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This document outlines a thematic unit on a day at the zoo for third grade students. It includes activities and assessments for English, mathematics, and science. In English, students will research an animal and write a story about it. In mathematics, students will solve word problems using multiplication. In science, students will classify different animals and discuss their characteristics. The unit aims to engage students through independent and group work, while integrating technology and aligning lessons with state standards.

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Thematic Unit Matrix Updated

This document outlines a thematic unit on a day at the zoo for third grade students. It includes activities and assessments for English, mathematics, and science. In English, students will research an animal and write a story about it. In mathematics, students will solve word problems using multiplication. In science, students will classify different animals and discuss their characteristics. The unit aims to engage students through independent and group work, while integrating technology and aligning lessons with state standards.

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A Day at the Zoo!

Thematic Unit Question(s)


Third Grade
Thematic Unit Planning Matrix

Content
or
Subject
Area

Thematic
Questions

Centers
(Activities)

Technology
Integration
(References,
Software and/or
Resources)

Assessment and/or
Rubric Scale

Student Products or
Portfolio

English

Students will
work
What is your independently on
favorite kind this assignment.
of animal and
This is not a
why?
group activity;
each student will
have the ability
and
responsibility to
complete this
task on their own
using their own
ideas.

The students
Students will be
will use laptops required to show great
or iPads in order
listening and
to research the comprehension skills.
information
They are required to
about the animal show that they have
they chose.
listened to the
instructions and that
they have fulfilled the
project requirements to
the best of their ability.

NM Standards:
Common Core State
Standards for English
Language Arts (ELA) and
Mathematics
NM Content Standards with
Benchmarks (other than ELA
and Math)
The ISTE NETS and
Performance Indicators for
Teachers and Students

Students will pick an


By the end of the year, read and
animal of their choice.
comprehend literature
They will then draw [informational texts] at the high end
them, describe where of the grades 23 text complexity
they live, what they eat,
band independently and
what they look like,
proficiently.
and any other
information they wish
to include. The students
will then write a short
story about the animal
they chose and why
they chose that animal.
They will write and
illustrate this story in a
handmade story book.
To conclude this
assignment, they will
read their stories to
their classmates.


Content
or
Subject
Area

Thematic
Questions

Centers
(Activities)

Technology
Integration
(References,
Software and/or
Resources)

Assessment and/or
Rubric Scale

Student Products or
Portfolio

If a lion eats
about 9kgs of
food in one
Mathematics eating and
eats three
times a day,
how many
kilograms of
food will the
lion eat by the
end of the
day?

Students will be
able given a
worksheet with
math word
problems where
we will go over
one question
together as a
class then they
will be placed in
groups where
they will solve
the rest of the
questions.

Students will
see a
multiplication
video off the
promethean
board

I will walk around the Students will have their


classroom to ensure
own individual
each student is
worksheet where their
participating. After
own work should be
each of the groups is
displayed.
finished I will ask one
member of each group
to come up to the
board and write down
their answer for that
problem on the board.
As a class we will
work the problem out.
We will do this for
every question until
the worksheet has been
completed. After the
lesson has been
completed I will use
the rubric to evaluate
each students
performance on the
lesson.

NM Standards:
Common Core State
Standards for English
Language Arts (ELA) and
Mathematics
NM Content Standards with
Benchmarks (other than ELA
and Math)
The ISTE NETS and
Performance Indicators for
Teachers and Students

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.0A.A.3
Use multiplication and division
within 100 to solve word problems
in situations involving equal
groups, arrays, and measurement
quantities, e.g., by using drawings
and equations with a symbol for the
unknown number to represent the
problem.


Content
or
Subject
Area

Thematic
Questions

Centers
(Activities)

Technology
Integration
(References,
Software and/or
Resources)

Assessment and/or
Rubric Scale

Student Products or
Portfolio

Science

What are the


different
classifications
of the
following
animals? Ex:
monkeys,
dolphins,
elephants,
lions, snakes,
butterflies,
and birds

Initially, the
students will
work
independently on
this assignment.
They will fill out
the worksheet
provided to them
and after
everyone at the
table is done, the
students can talk
to their group
about their
answers.

The students
will be using the
laptop or iPad
for the internet,
they will use the
internet to help
them figure out
the
classifications
for the animals
listed above.

While the students are Students will have their


working, I will walk
completed worksheet
around the classroom
as a product of their
to ensure all of the work; this will also be a
students are doing their reference for future
own individual work. I
work.
will answer questions
when need be. The
children will be graded
on the answers that
they came up with on
their own, they will
also be graded on the
way they interact and
assist their peers.

NM Standards:
Common Core State
Standards for English
Language Arts (ELA) and
Mathematics
NM Content Standards with
Benchmarks (other than ELA
and Math)
The ISTE NETS and
Performance Indicators for
Teachers and Students

Strand II: Content of Science


Standard II (Life Science):
Understand the properties,
structures, and processes of living
things and the interdependence of
living things and their
environments.
K-4 Benchmark I: Know that living
things have diverse forms,
structures, functions, and habitats.
3. Classify common animals
according to their observable
characteristics (e.g., body
coverings, structure).

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