Using Word your thematic unit resource must include the following: ( MY THEMATIC

Using Word your thematic unit resource must include the following: ( MY THEMATIC UNIT IS WINTER FOR 3-4 YEAR OLDS MAKESURE THE WHOLE ASSIGNMENT IS ON WINTER FOR 3-4 YEAR OLDS)
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Unit Introduction: For your introduction please include the following:
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1. Explain the benefits of a thematic curriculum to teachers, children, and to the program.
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2. Describe the explicit connection between the principles of effective thematic teaching and developmentally appropriate practice.
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3. Describe how thematic curriculum and instruction aligns with your philosophy of education. (I HAVE COPIED AND PASTED MY PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION BELOW)
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My teaching philosophy revolves around fostering their sense of discovery and exploration in a safe and encouraging environment. I will strive to provide a variety of hands-on activities that will help to develop their cognitive, creative and physical skills. I will encourage them to think critically and explore their natural curiosity through these activities. I will also strive to create an environment that promotes creativity and imagination while helping to foster a sense of independence, self-confidence and self-reliance.
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Lesson Plans: Use the Lesson Plan Template Links to an external site.to develop four lessons that are all connected to your central theme for your unit. Each of your lessons will focus on a different developmental domain and must be developmentally appropriate. In addition, use the Lesson Plan Template to create each of your lessons. ( IHAVE ATACHED THE LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE IN THE DROP FILE MAKESURE TO USE IT FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT) The guidelines for creating your lesson plans around each domain are as follows:
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1. Self-Regulation: Develop a lesson using one of the self-regulation objectives you created for your Week 3 Self-Regulation in Curriculum assignment; your lesson must be connected to your unit theme to teach this objective. (I HAVE ATTACHED WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT TO HELP WITH THIS PART IN THE DROP FILES)
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2. Social/Emotional: Revise the Aesthetic and Affective Lesson Plan you developed for your Week 4 assignment. Make sure to incorporate any feedback from your instructor in your revised lesson. Make sure that your lesson is connected to the overall theme of your unit. (I HAVE ATTACHED MY WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT IN THE DROP FILES TO HELP WITH THIS PART)
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3. Cognitive and Physical Development: Develop a complete lesson plan using the physical activity you proposed in the Neuroscience, Cognition, and Physical Activity: A Dynamic Trio discussion from Week 5. Make sure that your lesson is connected to the overall theme of your unit. ( IHAVE ATTACHED MY WEEK 5 DISSUSION THE DROP FILES TO HELP WITH THIS PART)
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4. Language Development: Develop a literacy based lesson plan based on one of the strategies you shared in your Balanced Literacy Presentation assignment in Week 5. Make sure that your lesson is connected to the overall theme of the unit. (I HAVE ATTACHED MY WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENT IN THE DROP FILES TO HELP WITH THIS PART)
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Unit Evaluation: Discuss, using specific examples from your 1. Activity Plan Self-Check, how you know your unit is aligned. Refer back to the Evaluating Effective Lessons assignment in Week 2 to help you develop this section. ( I HAVE ATTACHED MY WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT IN THE DROP FILES TO HELP WITH THIS PART)
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2. Rationale and Conclusion: Summarize how a thematic unit, such as the one you developed, coincides with Wilson’s (2014) 3. The Profile of a Modern Teacher image below by including the following:
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1. Describe how the unit you developed was based on intentional planning. Refer back to the Developmentally Appropriate Planning discussion from Week 2 of the course to help you develop this section. ( I HAVE ATTACHED MY WEEK 2 DISCUSSION IN THE DROP FILES TO HELP WITH THIS PART)
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2. Explain how you will engage families in the thematic unit you have planned. Refer back to the Engaging Families in Curriculum discussion from Week 3 of the course to help you develop this section. ( I HAVE ATTACHED MY WEEK 3 DISUSSION THE DROP FILES TO HELP WITH THIS PART)