First Grade
Stonewall Elementary
Developed by: Leslie LeBlanc and Lavon Cress

How do zoos help us understand animals?

Primary Academic Expectations and Demonstrators

1.10 Students organize information through development and use of classification rules and systems.

• Investigate relationships among real objects.
• Identify and analyze relationships among objects, information, or ideas.

1.11 Students write using appropriate forms, conventions, and styles to communicate ideas and information to different audiences for different purposes.

• Write for a variety of purposes (e.g., expressive, transactive, imaginative) and forms (e.g., journal entry, letter, poem/story) to a variety of audiences.
• Use writing as a learning tool.

2.2 Students identify, analyze, and use patterns such as cycles and trends to understand past and present events and predict possible future events.

• Identify and communicate common attributes of items in a group.
• Classify objects according to more than one property or attribute.

2.4 Students use the concept of scale and scientific models to explain the organization and functioning of living and nonliving things and predict other characteristics that might be observed. 

• Use models to depict the function of an object, event, or system.
• Represent a real event, object, or concept with a model.

1.2 Students make sense of the variety of materials they read.

• Respond to reading through a variety of forms (e.g., conversation, art, media, writing).
• Use a variety of strategies (e.g., prior knowledge, predict, question, summarize) to construct meaning.
• Relate reading experiences to life situations.

1.16 Students use computers and other kinds of technology to collect, organize, and communicate information and ideas.

• Use technology to display information in various ways.
• Gather and manipulate data using technology.
• Express information and ideas using technology.

• What kinds of animals are found in a zoo?
• What are their homes like at the zoo?
• Where do these animals come from?
• Should we be afraid of the animals at the zoo?

Students will plan and create a model zoo depicting the natural habitats of animals, which will include animals constructed by the students and a display of written factual information. Students will communicate their knowledge and understanding of animals by conducting a tour of their zoo.

• Organisms have basic needs. For example, animals need air, water, and food; plants need air, water, nutrients, and light. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs can be met.
• Each plant or animal has structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. For example, humans have distinct body structures for walking, holding, seeing, and talking.
• Plants and animals have life cycles that include the beginning of life, growth and development, reproduction, and death. The details of a life cycle are different for different organisms.
• Plants and animals closely resemble their parents at some time in their life cycle. Some characteristics (e.g., the color of flowers, the number of appendages) are passed to offspring. Other characteristics are learned from interactions with the environment such as the ability to ride a bicycle, and these cannot be passed on to the next generation.
• The world has many different environments. Distinct environments support the lives of different types of organisms. When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce, and others die or move to new locations.

T1.1 Demonstrate ethical use of electronic resources

T3.2.2 Use correct grammar, mechanics and spelling

T4.4 Locate information using the Internet

T4.4.2 Access and navigate web sites

T4.5.2 Use mouse (double-click, right click drag, etc.)

T5.2.3 Scan for relevant information

T5.6.1.1 File (New, Open, Close, Save, Save As, Save All, etc.)

T6.2 Publish information on the Internet

T6.4 Use a Word Processor to present information

T6.5 Create a presentation or product using application software

T6.6.1 Use digital media for image input and output (camera, scanner, OCR, videodisc)

• Locates and applies information for specific purpose
• Uses pictures, graphs, tables of contents, titles, and captions
• Uses a process approach to create and construct real-world pieces for authentic audiences
• Begins to use technology to gather and report information
• Uses writing and speaking skills to communicate for a purpose

Critical Resources

• Information resources: library, library media specialist, internet
• Cincinnati Zoo
• Computers
• MS Word, MS Publisher, MS PowerPoint
• Digital Camera
• Technology Resource Teachers

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