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**Luisa's Fall Lesson Plans and Documentation**



 * TEAM: Year 2**


 * Unit Overview Template**


 * Teacher: Luisa Santos School Name: Robert Healy**


 * Grade level: 5th Grade Subject: Reading**


 * Dates of Unit: October 17-November 21, 2011**


 * Unit Plan title and Summary: __Alexander Calder, Interpreting The Abstract, and Responding to Literature.__**


 * Students will read a novel entitled The Calder Game. Students will learn about Alexander Calder and his art. Students will make connections between Calder’s abstract work, which is open to interpretation, and the way individuals respond to literature.**


 * Big Idea(s):**


 * Observing and describing works of art can help students approach the painting/sculpture/mobile in such a way as to facilitate the students’ understanding of the work.**


 * Unit Objective(s):**

[These should be designed collaboratively by classroom teacher, MCLT, and librarian and should incorporate thinking skills and content objectives]

1. We will use the skills of observing and describing to facilitate the interpretation of an abstract work of art.

2. We will apply these skills to help us interpret literature.

3. We will interpret literature to lead us into understanding and responding.


 * Summary Procedure**


 * Date || Summary of activity || Teacher ||
 * 10/14 || Students will begin the work on this unit through lesson one. Students will understand that observing and describing are important skills to develop and that we can begin doing this by observing our own environment (classroom). Students will also understand that through careful observation and description, we can draw conclusions about what we see. || L. Santos ||
 * 10/18 || Students will be introduced to some of Alexander Calder’s work. The students will see a projection of one image at a time on the screen. Students will keep a literature journal in which they will keep a record of their observations. Students will discuss abstract and realistic styles of art. Students will understand what makes these images examples of abstract work. || L. Santos ||
 * 10/19 || Teacher will introduce the new novel to be used for literature, The Calder Game, by Baillet Blue. Teacher will lead the class in a discussion after a detailed observation of the book’s cover. || L. Santos ||
 * 10/20-11/11 || Students will spend about two weeks actually reading the novel (50 chapters), summarizing, responding, and predicting in their journals, discussing the reading with the class and with their small groups, and doing the assigned activities. || L. Santos ||
 * 11/14-11/18 || Students will spend 5 more days on post reading activities that will include designing and making their own mobiles as well as a reflection on the work. There will also be a mid-book exam and a final exam. The explanation of their mobile designs will be used as an extended response question. This will be used to assess whether the students comprehend that just like their explanations for an abstract work of art required them to provide evidence from their observations, an extended response question will also require the same approach. || L. Santos ||