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