Running Head: Thematic Unit

Thematic Unit
Bethany Burgess
Ivy Tech Community College

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INTASC Standard, Description and Rationale
Standard #7: Planning for Instruction
The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by
drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as
well as knowledge of learners and the community context.
Name of Artifact: Thematic Unit
Date: September 13, 2015
Course: EDUC 255: Multicultural Teaching
Brief Description:
For this assignment I selected the book Its Check-up Time, Elmo! I have chosen the theme of
going to the doctor or somewhere that might be new and scary; I have selected this for a
Kindergarten level.
Rationale:
In this unit I will be using the Indiana Academic Standards to assist in making a lesson plan
around a designated theme. I will make appropriate lesson plans based on my students
competency and prior knowledge.

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Indiana Academic Standards
English and Language Arts
Reading: Foundations
K.RF.1
K.RF.2.4

Understand and apply knowledge of print concepts, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, and
fluency and comprehension as a foundation for developing reading skills
Identify and name all uppercase (capital) and lowercase letters of the alphabet

K.RF.3.1

Identify and produce rhyming words.

Mathematics
Number Sense
K.NS.1: Count to at least 100 by ones and tens and count on by one from any number
K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal
to the number of objects in another group (e.g., by using matching and counting strategies)
Science
Physical Science
K.1.2: Identify and explain possible uses for an object based on its properties and compare these
uses with other students ideas.

Social Studies
Geography
K.3.2: Identify maps and globes as ways of representing Earth and understand the basic
difference between a map and globe
K.3.4: Identify and describe the address and location of school; understand the importance of an
address
Art
Reading for Literacy in Arts
K.RI.2: With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text

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Music
K.RI.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Thematic Unit Chart

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Mathematics:

Music:

Measure and weigh the

students, then use those
numbers to work on
counting

Have the students

create songs to ease
anxiety of going to
the doctor or
experiencing
something new.

Art:
Theme: New Places
Kindergarten
Social Studies:
Show the students
different hospitals
around their state.

Its Check-up Time, Elmo!

By Sarah Albee

The students will

create positive and
fun pictures
pertaining to their
new event.

Published by Bendon 2014

Language Arts/Reading:
Science:
The children will create
reasons why they would
need to visit the doctor, such
as illness. Then learn about
the illness the children come
up with

Read Its Check-up

Time, Elmo! Go over the
highlighted themes and
words in back of the
book.