LESSON PLAN

Subject: Social Studies Grade: 1 Date: March 19, 2013 Critical !"uir# $ue%ti&!: What does it mean to be a member of a community? Le%%&!: Community Helper 'i(e: 1:30)2 * 2:10)2:+, SLO%: From the Program of Studies 1.1.4.1: Students will determine what makes their communities thrive by e plorin! and reflectin! upon the followin! "uestions for in"uiry: o #n what ways do people cooperate in order to live to!ether peacefully? 1.1.4.$: #n what ways do people help one another at home% at school and in !roups to ensure the vitality of their community? !%tructi&!al Objecti-e%: Knowledge: Students will !ive an e ample of a community helper on their &ro'ect Cube. Student will state the role of a community helper that they make. Skill: Students will write a community helper(s name ne t to their picture. Students will create a community helper puppet. .e# $ue%ti&!%: )ocus *uestions: What role do community helpers play in your town? +elated *uestions: What are community helpers? Material%: Student(s &ro'ect Cube(s they started Community Helpers worksheet ,aterials for puppet helpers: &eople cut outs% &opsicle sticks% e!! cartons -?.% !lue sticks% hot !lue !un% yarn% !oo!ly eyes% felt pieces% pipe cleaners% and any other useful scrap materials. Centers chart Pre/arati&!: /et materials or!ani0ed and set up at different 1stations2 for the puppet community helpers. ,ake a sample puppet helper. Ada/tati&!%: # will have two 3.4(s with me first period 5 one with me second: 6hey can help students read% hot !lue any materials% check that they finished first to assi!nments% and7or pull students aside one at a time to read 8olch words or a book. Le%%&! Pr&cedure: 1. +eview the words 1community2 and 1services2 by readin! to!ether.

$. 9rainstorm as a class what c&((u!it# hel/er% are. 4dd word to word wall. :. +ead the book 1School 9us 8rivers2. 8iscuss what clues tell us who a bus driver mi!ht be -what he wears% drives% kind personality% etc... What about a police officer? 6eacher? 4. 3 plain to students that the first activity we will do today is a community helper worksheet. Show students worksheet and e plain directions. ;. When students are done this% they will show and read to me% ,rs. 8ekker or a 6.4 When we put a star on it showin! they are done they can put it in their folder. <. 6he second activity students will do is add a community helper to their Community Cube. Show mine as an e ample. Stress nice writin! and a neat% colorful picture. Show students where their cube(s will be and where to put them when they are done. =. >nce you have completed activities 1 5 $ and have marked them off on the Center(s chart they may be!in to make their own community helper? @. Show them sample and e plain how they made it. A. Have different materials at centers around the classroom for students to make a community helper. Centers will include: a. &erson outlines% and face material -e!! shells% !oo!ly eyes% felt pens% hair% hot !lue !un. b. BClothin!( material: )elt% !lue sticks% pipe cleaners% etc. c. Speech bubble: students will write what their helper(s role is. d. &opsicle sticks: students will !lue their helper onto a popsicle stick. 1C. 3 plicitly e plain the centers. 11. 6ime for students to complete their assi!nments. Write them on the board so they know what to do? A%%e%%(e!t: )ormative 4ssessment: >bservations: 4re students participatin! in class discussions? Worksheet: Can students accurately match a community helper with their role? &uppet helpers they create: are the roles they write accurate? Without askin! can you tell which helper they chose to make usin! clues such as their clothin!? Summative 4ssessment: Second s"uare -Community Helper. on &ro'ect Cube -marked as a final pro'ect at the end. Le%%&! 0e1lecti&!: