Unit Specific Unit Openers

I hope you checked out:

Jose Rodriguez’s Open Court Unit Opener Ideas including incorporating realia.

City Teacher’s ideas for Collaborative Unit Openers where teachers split responsibilities across a grade level.

Alice Mercer’s ideas for supporting unit openers in a computer lab setting.

Jane Little’s ideas for planning higher level thinking questions in the City Wildlife unit.

And Leila’s reflection on the difficulty of teaching multiple grades and planning unit openers.

I’d also like to add a special thanks to Francie Kugelman, Stephanie Penniman, and Jill Kilbrosky who sent their entries in to me or posted on the discussion board even though they didn’t have their own blogs.

Also, two first grade teachers who sent in ideas for Things That Go.