Teacher's
Corner
"We are
the World" is the first thematic unit of the school year for a third grade
class. The unit covers the seven continents , the oceans and following
compass directions of North, South, East, West, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast
and Southwest. The class is made up of mainstream and special needs
children who are integrated throughout the day. Reading and math
instruction is given in homogeneous groups while all other instruction
is given in heterogeneous groups. Literature for this unit is multicultural.
This web page has been designed to be used by the children in this third
grade class. The goals of the page are to:
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give the children an overview
of each continent.
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provide the children with
multi-sensory input to make associations with the different continents.
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introduce the children
to learning how to use a mouse and links on a web page.
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provide the children with
links to more information on the continents that they will access in seven
small integrated groups.
TEACHER
RESOURCES
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Carratello, John and Patty.
"Maps,
Charts, Graphs, and Diagrams". Teacher Created Materials,
Inc.
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Cummings, Renee. "Map Skills."
Basic Skills Series Grade 2 Instructional Fair T S Denison
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Kennedy, Jan. "Map Skills."
Basic Skills Series Grade 3 Instructional Fair T S Denison.
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Wittels, Harriet and Greisman,
Joan. "A Bird's-Eye View, A first book of maps." Scholastic
OTHER
RESOURCES
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" World Geography"
by Evan-Moor(EMC 351)
This is a box of 120 cards that ask questions that reinforce compass
directions, continent and ocean identification and longitude and latitude
reading.
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"3rd and 4th Grade
Essentials" School House Rock! Creative Wonders.
The Melting Pot game on this CD-Rom is a fantastic way to reinforce
following compass directions and identifying continents and countries.
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"From Here to There"
A video by the National Geographic Society.
An introduction to maps, globes and direction. Well done video
with children using maps in real life settings.
LITERATURE
These are only some of the books
we use in the classroom. We try to offer the children a book from
each continent.
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Llang and the Magic Paintbrush
by Demi
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How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina Freidman
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A Koala Grows Up by Rita Golden Gelman
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The Day of Ahmed's Secret by Florence Parry Heide
and Judith Heide Gillilan
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Hill of Fire by Thomas
Lewis
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Coming to America by Betsy Maestro
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Babushka's Doll by Patricia Polacco
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When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia
Rylant
MANY THANKS TO THESE
GRAPHIC SITES
ditto.com
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