Telluride Elementary / Intermediate Integrated Curriculum Map

Deserts

Grade Level: 3

Timeline / Unit Month	Essential Questions	LA Expectation/ Standard	Science Standard	Project/ Activity	Resources	Assessment
Desert April/May	How do plants/ animals/ people adapt /interact to living in the desert. What makes a desert a desert?	4.I Use brainstorming techniques to clarify what is read, heard or viewed 4.G Use listening skills to understand oral communication 1.c. Identify main idea/ details 2.L write and speak using content area vocab. accurtely 1.A use a full range of comprehension strategies. 1.D infer using context clues 5.D use recources to gather info. and report 5.G take notes from relevant sources 6.A read, respond to a variety of literature 6.C beat, rhythym and poetry 5.H present info. using available technology 2.B write about a main idea with supporting details 2.C organize 2.G align voice with purpose 2.K oral presentation 3.G spell all content area words correctly 4.B use language arts to define and solve problems 1.F locate and recall information in text with different structures 5.A Gather, organize, report info. from observations and experiences	4I• describing natural processes that change Earth's surface (for example, weathering, erosion, mountain building, volcanic activity); and 4J• recognizing that humans are affected by natural events (for example, earthquakes, volcanoes, floods). 4K understand that weather is different from climate 4L• describing the spin, orbit and tilt of the Earth in relation to the Sun, including the concepts of day, night, season and year; (temperate zones); 4U• understand the quantitative changes in weather conditions over time and space (for example, humidity, temperature, air pressure, cloud cover, wind, precipitation) 1D • selecting and using appropriate tools and technology to gather and display (graphs, charts, diagrams) quantitative and qualitative data related to an investigation (for example, length, volume, and mass measuring instruments, thermometers, watches, magnifiers, 4K understand that weather is different from climate 3F • Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. (from NSES) *NOTE: local examples should be specified in the assessment framework 3G • explaining the interaction and interdependence between and among nonliving and living components of ecosystems; 3H• recognizing that green plants need energy from sunlight and various raw materials to live, and animals consume plants and other organisms to live; and 3M• recognizing that there are similarities and differences in appearance among individuals of the same population • understand the use of models to represent events and objects (for example, comparing a map of the school to the actual school; a model of the Earth to the Earth itself). 3f; 3g 3f; 3g; 4j 3f; 3h; 3g	Read Aloud A Desert is Theirs KWL activity : Deserts A look at the Earth Around us: Deserts Listen, read along and rate What makes a Desert a Desert? Read and highlight/answer questions Where in the World? Locate and label deserts of the world Bill Nye video on deserts “Rain, Rain Come Again” graphing rainfall of 8 deserts Graph temperatures of Phoenix and Washington, D.C. Books on the Desert: Read at least 4 different books and record new information Match landforms to descriptions Nocturnal Wheel Magic School Bus: Desert Trip Movie and book Desert Poetry Desert Report and Talk Alphabetize desert words Watercolor of the Desert Desert Dwellers The Lost Tribe of the Tocowans- math simulation Desert Vocabulary Desert Animal Jigsaw Reading and Sharing Peoples of the Desert Arches Field Trip: Field Trip Manual Biological Soil Crust: Read, highlight and study Math Word Problems	Desert Contract Kid Kit: Desert In school Library: Field Books, Movies, Desert Books, National geographic (box) Leaflets and tape The Desert is Theirs By Byrd Baylor Life in the Deserts by Lucy Baker Ranger Rick’s NatureScope: Discovering Deserts Desert Dwellers Poster: Scholastic National Geographic: The Land Around Us: Deserts 101 Questions About Desert Life: Alice Jablonsky A Game of Survival: Onto the Desert The Magic School Bus : Gets All Dried Up by Joanna Cole Videos; Desert Habitats Desert Animals and Plants Bill Nye: Desert Arches Pamphlet USGS: Biological Soil Crusts	Desert Contract and activities Teacher Made test on Essential Question #2 Field Trip Manual Desert Plant Talk/ Slide Show