E.+Unit+Overviews

This unit was developed for first and third grade students. The focus for the unit is poetry. This unit will be taught as a joint effort between the school media specialist and the classroom teacher.
 * Plethora of Poetry Unit Overview: **

First Grade: · Develop an understanding of rhyming words. · Hear and identify rhyming words in read-aloud books. · Create a group KWL chart regarding what they know, want to know, and learned about poetry. · Question and discover what elements make a poem. · Identify rhyming poems. · Explore different books of poetry as a class in order to decipher the different types of poems. · Explore websites about rhyming words and poetry. · Create poetry based on the three types discussed in the unit. · Use Microsoft Word and Paint to create final products. · Share the final products. · Work with third grade students to create joint products. · Reflect on the idea of poetry and the process of writing it and working with third grade students. · Review rhyming words using a website and SmartBoard. · Produce a list of rhyming words based on wishes. · Create a rhyming poem based on a wish. · Generate the poem using Microsoft Word. · Illustrate the poem using Paint. · Share the poem verbally to the class.
 * During this unit, first grade students will **
 * During the provided lesson, first grade students will **

Third Grade: · Develop an understanding of poetry in different forms. · Question the elements of poetry. · Explore different types of poetry through books and websites. · Focus developing a deep understanding of rhyming poems, limericks, free verse, concrete (shape) poems, Acrostic poems, Haikus, and cinquains. · Find and identify each type of poem from a published book. · Demonstrate knowledge by creating examples of each type of poetry. · Use Microsoft PowerPoint to present personal examples of 5 of the 7 types of poetry. · Share the final products. · Work with first grade students to create joint products. · Reflect on the idea of poetry and the process of writing it and working with third grade students. · Review the poetry studied so far in the unit (rhyming poems, limericks, free verse, concrete (shape) poems, Acrostic poems, Haikus, and cinquains) using books, websites, peers, and a game. · Create examples or improve examples of each type of poetry. · Publish the poems using Microsoft PowerPoint. · Present the poems as a presentation to the class.
 * During this unit, third grade students will **
 * During the provided lesson, third grade students will **