“Body” Language! A Study of Our Body!
A Balanced Literacy Thematic Mini-Unit LaNesha Tabb www.anotherdayinfirstgrade.blogspot.com Clip art Courtesy of Scrappin‟ Doodles and Scrapping Goodies
Hey!
Thanks for checking out another balanced literacy unit. I teach through Readers and Writers Workshop and love all things Caulkins and Collins. This work supports the work we do in workshop– with a thematic twist! Here‟s what I‟ve got for you this time: 1. Read Aloud suggestions for shared and interactive reading 2.Interactive/Shared Writing Prompts 3. Word Work Ideas 4. Thematic activities 5. A few math things 6. A printable book This unit supported my study of all things that deal with the human body. I threw in nutrition, exercise, dental health (from Cara Caroll‟s awesome Brusha, Brusha, Brusha unit) and the 5 senses. Hopefully you‟ll find some things of use in here! thank you!!! mrs tabb. © Lanesha Tabb Clip Art: Scrappin‟ Doodles and Scrapping Goodies
Interactive Read Alouds with Accountable talk Talk. Think. Comprehend. This thematic unit was excellent to get some nonfiction text features review in. I provided lots of time to think and talk about the facts we were learning.
Super Senses! We read a book about Animal Senses. We learned that they have some senses that are intensified due to their survival needs. Then we thought about which one of our senses we‟d like to have intensified (super ears for example!) A response sheet for this idea is included! © Lanesha Tabb Clip Art: Scrappin‟ Doodles and Scrapping Goodies
Shared Writing
We a short narrative about how we can be healthy as class. I modeled revision this week. I wrote our text (that we negotiated) with intentional errors. We spent an entire unit on the idea that writers revise their work when necessary and I noticed during my writer‟s workshop that a lot of them weren‟t really revising anymore. I modeled different word choices, adding details to better explain, and correcting high frequency words– using the word wall. This gave me a chance to review all of the work we did during that unit, so they would remember that writers revise their work to make it better!
Interactive Writing
For interactive writing, we made a grocery list that included what we‟d buy if we wanted to make healthy snacks. I loved this because it is real-life applicable. I was able to show them why we make lists and I even showed them one of my to-do lists. They are much more invested when I can show them how I use something in real life! I had them focus on vowel combinations because I wanted those skills to be reinforced. Example: * I had a student write a word like “fruit” because I knew they could use some practice with vowel combos.
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WEEKLY POETRY
In my room, there is a new poem every week. It is usually connected with my theme and more recently, authored by me (to show my students that we can all be writers). I‟ve found these poems to be useful in variety of ways– and here are a few. Poems are... A great way to practice reading with rhythm and fluency
An Easy way to assess one-to-one correspondence
An excellent way to introduce and discuss vocabulary words
Poems lend themselves to accountable talk
They give me a chance to teach students how to read poetry together and take turns listening/providing feed back
Serves as an EXCELLENT time filler if I find an extra five minutes!
I have added these poems to students‟ book baggies and my struggling readers {LOVE} to read them! We read them over and over and even add drama from time to time. © Lanesha Tabb Clip Art: Scrappin‟ Doodles and Scrapping Goodies
It‟s My Body! By L. Tabb
I‟ve got a nose that smells And some hands that touch I‟ve got teeth that chew And I brush „em very much I‟ve got ears that hear And my eyes can see There‟s a whole lot of stuff that makes up me! Like a skeleton, a heart, and muscles, and veins I want to be healthy, no aches and pains So I‟ll exercise and I‟ll eat real good I want to be my best-YES That is understood! ©LaNesha Tabb. Clipart: Scrappin’ Doodles and Scrapping Goods
My Skeleton! Name________________________________
My SKULL protects my
My RIBS protect my
___________
___________
My TIBIA is my
My TARSALS are my
___________ bone.
___________ bone.
My HUMERUS is found in my ____________ My VERTEBRAE help me ___________
My FEMUR is the biggest bone in my body! It is found in my ___________
Stand Up
Answer Box Brain Heart
Arm
Ankles
Shin
Leg ©LaNesha Tabb. Clipart: Scrappin’ Doodles and Scrapping Goods
Scanned in from an old worksheet, so I‟m not sure who to credit for this! =) * When I copy this, I usually up the magnification on the copier so it is bigger!
Here are some snap shots of some of the things we did that correspond with these activities on the 5 senses!
Going on a listening walk.
Here, we talked about how the tongue tastes different things on different parts. We cut of photos from a magazine and separated the different tastes. © Lanesha Tabb Clip Art: Scrappin‟ Doodles and Scrapping Goodies
Name Name__________________________________ __________________________________
Listen To Sounds
Indoor Sounds 1. Set the timer for one minute. 2. Close your eyes and listen 3. Open your eyes and write down all of the sounds you could hear.
Outdoor Sounds 1. Set the timer for one minute. 2. Close your eyes and listen 3. Open your eyes and write down all of the sounds you could hear.
I heard… ___________
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I heard… ___________
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Write about how the sounds were alike and different.
