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Cause and Effect
By: Kristy Anderson and Leslie Johnson
This cause-effect unit utilizes a variety of teaching strategies in an effort to help students identify and understand cause-effect relationships.
Cause and Effect
By: Natasha Cooksey and Tynesha Flowers
This unit focuses on cause-effect. It is a sequence to the Cause-Effect Unit 1. Various teaching strategies have been incorporated into this unit in order for students to be able to distinguish the cause from the effect.
Compare and Contrast
By: Deidra Lyons
In this unit, students will acquire, develop through practice, and strengthen their ability to identify and articulate similarities and differences among a variety of concrete items. Students should be able to transfer this skill to their reading of text and pleasure materials with continued practice.
Compare and Contrast
By: Cheryl Brinkley
This compare and contrast unit uses a variety of activities to teach this important reading skill. Students will be active learners as they increase their knowledge on compare and contrast.
Economics
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.
Economics Unit Graphic Organizer Blank Organizer What's Needed Lesson 2 ActivBoard Flipchart Need It Lesson 2 PowerPoint Goods & Services Lesson 3 PowerPoint Economics Standard Lesson 6 Opportunity Cost Lesson 6 Charlie's Chocolate Choices Lesson 6 ActivBoard Flipchart Better Than Bartering Lesson 7 ActivBoard Flipchart
Fact and Opinion
By: Allison Beasley and Cheryl Brinkley
Geography
By: Natasha Cooksey, Betty Dixon, and Rita Rogers
Students will learn about various landforms, water bodies, oceans, and hemispheres in this unit of student. Students will use the information learned throughout the unit to create a brochure on a landform of their choice.
Content Map Geography Blank Graphic Organizer Anatomy River Graph Anatomy River Flipchart Bodies of Water Matrix Bodies of Water Flipchart Bodies of Water PowerPoint Plain and Plateau Flipchart River Graphic Organizer River Graphic Organizer Blank Continents and Oceans PowerPoint
Heat
By: Allison Beasley and Holly Humphrey
After introducing heat, students will learn about the sources of heat, how heat moves and how to measure heat. Students will participate in several experiments and demonstrations while learning about heat. After learning all about heat, students will create a solar hotdog cooker by following directions. Students will explain orally how the solar hotdog cooker works.
Map Skills
By: Betty Dixon
In this unit of study, students will learn how to use maps in everyday life. To peak students interest in learning about maps, students will enjoy making an edible map to launch the unit of study. A few key concepts that students will learn include learning how to use a map scale to determine distance, how to use a map key, and how to use an inset map. At the end of the unit, students will use the skills that they have learned to design a map of their own.
Content Map 1 Content Map 2 KWL Flipchart Map Grid Flipchart Map Keys Flipchart Map of Jesup Flipchart United States Map Flipchart A3 Poster A4 Poster B1 Poster B3 Poster B4 Poster C1 Poster C3 Poster C4 Poster
My Community
By: Rita Rogers
This unit focuses on Wayne County’s location, history, and government. As a launch to the unit students will take a walking tour of historical and governmental parts of their town (Jesup, Odum, or Screven). As a culminating activity students will create a brochure of their community using information they have learned during the unit. Powerpoints and Promethean Board flipcharts have been developed to be used with this unit. This unit will take about two weeks to complete.
Content Map My Community Unit History Flipchart Local Government Flipchart My Community Has Changed Flipchart
My Community Has Changed Powerpoint Urban Suburban Rural Contrast Frayer Model Flipchart House & Apartment Document
Urban Suburban Flipchart What's My Community Game Where Is My Community PDF Where Is My Community Puzzle Flipchart
Where Is My Community Map Flipchart
Prefixes and Suffixes
By: Deidra LyonsIn this unit, students will identify prefixes and suffixes, tell where they are in relation to the root or base word (beginning or end of the word), and tell how each changes the meaning of a root or base word. Students will also tell why it is important for a good reader to know about prefixes and suffixes and their importance to written and spoken language.
Content Map Prefixes and Suffixes Unit
Rocks
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.
Rocks Unit Content Map Types of Rocks Graphic Organizer Types of Soil Graphic Organizer Rock Cycle
Sentence Unit
By: Allison Beasley and Holly Humphrey
After introducing students to sentences, students will learn about the four types of sentences, simple sentences, and compound sentences. For the culminating activity, students working in pairs will write a biography of their partner using all that they have learned about sentences. A rubric will be used to score the written biographies.
Sequencing
By: Cheryl Brinkley and Allison Beasley
This unit allows students to gain a deeper understanding of sequencing events. The hands-on activities will enhance your curriculum and engage the students.
