My wonderful team and I are switching up our animal unit that we have done for years. It was done well before I was even on the grade and it needed some re-vamping. First graders go crazy for animals so this unit is A LOT of fun to teach.
We have decided to do a sort of science journal focusing on animals. This will be the first year implementing this type of research, study skills and summative assessment. I like the journal idea because it allows for everything to be in one place. This way as a teacher I can look over all of the work the child does along the way (formative assessment) as well as the end result. For the students I am hoping the journal makes it neatly organized and allows for all of their work material to be in one place rather than a folder here and a paper there etc.
Take a look and let me know what you think. I will definitely continue to post more resources for this unit. This is just a little taste…haha!
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Does anyone teach an animal unit? How do you teach this topic to your little people?!
On another note...B and I will be catching up on Glee tonight -- WOOHOO! Have a lovely evening everyone!
