Unit 3
| Grade: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Unit title: | Describing Dogs |
| Topics list: | animals, hobbies |
| Text type Non-fiction: | informational text |
| Cross Curricular links: | science, art, history |
| Number of lessons: | 5 |
| Context: | The aim of the unit was to develop students’ skills in the ability to describe animals. Students were acquainted with the topic through various non-fiction readings about various dog breeds and their origins. Students were exposed to some geographical and biological information and observed some text features of non-fiction texts. In the production part of the unit, students focused on the characteristics of good description and the appropriate language needed to produce animal descriptions. This unit created for third grade students was also implemented in fifth grade and second grade. |
| Authors and affiliation: | Esther Castellanos Manca Mihelcic Edyta Wernicka |
Unit Teacher’s commentary
In the following recordings, teachers are commenting on the process of the unit implementation. Edyta used this unit with the third graders in Poland, while Manca worked with the fifth graders in Slovenia.
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Unit Students’ commentary
Slovenian students comment on what they learned and how they liked working on the unit.
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