Seasons of Love
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Mathematics Social Studies | |
| Author | Robin Stratton, Lester Thompson, Sherri Woods | |
| Description | This literature-based unit will focus on Appalachian Culture
using the story "The Relatives Came", by West Virginia author, Cynthia Rylant. It will incorporate Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, Health, Art, and Music. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Microsoft Works (bar graph), Computer, Cynthia Rylant
cassette tape, EasyBook Deluxe, software | |
| Grade Level | 1 2 | |
| National Standards | Visual Arts:
1. Understands and applies media, techniques, and processes related to the visual arts 2. Knows how to use structures (e.g., sensory qualities, organizational principles, expressive features) and functions of art Language Arts: 1. Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process 5. Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process 6. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts 8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes Technology: 2. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer software programs 4. Understands the nature of technological design 6. Understands the nature and uses of different forms of technology Math 4. Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of measurement 6. Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis 7. Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of probability Geography 2. Knows the location of places, geographic features, and patterns of the environment 3. Understands the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface Science 1. Understands atmospheric processes and the water cycle 11. Understands the nature of scientific knowledge 12. Understands the nature of scientific inquiry 13. Understands the scientific enterprise Grades K-4 History 1. Understands family life now and in the past, and family life in various places long ago | |
| Keywords | Cynthia Rylant
Appalachian Culture West Virginia West Virigina Author Seasons | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Lesson 1: Our Relatives Came
Lesson 2: Up From Virginia Lesson 3: Seasons, Weather, and Trees Lesson 4: Healthy Eating - Healthy Living Lesson 5: My Grandma and Your Grandma | |
| English IGO or CSO | 1.21, 1.22, 1.24, 1.28, 1.30, 1.34, 1.35, 1.36, 1.40, 1.43, 1.44, 1.45, 1.47, 1.48, 1.49, 1.50, 1.51, 1.52, 1.53, 1.55, 1.56, 1.90, 1.93, 1.96, 1.100, 2.19, 2.22, 2.30, 2.39, 2.41, 2.49,
2.52, 2.61, 2.67, 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.20, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.12, 2.33, 2.36, 2.37 | |