Susan Kennedy Kindergarten ECS-580 Integrated Five-Day Unit Plan

This document presents a detailed five-day integrated unit plan designed for kindergarten students, encompassing social studies and ELA. The unit, created by Susan Kennedy, covers a range of topics including land and water, festivals, friendship, family, and environmental responsibility (Go Green Go Clean). Each day's lesson includes specific objectives, summaries of activities, state-specific standards, instructional strategies (such as questioning rounds and games), differentiation strategies for diverse learners, and assessment methods. The plan also incorporates various materials and resources, such as globes, maps, books, and technology. The unit concludes with a reflection on the challenges and benefits of cross-disciplinary instruction, and how strategies were selected to enhance language development and communication skills. The plan emphasizes active learning and engagement through a variety of activities, promoting cognitive skills, creativity, and a sense of responsibility among the students.

Susan Kennedy- Kindergarten
ECS-580 Social Studies and ELA Integrated Five-Day Unit Plan
Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Lesson Title,
Objectives, and
Brief Summary of
Rationale
Land and Water
Objectives: The
lesson is designed
to guide students in
the course of
differentiating
between land and
water.
Summary: The
plan facilitates
students with the
knowledge of maps
and globes so that
they can identify
the lands and water
bodies.
Festivals
Objectives: The
lesson is designed
to guide students
with the knowledge
of number of
festivals.
Summary: the
lesson includes
discussions about
festivals provided
with variety of
culture.
Friendship
Objectives: The
lesson is designed
on friendship and it
aims to provide
positive qualities,
and accepting
differences.
Summary: The
lesson includes
discussions of
friendships
irrespective to age,
relationships,
colour, caste.
Family
Objectives:
The lesson aims to
provide lessons on
family relations and
its values and the
lessons makes the
sense of respecting
all kinds of
differences.
Summary: The
lesson includes
discussions of all
family
relationships.
Go Green Go
Clean
Objectives: The
lesson is designed
to provide sense of
keeping
environment clean.
Summary: the
lesson includes the
discussion about
why we should
keep environment
clean and what
practices should be
assessed by
humans.
State Specific
Standards
(include at least
 Geography
 Relationships
 Exchange of
conversation
 Culture
 Relationship
 Exchange of
conversation
 Relationships
 Moral values
 Exchange of
conversation
 Relationships
 Moral values
 Exchange of
conversation
 Healthy
environment
 Moral values
 Exchange of
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two social studies
standards, one
reading standard,
one writing
standard, and one
speaking and
listening standard
in the unit)
 Knowledge of
noun and
pronoun
 Screening of
responses
 names of places
 Knowledge of
noun and
pronoun
 Screening of
responses
 Acceptance of
differences
 Knowledge of
noun and
pronoun
 Screening of
responses
 Knowledge of
noun and
pronoun
 Screening of
responses
conversation
 Knowledge of
noun and
pronoun
 Screening of
responses
Vocabulary and
Academic
Language
 Ocean
 Symbols
 Globe
 Map
 representation
 festival
 culture
 region
 religion
 friendship
 morality
 values
 support
 bond
 value
 love
 care
 happiness
 clean
 nature
 fresh
 free
 safe
Instructional
Strategy/Strategie
s Used
 Questioning
round
 Game of
pointing out
marked oceans
and lands on
globe
 Coloring of
maps
 Reviewing of
student’s
activity
 Questioning
round
 Game of
answering each
of the student’s
regional culture
and their
festival.
 Reviewing of
student’s
activity
 Questioning
round
 Game of
answering each
of the student’s
favourite friend
 Engagement in
the group work
and fun
activities like
dance, painting.
