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Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction CORI-PD Unit Builder CORI-PD Unit Builder Include Cover Sheet with your team members’ names on the front. Step 1: Identify a content concept from your CORE Step 2: Identify sub-topics within your content concept Step 3: Choose informational books about your concept Step 4: Choose books from other genres about your concept Step 5: Organize your book choices for instruction Step 6: Build a concept map (i.e., show how the concepts link together) Step 7: Write weekly Essential Questions Step 8: Write clear, daily content objectives Step 9: Choose important vocabulary and reading strategy sequence Step 10: Choose ways to motivate and engage students Step 11: Develop a culminating activity What you will turn in: Your team should turn in, typed please, this Unit Builder, filled out. You will need to complete all 11 steps (Although steps 1, 2, and 6 are redundant. They help you think!)

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Concept-OrientedReading Instruction

CORI-PD Unit Builder

CORI-PD Unit Builder

Include Cover Sheet with your team members’ names on the front.Step 1: Identify a content concept from your CORE

Step 2: Identify sub-topics within your content concept

Step 3: Choose informational books about your concept

Step 4: Choose books from other genres about your concept

Step 5: Organize your book choices for instruction

Step 6: Build a concept map (i.e., show how the concepts link together)

Step 7: Write weekly Essential Questions

Step 8: Write clear, daily content objectives

Step 9: Choose important vocabulary and reading strategy sequence

Step 10: Choose ways to motivate and engage students

Step 11: Develop a culminating activity

What you will turn in: Your team should turn in, typed please, this Unit Builder, filled out. You will need to complete all 11 steps (Although steps 1, 2, and 6 are redundant. They help you think!)

Keep in mind: you are building the first 6 weeks of a 9-12 week unit. Several things that you are asked to think about might happen LATER than week 6. I want you to have a start, so when you come back to this, you will know how to complete the unit. The process is the same for ANY grade level and ANY content area. You will NOT be turning in ANY lesson plans with this unit; however, the lesson plans you posted must be referenced and embedded in this unit. Step 1: Identify a content concept

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1. Look at your core curriculum.

2. What are the major topics you are required to cover this year?

3. Are there broader concepts that will cover several weeks on these topics? Brainstorm 2 or 3 concepts that might work:

Concept Utah Biomes

Topics:

1. Weather

2. Plants/Animals

3. Landscape

4. Habitats

Concept: Weather Cycle

Topics:

1. Water Cycle

2. Clouds

3. Temperature

4. Climate

Concept: Earths Changes

Topics:

1. Volcanoes

2. Earth Quakes

3. Hurricanes

4. Tornados

5. The content concept is: UTAH BIOMES

Hint: Content concepts are broad and should cover several weeks. For example, the concept of weather combines the topics of water cycle, temperature, seasons, and cloud formations.

Step 2: Write five sub-topics or “big ideas” that support your concept

Content concept: UTAH BIOMES

Sub-topic/Idea 1 BIOMES

Sub-topic/Idea 2 DESERTS

Sub-topic/Idea 3 WETLANDS

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Sub-topic/Idea 4 FORESTS

Sub-topic/Idea 5 WEATHER IN BIOMES

Sub-topic/Idea 6 ADAPTATIONS

Sources for main ideas or sub-topics:

Core curriculum guide Textbooks or resource books related to your concept State or national standards in science, history, English, etc. Websites related to content (e.g., NOAA for weather content) Informational books on the topic(s) and concept

Step 3: Choose informational books about your concept

1. Write a list of 8—10 informational books related to the content concept. List the topics these books might be related to.

● The Deserts of the Southwest by: Maria Mudd Ruth(animals/adaptations/weather)

● A Walk in the Desert by Rebecca Johnson○ Plants and Animals

● One Small Square by Donald M. Silver○ Adapations

● Canyon Echoes by Jerry B. Jenkins(animals)

● Danger in the Narrows by Mike Graf○ Utah biomes/adaptations

● A Desert Food Chain by A.D. Tarbox○ Animals and plants

● Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson○ Narrative story about animals

● The Iquana Brothers by Tony Johnston○ Narrative story regarding animal and how they survive in

desert.● The Desert is my Mother by Pat Mora

○ Poem genre: relationship between people and deserts● Clementinas Cactus by Ezra Jack Keats

○ Picture book for diverse learners how flowers bloom.

