

| | |[pic][pic] |

|Students write their own complete sentences. |Individual (assessment tools) |[pic][pic] |

| | |[pic] |

|Students apply sentence skills to a paragraph| |Note: After clicking on either of these links to |

|close activity. | |open the activity, make sure to click the |

| | |paragraph (Show/Hide) button on your top tool bar |

| | |to see all of the teacher directions. After |

| | |students do their work, this button should be |

| | |clicked again to turn off the teacher prompts, |

| | |leaving only the students’ work. |

| | |[pic][pic] |

|Students create a two-slide PowerPoint | |[pic] |

|project on Complete Sentences. | |Note: Clicking on this link will open a “kiosk” |

| | |view of this PowerPoint presentation. |

| | |To use it: Click on above link. When opened, click|

| | |on “Edit” on menu bar, then click on “Edit |

| | |Slides.” The template will appear. |

| | | |

| | |Choose the slide sorter view (all slides showing) |

| | |to see that slides two and four are hidden. That |

| | |is, they provide directions for students to work |

| | |on slides three and five, but whey won’t show when|

| | |the slideshow is run. |

| | |[pic][pic] |

|Accommodation Options |

|ELL / IP Students |Partner with another student to read the words and sentences. |

| |Provide words in word boxes for them to choose from. |

| |Add pictures to illustrate the sentences. |

|Highly-Capable Students |Expand sentences into paragraphs. |

| |Look up words in the dictionary. |

| |Create his or her own “Build A Sentence” activities. |

|Management/Organization Tips |

|Introduce in the computer lab or with a mobile lab for initial teaching. Then use activities either individually or in partners as |

|needed. |

|Approximate Time Needed (Example: 45 minutes, 4 hours, 1 year, etc.) |

|Each activity 45 minutes. These activities may be used in sequence or some may be used at various times of the year for reinforcement, |

|practice, etc. |

|Prerequisite Skills |

|Writing Skills |

|Parts of speech |

|Basic capitalization and punctuation skills |

|Read basic sight words |

|Technology Skills |

|Open a document |

|Print a document |

|Save a document (up to teacher) |

|Materials and Resources Required for Unit |

|Adopted Print Materials: Macmillan Second Grade Grammar Book |

|Adopted and other Audio/Visual: none |

|Supplemental Resources (including Internet resources): |

|Evan, Joy and Moore, Jo Ellen., Write A Super Sentence, Evan-Moor Corp., ISBN#1557996067 |

|Kellaher, Karen., Sentences & Paragraphs, Scholastic Inc., ISBN#0439222664 |

|Kieczykowski, Carol, Expanding The Primary Writer’s Workshop, Fearon Teacher Aids, ISBN#0768203074 |

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|Bob the Builder website with spelling activities, designing activities, puzzles, etc. |

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|Enchanted Learning’s wonderful picture dictionary with over 1,000 entries |

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|Education games – has a curriculum guide to help you find the game to go with your lesson(s) |

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|Grammar Gorillas, identifying parts of speech |

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|Grammar Glamour – created by middle school students |

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|Definition of basic sentence parts |

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|Identifying complete sentences |

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|Parts of speech practice, mad-lib style – good for strong readers |

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|Sentence Rummy – a game out of writing sentences. |

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|Sentence reference site |

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|interactive quizzes on sentences and grammar – good for strong readers |

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|Fun with words – parts of speech |

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|Is this sentence correct? practice |

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|Grammar and sentence references, #5 interactive exercises |

|Supplies: familiar books, sentence strips, overheads to introduce concepts |

|Technology – Hardware (Click boxes of all equipment needed.) |

| Computer(s) | VCR | Projection System |

| Printer | Video Camera | Camera |

| Digital Camera | Scanner | Video Conferencing |

| Television | Laser Disk | Other       |

|Technology – Software (Click boxes of all software needed.) |

| Microsoft Word | Microsoft Front Page | KidPix |

| Microsoft Excel | Microsoft Internet Explorer | Inspiration |

| Microsoft PowerPoint | SchoolKiT | Clicker 4 |

| Publisher | Encarta Reference Materials | Image Blender/Photo Editor |

|Optional Technology Extensions |Create a Class’ slide show with the student’s multimedia project. |

| |Insert sound (student reading his or her complete sentence) into slide show. |

| |Take digital pictures or scan photographs and have the children write complete sentences about |

| |them. |

|Key Word Search |Complete sentences, writing, predicate, subject, types of sentences, subject-verb agreement |

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