Poppy
Age 7-9: Concept 3 - Cycles: Unit 1
This unit can be used independently, but it is also designed to be used concurrently with the science and social studies Unit, Life Cycles.
Prerequisites
- Able to read and comprehend chapter books on a 3rd or early 4th grade reading level
- Can answer comprehension questions about a chapter in a journal
- Able to write three or four sentences on a topic
- Usually used by children in second or third grade
Table of Contents
- Lesson 1: Preparing for Poppy (2 Days)
- Lesson 2: Mr. Ocax
- Lesson 3: The Emergency Meeting
- Lesson 4: Standing Before Mr. Ocax
- Lesson 5: Poppy and Poppa
- Lesson 6: Dimwood Forest
- Lesson 7: Ereth
- Lesson 8: On the Way to New House
- Lesson 9: The Truth at Last
- Lesson 10: The Battle
- Lesson 11: Writing Project
- Lesson 12: A New Beginning
- Final Project: Poppy
Summary of Skills
Moving Beyond the Page is based on state and national standards. These standards are covered in this unit.
- Analyze characters' actions and the consequences. (Language Arts)
- Ask and answer relevant questions. (Language Arts)
- Compose first drafts using an appropriate writing process: planning and drafting, rereading for meaning, revising to clarify, and refining writing with guided discussion. (Language Arts)
- Connect and compare information within and across selections (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama) to expand knowledge. (Language Arts)
- Connect experiences and ideas with those of others. (Language Arts)
- Describe a character in own words. (Language Arts)
- Develop vocabulary by listening to and discussing both familiar and conceptually challenging selections. (Language Arts)
- Discuss an author's choices for nouns, verbs, modifiers, and specific vocabulary, which help the reader comprehend a text or make the text more interesting. (Language Arts)
- Discuss similarities and differences in events, characters, and concepts among texts. (Language Arts)
- Explain new concepts and information in own words. (Language Arts)
- Gain increasing control of grammar when speaking and writing, such as using subject-verb agreement, complete sentences, and correct tense. (Language Arts)
- Identify synonyms and antonyms of words. (Language Arts)
- Increase oral and written vocabulary by listening, discussing, and composing texts when responding to literature that is read and heard. (Language Arts)
- Locate and discuss examples of an author's use of punctuation. (Language Arts)
- Locate and discuss examples of the author's use of paragraphs in texts and their effects on the reader. (Language Arts)
- Make inferences and draw conclusions. (Language Arts)
- Plan and make judgments about what to include in written products (e.g., narratives of personal experiences, creative stories, skits based on familiar stories and/or experiences). (Language Arts)
- Present dramatic interpretations of experiences, stories, poems, or plays. (Language Arts)
- Read expository materials for answers to specific questions. (Language Arts)
- Recall the main idea, facts, and details from a text. (Language Arts)
- Recognize distinguishing features of familiar genres. (Language Arts)
- Represent text information in different ways, including story maps, graphs, and charts. (Language Arts)
- Retell a spoken message by summarizing or clarifying. (Language Arts)
- Summarize events in a passage. (Language Arts)
- Use correct punctuation in own writing. (Language Arts)
- Use personal experiences and knowledge to draw connections between literature and one's own life. (Language Arts)
- Use personal experiences and knowledge to interpret written and oral messages. (Language Arts)
- Use resources, references, and context to build word meaning. (Language Arts)
- Use structural cues such as prefixes and suffixes to recognize words, for example, un- and -ly. (Language Arts)
- Use structural cues to recognize words such as compound, base words, and inflections such as -s, -es, -ed, and -ing. (Language Arts)
- Use technology to enhance the presentation of information to an audience for a specific purpose. (Language Arts)
- Write structured, informative presentations and narratives when given help with organization. (Language Arts)
- Conduct investigations using simple tools. (Science)
- Examine food chains in nature. (Science)
- Identify characteristics of living organisms. (Science)
- Recognize cause and effect relationships. (Science)
- Compare similarities and differences between self and others. (Social Studies)
- Describe the interdependence among people in a community. (Social Studies)
- Evaluate rules and laws and appropriate consequences for noncompliance. (Social Studies)
- Interpret maps and pictures of locations. (Social Studies)