Standard: CC.1.4.3.B: Identify and introduce the topic.



1.0 Lesson Plan DetailsLesson Title: Our Communities School: Elementary Author: Jess Loose Grade Level: 3rd Date Taught: N/A Expected Duration: 30 minutes 1.1 Integration of Learning Outcomes· As a class, students will define community and provide examples.· Students will demonstrate an understanding of the three types of communities through class discussion and community characteristics worksheet 1.2 Standards· Standard: CC. 1.2.7.G Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject· Standard: CC.1.4.3.B: Identify and introduce the topic.NCSS standards:· III People, Places and Environment: Describe how people create places that reflect ideas, personality, culture, and wants and needs as they design homes, playgrounds, classrooms, and the like; · III People, Places and Environment: Examine the interaction of human beings and their physical environment, the use of land, building of cities, and ecosystem changes in selected locales and regions; 1.3 Anticipatory Set· Students will be placed in groups and the teacher will have a folder filled with pictures of suburban, rural, and urban communities.· On the board, the teacher will have instructions for students to look at the pictures and in their group they should describe the characteristics of the pictures.· After 5 minutes of observation and discussion in their groups, the teacher will ask the class to report their observations.· The teacher will then discuss what a city is and introduce it as a community. 1.4 ProceduresThe teacher will play the “Communities” video to introduce the two different types of communities. The teacher will tell the students to take notes and make a list of what makes up a community while watching the video. They will also look for the differences among the three types of communities introduced. The teacher will explain that, as a class, they will make a list of what they think makes up the different types of communities. The teacher will play the video. Once the video is over the teacher will ask the students to name the three different types of communities, writing them on the board in three separate columns. Then the teacher will ask students to name at least three characteristics of each community using the notes that they took during the video. There should be at least three characteristics in each column. Once the list is compiled, the teacher will define rural, urban, and suburban, providing a picture example of each. Rural: A community with open land, few buildings and businesses, and few peopleExample: Lancaster county farmUrban: A city community with a lot of tall buildings, a community in which people live that is larger or more crowded than a townExample: New York City, PhiladelphiaSuburban: A community outside of the city where people live in neighborhoods with individual houses or small apartment housesExample: Where we live! The teacher will then have students use their group iPad and look at the interactive community website. Additional Resources to look at: On this website, the students should explore what makes up the different communities and answer the question: “What is similar?” Students will be given a compare and contrast chart and in their groups they should list the differences. The teacher should walk around while students complete this activity and let students explore the website and complete their worksheet. This should take around 10 minutes. The teacher will lead a discussion where the class talks about the discoveries they found in the different communities, as well as common characteristics among the different communities.Teacher should direct the conversation towards talking about what makes up a community.· School· Homes· City Hall· Roads· People· StoresTeacher will guide students in a creating a definition of community that will be written on the board and later typed up and placed on the “Communities” unit bulletin board. Example Definition:Community: A place where people live, work, or have fun together 1.5 DifferentiationStudent in tiers two and three will be placed in groups with tier one students during the anticipatory set and activity. Students are also permitted to draw characteristics when completing their Characteristics worksheet. While the students are completing the activity, the teacher should be regularly checking in with students in tiers 2 and 3. ELL students are permitted to use a translation dictionary in their language during the lesson. 1.6 ClosureTo wrap up our lesson, the teacher will ask the students to name the three types of communities. After someone answers, the other students will put their thumbs up if they agree. The teacher will then ask the students to tell which community we live in. (Response: Suburban) The teacher will ask the students to give an example of a Rural community. The students will put their thumbs up if they agree. (Possible Response: farm/Lancaster farms) Last, the teacher will ask the students to give an example of an urban community. The students will put their thumbs up if they agree. (Possible Response: New York, Philadelphia) 1.6 Formative / Summative AssessmentFormative: Students will demonstrate their understanding of what a community is and the three different types through teacher-initiated discussion and by completing the Communities Worksheet. With this worksheet they will list characteristics of each community in the boxes and then write similarities and differences in the boxes below. The teacher will check students understanding at the end of class through a series of questions and asking for thumbs up if they agree on responses. 1.7 Materials / Equipment· Folder of pictures from 3 types of communities· Smart board· Communities worksheet (attached below)· iPads for each group 1.8 Technology· Smartboard· iPads Interactive Map Video Resources to look at during activity: Urban Pictures: Suburban Pictures: Rural Pictures: Picture Resources: Urban-1. . 3. Suburban-1. 2. 3. Rural:1. 2. 3. Name _______________________________Communities WorksheetDirections: Write characteristics of each community in the box. Urban SuburbanRural Take a look at your list. Do you see any similarities between all three communities? Do you see any differences between the three communities?Similarities1. 2. 3. Differences1. 2. 3. ................
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