 Reviewing of
student’s
activity
 Questioning
round
 Game of
introducing
their family
through
paintings
 Reviewing of
student’s
activity
 small drama
 Questioning
round
 Game of
participating
planting trees
and keeping the
surrounding
clean
 Reviewing of
student’s
activity
Summary of
Instruction and
Activities for the
Lesson
The questioning
round will provide
the degree of
understanding of
The questioning
round will provide
the degree of
understanding of
The questioning
round will provide
the degree of
understanding of
The questioning
round will provide
the degree of
understanding of
The questioning
round will provide
the degree of
understanding of
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the learnings. The
game provides the
motivation through
fun activities to the
students and
increases their
interest towards the
work given.
the learnings. The
game provides the
motivation through
fun activities and
increases their
interest.
the learnings. The
game provides the
motivation through
fun activities and
increases their
interest.
the learnings. The
game provides the
motivation through
fun activities and
increases their
interest.
the learnings. The
game provides the
motivation through
fun activities and
increases their
interest.
Differentiation
(identify
researched-based
support strategies
for students with
exceptionalities)
The advanced
children will be
asked to label their
maps and write
three sentences on
the given topic.
The advanced
children will be
asked about
different festivals
and write three
sentences on the
given topic.
The advanced
children will be
asked about
different moral
values required in
defining friendship
and write three
sentences on the
given topic.
The advanced
children will be
asked about
different moral
values required in
defining friendship
and write three
sentences on the
given topic.
The advanced
children will be
asked to give ideas
about introducing
innovative steps to
keep the
environment clean.
Materials,
Resources, and
Technology
Materials needed:
 inflatable globe
 Blue and green
sticky notes
Resources: “Maps
and Globes” by
Jack Knowlton
Technology:
projector to provide
larger view of the
world map as well
as the regional map.
Materials needed:
 Markers
 Stickers
Resources: The
Polar Express book.
Materials needed:
 Dynamic music
 Markers
 Crayons
 Paper
Resources: "It's
Okay to Be
Different" by Todd
Parr
Technology: virtual
art display and figure
identifier.
Material needed:
 Markers
 Crayon
 Family pictures
Resources: Me and
My Family Tree by
Joan Sweeney
Materials needed:
 Boots
 Caps
 Sowing seed kit
Resources: 10
Things I Can Do to
Help My World by
Melanie Walsh
Assessment  Guided
questions will
be assessed
 Guided
questions will
be assessed
 Guided
questions will
be assessed
 Guided
questions will
be assessed
 Guided
questions will
be assessed
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 Monitoring of
the class
 Observation in
informal
approach
 Reviewing of
individual
student’s
activity
 Assessment on
the
understanding
and screening
the ability of the
student.
 Monitoring of
the class
 Observation in
informal
approach
 Reviewing of
individual
student’s
activity
 Assessment on
the
understanding
and screening
the ability of the
student.
 Monitoring of
the class
 Observation in
informal
approach
 Reviewing of
individual
student’s
activity
 Assessment on
the
understanding
and screening
the ability of the
student.
 Monitoring of
the class
 Observation in
informal
approach
 Reviewing of
individual
student’s
activity
 Assessment on
the
understanding
and screening
the ability of the
student.
 Monitoring of
the class
 Observation in
informal
approach
 Reviewing of
individual
student’s
activity
 Assessment on
the
understanding
and screening
the ability of the
student.
Reflection
1. What challenges did you encounter when planning a five day unit that integrates cross-disciplinary skills?
While planning a five day unit that integrates cross-disciplinary skills, the challenges that I had to face is to understand the
dynamics of a child’s psychology according to which I am supposed to plan the lessons provided with the incorporating the write
balance between practical and theoretical lessons. As well as with what is going on in our world today dealing with the schools in
WV are currently close due to Covid-19 I have to ensure that I am online when the teacher is on with me as well as the student that
I am observing.
2. How does cross-disciplinary instruction benefit all student learning?
The cross- disciplinary benefits children in the development of cognitive skills, sense of responsibilities, creativity, presence of
mind, communication skills and activeness.
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3. How did you select the strategies you used to enhance language development and communication skills of individual
students through the integration of social studies content?
The languages and the vocabulary sets were planned according to the nature of the topic. The learning process is
through their type of activities. Thereby, the words related to the activities are learnt faster.
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