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Name _____________
LOOK a Little Closer... Look at these objects with a magnifying lens. Draw what you see.
your thumb
a rock
a penny
lima bean
leaf
blade of grass ©LaNesha Tabb. Clipart: Scrappin’ Doodles and Scrapping Goods
Come to Your SENSES!
Name_______________________________
cut. match. glue.
taste see smell hear touch ©LaNesha Tabb. Clipart: Scrappin’ Doodles and Scrapping Goods
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ch-red sh-orange th-yellow wh-green
Name the picture. Write ch, sh, th, or wh. Color the water bottles by the code!
___ark
___ell
___eel
___istle
___eese
___umb
___row
___ale
___eep
___ain
wat___
___oe
Name________________________________________________________
Name_______________________
Body(word) Building! Listen to my clues and BUILD the words using the letter cards below. See if you can guess the magic phrase that uses ALL of the letters below. (CLUE: The magic phrase has TWO words!)
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The Magic Phrase is ____________________
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H A N B
Y U O D M ©LaNesha Tabb. Clipart: Scrappin’ Doodles and Scrapping Goods
Name_______________________
Body
(word)
Building!
Sentence Clues Suggestions Monday: A day of the week that rhymes with Sunday.
mound: This word is another way to describe a “hill.”
Band: This word is what you call a group of musicians.
ham: This word rhymes with “jam” and is a kind of meat.
My: This word fills in the blank to the sentence “I need to do ___homework.”
hound: This is a special kind of dog that rhymes with mound.
Many: This word is the opposite of a few.
bun: This word completes this sentence: The bread for a hotdog is called a _____.
Any: This word rhymes with the word we just built had: This word is the PAST TENSE (we‟ve been and has three letters. working on tenses a lot!) of the word “have.” bound: This has the /ou/ch sound and it is a word that means tying something together.
The Magic Phrase is
by: This word completes this sentence: “Will you sit ____me?”
Human
Body
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H A N B Y U O D M ©LaNesha Tabb. Clipart: Scrappin’ Doodles and Scrapping Goods
Get Movin‟ with MATH!
This math game was perfect when I tried it out on my kids today. We do math in the afternoon and they are SO antsy, so I have to get them moving around. We happen to be studying the human body and how to take care of it, so I created a memory game that involves reading, computation, and movement! Directions: 1. Copy the pages front to back (it may be slightly off but who cares!) It makes a total of two pages. 2. Give one packet per two students. They will cut the cards out and place them on the floor picture up. 3.Turn over one of each picture and see if you have a match. The words AND math problem have to match. 4.When you get a match, put the two words together to see what exercise you‟ll have to do. 5. Look at the number that is the ANSWER and that is how you know the number of times you have to do the exercise. 6. If you made the match, than you get to keep the cards. The winner is the one with the most cards. I modeled how to play and how to do each exercise whole group before I sent them off to do alone. It was a lot of fun, hope your class enjoys it! Mrs. Tabb
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8
19
high
12
sit
7 leg
20
push
15 toe
5
arm
8 neck
jumping
4+4 jacks
6+6 stretch
10+10 touches
10-5 rolls
20-1 ups
20-13 ups
7+8 stretch
10-2 knees
A Healthy Me!
By______
I want to be a healthy kid! To be healthy, I should eat _________________________
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I want to be a healthy kid! To be healthy, I should move! My favorite exercises are
_________________________________ 2
I want to be a healthy kid! To be healthy, I should take care of my teeth. That means I have to ________________________ 3 ©LaNesha Tabb. Clipart: Scrappin’ Doodles and Scrapping Goods
I want to be a healthy kid! To be healthy, I should get check-ups from the___________
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This is ME! I‟m a healthy kid! 5 ©LaNesha Tabb. Clipart: Scrappin’ Doodles and Scrapping Goods
Shake, Rattle and... LISTEN! Name________________ Shake the labeled containers. Listen very carefully and GUESS what it could be!
Here is my guess. _________
1
circle one
I was
right
wrong
Here is my guess. _________
2
circle one
I was
right
wrong
Here is my guess. _________
3
circle one
I was
right
wrong
Here is my guess. _________
4
circle one
I was
right
wrong
Here is my guess. _________
5
circle one
I was
right
wrong
Glue the correct answer next to the container.
Paper Clips
Seeds
Coins
Cotton Balls
water
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Our Totally Terrific Tongues! Name____________________ Look at this tongue! This is how we TASTE different things!
Bitter Sour Salty
Sweet
How many kinds of food can you list? Write them below! Salty Foods
Sweet Foods
Bitter Foods
Sour Foods
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Name___________________
It‟s time to “ STEP UP”... and collect some ideas about living a healthy life! Right now, I think I‟m healthy because...
I could probably be more healthy if I …
I would love to get more exercise by…
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SUPER SENSES Name___________________________________________________ We learned that animals have SUPER SENSES. This means that some animals have one sense that is stronger than all the others. If you could have a SUPER SENSE, what would you choose?
I would have my _____________ be SUPER! And this is what I would look like!
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