Post on 12-May-2015
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Thematic Unit on Valentine’s
DayGrade Level :3rd Grade
Valentine’s Day
Candies
Chocolate
Hearts
Cupid
St. Valentine
Pink
Red
Flowers
Kisses
Car
ingDates
Roses
Can
dles
Gifts
Warmth Loneline
ssRelationships
Love
Happine
ssGames
DancesHugs
English Language Arts
♥ Read a passage about who St. Valentine
was
♥ Reading passages on the recipes of how to
make a chocolate cake and cupcakes
♥ Read Happy Valentine's Day, Dolores by
Barbara Samuels
♥ Write Valentine's Day poems to loved ones
♥ Word search or crossword puzzles on
Valentine’s Day
Social Studies♥ Learn who St. Valentine was, where he was
from and find it on the world map
♥ Discuss the symbolism behind the heart
shape and cupid in different cultures
♥ Learn how different cultures celebrate the
Valentine’s Day
♥ Research the origins of Valentine's Day in
different culture in the school computer lab
Science
♥ Significant role of our heart in
our body
♥ Measuring the heart rates when
relaxing & after exercising
♥ Comparing and contrasting the
heart rates after an exercise
Math♥ Learn about symmetry & reflection by using
the heart shaped cut-outs
♥ Create bar graph, line graph, pie charts using
given sets of heart rates
♥ Word problems of buying gifts and cards for
their loved ones by using the concept of
money
♥ Identifying the patterns by using the symbols
of the Valentine’s Day
Art♥ Create Valentine’s Day cards for the
elderly in the nursing home and for their
loved ones
♥ Create Valentine’s Day gift bags by using
plain paper bags
♥ Make Valentine baskets
♥ Learn how to draw a rose and paint it
using watercolor paint
Media / Technology
♥ Use the computer in school to type up the poems
they have written and add pictures on the paper
♥ BrainPOP video on the heart under the Health
section
♥ Charlie Brown’ Valentine’s Day movie
♥ Watch Lady & The Tramp & The Aristocats
Supporting Materials
Nonfiction :
Celebrate Valentine's Day
by Carolyn Otto
Poetry :
Valentine poems / selected by
Myra Cohn Livingston ;
illustrated by Patience
Brewster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUhn7SRUoZo
Video :
Ethnic Chinese in Malaysia
Celebrate Valentine's Day
Field Trip
♥ A Broadway show , Wicked,
in Manhattan by school bus
♥ Visit a nursing home and
spread the love to the elderly
by singing Valentine’s Day
songs & distributing the
Valentine’s Day cards that are
created in class
I want my students to realize that Valentine’s
Day is NOT just celebrated within lovers.
But it is a day to show and share love with others!
By : Ei Ei Kyaw Education 1003