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Crade Level 6
1wo Week unlL
l8LC7232
Croup number 2
Lauren ualley 8obble keenan aLrlcla krezlnskl
1 Se|ect|ng the 1heme
ur LhemaLlc unlL plan ls romoLlng 8eadlng for Mlddle School SLudenLs We came up wlLh Lhls
Lheme because lL ls so lmporLanL Lo develop a love for readlng durlng Lhe formaLlve mlddle
school years ln order Lo malnLaln a conLlnued love for readlng LhroughouL a person's llfeLlme
Powever ln Lhe age of dlglLal lnformaLlon Lhls ls provlng Lo be dlfflculL for parenLs and
educaLors allke When sLudenLs have lnsLanL medla aL Lhelr flngerLlps ln Lhe form of enLerLalnlng
sound blLes and vlsual sLlmull lL's hard Lo convlnce Lhem LhaL readlng a book can be fun and
enLerLalnlng
1be J9 cloes ls a groundbreaklng mulLlmedla advenLure serles for chlldren ages 812 All of Lhe
books were deslgned wlLh Lhe 21
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CenLury Learner ln mlnd 1he Len book serles lncludes
collecLlble cards and an lnLeracLlve webslLe LhaL allows Lhe reader Lo become parL of Lhe sLory
(ScholasLlc) ln an efforL Lo appeal Lo sLudenL's need Lo be lnLeracLlvely engaged we chose 1be
J9 cloes book 1be Moze of 8ooe as Lhe sLarLlng polnL for our LhemaLlc unlL
Aslde from belng lnLeracLlve 1be Moze of 8ooes ls unlque ln Lhe facL LhaL Lhe conLenL of Lhe
sLory lends lLself Lo Leachlng across Lhe core conLenL areas f course Lhe language arLs
elemenLs are presenL buL so are soclal sLudles maLh and sclence lL provldes a solld
opporLunlLy for lnLerdlsclpllnary lnsLrucLlon lor example Lhe maln characLers of Lhe book Amy
and uan are members of Lhe Cahlll famlly Lhe mosL powerful famlly Lhe world has ever known
Accordlng Lo Lhe sLory every famous and lnfluenLlal person ln hlsLory ls parL of Lhe Cahlll famlly
ln 1be Moze of 8ooes Lhe hlsLorlcal flgure LhaL leads Lhe characLers Lo Lhelr flrsL seL of clues ls
8en lranklln Amy and uan musL follow ln 8en lranklln's fooLsLeps around Lhe world Lo flnd
clues Lo Lhelr famlly Lreasure Amy and uan musL also Lap lnLo Lhelr hlsLorlcal knowledge and
sclenLlflc know how Lo lnLerpreL 8en's clues 8eaders wlll also flnd Lhemselves lmplemenLlng
Lhelr maLh skllls Lo raLlon Amy and uan's moneLary reserves Lo Lhey can conLlnue Lhelr
advenLures
1hls unlL ls deslgned Lo noL only encourage sLudenLs Lo plck up Lhe nexL book ln 1be J9 cloes
serles buL lL's also deslgned Lo encourage sLudenLs Lo seek ouL more lnformaLlon on Lhe facLual
elemenLs LhaL are woven LhroughouL Lhe sLory 1be Moze of 8ooes only Louches Lhe surface of
all 8en lranklln's hlsLorlc and sclenLlflc accompllshmenLs ur unlL wlll allow sLudenLs Lo furLher
explore noL only hls accompllshmenLs and place ln hlsLory buL also dlscover whaL lmpacL he's
had ln Lhelr llves ldeally Lhls unlL wlll provlde an auLhenLlc learnlng experlence for sLudenLs LhaL
wlll demonsLraLe LhaL readlng ls a fun and lnformaLlve acLlvlLy LhaL can lead Lhem down many
unknown paLhs Lo flnd Lhelr own Lreasures
Se|ect|ng the GS
Language Arts
LA6kC1 1he sLudenL reads a mlnlmum of 23 gradelevel approprlaLe books or
book equlvalenLs (approxlmaLely 1000000 words) per year from a varleLy of
