Lesson 2: Sharring Community Ideas
Overview:
In this lesson we look at at a personal lesson plan that we interact with and then share our thoughts on. It is a lesson that is based on a communities unit for the first grade level. It is something that can be intertwined into the overall theme of of the mini-course.
Below is a Lesson that I have used in my personal experience.Take a look and then go over to the our discussion site and share thoughts and opinions and even some different ideas.
Scope and Sequence:
Lesson 1
- For this lesson the teacher would start off by having a group discussion about communities this would be an introduction to the unit.
- During the discussion the students would begin to describe some of the buildings in the community and some places they have been.
- After the discussion the teacher will read a book that is related to the topic. The book would be Franklin's Neighborhood. by Paulette Bourgeois. This book gives the students an insight to some of the paces around their community.
Lesson 2
- For this lesson it will start off with a review about communities. The teacher will also start to introduce community helpers and where they work.
- The teacher will do an activity with the kids where they look at a an interactive map form this website:http://harcourtschool.com./activity/town_g1/index.html, This website allows the students to click on a building and have a computer voice read to them what the building is and who works there.
- At the end of the lesson the teacher will explain to the students they will be making their own community maps. the maps will be drawn in the outline of one of their students. The teacher will break the students up into groups and have one person from the group trace a student. When the student is traced they will have the outline to complete their map.
Lesson 3:
- This lesson will be the completion of the student maps. The students will make a list of what building they think their community maps need, with guidance from the teacher.
- The students will break into their pre-determined groups and being their maps from the list they have created.
- The students will be guided by the teacher as well.
Finished products will look like the ones below:
Skills Developed:
- The ability to use oral language to participate in a group discussion.
- The students will have the ability to identify buildings and place sin a community.
- The students will have developed the skill to work collaboratively in groups.
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