Grant Opportunities

Instructional Outline

Day One

• Arrange a classroom display of bulletin boards with different pictures of careers.
• Display a set of career books along the chalkboard rail for read-a-louds and children's DEAR time.
• Learning Centers set up depending on the career being covered that week: File Folder GamesComputer Games - CD ROMS, Internet AccessSpecific Centers for the careers (Ex. Doctor Center with books, pictures, and some materials they use like first aid kits, stethoscopes, doctor's bag, etc.)
• KWL Matrix Activity (Graphic Organizer) of the different careers as an introduction and then completing the matrix as you go along. This will include all the careers being covered.
• Introduction Song on "Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood"
• Read-a-loud - Introduce the first career to be covered which will be the oceanographer.
• Discussion after reading and work on the KWL Matrix.
• Introduction to the Afternoon Learning Centers - Go over rules, expectations, how materials are to be used, etc.

• Science lesson experimenting with pH levels of different types of water.
• Afternoon learning centers.

• Classroom Mural Activity which will incorporate cooperative learning as the class works together to create their own mural by drawing, cutting out, gluing, etc. Every child will contribute to the mural.
• Afternoon learning centers.

• Sea Life Park Field Trip - Tentative
• Complete KWL Matrix. We will discuss what we learned and fill in the L Section of the chart.
• Writing Activity where they will start the first page to their books called "What I Can Be When I Grow Up". They will draw and write about at least one thing or more on what they learned about oceanography.

• KWL Matrix Activity on Zookeeper
• Read-a-loud to introduce what a zookeeper is and does
• Discussion after reading and work on the KWL Matrix.
• Afternoon Learning Centers
• Discussion of rules and behaviors for field trip tomorrow.

• Field trip to the zoo.
• Have the zookeeper speak with the students during the field trip about their career and duties.
• KWL Matrix Activity - Fill in the L Section when we return from field trip.
• Discussion on the field trip and what they learned.

• Habitat lesson on how the zookeeper is responsible for the animal's habitats and how they protect us from the animals in the zoo. They will work cooperatively to create their own trioramas of different habitats. Each group will be responsible for one triorama.
• Afternoon Learning Centers

• Animal Puppet Activity where students willl create their own sock puppets. These will be used in their learning centers and they will have a drama role play at the end of the day.
• Afternoon Learning Centers
• Writing Activity - continuation of "What I Can Be When I Grow Up". They will draw and write about one thing they learned about a zookeeper.

• Weather Song called "What's the Weather Like Today?" We will teach this song to help introduce the weather forecaster.
• Incorporate Weather Graph/Calendar (Graphic Organizer) - This will be used daily to make predictions and keep track of the weather as a whole class.
• Read-a-loud on the Weather Forecaster.
• KWL Matrix
• Discussion after reading about the story and work on the KWL.
• Afternoon Learning Centers.

• Weather Calendar Activity - The students will get their own individual calendars and cut out pictures of the different kinds of weather. Each day they will place the appropriate picture on that day to track the different kinds of weather.
• Check weather on the internet to incorporate geography. They will compare the weather of their area to other areas on the island like Manoa.
• Afternoon Learning Centers
• Predict Weather for the next day.

• Check weather predictions
• Water Cycle Lesson - The students will learn about how the weather is depended on the atmosphere and see how the water cycle affects them. When the rain collects in the clouds and builds up, then that creates rain. We will talk about how the rain is cycle from the ground by the sun, to the clouds, into rain, and back to the earth.
• Weather Prediction for the next day.
• Afternoon Learning Centers

• Check weather prediction
• KWL Matrix - Fill in L Section
• Writing Activity - "What I Can Be When I Grow Up"
• Afternoon Learning Centers

• KWL Matrix Activity to introduce Doctor.
• Read-a-loud on Doctor
• Discussion after reading on the story and fill in more of the KWL Matrix.
• Afternoon Learning Centers
• Go over rules and expectations for the guest speaker the next day

• Guest Speaker/Ambulance or Doctor
• Discussion after the guest speakers
• KWL Matrix Activity
• Afternoon Learning Centers

• Stethoscope Activity where each child will make their own stethoscope and see how it works and what the doctors use it for.
• KWL Matrix Activity
• Afternoon Learning Centers

• Writing Activity - "What I Can Be When I Grow Up"
• KWL Matrix Activity
• Afternoon Learning Centers

• KWL Matrix to introduce Police Officer
• Read-a-loud on Police Officer
• Discussion after reading
• Afternoon Learning Centers
• Go over rules and expectations for a speaker again.

• Guest speaker - Police Officer
• Safety Book Activity where the students will make their own safety books to take home.
• Discussion after the guest speaker leaves
• KWL Matrix
• Afternoon Learning Centers
• Venn Diagram Activity where we will compare 2 careers, the police officer and the fire fighter. We will be focusing on goal 2 where the students will be aware of the different choices and careers they have.

• KWL Matrix
• Read-a-loud on Fire Fighter
• Discussion after reading
• Afternoon Learning Centers
• Discussion on what you can do in case of a fire. Go over proper procedures and safety rules.
• Escape Route Lesson where we incorporate geography when they draw out their own school and home and plan an escape route in case of a fire.
• Go over rules and expectations for guest speaker.

• Fire Truck Demonstration where the fire fighters bring a fire truck to our school and speak to the students about their job and about how their truck works.
• Discussion after speaker
• Writing Activity - "What I Can Be When I Grow Up
• KWL Matrix Activity

• KWL Matrix to introduce an Author
• Read-a-loud of an Author
• Discussion after read-a-loud
• Afternoon Learning Centers
• Begin Writers' Workshop - The students will brainstorm and web out ideas for their next book called "I Want To Be A..." Begin using the strategies and procedures in a Writers' Workshop.

• Writers' Workshop - Continuation and work on 1st Draft
• KWL Matrix
• Afternoon Learning Centers

• KWL Matrix Activity to introduce Librarian
• Read-a-loud on Librarian
• Discussion after read-a-loud
• Sing a song called,"A Library Clerk Works At My School"
• Writers' Workshop - Continue and work on peer conferencing and editing
• Afternoon Learning Centers

• Writers' Workshop - Continue and work on publishing
• Library Resource - Plan to go to the school library and have the librarian speak to the students about her career and duties.
• Afternoon Learning Centers

• KWL Matrix Activity
• Author's Chair where each child will read and share their completed book to the class.
• Alphabetizing Activity that incorporates library skills. The students will have to alphabetize their books by the author's last name.
• KWL Matrix Activity
• Closing discussion and overview of the entire completed matrix.

Assessments

Graphic Organizers: KWL Matrix - The KWL Matrix was used to organize the date the students learned throughout the unit. It was completed after each career.

Weather Graph - Students would make predictions first and then the next day the actual weather will be recorded the next day. Results were examined and compared.

Ocean Mural - Students worked cooperatively to produce a class mural. Safety Booklet - Students completed a safety booklet after the guest speaker of a police officer. Discussion - Through verbal responses during discussion we were able to hear the students' responses on each career. Journal Writing Book - "What I Can Be When I Grow Up" - Each child created their own journal writing book through writing and illustrations. Career Book - "I Want to Be ..." - Each child wrote a book about what they would want to be when they grow up. They were able to choose and write about their career choice through the writing process. Their completed books were our assessment. Community Helper Activities - This CD-ROM provided our students with an experience at the computer and technology.

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