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How It Works:
Students go back in time and experience the day and life of Sarah Wheaton,
the title character of Sarah, Plan and Tall. This unit integrates
language arts, social studies, art and music as
well technology. The students participate in activities such as sequencing,
cause and effect, compare and contrast and grammar usage such as: nouns, verbs,
compound words and contractions. The students use online resources to complete
interactive activities such as word searches, graphs, spreadsheets and
worksheets.
Standards:
The students review their vocabulary skills.
The students are able to read for comprehension.
The students are able to put events in sequential events.
The students make able to use context clues.
The students identify cause and effects.
The students use a map.
The students integrate technology use and tools into the story.
Estimated Class Periods To Complete:
10 or more
Software Materials Used:
Book marked Internet web sites, word processing and
spreadsheets
Keywords:
prairie, dusk, homely, feisty, Kansas, lantern, pitch, fog,
plain, calm, dune and porch, fiction, Maine, farming, chapter book
Students:
The project is designed for third graders as well as for
lower or higher grade levels (activities can be modified accordingly).
Overall:
The best part of this unit is the students really
experience what life was like back then using modern technology and resources
that we have available to us today.
Tips:
Bookmark web sites in advance and have all your materials
ready for the students.
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About the Teacher:
Gladys Sardinas is a third grade teacher at Charles R.
Hadley Elementary School. She has taught second and third grade at Hadley for the last six
years.
For the last two years she has been a participant in the Citibank FamilyTech program
in which her students have been busy and active in technology.
Subjects:
Language Arts and Social Studies
Grade Levels:
3 and 4
Email Gladys
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