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• What is a Community?
• Communities of the Past
• Interviews of Members of a Community

I. Title:
What is a Community?
II. Grade Level:
Third
III. Organization:
Whole group
Individual
IV. Objectives:
The children will be able to:
· enhance listening skills during a read-a-loud.
· contribute to a class discussion on what a community is and what features make up a community by constructing a class KWL Chart on communities.
· answer unit journal response questions about communities in unit journal.
· enhance cooperative learning skills by sharing journal responses in groups of two or three.

V. Materials:
Book: Do skyscrapers Really Touch the Sky?
KWL Chart
Unit Journals & Unit Journal Response #1(see attached)
Pencil

VI. Procedure:
Intro/Motivation:
1. Tell the children that their class will be studying a unit on communities.
2. Activate prior knowledge by asking "What is a community?"
3. Read the book, Do Skyscrapers Really Touch the Sky?

Developmental Activities:
1. After reading the story ask the children again, "What is a community?" List their responses on the top of a KWL chart, entitled Communities
2. Then ask "What are some things that you would find in a community?" List their responses in the K column of the KWL chart.
3. Then ask, "What are some different types of communities?" List their responses in the K column of the KWL chart.
4. Ask them what else do they know about communities. List their responses in K column of KWL chart.
5. Ask them what they would like to learn about communities. List responses in W column of KWL chart. Explain that this chart will be hung in the room during the unit, and that the last column will be filled in at the end of the unit.
6. Pass out unit journals. Explain that these journals will be used during our unit on communities.
7. Have the children return to their seats and respond to Unit Journal Response #1 in their unit journals.
Closure
1. Break the children into groups of two and three (depending on class size).
2. Have the children share their journal responses with one another.
3. Display Chart on Unit Bulletin Board.

VI. Adaptations:

VII. Evaluation:
Student:
· Observe students during story. Where all children listening?
· Note students' responses to questions during discussion. Where they able to understand concepts and questions about communities?
· Observe children during group share. Are they working well with each other?
· Check for understanding of lesson by reviewing journal questions.
Teacher:
· Where the questions asked during discussion too hard? Too easy?
· Did they give valid responses and contribute to KWL chart?
· Did they follow instructions for journal response and sharing?
VIII. Follow up

Lesson # 2: Communities of the Past

Unit Journal Response #1
Directions: Throughout our unit on communities we will be using a unit journal. You will respond to questions in journal when assigned. This will be your first entry in your journal! Respond to the questions in your journal and then share your responses with your partners.

1. What is a community? Write your own definition.

2. What are some features of a community? List at least 5 features of a community.

3. What are different types of communities? List at least 5 different communities.

4. What do you think your community was like twenty years ago?

5. What do you think your community will be like in twenty years?

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