holiday unit plan standard 7

Upload: ellenvcalder

Post on 03-Jun-2018

215 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    1/13

    1

    Ms. Pendland and

    Ms. Calders

    Holiday Unit Plan

    Table Of Contents

  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    2/13

    2

    Rational, Content, and Standards.. Pages 3-4

    Unit Goals and Description. Pages 5-7

    Summative Assessment.. Pages 8-9

    References Pages 10-11

    Bulletin Board. Pages 12-13

    Ellen Calder

    Anna Penland

    Unit Plan

    Rational And Content:

    Rationale and Content Standards

  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    3/13

    3

    The Unit Plan we decided on was a Social Studies topic for first grade mainly relating to

    holidays that the children have encountered before and will be experiencing in the future.

    However, each of these holidays either related to the background history of it to relate it to amore condensed Social Studies topic or to another core curriculum subject. The students needed

    a wide variety of skills before participating in these lessons, but none that were above their grade

    level. For the first lesson we did, A Direct Instruction lesson plan, we choose to cover thehistory of Thanksgiving, in a broad overview. The students only needed to have a little

    background information about this holiday since the main goal of the lesson was to share more

    facts with them through a story. They also needed to be able to use full sentences andunderstand how to use a KWL chart with help from the teacher. The students drew a picture and

    completed a sentence about a logical place a turkey could hide after reading a book. This helped

    in keeping the lesson informative, but engaging as well. The main standard for this lesson came

    from the Iowa Common Core, Social Studies area. It was; History: Understand that individualsand groups within a society may promote change or the status quo. Understand the roles historic

    and ordinary Americans have played in changing society and government. Understand that

    changes in society may or may not be beneficial. We could have also included a LiteracyStandard for first grade that states, Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its

    characters, setting, or events.

    The second lesson plan we did was Presentation with Advanced Organizer lesson plan

    based on Labor Day. This is a holiday that some students do not necessarily know a lot about atthis age level. We wanted to give them the main idea of this holiday since it is a lot about

    appreciating and giving time off to people who are working hard all the time. For this lesson the

    students needed to understand what a job was, have the ability to draw and create a picture aswell as one full sentence describing that picture and then communicate their ideas to the class

    through discussion. The students will be listening to a story about jobs, interviewing their parents

    with simple questions, and then creating a picture and sentence of what they wanted to do when

    they grow up to connect it to Labor Day. For this lesson, we chose to use Iowa Common CoreStandards again in the Social Studies area in which stated: Understand the need for public and

    private goods and services and the workers who provide them. Understand natural resources are

    from nature; capital resources are made by humans; humans resources (labor) are the efforts ofpeople who produce goods services. This lesson could have been related to the previous

    Literacy Standard above as well.

    The Cooperative Learning lesson plan was all about Columbus Day. There are a lot ofstudents who know who Columbus is but not exactly sure what he did. In order to provide our

    students with more knowledge, we chose to do this lesson. The students needed to have crafting

    skills such as cutting out and gluing materials, but also needed skills to write descriptive words

    or sentences with help if needed. This lesson was a little different in the fact that they alsoneeded to work in their groups quietly and show group cooperation throughout the entire work

    time. The students worked together in groups on this lesson to create a fact list of Columbus

    Day facts on a cut out paper Earth after viewing a Brain Pop Jr. video. This activity allowed the

    students to learn more about Columbus Day while working with others and doing an art craft aswell! The standard we used for this also came from the Iowa Core like our previous lessons.

    They were Social Studies based and stated: Understand that people in different times and places

    view the world differently. Understand that science and technology can affect physicalenvironments. Understand why people developed a region.

