Brunello,
Edgar, Powers
1st
Grade Marine Animals UOP
TASKS
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Students will search the internet to find information and pictures of
marine life
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Students will copy and paste pictures found onto Clarisworks to be
printed
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Students will research marine animals using reference materials from
the classroom, library, and computer lab
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Students will apply information gathered to write factual sentences
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Students will use these sentences to create individual books on
marine life
TOOLS
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Bare Books
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Computer Lab
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Library
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Classroom books
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Internet
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Clarisworks
STANDARDS
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TEKS for 1st Grade
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Teacher created curriculum
ASSESSMENTS
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Design and create a final product incorporating Bare Books, pictures,
and student sentences and artwork
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Students will read and share their final creation to
class
INTERACTIONS
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Individual and small, cooperative groups
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Students will work together in the computer lab and
classroom
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The UOP will coincide with the final unit in first grade culminating
with a field trip to Sea World to see and learn more about the marine
animals they have been studying
SITUATIONS
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Computer lab approximately one hour a day for a full
week
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Classroom science lessons
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Writing sentences during language arts
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Illustrating stories