Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
2005
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Andrea Sledge
Second Committee Member
C. Butterfield
Third Committee Member
G. Goss
Abstract
This handbook was designed for teachers in a third-to-fourth grade looping classroom. The lessons integrate reading and writing, and the second year (fourth grade) builds upon skills and strategies introduced in the first year (third grade). The third grade set of lessons focuses study on animals while the fourth grade set of lessons focuses on biographies. The handbook contains a OLE/Lesson plan matrix, information for teachers before beginning both sets of lessons, twelve third grade lessons, thirteen fourth grade lessons, and extension activities for both animals and biographies. The final section in the handbook is an appendix that contains every worksheet needed to complete the lessons. Current literature and research regarding child development, various organizational structures in classrooms, looping, learning to read versus reading to learn, and the importance of nonfiction in the elementary classroom were reviewed.
Recommended Citation
Bonsen, Kimberly Lynn, "Animals and Biographies: Integrated Units for Third/Fourth Looped Classes" (2005). All Graduate Projects. 172.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/172
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Elementary Education and Teaching Commons