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Building & Understanding Our Community
For the end of our community unit, I planned a "Wanna Be" parade. The students dressed up as what they want to be when they grow up and they did a show and tell to the class and then we went around the school and into other classes and waved to show off our costumes. The kids LOVED it!! I only had 3 that did not dress up and had some extra stuff for them to wear. I also downloaded some songs off itunes about a teacher, a dentist, a farmer, and a firefighter and carried around a stereo while we did the parade. Several parents came and enjoye dit as well. Here are some pics of my kids in costume.

Teacher, Fireman, Soldier Policeman,Fireman,Policeman Doctor, Soldier, Doctor Pilot, Policeman

Doctor, Doctor. Vet. 2 firemen Policeman, Teacher, Principal (my fav.!) ballerina, dentist, racecar driver

Planning in Action. . . Don't forget the Dora the Explorer Lesson ideas: Example: Read __Dora's Backpack__ (or other Dora books/videos) It's about Dora trying to find her way to the library. The map helps give her directions.

Activities (may span 2-3 days): 1. Have students vote which destination they would like to map: library, cafeteria, nurse's office, office, etc. (Graph/vote/count) 2. Create the map together. (Interactive writing/drawing) 3. Use the map to arrive at such destination. (Application) 4. Make any revisions, if necessary. (Editing/revising) 5. Have students create their own maps of the school or their community. (Student ownership)



Unit Planning Grid

The stickies with the blue text are the Overarching Essential Questions for the Building & Understanding Our Community Unit spread out over the 5 week time frame.



The stickies with the orange text are the Unit Specific Essential Questions for the Building & Understanding Our Community Unit spread out over the 5 week time frame. The hand written text on the stickies are the things that students will be able to do taken from the Curriculum Document ("Students will be able to...").

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