An Integrated Lesson: Language Arts, Math and Science

Subject Area: Language Arts, Math and Science
Instructor: Martha Taylor
School: Thomas M. Knoles Elementary School, Flagstaff
District: Unified School District, Flagstaff, AZ
Grade Level: Grade 2

Arizona Academic Standards Addresses:Language Arts, Reading

Subject Area: Reading
Strand 1: Reading Process
• Concept 2. Phonemic Awareness: Identify and manipulate the sounds of speech.
• PO 1. Read multisyllabic words fluently using letter-sound knowledge.

Subject Area: Writing
• W -F2. Use correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and word usage, and good penmanship to complete a variety of writing tasks.


Subject Area: Science
Standard 6: Earth And Space Science
• 6SC - F7. Measure and record changes in weather conditions.
• PO 1. Measure weather conditions.

Subject Area: Mathematics
Strand 1: Number Sense and Operations
• Concept 1, Number Sense: Understand and apply numbers, ways of representing numbers, the relationships among numbers and different number systems.
• PO 2. Identify a whole number represented by a model with a word name and symbols 0 through 999.
• PO 3. Count aloud, forward or backward, in consecutive order 0 through 999.Strand 2:Data analysis (statistics)
• Concept 2:Probability: Understand and apply numbers, ways of representing numbers, the relationships among numbers and different number systems.
• PO 1. Formulate question to collect data in contextualsituation.

Learning Objectives:

• The students will be able to write and say many words with the short _u_ sound.
• They will talk about rules pertaining to what to do when adding an ending to the word such as ___ing, ___ed, ___est, ____er, etc.
• They will spell and write the words on their paper. They will then write sentences that are dictated and sentences of their own using the words.
• They will alphabetize certain words.

Materials and Resources:

• Chalkboard
• Tally chart for counting days in school
• Calendar
• Computer
• Calendars for recording data
• Map of U.S.
• Paper/pencils

Instructional Activities:

• Mathematics
  Directions: The students will talk about the calendar for the day. Since it is February 6, 2002, they will see how many equations they can make to get 6 for the answer. Since it just happens to be the 100th day of school, they will see how many ways they can write 100. They will use an expanded number and money. They will count in several different ways.

• Science
  They will look on the computer at the weather channel for the high and low temperature for the day and what the temperature is in different parts of the country. They will mark their calendars and check the high and low pressure on the class barometer.

• Spelling, Writing, and Language Arts
  The students will write the following words and put endings on the words. Words: bus, butter, cup, cut, dull, duck, fun, funny, gum, hut, humble, jump, just, lump, luck, must, nut, pull, put, pump, rut, rust, run, sun, such, truck, tub, up, upon, us, under, understand, supper, rub, rubber, stuck,Sight words: because, your, you're, were, where, we're, brother Have students underline: upon, us, under, understand, supper and put the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, on top of them to show alphabetical order. Using the following for the sentence dictation:
  • Mom said, "You must run tell and your brother that the truck is stuck!"
  • You're lucky because you had such a good supper last Saturday.
  • Were they running to catch the bus just in time?
  As the students finish writing each sentence, go around to check. Put them on the board for all to make any necessary corrections. Have one student that got it spell out the words and tell what to punctuate. Give instructions to underline pulled, funny, understand. They will write their own sentences using the words. Have the students read the sentences they wrote out loud. Write these words in cursive: duck, cut, hut, luck, dull, and tub.