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Units for Grades 1 to 3

Butterflies, Thematic Unit By Teacher Created Resources Thematic Units from Teacher Created Materials are literature based, cross-curricular, and ready to use. They provide activities, many of them hands-on, for all areas of the curriculum, including math, science, language arts, social studies, physical education, art, and music. Each book offers two or more literature-based units and lesson plans plus cross-curricular activities and worksheets, a culminating activity, management ideas, and a bibliography. Complete and comprehensive, these reproducible units are designed with student interest and teacher usability in mind. The planning is complete. The books that will need to be purchased or borrowed for use with "Butterflies" are: "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle "Where Butterflies Grow" by Joanne Ryder

Recommended Reading:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Ants, Thematic By Teacher Created Resources Thematic Units from Teacher Created Materials are literature based, cross-curricular, and ready to use. They provide activities, many of them hands-on, for all areas of the curriculum, including math, science, language arts, social studies, physical education, art, and music. Each book offers two or more literature-based units and lesson plans plus cross-curricular activities and worksheets, a culminating activity, management ideas, and a bibliography. The books you will need to purchase/borrow for use with this unit are: Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros and Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg. Complete and comprehensive, these reproducible units are designed with student interest and teacher usability in mind. The planning is complete.

Recommended Reading:
Ant Cities | Two Bad Ants

My Country, Thematic Unit By Teacher Created Resources Thematic Units from Teacher Created Materials are literature based, cross-curricular, and ready to use. They provide activities, many of them hands-on, for all areas of the curriculum, including math, science, language arts, social studies, physical education, art, and music. Each book offers two or more literature-based units and lesson plans plus cross-curricular activities and worksheets, a culminating activity, management ideas, and a bibliography. Complete and comprehensive, these reproducible units are designed with student interest and teacher usability in mind. The planning is complete. The books used in "My Country" (that will need to be purchased or borrowed) are: "Oh, What a Thanksgiving!" by Steven Kroll "George Washington: A Picture Book Biography" by James Cross Giblin "The Star-Spangled Banner" illustrated Peter Spier The poem, "Over the River and Through the Wood" is also used.

Recommended Reading:
The Star-Spangled Banner | Over the River and Through the Wood

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Units for Grades 3 to 5

Gold Rush, Intermediate Thematic Unit By Teacher Created Resources Gold Rush contains a captivating whole language, thematic unit. Its 80 pages are filled with a wide variety of lesson ideas and activities designed for use with intermediate students (upper elementary). At its core are three high-quality children's literature selections(that will need to be purchased or borrowed): Treasure in the Stream, Chang's Paper Pony and By the Great Hornspoon! For each of these books, activities are included which set the stage for reading, encourage the enjoyment of the book, and extend the concepts gained. In addition, the theme is connected to the curriculum with activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, music, art, and life skills. Many of these activities encourage cooperative learning. Highlighted in this very complete teacher resource is a culminating activity which allows students to apply their knowledge of a time and place in history to present-day life. This thematic unit includes the following: literature selections; language experience, poetry and writing ideas; bulletin board ideas; curriculum connections; group projects; a culminating activity; and a bibliography suggesting additional books on the theme. Non-consumable.

Space, Intermediate Thematic Unit By Teacher Created Resources Space contains a captivating, balanced-language, thematic unit. Its 80, exciting pages are filled with a wide variety of lesson ideas and reproducible pages designed for use with intermediate children. This book is divided into three chapters: Astronomy is Looking Up, We Become Space Travelers, and Touring the Solar System. Each of these chapters has suggestions for supplemental literature which expands the learning of the students on the topics they are studying. The activities within each chapter are like threads on a loom, weaving together to enable the students to develop their understanding of concepts related to the solar system in which they live. The threads used in this weaving include all areas of the curriculum. Many of these activities are done in cooperative-learning groups to encourage students to exchange and develop their ideas and projects together. Suggestions for interactive bulletin boards and related, extended research projects are provided for the teacher. Furthermore, the culminating activity is a play which applies the students' newly developed understanding of the solar system to create an exciting and informative presentation for other students to enjoy. This thematic unit contains the following: literature selections, planning guides, writing ideas, homework suggestions, curriculum connections, group projects, culminating activity, resource section, and an answer key. While this curriculum would work well with a coop learning situation

Electricity, Intermediate Thematic Unit By Teacher Created Resources Thematic Units from Teacher Created Materials are literature based, cross-curricular, and ready to use. They provide activities, many of them hands-on, for all areas of the curriculum, including math, science, language arts, social studies, physical education, art, and music. Each book offers two or more literature-based units and lesson plans plus cross-curricular activities and worksheets, a culminating activity, management ideas, and a bibliography. Complete and comprehensive, these reproducible units are designed with student interest and teacher usability in mind. The planning is complete. The book used in "Electricity" (that will need to be purchased or borrowed) is: "Electricity" by Steve Parker There are also several articles in this workbook about Inventors and their Inventions.

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Units for Grades 5 to 8

The Depression, Thematic Unit By Teacher Created Resources Thematic Units from Teacher Created Materials are literature based, cross-curricular, and ready to use. They provide activities, many of them hands-on, for all areas of the curriculum, including math, science, language arts, social studies, physical education, art, and music. Each book offers two or more literature-based units and lesson plans plus cross-curricular activities and worksheets, a culminating activity, management ideas, and a bibliography. The books used in this unit (that will need to be purchased or borrowed) are--Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp by Jerry Stanley and Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. Complete and comprehensive, these reproducible units are designed with student interest and teacher usability in mind. The planning is complete. Grades 5-8.

Recommended Reading:
Out of the Dust

Ancient Egypt, Thematic Unit By Teacher Created Resources Thematic Units from Teacher Created Materials are literature based, cross-curricular, and ready to use. They provide activities, many of them hands-on, for all areas of the curriculum, including math, science, language arts, social studies, physical education, art, and music. Each book offers two or more literature-based units and lesson plans plus cross-curricular activities and worksheets, a culminating activity, management ideas, and a bibliography. Complete and comprehensive, these reproducible units are designed with student interest and teacher usability in mind. The planning is complete. The books used in "Ancient Egypt" (that will need to be purchased or borrowed)are: "Pyramid" by David Macaulay "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Recommended Reading:
The Pyramid

World War II, Thematic Unit By Teacher Created Resources This is one of the units listed as "challenging" for grades 6-8. The books required to complete this unit are: V Is For Victory by Sylvia Whitman, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, and Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr. The whole language approach used in this unit study enables children of all learning styles to study World War II. Included in the study are daily writing activities in the areas of language arts, social studies, and life skills. Language arts covers World War II vocabulary, headline news, Haiku happenings, and historical fiction. Social Studies includes a time line of world events, heroes from the home front and a changing Germany. Life skills brings to light the sadness of the Japanese Relocation. In math and science, students will learn how it feels to do without and use rationing coupons during the war. They will also research the Manhattan Project and the A-Bomb. The unit culminates with a celebration of the Spirit of America and with writing a class book called "The Long Road to Peace."

Recommended Reading:
V Is For Victory | Number The Stars

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