Wizard of Oz Theme Unit

As detailed below we are working on a six week long Wizard of Oz Unit during ESY this summer.  the first thrid of the unit included a week of introduction and then a week focusing on the first part of the story from the beginning until Dorothy's house lands.

Here are some photos of the activities we have been during during the first 1/3 of the unit:



About the circle stamp:  Circle Stamps, Checkmark Stamps, Yes and No Stamps are available at Giving Greetings/Say-it-with-Symbols.  We have all of them, plus Personalized Name Stamps for most of our class and we LOVE them!  We use them everyday!

ESY and the Wizard of Oz

Tomorrow we are back to school for six weeks of extended school year.  (I know how blessed I am to live and work in a part of the country that typically does six weeks x 25 hours per week of Extended School Year or ESY.)  I am super excited!

After our success last year with the Princess Bride, we will be doing an integrated thematic unit on the Wizard of Oz! (The movie Wizard of Oz, not the book which has a more complex plot.)  Alicia Odom of SMD Teacher will kind enough to share with me her resources from when she did a Wizard of Oz Unit.  Here is a week-by-week outline of what we will be doing.  Monica from Eliminating the Box did a similar unit and shared resources as well.  Some of the resources we will be using are the Wizard of Oz Free Printable Pack, an old issue of News-2-You and Pete Well's Sensory Story.*

*As you can see below we will be basing much of the unit on Pete Well's Wizard of Oz Sensory Story, which sadly is no longer online; so I will link to a copy of each section in my Google Cloud for reference.  Unfortunately it is just for reference because the Power Points loose something in their move to the cloud.  

Week One

(This is a short week due to the 4th of July Holiday)

• Art: create multimedia tactile symbols for each character in the Wizard of Oz to use with the sensory stories
• Science:  Will the Wind Blow it Off? Experiment
• English/Language Arts:  News-2-You from September 2009 (If time read about F.L.Baum)
• Math:  Sequence the Story of the Wizard of Oz
• Cooking:  Emerald City Pie
• Leisure:  Wizard of Oz Dominoes (made by my amazing assistant teacher/artist in residence)

Week Two

• Sensory Story Part One: Dorothy in Kansas until her House Lands in Oz Power Point and Script
• Art:  Switch Adapted Spin Art in Rainbow Colors
• Science: Tornado Tubes
• English/Language Arts: "Dorothy is... I am..." Writing Assignment (compare and contrast)
• Math:  Survey and Graph "How many people living in your house?"
• Cooking:  Kansas Honey Shortbread (Kansas's state insect is the bee)
• Life Skills:  Would you find it in a house? Sorting Activity
• Leisure:  Tornado Bingo (log into Boardmaker Share to download)

Week Three

• Sensory Story Part Two:  Meeting Glinda through Meeting the Scarecrow Power Point and Script
• Art: Scarecrows (if time Crow Paper Weights)
• English/Language Arts:  "If I had Ruby Slippers..."
• Math:  Would the Ruby Slippers Fit You?  Measuring Shoe Sizes
• Cooking:  Mini Witch Leg Cookies
• Life Skills:  
• Leisure: Teacher Made Board Game

Week Four

• Sensory Story Part Three: The Mean Apple Trees through the Field of Poppies (including meeting the Tin Man and the Lion)
• Art: Coffee Filter Poppies
• English/Language Arts:  "If I only had a ________.  I would ______." Writing Activity
• Math:  Measuring and Graphing: How far can you throw an apple?
• Cooking: Microwave Applesauce (Log into Boardmaker Share)
• Life Skills:  Nice vs. Mean sorting activity
• Leisure: Wizard Of Oz--Uno

Week Five

• Sensory Story Part Four: Emerald City and the first interaction with the Wizard Power Point and Script
• Art: DIY Shrinky Dink Art (tracing coloring pages)
• English/Language Arts:  Poems with Wizard of Oz Vocabulary
• Math: Venn Diagram Sorting - Household Item or Transportation? (With a broom being both!)
• Cooking: Emerald Rice Crispy Treats 
• Life Skills:  Sorting green vs. yellow
• Leisure: Wizard of Oz Bingo

Week Six

• Sensory Story Part Five: Melting Witch through The End Power Point and Script
• Art: Scrapbooks (of what we have done this summer)
• Science: Will It Melt? Experiment
• English/Language Arts:  Choosing quotes from the movie for our scrapbooks and "There's No Place Like Home" Adapted Writing (students complete sentences describing their home using symbols)
• Math: Survey and graph of favorite characters
• Cooking: Flying Monkey Ice Cream
• Life Skills:  Planning a Party
• Leisure: Wizard of Oz Party

Through out the entire unit we will have the Power Point and related activities on the computer for use with switches and the following apps on the iTouch and/or iPad:

• Wizard of Oz by Magic Ink - Interactive Storybook
• The Wizard of Oz by Blue Finger - Interactive Storybook
• Wizard of Oz Memory Match 
• Wizard of Oz Sound Board
  

Free Switch Activities for Learners with Severe or Profound Special Needs

For most current list please click here.

Special Bites, activities from NGFL and Pete Well's Sensory Stories and Applications are being added to the permanent list of free switch activities.

Cause and Effect (and Press to Play):

• Bugs, Transportation and Musical Monkey  (set switch to tab)
• Help Kidz Learn*
• Hiyah*
• Kneebouncers*
• Priory Woods Videos Revamped*
• Learning Tools (scroll down)*
• Rock Paper Scissors
• NGFL Snap Matching Activity (teacher must set up, but arrow over the "Snap" button)
• Special Bites*

Single Switch Scanning (sites may include some cause and effect games as well):

•  A Sliding Puzzle for Helen (download)*
• Bullseye
• CBBC*
• CBeebies*
• Cow Jumped Over the Moon
• Help Kidz Learn*
• Jack Be Nimble
• My Switch Games by Scott McKay*
• NGfL Switch Coloring*
• Papunet*
• Priory Woods Kids Only*
• SEN/Switcher*
• Shiny Learning *
• Special Bites*
• SwitchedOn Games Bowling 
• Switch Music
• The Great Fish Race (download only)

Two Switches (unless otherwise noted you music click in the area of the game and then use tab and enter to play):

• Accessible Book Launcher*
• Bug Memory
• Fruit Memory
• Space Memory
• Sensory House (tab and enter)*
• Special Bites*

Subscription Sites with Free Trials

• Switch Climber* (costs $14.95 a month and you can "try-before-you-buy" with a free two week subscription.) 

Also be sure to check out Game Base and One Switch for other (usually more advanced) switch games.

*Those sites with a star have multiple activities to try out!  Wednesday's With Sam lists these by activity instead of website if that is useful for you.