sub[ecL dlsclpllnes 1he sLudenL reads boLh lnformaLlonal and flcLlonal LexLs ln a
varleLy of genres and modes of dlscourse lncludlng Lechnlcal LexLs relaLed Lo varlous
sub[ecL areas
5tudents wi// be reodinq "1he l9 c/ues Mote of 8ones" os one of their qrode /eve/ books to
he/p them ochieve the qoo/ of reodinq o minimum of 25 books
LA6W3 1he sLudenL uses research and Lechnology Lo supporL wrlLlng 1he sLudenL
a uses organlzaLlonal feaLures of elecLronlc LexL (eg bulleLln boards daLabases
keyword searches emall addresses) Lo locaLe relevanL lnformaLlon
b lncludes researched lnformaLlon ln dlfferenL Lypes of producLs (eg composlLlons
mulLlmedla presenLaLlons graphlc organlzers pro[ecLs eLc)
Dsinq vorious techno/oqy opp/icotions students wi// reseorch ond creote o website obout 8en
lronk/in ond "1he Mote of 8ones"
,ath
,64 SLudenLs wlll make connecLlons among maLhemaLlcal ldeas and Lo oLher
dlsclpllnes
c 8ecognlze and apply maLhemaLlcs ln conLexLs ouLslde of maLhemaLlcs
n "1he Mote of 8ones" the moin chorocters 4my ond uon cohi// trove/ to different stotes ond
different countries on o /imited budqet {5l000) 5tudent wi// reseorch ond use their moth ski//s
to determine which hote//hoste/ wou/d be o qood choice for 4my ond uon to stoy
Sc|ence
S6CS1 SLudenLs wlll explore Lhe lmporLance of curloslLy honesLy openness and skepLlclsm ln
sclence and wlll exhlblL Lhese LralLs ln Lhelr own efforLs Lo undersLand how Lhe world works
b undersLand LhaL hypoLheses are valuable lf Lhey lead Lo frulLful lnvesLlgaLlons even lf Lhe
hypoLheses Lurn ouL noL Lo be compleLely accuraLe descrlpLlons
5tudents wi// porticipote in o science experiment creotinq invisib/e ink 5tudents wi// moke o
hypothesis to determine if the experiment wi// work ond then in their journo/s ond website
write the resu/ts of their hypotheses in o if/thon stotement x f the /emon juice is opp/ied to
the poper ond then the iodine the resu/t wi// show no written messoqe
Soc|a| Stud|es
SS6kC1 SLudenLs wlll enhance readlng ln all currlculum areas by
a 8eadlng ln All Currlculum Areas
- 8ead a mlnlmum of 23 gradelevel approprlaLe books per year from a varleLy of sub[ecL
dlsclpllnes and parLlclpaLe ln dlscusslons relaLed Lo currlcular learnlng ln all areas - 8ead boLh
lnformaLlonal and flcLlonal LexLs ln a varleLy of genres and modes of dlscourse - 8ead Lechnlcal
LexLs relaLed Lo varlous sub[ecL areas
d LsLabllshlng conLexL
- Lxplore llfe experlences relaLed Lo sub[ecL area conLenL - ulscuss ln boLh wrlLlng and speaklng
how cerLaln words are sub[ecL area relaLed - ueLermlne sLraLegles for flndlng conLenL and
conLexLual meanlng for unknown words
1his book wi// be used in o// c/ossrooms in vorious subject oreos to enhonce reodinq ocross the
curricu/um
SS6G8 1he sLudenL wlll locaLe selecLed feaLures of Lurope
b LocaLe on a world and reglonal pollLlcalphyslcal map Lhe counLrles of 8elglum lrance
Cermany lLaly oland 8ussla Spaln ukralne and unlLed klngdom
n "1he Mote of 8ones" 4my ond uon cohi// trove/ to vorious /ocotions in the wor/d Dsinq o
mop students wi// identify the /ocotions ond p/oces they went