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● Desert Babies (author unknown)○ Picture book, about animals living in desert

● Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow○ Seasons in forest/weather, and how children live in forest

● Alpine Tundra Life on the Tallest Mountain by:Savatore Tocci○ How animals and plants survive in biomes

● Squish! A Wetland Walk: by Nancy Luenn○ Below grade level book for wetland biomes

● Welcome to the River of Grass : by Jane Yolen○ Poem genre: how animals survive in wetlands

● A Journey into a Wetland: by Rebecca L. Johnson○ Above grade level, about animals and adaption to wetland

biome● America’s Wetlands: by Frank Staub

○ Above grade level discussion of wetland biome● Here is the Wetland: by Madeleine Dunphy

○ Below grade level, animals in the wetland ● Biome Atlases: Wetlands: by Richard Beatty

○ For instructional use to scaffold learning of students.● What is a Biome?   (Bobby Kalman)

○ Grade level●   A World of Biomes Series   (Philip Johansson)

○ Above level●   Biome Atlases  (Library Binding)

○ Grade Level● Wild Animals of North America by Edward W. Nelson

○ Animals, above grade level● Desert Animals: by Luise Woelflein

○ Instructor● Favorite Trees of Desert Mountains, and Forest by Ruth H.

Dudley○ Instructor

● The Desert by Alan Baker○ Instructor

2. Preview the books on the list.

3. Choose one or two books that embrace the content concept that could be used as class sets.

● Class set 1: The Deserts of the Southwest by: Maria Mudd Ruth(animals/adaptations/weather)

● Class set 2: What is a Biome?   (Bobby Kalman)

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4. Designate books to be used as team sets by text difficulty.

On grade level:● One Small Square by Donald M. Silver

(Adaptation)● Canyon Echoes by Jerry B. Jenkins

(animals)● Danger in the Narrows by Mike Graf

○ Utah biomes/adaptations● A Desert Food Chain by A.D. Tarbox

○ Animals and plants● Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson

○ Narrative story about animals● The Iquana Brothers by Tony Johnston

○ Narrative story regarding animal and how they survive in desert.

● What is a Biome?   (Bobby Kalman) ○ Grade level

Above grade level:

● Welcome to the River of Grass : by Jane Yolen○ Poem genre: how animals survive in wetlands

● A Journey into a Wetland: by Rebecca L. Johnson○ Above grade level, about animals and adaption to wetland

biome● America’s Wetlands: by Frank Staub

○ Above grade level discussion of wetland biome● Here is the Wetland: by Madeleine Dunphy● Clementinas Cactus by Ezra Jack Keats

○ Picture book for diverse learners how flowers bloom.● Wild Animals of North America by Edward W. Nelson

○ Animals, above grade level

Below grade level:

● Here is the Wetland: by Madeleine Dunphy○ Below grade level, animals in the wetland

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● Clementinas Cactus by Ezra Jack Keats○ Picture book for diverse learners how flowers bloom.

● Desert Babies (author unknown)○ Picture book, about animals living in desert

Hint: Consider the following sources for gaining books for your classroom: Principal, Reading Specialist, Medial Specialist, Special Educator, ELL Specialist, teacher in lower/upper grades, another teacher at your school, AEA or district, teachers at other schools, samples from trade book publishers, grants, book club points. Step 4: Choose books from other genres

1. What other genres of books would you like to include?

Narrative Poems Fiction Non-Fiction

2. Write a list of 6—8 books from other genres that complement the informational books.

● Welcome to the River of Grass : by Jane Yolen○ Poem genre: how animals survive in wetlands

● Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson○ Narrative story about animals

● The Iquana Brothers by Tony Johnston○ Narrative story regarding animal and how they survive in

desert.● The Desert is my Mother by Pat Mora

○ Poem genre:relationship between people and deserts● Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow

○ Seasons in forest/weather, and how children live in forest●   Biome Atlases  (Library Binding)

○ Grade Level

3. Choose one or two books that embrace the content concept that could be used as class sets. (this means that everyone in the class will have a copy of this book. E.g., a novel on the theme).

● Class set 1: The Deserts of the Southwest by: Maria Mudd Ruth(animals/adaptations/weather)

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● Class set 2: What is a Biome?   (Bobby Kalman

4. Designate books to be used as team sets by text difficulty. (1 copy of book for each team of 4-6 students)On grade level:

● One Small Square by Donald M. Silver(Adaptation)

● Canyon Echoes by Jerry B. Jenkins(animals)

● Danger in the Narrows by Mike Graf○ Utah biomes/adaptations

● A Desert Food Chain by A.D. Tarbox○ Animals and plants

● Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson○ Narrative story about animals

● The Iquana Brothers by Tony Johnston○ Narrative story regarding animal and how they survive in

desert.