  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    4/13

    4

    The fourth lesson was a Concept Attainment lesson plan relating to winter holidays! It

    was more about a language arts based standard than a social studies one. For this lesson we used

    a standard from the Iowa Core in the 1stgrade Reading section that stated, Print Concepts:

    Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. Recognize the

    distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation.) The

    students were to write two complete and correct sentences including punctuation andcapitalization that related to the holidays on their snowman creations after discussing the criticalattributes as a class. In order to complete these lesson, the students needed background

    knowledge on complete sentences, types of sentences, writing skills, holiday topics and

    cooperation with others. This lesson allowed students to create sentences about their favoriteholiday experiences while practicing good grammar and enjoying an art craft as well.

    The final lesson we created for this unit plan was the Problem Based/Inquiry lesson plan

    related to Earth Day. The students were put into groups and asked to create a machine of any

    kind that would help the environment or the community in any way they wanted. Reading abook and discussing ideas how we can help the environment before the students break into their

    groups would be important. They would need to be able to work with others as well as use their

    creative and critical thinking skills to complete this lesson plan. They would have to be able tobe responsible with glue, markers, and scissors in creating their machines. The standard that we

    chose to relate this lesson to was another Social Studies one stating: Understand the

    development of technological innovations and their economic effects. This was a fun lesson

    that required the students to dig a little deeper and come up with a way that they could make adifference in the community or environment.

    The way we created these lessons would not be in the order we would use them in of

    course. We would use the topic of each lesson around the time in which that holiday or eventwas occurring. However, we think we covered a wide variety of important topics that students

    need to be aware of. My connecting the topics to other core content or making the activity

    engaging and meaningful, the students are going to gain more from the lesson. There are many

    other holidays we could add in to this unit plan to keep our theme going and teach the students abroad understanding of all the different holidays they are going to be encountering all through

    their lives and why they are important.

    Unit Goals And Description:

    Unit Goals:

    Have students be able to write in complete sentences

    Have students learn about this history of the first Thanksgiving

    Have students create a story relating to their knowledge on thanksgiving

    Have students learn about the importance of Labor Day

    Have students learn about the history of Labor Day

  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    5/13

    5

    Have students learn about their parent or an adults career through asking questions

    Have students dream of a future career

    Students will use their creativity

    Students will understand the concept of Earth Day

    Students will learn about Christopher Columbus

    Students will learn about the Holiday Columbus day

    Unit Objectives:

    Students in the 1stgrade classroom will write two complete, correct sentences, including

    capitalization and punctuation at the end, relating to the holidays on their snowmancreations after discussing the critical attributes as a class and coming up with their own

    sentences in groups.

    Students in the first grade classroom will create the story as a class The Turkey Hidby writing complete sentences and drawing a picture about realistic places a turkey couldhide after reading the story, If You Were At The First Thanksgiving. Students in the

    first grade classroom will understand the importance of Labor Day through an interviewwith their parents and by creating a crystal ball drawing of their future career with one

    sentence describing that job

    After viewing and discussing the Columbus Day video on Brain Pop Jr. website, thestudents in the 1

    stgrade classroom will work together in a group to create a big cut out

    picture of the Earth and include at least six Columbus Day facts they have learned with

    only 2-3 spelling errors

    Students in the 1stgrade will work with groups to come up with an idea and creation of a

    machine, as well as a 2-3 sentence description, on a piece of paper, using cut out paper

    and markers, that will help the environment or community after discussing as a class

    possible ways we can make a difference for Earth Day.

    Unit Description: The purpose of this unit is to teach first grade students the history and meaningof Federal Holidays celebrated in the United States.

    Unit Goals and Description of Unit

    The overall goal of this unit plan was to give students a better understanding of a wide

    variety of holidays. They can be told about the history of a holiday over and over again, but itwont mean anything to them until they are able to do a meaningful and engaging activity

    relating to it. However, since we had first grade, we did not go into extreme detail with any of

    the holidays. Also, some of the holidays we used were also related to other core content

  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    6/13

    6

    materials, but we still provided the lessons with relevant information about the given holiday.

