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5 Great Thematic Unit Plans from Scholastic Teacher Advisors
Veteran teachers share their best thematic lessons for all grade levels and on a variety of subjects.
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
We asked five of our Teacher Advisors to share their best thematic teaching ideas. Browse the unit plans, below, to find the right one for your classroom, and find others — or share your own — in TeacherShare.
For more teacher-tested ideas, see what our current team of Teacher Advisors are sharing.
Unit Plans
Meet Your Vegetables
This integrated curriculum unit helps students better understand the importance of good nutrition.
Sheltering Shells
This is a unit that investigates things with shells. The students take an in-depth look at animals with shells and the different types of shells.
Overboard for Owls
Students will become researchers and scientists as they learn about animal adaptations with owls.
Using Poetry to Explore Change and Belonging
In this unit plan from veteran teacher Kechia Williams, students read poems on change and growth and contemplate the idea of belonging.
Adolescent Issues
Since students are more engaged in the content being taught when it is related to their own lives, this unit makes connections between typical teen issues and essential writing skills, the rules of subject-verb agreement.
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