H is for Hero
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Mathematics Social Studies | |
| Author | Lauren Jarroll
Martha Perilli Frances Rich Zela Elementary School | |
| Description | The students will brainstorm a list of qualities that heroes
posess and write brief sketches of people they consider to be heroes. The students will use the internet to research various heroes, and develop a survey for the entire student body to complete. From that data, the students will create a bar graph titled "Top 10 Heroes". The students will play a mathematics game that combines addition and words that describe the qualities of heroes. The students will write pattern poems reviewing the qualities of heroes, write paragraphs about the heroes that were researched, and make a "Wall of Heroes". | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Computers with internet access
Overhead projector Calculators | |
| Grade Level | 2 3 | |
| National Standards | Language Arts
1. Uses general skills and strategies of the writing process 4. Gathers and uses information for research purposes 8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes. 9. Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media. Mathematics 3. Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processess of computation. 6. Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis. History 4. Understands how democratic values came to be, and how they have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols. | |
| Keywords | hero
firefighter soldier sailor police officer paramedic patriot | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Overview: H is for Hero
Lesson 1: What Makes A Hero? Lesson 2: Who Is My Hero? Lesson 3: Code Red! Lesson 4: My Hero Lesson 5: Past Heroes | |
| English IGO or CSO | 2.5,2.12,2.65,2.103,2.104,2.106,3.13,3.35,3.67,3.72,3.90 | |
| Math IGO or CSO | 2.2,2.20,2.16,2.26,2.56,3.15,3.19,3.53 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | 2.9,2.21,2.25,2.29,3.5 | |