Above grade level:

● Welcome to the River of Grass : by Jane Yolen○ Poem genre: how animals survive in wetlands

● A Journey into a Wetland: by Rebecca L. Johnson○ Above grade level, about animals and adaption to wetland

biome● America’s Wetlands: by Frank Staub

○ Above grade level discussion of wetland biome● Here is the Wetland: by Madeleine Dunphy● Clementinas Cactus by Ezra Jack Keats

○ Picture book for diverse learners how flowers bloom.● A World of Biomes Series   (Philip Johansson)

○ Above level

Below grade level:

● Here is the Wetland: by Madeleine Dunphy○ Below grade level, animals in the wetland

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● Clementinas Cactus by Ezra Jack Keats○ Picture book for diverse learners how flowers bloom.

● Desert Babies (author unknown)○ Picture book, about animals living in desert

5. Identify how the books you have chosen could be used within this concept (e.g., vocabulary development, fluency, independent reading, research, etc.)Use Step 5 to organize your book choices from steps 3 and 4.The books are organized by grade level and genre. The informational, above, and on-grade text will help the children research their biomes, and animals to help them with their projects. The below grade level books will help students who are struggling develop their fluency, and build comprehension by using pictures as well as easy text to understand. The different levels of the books will help the children with their individual reading. All of the vocabulary words that have been chosen, were done through vocabulary that can be found directly in the books that are listed above. The children will have multiple models and contents that they can use to develop their knowledge and vocabulary. The thing that we really enjoyed about the books is that they are very picture rich, and give the children a great sense of the animals and the vocabulary that they are reading about. Step 5: Organize Your Book Choices for Instruction

Teacher books for whole class strategy instruction and/or modeling

I do it.● Biome Atlases: Wetlands: by

Richard Beatty○ For instructional use to

scaffold learning of students.

● What is a Biome?   (Bobby Kalman

● Desert Animals: by Luise Woelflein

○ Instructor● Favorite Trees of Desert

Mountains, and Forest by Ruth H. Dudley

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○ Instructor

Class Books used for guided reading Books for ELL, TAG, struggling studentsWe do it.

● One Small Square by Donald M. Silver(Adaptation)

● Canyon Echoes by Jerry B. Jenkins(animals)

● Danger in the Narrows by Mike Graf

○ Utah biomes/adaptations

● A Desert Food Chain by A.D. Tarbox

○ Animals and plants

We do it.

● Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson

○ Narrative story about animals

● The Iquana Brothers by Tony Johnston

○ Narrative story regarding animal and how they survive in desert.

Books for Independent Reading and/or Research

You do it!

● Welcome to the River of Grass: by Jane Yolen

○ Poem genre: how animals survive in wetlands

● A Journey into a Wetland: by Rebecca L. Johnson

○ Above grade level, about animals and adaption to wetland biome

● America’s Wetlands: by Frank Staub

○ Above grade level discussion of wetland

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biome● Here is the Wetland: by

Madeleine Dunphy● Clementinas Cactus by Ezra

Jack Keats○ Picture book for

diverse learners how flowers bloom.

Step 6: Build a concept map

1. What is your content concept? UTAH BIOMIES

2. List the sub-topics or ideas that support your concept on the left side below.

UTAH BIOMESI. ANIMAL ADAPTATIONSA. DESERTB. WETLANDSC. FORESTII. DESERTA. PLANTB. ANIMALIII. WHAT IS A BIOMEA. ALL BIOMESB. UTAH BIOMES

3. List the books you have chosen on the right side below. (Steps 3 and 4)

4. Match sub-topics and books by drawing lines from each sub-topic to the books that provide text support for the sub-topics/ideas.Sub-topics/Ideas Book Titles

