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By: Rachel Dillard

The Ocean By: Rachel Dillard Analyze Learners Designed to teach children in the 2 nd grade Covers areas of science, language arts, and social studies This unit plan can be adjusted to accommodate special needs or honors students State Objectives

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By: Rachel Dillard

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  1. The Ocean By: Rachel Dillard

  2. Analyze Learners • Designed to teach children in the 2nd grade • Covers areas of science, language arts, and social studies • This unit plan can be adjusted to accommodate special needs or honors students

  3. State Objectives • SC.2.4.1 Identify that plants and animals have different structures • SC.2.4.2 Identify the structures of physical characteristics of living things and explain their functions • SC.2.4.3 Sequence pictures of events to illustrate the changes in the life cycle of plants and animals

  4. RLA.2.1.3 Identify and use grade level appropriate sight words and reading vocabulary • RLA.2.2.2 Develop a story with proper sequence • SS.2.4.4 Examine a variety of maps and globes to identify and describe major geographic features

  5. Select Media & Material • The Fish Tank http://themes.mrdonn.org/TheFishTank.html#School • Under the Sea http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/underthesea.htm

  6. Ocean Friends http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/out sidesite.cgi?id=14681&external=http:// www.seaworld.org/just%2Dfor%2Dteachers/guides/ocean%2Dfriends/contents.htm&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110054.shtml&title=Ocean%20Friends • Secrets of the Ocean Realm http://www.pbs.org/oceanrealm/

  7. Materials • Construction paper • Scissors • Glue • A journal • Children’s books • Computers • Aquarium with fish • Crayons

  8. Utilize Media & Materials • Day 1 • Read The Magic School Bus on the Ocean • Floor by Joanna Cole • Students write a small paragraph about • ocean • Be introduced to ocean vocabulary words

  9. Day 2 • Read Pagoo by Holling • Students begin to learn about aquatic • animals and complete a handout • Learn life cycles of aquatic animals • Students will learn the layers of the • ocean

  10. Day 3 • Read This is the Sea that Feeds Us by Robert F. Baldwin • Activity in separating aquatic and land animals • Students explore the internet on webpage Secrets of the Ocean Realm and complete a handout

  11. Day 4 • Read Beneath the Ocean by Franklin Watts • Students will study oceans of the world – Complete map of oceans • Learn about plants of the ocean • Learn life cycles of aquatic plants

  12. Day 5 • Read The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister • Vocabulary quiz • Write a story about the ocean • Students will participate in setting up a classroom aquarium

  13. Require Learner Participation • To help keep the student’s attention, I incorporated activities into learning • I also used lessons that required students to work together in groups

  14. Evaluate & Revise • Students will be tested on ocean vocabulary words • Students will learn the difference in land dwelling and aquatic animals • Students will write a story about the ocean, containing all the information they have learned

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