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Unit Plan Daily Schedule Commented [JB1]: The Unit Plan daily schedule
includes all activities from the Engage NY: Taking Care of
The Earth Unit, in addition to teacher chosen tools to
Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: enhance the unit and student learning.

If the Shoe Fits Garbage: Word Work: Natural Word Work:

by Gary Soto Engage NY Hazardous Resources: Antonyms Commented [JB2]: Gary Sotos story If the Shoe Fits
Read-Aloud Engage NY Conserve & provides students with a recognizable and culturally
relevant example of recycling shoes and clothing. This is
Read-Aloud Waste a great example for young students that are constantly
growing and in need of new clothes and shoes. In this
End of the story, students learn about the idea of up-cycling and
sharing resources with others.
Week
Assessment
Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday:

Reduce, Reuse, Word Work: Recycle! Word Work: End of the Commented [JB4]: There are two word work
Recycle: Reduce Recycle! Antonyms Week assessments each week to emphasize the importance of
content specific vocabulary introduced. Each time
Engage: NY Recycle!: Problem & Assessment students complete a word work exercise the students
Read-Aloud Engage NY Solution also enter the word into their Kindergarten dictionary
Read-Aloud In-Class and the word is placed on the classroom word wall for
future use.
Baltimore
My Baltimore My Baltimore My Baltimore Harbor Commented [JB3]: My Baltimore Book is a teacher
chosen resource to enhance the curriculum and meet
Book Book Book Simulation rigorous learning goals by drawing on knowledge of
Pages 82 - 83 Pages 84 - 85 Pages 86 - 87 learners and the community context of their city. The
pages chosen in this book teach students about our citys
inner harbor and why it is important to keep it clean and
Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: healthy.

Recy-Queen Classroom Guided Share & Tell Domain Review The My Baltimore Book is a great supplementary
resource for the curriculum and strengthens students
Classroom Visit Conversation & Reading Assessment exploratory learning at the Waterfront Partnership.
with Bridget Reflection Groups Students share
Commented [JB5]: The Recy-Queen classroom visit
Parlato facilitated by with the class and afternoon visit to the Waterfront Partnership allows
partnered with Read Works different students to apply literacy to action. During each event
the Waterfront Digital content specific students are able to apply content specific vocabulary
words previously learned to conversation with
Partnership Eco knowledge community stakeholders about how to keep our harbor
Tour Group 1: Save learned from clean. Both activities are empowering for students as
Paper, Help each guided each student applies his or her unit learning to grasp
what he or she can do individually to keep the harbor
Earth 450 reading group. clean.
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Commented [JB6]: The guided reading groups and the
following share and tell gives each student a leadership
Group 2: How role as a leader and a scholar in the classroom. All guided
Trees Help 410 reading articles are content specific but each has a
different theme separated by reading ability.
Lexile Consequently, the activity demonstrates that each
student as a reader has something to add to the
Group 3: How conversation. During the guided reading activity and
share and tell students meet rigorous learning goals by
Plastic is drawing upon knowledge of content areas, community
Recycled 200 context from our recent field excursion, and cross-
disciplinary skills to discuss their articles with peers.
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Group 4: Wow,
Water! 180
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