    The main idea of this unit plan was to provide students, who are at a younger age, more

    knowledge on holidays they may have heard of but dont understand or more knowledge on aholiday they have been around a lot in their lives. Its important that children understand why

    we celebrate certain days of the year. We will share each of our objectives from each of the

    lessons and explain how they were met.The first objective from the Direction Instruction lesson plan was, Students in the firstgrade classroom will create the story as a class The Turkey Hid by writing complete

    sentences and drawing a picture about realistic places a turkey could hide after reading the story,

    If You Were At The First Thanksgiving. This goal was met because the students were given achance to write a complete sentence about a hiding spot a turkey could hide and draw a picture

    that explained their sentence. The students would have had realistic ideas about hiding places for

    a turkey after reading the read aloud book mentioned in the objective. This objective was also

    met in the unit goals because we gave children background information about the holiday ofThanksgiving and then they were able to apply it to an activity to broaden their understanding.

    The next objective for our Presentation with Advanced Organizer lesson plan stated,

    After reading the story, What Do People Do All Day? and interviewing their parents at home,students in the first grade will be able to create a picture of their dream job followed by one

    complete sentence with only 1-2 errors. The students were able to meet this objective by

    having us read the book aloud to them and then getting the chance to interview their parents

    about their jobs to gain a better understanding of what a job actually is. Once the studentsbrought back that interview information and shared it with the class, they each were required to

    come up with their dream job picture and complete sentence describing it. This lesson met the

    unit goals because Labor Day tends to be a holiday that children have heard of, but dontunderstand its purpose. This lesson gives them a view on exactly why so many people do not

    work on that day (holiday) and why it is so important.

    The third objective for our Cooperative Learning lesson plan was, After viewing and

    discussing the Columbus Day video on Brain Pop Jr. website, the students in the 1stgrade

    classroom will work together in a group to create a big cut out picture of the Earth and include at

    least six Columbus Day facts they have learned with only 2-3 spelling errors. Then the social

    goal was, Students in the 1stgrade classroom will get into their groups quickly and quietly and

    remain in these groups until the given task is done while talking in their quiet and inside

    classroom voices. Both of these goals were met extremely well with the clear and explicit

    directions stated in the lesson plan. The students watch the video and then proceed to get intotheir pre-assigned groups quickly and efficiently with explicit directions from the teacher. They

    then work together to come up with six facts they learned in the previous video to create their

    Earth cut outs. Columbus Day was another holiday that a lot of students might not have a lot of

    background information on which is why our lesson plan connected to our unit goal. It helpedchildren understand and gain knowledge on Columbus Day while collaborating with others and

    learning acceptable social behaviors.

    The fourth objective for the Concept Attainment lesson plan stated, Students in the 1st

    grade classroom will write two complete, correct sentences, including capitalization andpunctuation at the end, relating to the holidays on their snowman creations after discussing

    critical attributes as a class. The students were able to meet this lesson because they worked

    together as a class to discover what makes a complete sentence and what does not using thecritical attributes section of the lesson. They were then able to show their knowledge of

  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    7/13

  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    8/13

    8

    also always provided class discussion with the students to get their opinions about the topic and

    share important information with them too. In order to incorporate everything the students

    learned into one big final assessment, it needed to be straight forward. However, it also neededto be an activity that would allow the students to express their individual thoughts and

    knowledge on the topic. This is why we chose to have the students write one sentence on three

    of the holidays we discussed in these lessons. The question is open-ended and there arecountless things the students could write on this paper. Also, we have been practicing writingand completing sentences in every lesson we did, so the students should be very familiar with

    this and be able to complete the task. If all the students seemed to be struggling to come up with

    ideas, we could incorporate a group discussion to get their ideas and brains flowing. We will notgive them specific sentences they would use, but we hope that they will be able to come up with

    their own ideas since we have been discussing holidays for this entire unit. Of course, we could

    have revisions to this assignment for higher or lower leveled students. If the student was

    struggling with writing sentences at this point in the year, we could either assist them or theycould attempt to write a sentence and also draw a picture to accompany it to help get their ideas

    across to us. If the student was on a higher level, they could pick a different holiday (not listed

    on the assessment) to write about or write more than one sentence if their thoughts consisted ofmore than a sentence. We want the students in our classroom to succeed and we hope that this

    assessment will help to wrap up this entire unit and allow the students to have gained knowledge

    on the holidays!