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Desert/Biome -TheDeserts of the Southwest by: Maria Mudd RuthAdaptation- One Small Square by Donald M. SilverAnimals- Canyon Echoes by Jerry B. JenkinsBiomes and Adaptations- Danger in the Narrows by Mike GrafAnimals and Plants- A Desert Food Chain by A.D. TarboxNarrative about Animals-Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. GuibersonNarrative/Animals/Adaptation- The Iquana Brothers by Tony JohnstonPoem/Desert/Animals -The Desert is my Mother by Pat MoraPicture/Deserts-Clementinas Cactus by Ezra Jack KeatsPicture/Adaptation- Desert Babies (author unknown)Forest- Children of the Forest by Elsa BeskowForest/Biome-Alpine Tundra Life on the Tallest Mountain by:Savatore TocciWetlands/Biome- Squish! A Wetland Walk: by Nancy LuennBiomes- Welcome to the River of Grass: by Jane YolenBiome/Wetland/Adaptation- A Journey into a Wetland: by Rebecca L. JohnsonBiome/Wetland- America’s Wetlands:by Frank StaubAdaptation/Wetland- Here is the Wetland: by Madeleine DunphyBiome/Wetland-Biome Atlases: Wetlands: by Richard BeattyBiome/Adaptation-What is a Biome?   (Bobby Kalman) Biome/Adaptation- A World of Biomes Series   (Philip Johansson) Biome/Adaptation- Biome Atlases (Library Binding)Biome/Weather- What is a Biome?   (Bobby Kalman) Biome/Weather- Biome Atlases (Library Binding)Biome/AdaptationWild Animals of North America by Edward W. NelsonDesert/Adaptation-Desert Animals: by Luise WoelfleinForest/Adaptation-Favorite Trees of Desert Mountains, and Forest by Ruth H. DudleyDesert- The Desert by Alan Baker

5. Using the table above, add or subtract sub-topics or books to align the concepts of your sub-topics with books that support them.

Desert/Biome -TheDeserts of the Southwest by: Maria Mudd RuthAdaptation- One Small Square by Donald M. SilverAnimals- Canyon Echoes by Jerry B. JenkinsBiomes and Adaptations- Danger in the Narrows by Mike Graf

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Animals and Plants- A Desert Food Chain by A.D. TarboxNarrative about Animals-Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. GuibersonNarrative/Animals/Adaptation- The Iquana Brothers by Tony JohnstonPoem/Desert/Animals -The Desert is my Mother by Pat MoraPicture/Deserts-Clementinas Cactus by Ezra Jack KeatsPicture/Adaptation- Desert Babies (author unknown)Forest- Children of the Forest by Elsa BeskowForest/Biome-Alpine Tundra Life on the Tallest Mountain by:Savatore TocciWetlands/Biome- Squish! A Wetland Walk: by Nancy LuennBiomes- Welcome to the River of Grass: by Jane YolenBiome/Wetland/Adaptation- A Journey into a Wetland: by Rebecca L. JohnsonBiome/Wetland- America’s Wetlands:by Frank StaubAdaptation/Wetland- Here is the Wetland: by Madeleine DunphyBiome/Wetland-Biome Atlases: Wetlands: by Richard BeattyBiome/Adaptation-What is a Biome?   (Bobby Kalman) Biome/Adaptation- A World of Biomes Series   (Philip Johansson) Biome/Adaptation- Biome Atlases (Library Binding)Biome/Weather- What is a Biome?   (Bobby Kalman) Biome/Weather- Biome Atlases (Library Binding)Biome/AdaptationWild Animals of North America by Edward W. NelsonDesert/Adaptation-Desert Animals: by Luise WoelfleinForest/Adaptation-Favorite Trees of Desert Mountains, and Forest by Ruth H. DudleyDesert- The Desert by Alan Baker

6. Build a concept map to illustrate the topics/sub-topics of your concept. Use the map below or build your own.

UTAH BIOMES

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I. ANIMAL ADAPTATIONSA. DESERTB. WETLANDSC. FORESTII. DESERTA. PLANTB. ANIMALIII. WHAT IS A BIOMEA. ALL BIOMESB. UTAH BIOMES

Hint: Building a conceptual map for your content concept theme enables you to develop a specific body of understanding about your concept and sub-topics prior to implementation. With a map, you can see how related topics/sub-topics and ideas fit into the overall concept. Successful planning and implementation of CORI requires a solid understanding of the content knowledge for your unit.

Step 7: Write Weekly Essential Questions

Now that you have a map of how your content topics, sub-topics, and ideas fit together, you can now sequence how you will teach content to your students.

Write an Essential Question for each week (or weeks) as needed. Keep in mind that your DAILY content objectives will be derived from these essential questions.

