Alecia Krapp

Literature Focus Unit

EDU 315

*Antarctica

*Literature Selection

*Fiction

*Three Cheers for Tacky by Helen Lester

*365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental

*Tina and the Penguin by Heather Dyer

*Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems by Judy Sierra

*Antarctic Dad by Hazel Edwards

*Your Personal Penguin by Sandra Boynton

*Five Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice by Steve Metzger

* Ice trap!: Shackleton's Incredible Expedition by Meredith Hooper

*The Snow Rocket by Derek Anderson

*Literature Selection

*Nonfiction

*A for Antarctica by Jonathon Chester

* Ice Continent: A Story of Antarctica by Louise Young

*National Geographic Readers: Penguins! By Anne Scheiber

*North Pole, South Pole by Nancy Smiler Levinson

*Antarctica by Mel Friedman

*Hooray For Antarctica by April Pulley Sayre

*The Antarctic Habitat by Molly Aloian

*Playing with Penguins: And Other Adventures in Antarctica by Ann McGovern

*Antarctic Journal: Four Months at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Owings Dewey

*Unit Plan

*Students will take part in a thematic unit about the characteristics of Antarctica, snow, ice, and the types of penguins and their habitats. Also, students will learn about human survival in harsh conditions.

*This unit will integrate reading and writing with mathematics, science, social studies, music, art, and physical education.

*Students will distinguish between Antarctica and the Artic.

*Science Activities

*Students will study the life cycle of penguins.

*Students will research to find out what types of animals survive in Antarctica with blubber fat.

*Students will create blubber gloves in an experiment to demonstrate how blubber helps animals live in Antarctica.

*Students will collect snow and ice and study it under a microscope and without a microscope. They will then compare and contrast the two.

*Students will label the different parts of a penguin.

*Students will complete the What Makes a Penguin a Bird activity.

*2.4.2. Identify various things that are found in different environments

*2.2.2. Communicate (e.g., verbal, written, graphic) observations to others

*Mathematics Activities

*Students work in partners to complete the math hunt online. This involves math questions they will need to research in order to figure out the answer. (http://teacher.scholastic.com/mathhunt/StartGame.asp?QuizID=22)

*Each student will measure themselves to figure out their height and then draw a penguin the same height as them.

*Students will graph the temperatures of seven consecutive days in Antarctica.

*Students will play a math game called Penguin Bowling.

*After reading 365 Penguins, students will complete a math activity called Penguin Delivery. * 2.MD.10- Draw a picture graph and a bar graph

* 2.MD.2 Measure the length of an object twice.

*Social Studies Activities

*Students will split into teams to plan an expedition to Palmer Station in Antarctica.

*Students will locate Antarctica and the Artic on the map and then draw a picture of both.

*Students will list winter clothes and gear needed in order to go to Antarctica.

*Students will research The Antarctic Treaty of 1959.

*Students will read North Pole, South Pole by Nancy Smiler Levinson in partners to recognize the differences between the Artic and Antarctica.

*Students will explore http://www.athropolis.com/index.htm to learn more about the Artic and how it differs from Antarctica.

*Students will discuss roles of female and male penguins.

* 4.LSI.2- Read text and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

*Art and Music Activities

*Students will learn how to illustrate a penguin using a step-by-step process.

*Students will perform and sing along to the song made for the book, Your Personal Penguin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6DzceERhDU

*Students will dance and sing along to The Penguin Song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBHtpU1tB3E

*Students will create a penguin habitat out of art supplies.

*Students will pick an animal that lives in Antarctica and paint or draw a picture of the animal. *4.6.2 Know the connections between the visual arts and other

disciplines in the curriculum

*4.8.2 Understand the interrelationship of music and other disciplines.

*Physical Education Activities

*Students will split into teams and participate in a “Penguin Relay” where they will waddle like a penguin, walk with a balloon between their legs like an egg, walk while holding a spoon with an egg in their mouth, and slide on their stomachs on square rolling scooters.

*Students will play penguin tag.

*Students will lie down on their stomachs on scooter boards and pretend to be penguins sledding along the ice.

*Students will waddle, jump, slip, slide and dive like penguins.

*Leopard seal vs penguin game.*• 1.5.2- Demonstrate respect for self and other.

* • 1.1.2- Demonstrate a variety of basic non-locomotor skills.

*Language Arts Strategies

*Activating Background Knowledge- students will think about prior knowledge they have about Antarctica.

*Play with Language- Students will use language creatively when creating their poems.

*Predict- Students will predict what will happen next in the books they read and videos they watch.

*Elaborate- Students will add details and examples to develop ideas completely in creating their projects such as planning the expedition to Palmer Station.

*Monitor- Students will ask themselves questions while reading different books about Antarctica and evaluate their own writing when they write in their journals.

*Visualize- Students will form pictures in their minds while reading different books about Antarctica.

*Connect- Students will relate to what the life of penguins while watching March of the Penguins clip and performing different penguin moves.

*Technology

*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6DzceERhDU (Your Personal Penguin)

*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBHtpU1tB3E (Penguin Dance)

*March of the Penguins

*Happy Feet

*Students will type their five-senses poems on computers.

*Students will have the opportunity to skype with a scientist.

*http://www.usap.gov/videoclipsandmaps/spwebcam.cfm (live webcam)

*http://www.sciencepoles.org/ (Research)

*http://www.athropolis.com/index.htm (Great resource about the Artic)

*http://teacher.scholastic.com/mathhunt/StartGame.asp?QuizID=22) (Math Hunt)

*Language Arts: Reading

*Students will read numerous fiction and nonfiction books about Antarctica and penguins through silent reading, partner reading, and reading aloud.

