This is a title-one school serving more than 400 students. The school serves students with disabilities (31%) and English language learners (6%). The dominating ethnicities are Black or African American (51%) and Hispanic or Latino (40%). This is a third-grade classroom with 28 students between the ages of seven through eight. There are 15 boys and 13 girls. The native language of the English language learners is Spanish. Two students came from Mexico and this is their first year in the American public school system. There are two teachers in the classroom, one that specializes in special-education and the other in elementary-education. The students in the classroom learn best through logical/mathematical, verbal/linguistic, bodily/kinesthetic,
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Spending three weeks in Oaxaca learning about the culture, geography, and history that shaped Oaxaca. This unit is appropriate and relevant to the children in a third-grade class. According to the Scope and Sequence (3.4, 3.9, 3.10), third graders should be learning about how culture, geography, and history shape a community. More specifically, students will understand that each community develops an economic system that addresses three questions: what will be produced, how will it be produced, and who will get what is produced. Students will examine the different cultural aspects of Oaxaca, Mexico. Throughout this unit of study, students will develop be developing comprehension, writing, research, analytic, graph and image skills. According to the language arts Common Core Standards, in third-grade, students should be able to read and comprehend informational texts, including social studies/history …show more content…
With images and other sources that comes from Oaxaca, students will gain a better understanding about the Oaxaca’s culture. Students will be working in groups and independently through this unit study. When students write their poem, opinion-based piece, journal entry, and create a postcard, they will be working individually. When students are creating a poster, the students will be working in groups so they can collaborate and share ideas. The informational text we chose will correlate with the theme of the unit. Students will develop their knowledge about the different cultural aspects of Oaxaca, Mexico. In this unit study, students will be examining the Oaxaca culture through different
Spending three weeks in Oaxaca learning about the culture, geography, and history that shaped Oaxaca. This unit is appropriate and relevant to the children in a third-grade class. According to the Scope and Sequence (3.4, 3.9, 3.10), third graders should be learning about how culture, geography, and history shape a community. More specifically, students will understand that each community develops an economic system that addresses three questions: what will be produced, how will it be produced, and who will get what is produced. Students will examine the different cultural aspects of Oaxaca, Mexico. Throughout this unit of study, students will develop be developing comprehension, writing, research, analytic, graph and image skills. According to the language arts Common Core Standards, in third-grade, students should be able to read and comprehend informational texts, including social studies/history …show more content…
With images and other sources that comes from Oaxaca, students will gain a better understanding about the Oaxaca’s culture. Students will be working in groups and independently through this unit study. When students write their poem, opinion-based piece, journal entry, and create a postcard, they will be working individually. When students are creating a poster, the students will be working in groups so they can collaborate and share ideas. The informational text we chose will correlate with the theme of the unit. Students will develop their knowledge about the different cultural aspects of Oaxaca, Mexico. In this unit study, students will be examining the Oaxaca culture through different