Vancouver Island University Faculty of Education

YEAR 5 B. Ed- FRAMEWORK PLANNING MATRIX

Part 1
Grade(s):

Kindergarten

Title of Unit: Theme: Nature coming alive/Growing and planting/Making healthy choices for self and the environment

Overview of Unit Topic/Theme: a) Provide an overall picture of the unit of study; and b) identify key unit concepts (2 -5).
This is a cross-curricular unit that focuses on science and language arts, but will have aspects of music and art as well. Science time blocks are four times a week,
and language arts time blocks are three times a week. The focus for language arts this practicum is journaling and compound words, which will be easily work
into the theme. Altogether this will amount to 34 lessons. We will explore what it means to be healthy, recycling, composting, and planting.
Rationale for Unit: Why are you teaching this unit and how is it relevant to the students at this point in time?
This is a springtime theme! Plants are growing, flowers are blooming, and animals are being born. Earth day is right in the middle of the unit, which is the perfect
opportunity to do some seed planting with their grade three buddies
List the Provincial Learning Outcomes (PLOs):
Draft Curriculum:
Science
- Demonstrate curiosity and a sense of wonder about the world
- Make exploratory observations using their senses
- Make simple measurements using non-standard units
- Share observations and ideas orally
English Language Arts
- Express thoughts, feelings, opinions, and ideas through oral, written, and visual presentations and contribute as a member of a classroom community
- Use the writing process to create written forms
- Recognize and use conventions of language
Arts Education
- Explore artistic elements, processes, materials, tools, and techniques
- Explore artistic expressions of self, community, and culture through creative processes
- Create artistic works collaboratively and as an individual using ideas inspired by imagination, inquiry, experimentation, and purposeful play
Culminating Task(s): Briefly describe the culminating task(s) that will provide a demonstration and/or celebration of student learning .

Students will cultivate their own garden in the land behind their classroom.
Resources: What resources will you use in this unit?
Pinterest
Vancouver Island Regional Library

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Learning Outcomes
What are the unit level learning
outcomes? What do you want
students to
learn/understand/appreciate?

Key idea 1: What does it

mean to be healthy?
Key idea 2: How can we help
our planet to be healthy?
(recycling, etc)
Key idea 3: Composting
Key Idea 4: Planting and
growth

Description of Learning
Activities & Strategies
What teaching strategies & activities
will you utilize to enable students to
achieve the learning outcomes?

Key Idea 1 (week 1&2):

Science
- Assortment of literature tieins
- KWL chart
- Foods sort what is good for
us
- Healthy activities/ not
healthy activities
- Where do we go if we are
not healthy? What happens
when we get sick?
- Grocery store scavenger
hunt!
Language Arts
- Journal: What is your
favourite exercise?
- Journal: How do I help
people who are sick?
- Journal: What is your
favourite healthy food?
Art
- Fruit and vegetable printing
- Happy tooth /sad tooth
Key Idea 2 (week 3):
Science
- Outdoor hike What is
healthy out here? What is
unhealthy? How do we
know?

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Assessment Method/Tool

Assessment Criteria

What method (e.g. write/say/do) and

tool/instrument will you use to collect
evidence of the learning?

By what criteria do you decide that

the outcome has been successfully
met? What will you look for in the
evidence?

Science:
- Recording and observation
within my observation sheet
- Photos taken
Language Arts:
- Journals are completed in a
scribbler and are kept for
portfolio
Art:
- Pieces are kept for either
display or portfolio (or
both)

Science:
- Participation in discussion
and activities
- Vocally making
observations
Language Arts
- Journal entries are
completed and are ontopic
Art
- Artwork is completed

How are some ways we can

keep our outdoors healthy?
Garbage sort
Outdoors again garbage
pick up
Take recyclables to return
center

Art
- Make art out of recyclables
Language Arts
- Journal: I can help my earth
by:
- Journal: What I like best
about the earth is:
- Journal: Where does trash
go?
Key Idea 3 (week 4):
Science
- Where does our food waste
go?
- Compost sort: how does food
waste turn into compost?
What lives in here?
- How can we use compost?
What is it for?
- Lets make our own
compost!
Language Arts
- Journal: What compost do
you have at your house?
- Journal: What bugs did you
find in the compost?
- Journal: What would you
like to grow, if you could
grow anything?
Art
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Making bugs out of

recyclables (egg cartons)
Key Idea 4 (week 5&6):
Science
- Outdoor walk-about: what
things are growing? What
things are not?
- Sprouting beans: assemble
- What do plants need to
grow? (brainstorm)
- Parts of a plant
- Observation of growth of
bean sprout
- What can we grow in our
garden?
Language Arts
- Journal: What grows in your
neighbourhood?
- Tell me about what a plant
needs to grow?
- What is growing in our
garden?
Art
- The garden song
- Seed mosaic
- Symmetrical flowers - paints

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