    Have students write a sentence about what they learned about each holiday.

    Name:___________________

    Directions: write one complete sentence about something you learned about the three Holidays

    listed below.

    Thanksgiving, Labor Day, and Columbus Day

    Example: One thing I learned about Thanksgiving is____________

  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    9/13

    9

    Assessment Checklist:

    Student has less than 2 errors per sentence _____

    Student writes with correct punctuation ________ Student provides a sentence for: Thanksgiving___________

    Student provides a sentence for: Labor Day________

    Student provides a sentence for: Columbus Day_______

    Student completes assessment with provided time______

    Invited student feedback:We wanted students to have time to reflect on this long unit of learning about the Holidays. We

    decided to have students write three facts or concepts they learned about the any of the Holidays

    studied in this unit. Then they will write two items they would still like to know or learn aboutthe Holidays. As teachers we would review their reflections and try to address concepts or ideas

    that students are still wondering about.

    Name:____________________

    What I learned What I still want to know or learn

    1.

    2.

    3.

    1.

    2.

    *Actual table would be bigger to ensure students can complete their full thoughts.

    References:Resources for teachers:

    Other teachers!

    Personal experiences

    Graphic organizers

    Attention getters

    Celebrate Holidays In the USA Deborah J. Short

  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    10/13

    10

    http://www.pinterest.com/ericabutler/1st-grade-celebrations-and-holidays/

    http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/collection/what-to-expect-grade/guide-to-1st-grade

    http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/spotlight-winter-holiday-books

    http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/celebrate-earth-day

    http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/unit/veterans-day-everything-you-need http://www.education.com/activity/article/Labor_Day_Career_Book_first/

    http://www.tolerance.org/avoiding-holiday-balance-traps

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/teaching-topics/the-spirit-of-the-season/

    http://www.epa.gov/superfund/kids/earthday.htm

    Resources for teachers were trickier then for students. As teachers we have to be able to find

    accurate and valuable resources not only for ourselves but for our students and the lesson weprovide. All of the websites we used were great for preparing and proving ideas for lessons on

    the holidays our unit covers. Scholastic is a great resource for teachers and students. They

    provide teacher friendly lessons, texts, and ideas. For students they provide kid friendly

    information. Tolerance.org was a great recourse for teachers because it discusses the appropriatebalance of teaching holidays in the classroom and areas to avoid. I also put other teachers at the

    top of our list because mentor teachers are a huge assistance with gathering ideas and inspirationfor newer teachers. Beg, borrow, and steal! Overall the information we gathered was very useful

    and can easily be implemented into our classroom one day.

    Resources for students:

    Texts, Texts, Texts!

    Thanksgiving Is for Giving ThanksMargret Sutherland

    The Pilgrims First ThanksgivingMcGovern, Ann

    One Is a Feast for Mouse: A Thanksgiving Tale byJudy Cox

    I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a PiebyAlison Jackson

    Arthur's Thanksgiving (Arthur Adventure Series) byMarc Brown

    Earth Day Every DayBullard, Lisa

    Earth Day Linda Lowery

    The Earth Book Todd Parr

    My First Biography: Christopher ColumbusbyBauer, Marion Dane

    A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus (Picture Book Biographies) (Picture BookBiography) by David Adler

    The First Day of WinterFleming, Denise

    The Snowy DaybyEzra Jack Keats

    Owl MoonbyJane Yolen The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's WonderbyMark Cassino