Write the first 6 EQs for a FULL unit that would last for 9—12 weeks.

Week: Essential Question:

_1___ Why is it important to know why animals adapt to their environment?

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_2___ How does the biome you live in affect your daily life?

_3___ How does the weather affect how animals adapt to their environment?

_4___ What biomes exist in Utah? Why is it important to know?

_5___ Why is it important to protect the environment around us?

_6___ What are the differences between the all of the separate biomes and how does it affect the animals and plants that live in them?

Step 8: Write clear, daily content objectives

1. Think about how students will be able to answer essential questions. At the end on the instructional unit, what do you want students to be able to do with the content? Use the formula below to write content objectives. You will have content for each day, but they need not be different ones for each day. You may have the same content objectives for several days. SWBAT +

learning behavior +

content + strategy + condition(s)

Content ObjectivesPlease write 3 content objectives for EACH week of your unit. These will tie directly to the lesson plans your team posted.WEEK 1: WHAT IS A BIOME? (ABK)1. Describe what a biome is.

SWBAT-Have students briefly share what biome they are familiar with.2. What makes something a biome?

SWAT- Give examples of different biomes within their own house.3. What biome do we live in here in Salt Lake?

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SWBAT-Student will be able to give examples of the surroundings of their own living environment.

WEEK 2: Deserts1. What makes an environment a desert?

SWBAT-Student will be able to describe what a desert looks like.2. What kind of animals and plants live in deserts?

SWBAT-Students will be able to give two examples of both plants and animals that live in a desert.3. Would you be able to live in a desert?

SWBAT-Students will be able to describe what tools they would need to survive in a desert, ex: shade and water.

WEEK 3: Wetlands1. What makes an environment a wetland?

SWBAT-Students will be able to describe what characteristics are found in a wetland.2. What kinds of animals and plants are found in the wetland biome?

SWBAT-Students will be able to give at least two examples of both plants and animals that live in a wetland.3. Would you be able to live in a wetland?

SWBAT-Students will be able to describe what tools they need to survive in a wetland. Ex: where would they live, what animals would they need to avoid.

WEEK 4: Forest1. What makes an environment a forest?

SWBAT-Students will be able to describe what characteristics are found in a forest.2.What kinds of animals and plants are found in the in the forest biome?

SWBAT-Students will be able to give at least two examples of both plants and animals that live in a forest.3. Would you be able to live in a forest?

SWBAT-Students will be able to describe what living in a forest would look like. Ex: What animals to avoid, where they would get there food and shelter.

WEEK 5: Weather in Biomes1. Describe the weather in the three biomes of Utah.

SWBAT-Students will be able to describe basic weather patterns in each of the three biomes.2. How does the weather in Salt Lake relate to the weather in the desert biome?

SWBAT-Students will be able to make a compare and contrast chart of weather in Salt Lake City, and a desert biome, ex: Moab3. What characteristics of the three biomes affect their weather?

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SWBAT- Students will be able to describe how elevation affects the weather in the different biomes.

WEEK 6: What adaptations do animals make to live in the biomes?1. Describe an animal that lives in the desert, and how they survive in that biome?

SWBAT- Student will be able to describe what makes an animal that lives in the desert unique from other animals.2. Describe an animal that lives in the wetlands, and how they survive in that biome?

SWBAT- Student will be able to describe what makes an animal that lives in the wetlands unique from other animals.3. Describe an animal that lives in the forest, and how they survive in that biome?

SWBAT-Students will be able to describe what makes an animal that lives in the desert unique from other animals.

Step 9: Choose important vocabulary and reading strategy sequence

1. Think about your content concept. List key vocabulary words that will be necessary for your students to define and use correctly to gain conceptual knowledge of the concept.

● Alpine Biome● Mountain ● Deer● Moose● Elk● Bear ● Squirrel● Swamp● Ponds● Ducks● Toads● Papyrus● Marshes● Waterways● Floating meadows● Wetland biome● Shelter ● Carnivorous plants● Biomes● climate ● terrain ● flora● fauna● desert

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● deciduous forest● grasslands tundra

2. Review your students’ reading needs and competencies. If you design your unit for Fall, think about the skills/strategies your kids will need to learn. If you design your unit for Spring, these strategies might be different, considering what was taught previously. List three for each:

Needs CompetenciesHaving students work in group to get to know and feel comfortable with each other

Work in collaboration to finish projects

Recognition of the words that are found in the vocabulary list.

