Changes

Changes are constantly occurring in life. The increase of technology and the needs of mankind continuously force change. The Changes curriculum asks students three main questions: "Can people control changes?" "Can using past information help you predict change?" and "Are changes positive or negative?"

The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 2, students will discover the changes around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.

In Changes Book 1: Rights, Resources, and the Weather, students will take a journey to understand the nature of change. Students also will investigage how weather can affect and change many events, as well as change the shape of our planet Earth. Students' investigation will continue on the topic of natural and man-made resources. Activities explore the needs for conservationism and technology. Societal changes are also a focus in this book, as students come to understand the changes in our laws as they relate to human rights in America.

Other books in the Changes series include Changes Book 2: Progress, Reactions, and History; and Changes Book 3: Communication, Honesty, and Inventions. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.

Grade 2

This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books:

• The Granddad Tree by Trish Cooke;
• White Socks Only by Evelyn Coleman; and
• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (optional).