    Waiting for WinterbySebastian Meschenmoser

    http://www.kathimitchell.com/holidays.html

    http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

    http://www.timeforkids.com/news/holidays-are-here/11516

    http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/why-we-celebrate-columbus-day

    http://www.brainpop.com

    http://www.pinterest.com/ericabutler/1st-grade-celebrations-and-holidays/http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/collection/what-to-expect-grade/guide-to-1st-gradehttp://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/collection/what-to-expect-grade/guide-to-1st-gradehttp://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/collection/what-to-expect-grade/guide-to-1st-gradehttp://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/collection/what-to-expect-grade/guide-to-1st-gradehttp://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/celebrate-earth-dayhttp://www.scholastic.com/teachers/unit/veterans-day-everything-you-needhttp://www.tolerance.org/avoiding-holiday-balance-trapshttp://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/teaching-topics/the-spirit-of-the-season/http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=COMBINED_AUTHOR.3920&search_query=McGovern%2C+Annhttp://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=COMBINED_AUTHOR.3920&search_query=McGovern%2C+Annhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3624805-one-is-a-feast-for-mousehttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/137578.Judy_Coxhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205287.I_Know_an_Old_Lady_Who_Swallowed_a_Piehttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205287.I_Know_an_Old_Lady_Who_Swallowed_a_Piehttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/119971.Alison_Jacksonhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1709864.Arthur_s_Thanksgiving_Arthur_Adventure_Series_http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/25031.Marc_Brownhttp://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=COMBINED_AUTHOR.3920&search_query=Bullard%2C+Lisahttp://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=COMBINED_AUTHOR.3920&search_query=Bullard%2C+Lisahttp://store.scholastic.com/shop/SearchCmd?Ntt=Bauer%2C+Marion+Dane&storeId=11301&urlRequestType=Base&RecordSearchKey=Author&langId=-11301&catalogId=16551http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=COMBINED_AUTHOR.3920&search_query=Fleming%2C+Denisehttp://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=COMBINED_AUTHOR.3920&search_query=Fleming%2C+Denisehttp://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=COMBINED_AUTHOR.3920&search_query=Fleming%2C+Denisehttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310258.The_Snowy_Dayhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310258.The_Snowy_Dayhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29671.Ezra_Jack_Keatshttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228696.Owl_Moonhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228696.Owl_Moonhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5989.Jane_Yolenhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6618257-the-story-of-snowhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6618257-the-story-of-snowhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2987108.Mark_Cassinohttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2987108.Mark_Cassinohttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6616127-waiting-for-winterhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/334574.Sebastian_Meschenmoserhttp://www.kathimitchell.com/holidays.htmlhttp://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/http://www.timeforkids.com/news/holidays-are-here/11516http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/why-we-celebrate-columbus-dayhttp://www.brainpop.com/http://www.brainpop.com/http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/why-we-celebrate-columbus-dayhttp://www.timeforkids.com/news/holidays-are-here/11516http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/http://www.kathimitchell.com/holidays.htmlhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/334574.Sebastian_Meschenmoserhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6616127-waiting-for-winterhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2987108.Mark_Cassinohttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6618257-the-story-of-snowhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5989.Jane_Yolenhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228696.Owl_Moonhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29671.Ezra_Jack_Keatshttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310258.The_Snowy_Dayhttp://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=COMBINED_AUTHOR.3920&search_query=Fleming%2C+Denisehttp://store.scholastic.com/shop/SearchCmd?Ntt=Bauer%2C+Marion+Dane&storeId=11301&urlRequestType=Base&RecordSearchKey=Author&langId=-11301&catalogId=16551http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=COMBINED_AUTHOR.3920&search_query=Bullard%2C+Lisahttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/25031.Marc_Brownhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1709864.Arthur_s_Thanksgiving_Arthur_Adventure_Series_http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/119971.Alison_Jacksonhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205287.I_Know_an_Old_Lady_Who_Swallowed_a_Piehttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/137578.Judy_Coxhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3624805-one-is-a-feast-for-mousehttp://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=COMBINED_AUTHOR.3920&search_query=McGovern%2C+Annhttp://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/teaching-topics/the-spirit-of-the-season/http://www.tolerance.org/avoiding-holiday-balance-trapshttp://www.scholastic.com/teachers/unit/veterans-day-everything-you-needhttp://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/celebrate-earth-dayhttp://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/collection/what-to-expect-grade/guide-to-1st-gradehttp://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/collection/what-to-expect-grade/guide-to-1st-gradehttp://www.pinterest.com/ericabutler/1st-grade-celebrations-and-holidays/
  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    11/13

