Earth Day

Why are the 3 R’s important for the

Environment?
1st Grade
By: Angela Walton
Thematic Unit Planning Matrix

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Content Essential Centers Technology Assessment Student Standards:

or Questions (Activities) Integration with Products or ·​ ​The ISTE NETS and
Subject (Must evaluation Portfolio Performance Indicators for
Area include at criteria and/or Teachers and Students
least 2 Web Rubric Scale ·​ ​TEKS
2.0 tools)

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better work in groups movie once grade the student will have a 4. Promote and model digital citizenship
environment? to draw two the movie is based on rubric writing activity and responsibility
larger murals. over will given. after reading or c. Promote and model digital etiquette
What makes a Using the UBI have a They will have watched and responsible social interactions related
clean One that shows discussion explaining the the movie and to the use of technology and information.
environment? a beautiful about “ The main idea and discuss the main
clean Lorax’ and how they can idea of The ITSE NETS for Students
Who is the environment what his main keep the Lorax and on 2. Communication and collaboration
Lorax? and one that idea in the environment what they can do d. Contribute to project teams to produce
shows a dirty movie was. clean and to help keep the original works or solve problems.
environment. Talk to the healthy but also Earth, state,
Paper bag students based on their town, TEKS
writing. about the writing activity. neighborhood, (b) knowledge and skills
Students will environment RUBRIC and school clean (1) Reading/comprehension of
receive a paper and how a lot https://docs.goog Student will informational text/expository
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What types of vity. kids they will need an show if they a. Promote, support, and model
things can we Student will http://pbskids. 80% to pass the understand the creative and innovative thinking
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many different Help (2) Scientific investigation and
concepts to the Gabriella reasoning. The students conduct
students, like http://pbskids. classroom and outdoor
the types of org/sid/cleans investigations following home
soil, climate, up.html and school safety procedures and
location, and uses environmentally
what a plant Reduce, appropriate and responsible
needs to grow reuse, and practices. The student is
big, strong and recycle song expected to:
healthy.) https://youtu. (c) identify and learn how to
Litter pick up/ be/KC3fK4n use resources and materials,
decomposition AG4Q including conservation and reuse
; (Pick up trash or recycling of paper, plastic,
in our own and metals.
community we
can show them
how we are not
only making
our school look
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world healthy)

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How can things cans: students use their will grade the make an artifact 1. Facilitate and inspire student and
be made from will be asked student E- student by using from recycle creativity
waste? to collect cans Portfolio and a rubric for their material they a. Promote, support, and model
and other add pictures art project have brought to creative and innovative thinking
materials that from their class from their and inventiveness.
can be recycled from their RUBRIC homes.
from home. To Recycle https://docs.goo They will also ITSE NETS for Students
create anything flower Pot gle.com/docume takes pictures of 1. Creativity and innovation
they want from plant. nt/d/1qZPahtO their Recycle b. create original works as a means
those materials. Showing the SaPz3LQMV-p Flower Pot Plant of personal or group expression.
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will be asked of the plant 3idXKCEwWc pictures in their
to bring an over the BW8/edit?usp= Students E- TEKS
empty gallon weeks. sharing Portfolio (​b) knowledge and skills
milk jug. They The student Then the student (3) Creative expression. The student
will cut the jug will give a will be graded communicates ideas through
to shape it into presentation based on the original artworks using a variety
a bowl to turn using rubric given by of media with appropriate skills.
it into a recycle PowerPoint to the teacher. The student expresses thoughts
flower pot. show creation and ideas creatively while
They will get they made challenging the imagination,
to plant an from fostering reflective thinking, and
plant and will collecting the developing disciplined effort and
be able to take cans and progressive problem-solving
home once it explained skills. The student is expected
has grown. why it is to:
They will important to (B) place components in
upload pictures recycle? orderly arrangement to create
of their plant in designs; and
their
e-portfolio