To define Vocabulary words that relate to the biomes

Have confidence in front of the class by letting students have different opportunities in front of the class.

Write a narrative and then read it too the class

3. Choose 3—5 specific reading comprehension strategies (See CORI List of strategies) to implement in your unit. Some of these may change from one unit to the next as the students progress and build competence. (see #2 thinking above.)

● KWL ● Word Wall● Asking and Answering Questions● Making Inferences● Using Prior Knowledge● Establish Reading for a Purpose● Dealing with Graphic Information/Pictures

Hint: Reading and vocabulary focus address students’ needs, competencies, and curriculum requirements. Consider sources such as school records, informal reading inventories, reading scales, running records, classroom observations, and portfolios to assess students’ needs and competencies.

Step 10: Choose ways to motivate and engage students

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1. Brainstorm ways to provide support for each of the motivational principles. Write three specific activities for each motivational principle.

Interesting Texts (required, see steps 3 and 4 above)Real-World Experience

(hands-on activities, role plays, connecting reading to background knowledge, connecting reading to

the real world)

• Have students create bulletin boards of each biome in the classroom. Blow up the Flora and Fauna printable on a copy machine and put up the animals and plants in the appropriate biome. Have students add their own plants and animals as they learn about each biome.WEEKS:1, 2

Choice(forming own questions, selecting

text, pursuing interests)

 • Students can use the Biome printables to make a biome mini-book. Use the printables as fact cards for research or the pages for the book. • On a map, have students identify the biome locations in a continent or the world and create a bulletin board.

WEEKS: 2Collaboration

(reading in pairs or groups, exchanging ideas with peers,

sharing knowledge)

• Students can do oral reports or research projects on a particular biome in groups.WEEKS:3

Conceptual Knowledge(relating topics and sub-topics to each other, connecting reading to

concepts)

.Students can write a play in small groups. Students within groups can choose their biome and the animals or plants that they choose to represent within their play.WEEKS:4-5

Competence(sharing success in reading, peer

Students can write descriptive paragraphs about a particular

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encouragement, using strategies to read well, recognize achievement in

reading comprehension)

biome, in which they use their five senses to describe the environmentWEEKS:6

2. When will students do these activities? Write down the week each of these activities will happen. (keep in mind, this is a full 9-12 week unit. So you will NOT have ALL these activities within the first 6 weeks.Step 11: Develop a culminating activityBrainstorm 1 or 2 activities for students to complete at the end of the unit that will demonstrate their learning of the ideas in the concept map (Step 5). These activities will cover the full 9-12 weeks, not just 6 weeks.

Activity # 1Activity- After completing the Utah Biomes unit, students will go on three field trips and use their acquired knowledge to explore and have a real experience based on the learned material.  The field trips will take place at Antelope Island (in the Great Salt Lake), The Tracy Aviary and Hoogle Zoo.  Students will create a desert pop-out poster related to Utah Biomes.Components- Utah desert living things such as animals and plants that can be find in the Utah biomes.Groups- Teacher-assigned mixed-ability groups so that the advanced students can help those that are struggling.Time- Students will spend three days on the field trip, and have one hour per day during three class days (three hours total) to finish their project during class with teachers help as needed.Communicate Knowledge- Each group will be given up five minutes to show their poster and explain it to the class, following 2-3 minutes for student questions. Additional Ideas- Students will have access to books, encyclopedias, magazines, pictures or The Pioneer Library web site http://pioneer-library.org/ to get more information for their posters. Activity # 2Activity- Students will work individually to create and “write” a book (that includes both pictures and text) defining and describing the seven types of Utah biomes.

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Components- Make an illustration of five species per biome (or students may decide to find a picture from the Internet or magazine such as the National Geographic).  Students will list the adaptations (physical features, food, shelter and other needs) that the plants or animal has made to live in its biome. Classify the plant or animal (that means that students will put it into a group).Individual- Students will work individually on their book project.Time- Student will have four weeks to write their book individually and get ready to publish it.  Students will have time in class to work on their book. Students will be free to work at their homes, and for the students that do not have internet at home they will have the opportunity to work at the computer lab at school.  Teacher will do everything to accommodate all the students according to the needs.Communicate Knowledge- Have a book-sharing time students lay their books out on tables and allow other class members to read them.Additional Ideas- Invite parents, other classes or administrators to see the presentations.