    11

    http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/bp-jr-topic/columbus-day/

    http://www.usconsulate.org.hk/pas/kids/cd.htm

    http://www.epa.gov/superfund/kids/earthday.htm

    http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm

    http://www.usconsulate.org.hk/pas/kids/td.htm

    http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/history/first-thanksgiving/

    There are both a ton of online and offline resources for students to dig into! Although it may

    seem like online is the easiest route of success there is a plethora of texts out there for students todive into! I tried to incorporate many additional texts on the Holidays students will learn about

    in this unit lesson. I think having mentor or extension texts accessible to students in the

    classroom is a crucial way to spark their interest and understanding. There are so many awesome

    texts for students and teachers to use on each individual holiday. The websites I used are kidfriendly and educational. We picked websites that were great for extension activities or for doing

    their own research, which is great for differentiation. The websites were so fun that we stayed oneach paged and enjoyed them for ourselves.

    Bulletin BoardSpecial Days To Celebrate!

    http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/bp-jr-topic/columbus-day/http://www.usconsulate.org.hk/pas/kids/cd.htmhttp://www.epa.gov/superfund/kids/earthday.htmhttp://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfmhttp://www.usconsulate.org.hk/pas/kids/td.htmhttp://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/history/first-thanksgiving/http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/history/first-thanksgiving/http://www.usconsulate.org.hk/pas/kids/td.htmhttp://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfmhttp://www.epa.gov/superfund/kids/earthday.htmhttp://www.usconsulate.org.hk/pas/kids/cd.htmhttp://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/bp-jr-topic/columbus-day/
  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    12/13

    12

    2013 Federal Holidays

    Tuesday, January 1 New Years Day

    Monday, January 21 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Monday, May 27 Memorial Day

    Thursday, July 4 Independence Day

    Monday, September 2 Labor Day

    Monday, October 14 Columbus Day

    Monday, November 11 Veterans Day

    Thursday, November 28 Thanksgiving Day

    Explanation:

    As a Class we will

    learn about the

    history, meaning,

    and importance of

    Holidays!

    Look on the

    Calendar to see

    when we celebrate

  • 8/11/2019 Holiday Unit Plan Standard 7

    13/13

    13

    We wanted to create a Bulletin Board that would be on showcase for the entire school year. We

    created a board with all of the months in a year and we highlighted the holidays that we have or

    will learn about in our unit of holidays. This Bulletin Board is a great reference tool for studentsto use. It also serves as a creative word wall when working with spelling months, holidays, and

    days of the week. The Bulletin Board is attractive in appearance and grabs students attention.

    On the bottom of our calendar we put a small goal for our class: As a class we will learn aboutthe history, meaning, and importance of holidays! this is just a motivational reminder of ourpurpose for the overall unit and each lesson within it. Also at the bottom of our bulletin board we

    created a clear and easy to read table that works as a great visual for the dates of each holiday. In

    addition to make our bulletin board more meaningful to students we decided that we would puteach students name on the month of their birthday with a cute label. This makes them feel apart

    of the bulletin boar and involved!

    Calendar used:http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/justaa/justaa1208/justaa120800056/14719777-cute-

    calendar-on-new-year-2013-for-kids.jpg

    Balloon: https://reader010.{domain}/reader010/html5/0612/5b1f9ece57ef0/5b1f9ed39784f.jpg

    Justin

    SaraTim

    Liz

    Ann