*The teacher will read aloud the book Ice trap!: Shackleton's Incredible Expedition by Meredith Hooper.

*Students will read various poems from Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems by Judy Sierra.

*Students will read aloud their poems and fictional stories. * RL.10- Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose

and understanding.

* RI.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for answers.

*Language Arts: Writing

*Students will create and write their own five-senses poem about Antarctica.

*Students will keep their own reading log journals to write in throughout the readings of various books about Antarctica.

*Students will write their own fictional story using words from the Antarctica Word Wall.

*Students will write a research paper about a topic pertaining to Antarctica. (animals, weather, etc.)

*Students will add words to the Antarctica word wall throughout the week. *W.5- With guidance and support from peers and adults,

develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

*Language Arts: Listening

*Students will be active listeners when other students are sharing their poems and fictional stories to the class and when acting out their skits.

*Students will listen to different sounds of animals that live in Antarctica and try to guess what animal it belongs to.

*Students will listen to the teacher read aloud Ice trap!: Shackleton's Incredible Expedition by Meredith Hooper.

*Students will listen in groups while each person from their group presents their research paper.

*Language Arts: Speaking

*Students will share their poems with the class.

*Students will get into small groups and prepare a skit containing a realistic problem that could happen in Antarctica.

*Students will share their fictional stories to the class.

*Students will split into groups, get assigned roles for the adapted play by Darlene Bender from Three Cheers for Tacky by Helen Lester, and read through the play.

*Students will split into groups to share their research papers.

*Students will take the seat of the “author’s chair and share their journals with class if they are comfortable.

* SL.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

* SL.6: Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas cleary.

*Language Arts: Viewing

*Students will view clips from Happy Feet and compare and contrast the fictional aspects of it with the non-fictional March of the Penguins.

*Students will view snow and ice in a science experiment.

*Students will view pictures of different types of penguins.

*Students will view the play.

*Students will view different websites and resources as they research for their paper.

*Students will view a live webcam of Antarctica. (http://www.usap.gov/videoclipsandmaps/spwebcam.cfm)

* Language Arts: Visually Representing

*Students will create an Antarctica word wall.

*Students will create a chart showing the differences between Antarctica and the Artic.

*Student will create a map on a bulletin board and track the annual march of penguins.

*Students will display their five-senses poem on the wall in the classroom if they choose to.

*Grouping Patterns

*Large Group: teacher read aloud, watch videos, watch play, view live webcam, map out the annual march of the penguins, listen to sounds of animals, read aloud poems and fictional stories, penguin relay, penguin tag, penguin sledding, leopard seal vs. penguin game, graph temps of Antarctica, locate Antarctica and the Artic, sing along to book, penguin song/dance, draw animal following teacher’s directions

*Small Group/Partners: reading books, expedition to Antarctica, blubber science experiment, snow/ice experiment, what makes a penguin a bird activity, math hunt online, penguin/self height, life cycle of penguins, penguin bowling, penguin delivery, winter clothes, discuss roles of male and female penguins, create penguin habitat, prepare a skit, perform play, research paper discussion,

*Individual: reading journals, five-senses poems, fictional stories, label the penguin worksheet, spelling tests, research Antarctica Treaty of 1959, explore website about the differences between the Artic and Antarctica, illustrate animal, read to self, research paper,

*Assessments

*Journal entries

*Active participation in physical education and music activities

*Physical education checklist

*Rubric for Expedition to Antarctica

*Observation of discussions

*Spelling test on the Antarctica Word Wall’s words

*Research paper rubric

*6+1 writing traits for fictional story

*Poem rubric

*Compare/contrast chard for the Artic and Antarctica

*Checklist for group skit about an Antarctica problem/solution

TIME SCHEDULE

Monday Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Morning Language Arts

*Read Antarctic books with partner*Write in journal*Create word wall

*Read aloud to class*Write fictional stories*Read various penguin poems

*Read 365 Penguins to class*Create five-sense poem*Type poems

*Read in groups the Three Cheers for Tacky play*Prepare skit and perform to class

*Share poems and stories with class*Watch clips from March of the Penguins and Happy Feet*Spelling test

Art/Music *Sing along to song made for the book, Your Personal Penguin.

*Illustrate a penguin using the step by step process.

*Draw or paint and animal that lives in Antarctica.

*Dance and sing along to The Penguin Song.

*Create a penguin habitat out of art supplies in groups.

P.E. *Pretend penguin sledding

*Leopard Seal vs Penguin game

*Penguin relay

*Perform actions of penguins

*Penguin tag

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Thursday Friday

Afternoon

Math *Research math questions to find the answers*Record temperature of Antarctica

*Record temperature of Antarctica*Measure themselves and create a penguin the same size

*Record temperature of Antarctica*Math activity that goes along with the book 365 Penguins.

*Record temperature of Antarctica*Play a math game called Penguin Bowling

*Record temperature of Antarctica*Graph the seven day recorded temps of Antarctica

Science

*Study the life cycles of penguins

*Label different parts of a penguin

*Collect snow and ice and observe under microscope

*Activity on what makes a penguin a bird

*Create blubber gloves

Social Studies

*Read North Pole, South Pole to see differences between the Artic and Antarctica

*Locate Antarctic and the Artic on the map

*List winter clothes and gear needed for Antarctica

*Plan an expedition to Palmer Station in Antarctica

*Finish expedition*Research the Antarctic Treaty of 1959