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Welcome to the Wayne County Elementary Learning Focused Unit Writing Project. In the Spring of 2005, teachers from each elementary school in Wayne County joined together to form a unit writing cohort. These teachers have published units for teachers across the county to use as they work to implement the Learning Focus model in their classrooms. The site continues to grow as teachers across the county write Learning Focus units. If you have a unit that you would like to submit for consideration, please share it with your instructional coach.
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Below you will find a sampling of our current Learning Focus Unit Writing Project. More are in the process. Click a grade level link above or a summary link below to gain entrance to a full listing of grade level summaries and downloads of the unit plans.
Kindergarten Unit Summary Samples
By: Andrea Kruger and Christy Robinson Take a journey with Little Red Riding Hood and help your students learn about maps and globes. Students will practice reading maps and will create their own maps. The students will participate in a treasure hunt and will find a golden reward. These hands-on lessons will allow the students to apply their knowledge of maps and globes to their own spatial surroundings.
First Grade Unit Summary Samples
By: Kim Tate This is a unit geared toward first grade teaching sequencing through various hands on activities. It incorporates the use of partners as well as individual activities. A well-known children's book "If you give a pig a pancake" by Laura Numeroff is used in one of the lessons.
By Alisha Grantham and Julie Lee This five-lesson unit introduces first grade students to the writing process. Students will work together to create a class book. Throughout the lesson, students will write about their adventures and will add details and corrections to make their writings more interesting for their reader.
Second Grade Unit Summary Samples
By: Chrisine Paul and Deborah Burnette In this unit, the students will compare present day customs and lifestyles of the United States to Australia. Included will be food, shelter, clothing, transportation, fine arts, natural and man-made resources, and production of goods/services.
By: Chrisine Paul and Deborah Burnette In this unit, the students will compare present day customs and lifestyles of the United States to Japan. Included will be food, shelter, clothing, transportation, fine arts, natural and man-made resources, and production of goods/services.
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Third Grade Unit Summaries
By: Natasha Cooksey In this unit of study, students will learn about economics using easy hands-on activities. At the end of the unit, the students will create an advertising campaign on a chosen product. After completing this unit, students will both enjoy and understand economics.
By: Cheryl Brinkley and Karla Murray This unit on rocks is designed to help you present fun, engaging lessons for your students so they can develop their understanding and appreciation of the functions of their planet earth.
Fourth Grade Unit Summary Samples
By: Kristan Jones After learning about the various aspects of the solar system, students works in cooperative groups to create a diorama that shows examples of the food chain, matter and energy in the ecosystem, pollution, and recycling.
By: Amy Denty This is a four lesson unit that takes students all the way through the writing process. Special emphasis is placed on story elements, writing good leads, and editing. A colleague and I used this unit together to prepare students for writing stories for the Young Georgia Author competition. The students enjoyed it and it gave us a chance to highlight some great children's literature while teaching writing. Reading and writing really are two sides of the same coin!
Fifth Grade Unit Summary Samples
By: Terri Lynn Surrency
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents By: Melodie Wells In this unit, students will have the opportunity to explore the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percents. They will also be given a chance to “spend a million dollars” in a fun culminating project. |
