Grade 1 Communication and Collaboration Stage 1 (In Development)

Grade 1

Creative Communicator/Global Collaborator

Unit Overview

In the Creative Communicator/Global Collaborator unit students will develop the skills and attitudes necessary to become responsible communicators in a digital community. They will identify how to work together to solve problems and the importance of every member's contribution. Students will understand that working with and talking to people of different cultures can help us learn. Students will understand why we communicate and the digital tools we can use to do so. Students will identify different types of digital media and how they are used to communicate ideas. Throughout the unit, students will access the Internet through different online collaborative tools and resources to complete lesson activities.

Content Standards

2016 ISTE Standards for Students Links to an external site.

Reading

SL1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL3 Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
SL5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
SL6 Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.
L1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Writing

W6 With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
W7 Participate in shared research and writing projects.
Math Standards
MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
MP6 Attend to precision.

Math

MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
MP6 Attend to precision.

Transfer

T6 Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.

T7Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.

Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions

Enduring Understandings go beyond discrete facts or skills to focus on larger concepts, principles, or processes. They are transferable–applicable to new situations within or beyond the subject. For Enduring Understandings, answer, "What specifically do you want students to understand?"

A good essential question is open-ended, thought-provoking, intellectually engaging and calls for higher-order thinking, such as analysis, inference, evaluation, prediction. It cannot be effectively answered by recall alone. For Essential Questions, answer, "What thought-provoking questions will foster inquiry, meaning making, and transfer?"

Enduring Understandings	Essential Questions
U6a. Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.	Why do we communicate? How can technology enhance our ability to communicate?
U6d. Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.	What is digital media? How can I share my work with others?
U7a. Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.	How can working with and talking to different cultures help us learn?
U7c. Students contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.	Why is it important for every member in the group to contribute to the project? How do you work together to solve problems?

Acquisition

The identified knowledge and skill are needed to address the established goals, achieve the targeted understanding(s), and support effective transfer. Answer, "What facts and basic concepts should students know and be able to do?" and "What discrete skills and processes should students be able to use?"

NOTE: It is important to understand that simply acquiring these discrete skills does not guarantee transfer (or understanding). We are teaching for transfer and these skills support the transfer but are not sufficient alone.

Students will know...	Students will be skilled at...
K1 that working together as a team can solve problems.	S1. contributing to and cooperating with a team to complete a task.
K2 communicating with people from other cultures can help us learn.	S2. communicating with others to learn about them.
K3. that people and animals communicate for many reasons.	S3. identifying and selecting appropriate types of digital communication tools and the difference between non-digital and digital communication tools.
K4. that there are different types of digital media.	S4. identifying visual and audio digital media and digital vs. non-digital sources.

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