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CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Unit 2
Smart
Solutions
CONCEPT QUESTION
What are smart
ways that
problems are
solved?
Week 1
Expand the Concept
How have animals adapted
to solve the problems of
their environment?
TIME FOR Science
Connect the Concept
Literature
Penguin Chick
Plants—Fitting into Their World
Develop Language inhospitable, predatory,
refuge
Teach Content
 Living Things
Habitats
Animal Adaptation
Writing
 Summary
Internet Inquiry
 Animal Adaptations
Week 2
Expand the Concept
When is a solution the
wrong solution?
Time for SOCIAL STUDIES
Connect the Concept
Literature
A Day's Work
What Is a Weed?
Develop Language certainty, honesty, victims
Teach Content
 Making Choices
Personal Responsibility
Writing
 List of Rules
Internet Inquiry
 Making Good Choices
Week 3
Expand the Concept
How can you get ideas
to solve a problem?
Time for SOCIAL STUDIES
Connect the Concept
Literature
Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It
Meeting the Challenge of Collecting
Develop Language bulky, phonograph,
portable
Teach Content
 Costs/Benefits of
Personal Choices
Civic Life
Helping Others
Writing
 Problem-Solution
Paragaph
Internet Inquiry
 Organizing Collections
Week 5
Expand the Concept
When you find yourself in a
new place, what problems
might you meet?
Time for SOCIAL STUDIES
Connect the Concept
Literature
William's House
Log Cabins
Develop Language dwellings, gabled,
stockade
Teach Content
 Colonial Settlements
Change Over Time
Adapting to Environment
Writing
 Explanatory Paragraph
Internet Inquiry
 Colonial Times
Week 4
Expand the Concept
When are respect and understanding
important in solving a problem?
Time for SOCIAL STUDIES
Connect the Concept
Literature
Tops and Bottoms
The Hare and the Tortoise
Develop Language bragged, humiliated, vain
Teach Content
 Costs/Benefits of
Personal Choices
Helping Others
Writing
 Feature Story
Internet Inquiry
 Good Character