introducing underthe sea- wikispaces（介绍下海洋——wikispaces）（33页）.docVIP

A Kindergarten Unit By: Katherine Shepherd Introduction My unit is a thematic unit for Kindergarten about what we can discover under the sea. The unit consists of an introduction activity, six lessons, and a closing day center celebration. Since the unit is for a kindergarten class, I will be teaching each lesson twice, once for the morning class and once for the afternoon. My unit allows the students to explore the topics of sand, various ocean animals, five frames, comparing length, and taking care of ocean environments. Some of the subject areas incorporated are English language arts, math, science, health, and arts education. Growing up in Saskatchewan the ocean is not an immediate part of our daily life, and I think this is what makes learning about the ocean so appealing. It allows you to learn about creatures you don’t see everyday and I think that novelty can be engaging all on its own. I wanted to bring this topic into the classroom in hopes of sparking the students’ sense of wonder and intrigue. I also felt that there are so many options when it comes to teaching about the ocean and that I could use the theme to teach many different subject areas. Adaptive Dimension Since I am teaching each lesson twice, once to the morning class and once to the afternoon, I am aware that I may need to make some changes to the lesson in order to best fit the learners. From what I have seen last semester, the morning class cannot be doing the same thing for too long or they get restless and lose interest, whereas the afternoon class seems to like the repetition and doing things over again. Also, in the afternoon class there are about six different cultures represented by the students, with some of the students being raised in a household that does not speak much English. I will definitely need to keep these students in mind, especially when I am giving directions as they can have a hard time understanding words like befor