A planning guide for ACSS based elementary projects/units
Grade Level: 3rd grade
Unit of Study: English Language Arts
Project Title: Around the World Food Choices
Start Date/Duration: 2 class periods a week dedicated to this project Duration 6 week period
Describe the scenario for the project:
Children chose a country they want to study. Research on internet what foods are common in the area. What foods are commonly grown. Connect with children in other countries. Draw pictures, Map out findings and make videos, Summarize the authentic challenge in this project: Connecting with children in other countries to validate information collected online.
Priority Common Core State Standards (3 – 4)
Math: Measurement and Data
Reading: site information when writing to support researched topic
Writing: conduct research project based on questions demonstrating understanding of the topic
Speaking and Listening: Present information to classroom
Social Studies: Learning how to use maps and understanding locations
Draft a Driving Question for the project:
What foods do children in other countries eat?
How will the project involve the community or allow students to interact with other adults outside the classroom?
Ask parents to help them prepare meals from other countries
______________________________________________________ How will students share their products/solutions/ideas with a public audience?
Have a parent meeting where the student prepare foods from different countries and share their findings in slideshow or video.
______________________________________________________ Identify the key 21st century skills to be learned in the project.
❑ Teamwork and collaboration.
❑ Innovation and Creativity
❑ Effective Oral and Written Communication
❑ Accessing and Analyzing Information
❑ Work Ethic
What final products will students produce in the project?
Define countries, Map out their findings, prepare video
Technology-based: Internet, twitter, skype, iEarn
Which research based teaching strategies will be used in the project?
❑ Identifying Similarities and Differences
❑ Summarizing and Note Taking
❑ Reinforcing Effort, Providing Recognition
❑ Homework and Practice
❑ Nonlinguistic Representations
❑ Cooperative Learning
❑ Setting Objectives, Providing Feedback
Enroll and Engage 1. Plan the first two days of the project. Check tools to be used to begin the project. Handouts __x___
Need to know __x___
Review timeline _x__
Form teams __x___
Hi Ashley
ReplyDeleteI have looked at the lesson and I believe it could be a great lesson for students. If I am reading this correctly, the goal is to have students identify what crops are grown in the country they choose and analyze the crops? It sounds like a great science project if that is the case but I didn't see any mention of science so I could be wrong. I did see that you wanted the students to achieve other objectives dealing with social studies, math, reading, and writing and those objects should be achievable. I will say that I would have had a better picture of what you wanted them to do had you added a little more information at the beginning. I do see that you have a lot that you want them to accomplish as evidenced by all of the skills that they should develop. The skills they would attain and the strategies used to attain those skills should have been evident by the project plan but I really couldn't tell. It is a great project but if not explained well, it can be confusing.