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ECD 315
Thematic Unit
ECD 315: Curriculum Planning and Design for Early Learners
Thematic Unit
The Douglas School District incorporates the Common Core State Standards Initiative of
English Language Arts Standards into their classrooms. That is why when I became the new
teacher of the 1st grade class there, I began to incorporate those standards into my curriculum.
Once students reach the 1st grade, they should have somewhat of a greater understanding of how
to write a little and how to read a little, which are developmental milestones (Jaruszewicz, 2012),
that they have achieved prior to reaching first grade. These skills may not be perfect but with the
theme of The Giving Tree book as my lesson for the month of September, I believe I can really
help enhance each student’s language arts skills, fine motor and gross motor skills, STEM
Science focused skills, literacy skills, and social-emotional skills. Children in first grade are just
that, children, therefore, I believe they learn best through play. That is why I plan on ensuring
that my curriculum is creative, engaging and fun for all my students. Whether that be through
song, acting, coloring, or just exploring outside. I will research creative ways to keep my
students engaged. The philosophy of learning that I chose is based of the Reggio Emilia
curriculum. I believe this best fits my curriculum philosophy because it almost allows the
children to fully guide the curriculum. It bases the curriculum off the student’s interactions
(Jaruszewicz, 2012). I believe the only way I will fully know if my students are understanding
what I’m teaching concerning The Giving Tree and if they are getting the highest-quality
education is if I ask them. Therefore, as I am going through this lesson plan of the book, I will
have a checklist and a to-do list to make sure that we are hitting all our educational goals. This
will also keep the students on track, but for the most part the students will drive the lesson and I
will guide them.
, Alignment with Philosophy of Curriculum
My personal philosophy of curriculum and thematic unit of learning most closely aligns
with The Project Approach curriculum which allows teachers to guide their students through in-
depth learning on real-world topics. It allows the students to essentially have an active learning
environment that achieves the appropriate curriculum milestones for the teachers (The Project
Approach, 2014). Furthermore, the Project Approach’s curriculum focuses mostly on life & real-
world experiences. Although, The Giving Tree book is fictional, I believe this is still useful
because I can align my STEM (Science) lesson around it by teaching about the life of a tree, the
many different uses of trees, and how to give back to a tree by recycling or planting more trees.
The science portion of my STEM lesson plan that I will incorporate will be gardening. Although
gardening may seem simple and easy, it does take a lot of science too it & I believe incorporating
this into the class will not only benefit the students intellectually, but it will also benefit them
nutritionally. With that being said, incorporating the science portion into my concept map with
hands-on learning I will incorporate tree growth. Since my concept map originally is about the
book The Giving Tree I will have the students plant a tree, any kind that they want. From there
they will observe and document it’s growth and we will then do research on the different kinds of
trees and their growth as well. We could sort the trees into groups mathematically based off of
height, weight, or even by name. So, some students may have an oak tree, other students may
have a pecan tree. Those can be sorted into their own groups. Then they can further be sorted by
height or weight. Finally, the book and the Project Approach curriculum aligns with my
philosophy and thematic unit because it focuses on the whole child concept of teaching, where
the teacher’s responsibility is too also focus on physical, emotional, & social health of the
students.
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