The Pick from the Patch

How can we describe and identify a pumpkin?

Grades: 4th
Thematic Unit Planning Matrix
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MATH

Science

How big are the Students will

Students will
pumpkins?
measure two
then use Excel
How can we
pumpkins provided to graph out the
measure to
by the teacher. They results of the
figure out the will then use a ruler two pumpkins
length of the
using centimeters to using their
pumpkin?
measure the length written graph as
Is there a
of the pumpkin.
a resource.
difference
They will then
between the two create a written
pumpkins?
graph labeled
pumpkin 1 and
pumpkin 2 and
graph their results
to find out the
difference between
the two pumpkins.

Students will be Students will

graded on their compare their

results of
written graph to
finding the
their Excel graph
difference
to see if their
between the
results match.
two pumpkins. They will then
Students Excel identify if there is
graphs will be a difference
Teks:
graded based on between the two

their knowledge pumpkins and

of the use of a present their
graph.
results to the
class.
100pts

How do
pumpkins
grow? What is
the growth
cycle of a

Students will be
grade on their
complete
product of how
pumpkins grow.

Student will first

watch video about
how pumpkins
grow in Libby's
farm. When

Students will
watch a video
on YouTube
about how
pumpkins grow

Students will be
able to explain the
growth cycle of a
pumpkin and will
be able to explain

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The Student will

demonstrate an
understanding of
technology using Excel.
They will transfer their
current knowledge to
the new learning tool
given to them.
111.6(A)(4)The
primaryfocalareasin
Grade4areuseof
operations,fractions,
anddecimalsand
describingand
analyzinggeometryand
measurement.
Students will
demonstrate their
creative thinking and
develop innovative

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pumpkin?

presented the video on Libbys farm. Students will be the growth cycle
students will need
graded on
in their own
to write down
neatness,
words.
important
clarity, and use
information given
of class time
to them from the
and if they
video. They will
gained any
use this information
knowledge
to create a pumpkin
during the
cycle of their own.
process.
The cycles they
create will be
posted around the
classroom to show
their peers how
they think the
pumpkin grows.
The information
they wrote down
during the video
will be handed to
the teacher soon
after they are done
with their pumpkin
cycles. They are to
make their cycle in
a creative way.

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products will the use of

technology (YouTube).
Students will apply their
knowledge to generate
new ideas, and the
process of a pumpkin.
Teks:
112.5(a)(4)
Investigationsareusedto
learnaboutthenatural
world.Studentsshould
understandthatcertain
typesofquestionscanbe
answeredby
investigationsandthat
methods,models,and
conclusionsbuiltfrom
theseinvestigations
changeasnew
observationsaremade.
Modelsofobjectsand
eventsaretoolsfor
understandingthenatural
worldandcanshowhow
systemswork.Theyhave
limitationsandbasedon
newdiscoveriesare
constantlybeing
modifiedtomoreclosely
reflectthenatural

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world.
How can I
create an
Language acrostic poem
Arts
using all the
knowledge I
know about
pumpkins?

Students will be
The students
given a mini lesson will use
on Acrostic Poems. Microsoft word
The teacher will
and type out
provide student
their poem.
with information
They will also
about pumpkins and need to decorate
students will work their poemin groups of 3 and using picture
create an acrostic from the
poem that
internet.
resembles a
pumpkin. During
the mini lesson
students are to take
notes along with
teacher. They will
be writing down
different ways of
creating an acrostic
poem. They will be
able to refer back to
these notes during
their group work.
The students will be
counted off in
groups of 3 soon
after the mini
lesson is done. The
students are to

Students will be
graded on
group effort.
Students will
each need to
explain what
they learned
from the poem
about
pumpkins. The
will also be
graded on
organization
and clarity.

Students will
present their
finished poem to
the classroom.
Once they have
presented they are
display their poem
in the poetry
board.

Students will use their

sense of knowledge to
communicate and work
collaboratively in groups
of 3 to create a poem
with the letters that are in
the word pumpkin.
Students will them
contribute their poem to
the class.

Teks:
110.15(B)(16,
a,b)Writing/LiteraryTexts.
Studentswriteliterarytextsto
expresstheirideasandfeelings
aboutrealorimaginedpeople,
events,andideas.Studentsare
expectedto:
(A)writeimaginativestories
thatbuildtheplottoaclimax
andcontaindetailsaboutthe
charactersandsetting;
and(B)Writepoemsthat
conveysensorydetailsusingthe
conventionsofpoetry(e.g.,
rhyme,meter,patternsofverse).

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create an acrostic
poem in a group
and present their
poem to their
classmates.

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