Curriculum
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Day |
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Monday |
Guiding
Question |
What is a group? |
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Activity |
Define what a group is and explore what groups we belong
to. |
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Technology |
http://www.geocities.com/maryafton - click on
virtual field trip |
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Tuesday |
Guiding
Question |
What groups do we belong to? How can you belong to more than one group? |
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Activity |
Create a list of different groups we are in and define if
the group is a group we can join or a group that we are born into. |
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Technology |
None |
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Wednesday |
Guiding
Question |
What is a group?
What groups do we belong to? |
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Activity |
The students will draw a picture of a group they are in
and describe the group. |
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Technology |
None |
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Thursday |
Guiding
Question |
What is a community? |
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Activity |
View a video about communities as a whole group and read
aloud Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Discuss/list characteristics of a community as a whole group. |
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Technology |
http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/communities/ruralsuburbanandurban/
http://www.geocities.com/maryafton/
- click on movie |
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Friday |
Guiding
Question |
How is a group like a community? How is our classroom like a community? |
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Activity |
Begin lesson by watching a video about a school
community. Revisit characteristics of
a community chart to add or emphasis how a school is like a community. |
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Technology |
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Monday |
Guiding
Question |
What are jobs in the community? (What
would happen if we didn’t have certain jobs in the community?) |
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Activity |
Build a community with an interactive program online. Describe the jobs and functions of the
parts of your community. Also, read Jobs
Around My Neighborhood/Oficios en mi vecindario to learn more about people’s roles in a
community. |
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Technology |
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Tuesday |
Guiding
Question |
What are some jobs in our
classroom? (What would happen if we
didn’t have certain jobs in the classroom?) |
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Activity |
Create a list of jobs in the classroom and have the
students work in pairs to create signs for those jobs. Share the signs and discuss why the jobs
are important. Play Hollywood Squares
PowerPoint game. Begin work on classroom poster project. |
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Technology |
Hollywood Squares PowerPoint game |
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Wednesday |
Guiding
Question |
Why do we need to work together? |
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Activity |
Play a juggling game as a whole group to demonstrate the
importance of everyone doing their job in the classroom. Work on classroom poster project. |
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Technology |
None |
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Thursday |
Guiding
Question |
How is our classroom a community/group? |
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Activity |
Explore the classroom as part of the school
community. Where are important places
in the classroom? Where are important
places in the school? Work on classroom poster project. |
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Technology |
None |
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Friday |
Guiding
Question |
Review the essential question: What is your role in our
classroom community? |
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Activity |
Students share their posters. Whole class will discuss our roles in the
classroom community. |
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Technology |
None |