S1+Augustine+Stacey

=Stage 1 Identify Desired Results= Interconnected Elements PreK-2 Students will write to communicate their ideas.
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results: English Language Arts - B. Writing

MSAD9 Standards - Aligned with MLR and adopted 5/15/07

ELAK.4 Students will record responses to experiences or discoveries using pictures and words to represent ideas. ||

//What understandings are desired?//
•all people are special and unique. •people have different experiences that influence who they are. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * •people are similar and different from each other.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
•How are you special and what makes you unique? •Why do your experiences influence who you are? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •How are people similar and different?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
•Important events and people; family members, pets, life time-line, beginning, middle, end, vacations and traditions. •Vocabulary; self-portrait, traditions, beliefs, values, unique, special, similar, different. || •Describe who they are. •Tell a story about themselves thus far in life (wishes, strengths). •Create a time-line of their life, special events, memories and how they influenced who they are •Compare and contrast how people are similar and different from others. •Be open to the diversity of all our friends in the classroom. •Reflect upon who they are, the choices they make, and how they impact others. ||
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * •Critical details of writing, illustrations, people, and identity.


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**