Title of Unit: Where We Live Title of Lesson: Lesson 5- City, Town, Suburb Submitted By: Caitlin Andrews

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This is the 5th lesson in a unit about where we live. In this lesson, students will learn about the differences between a city, town and suburb. Students will use the Houghton Mifflin 1st grade social studies textbook: School and Family, pages 102-105 B. Target Population: Grade Level: 1st grade Skill Level: at grade level Grouping: whole group instruction and discussion, partner reading and independent journal entry C. Materials: Houghton Mifflin 1st grade social studies textbook: School and Family, pages 102-105 Social studies journals Pencils White paper Crayons/ colored pencils D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o G7.1.3- Identify characteristics of rural and urban communities

Student-Friendly Standards I will be able to identify characteristic of a city, town and suburb

E. Procedure: 1. Introduce students to lesson by discussing what different communities look like 2. Allow students to table talk about what their community and neighborhood looks like o Have students from each table share with the class what they talked about

3. Introduce vocabulary words to students who will write words and definitions in the vocabulary section of their social studies journals (city, town, suburb - definitions are on page T102) 4. Have students partner read pages 102-105 5. Conduct a whole group discussion about: what a city is, similarities and differences between suburbs and towns, and things people do in a city, town or suburb 6. Students will illustrate a picture of a make believe community (city, town, or suburb) o
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Picture should have accurate characteristics representing what kind of community it is

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Title of Unit: Where We Live Title of Lesson: Lesson 5- City, Town, Suburb Submitted By: Caitlin Andrews

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Students can use the map on pages 104-105 as a reference and example Students will write 2 sentences describing their illustrations

7. Students will share their illustrations with their table groups 8. CLOSURE: Students will write in their social studies journals: o o Describe the different things to do in a city, town and suburb Compare and contrast 2 of the following: city, town or suburb

F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? Informal assessment through group discussions, illustrations and journal entries will be used to measure student understanding. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. I will know students understand this concept when they can accurately describe similarities and differences between a city, town and suburb. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think this will be a really easy lesson to teach. The easiest part to teach might be the concept that there are different types of communities and not every neighborhood is the same 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? The most challenging part of this lesson to teach might be the differentiation between a town and a suburb. I think they are a lot alike and students might now understand the difference between them 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? We will continue talking about different types of communities in future lessons where these concepts will be extended and talked about more. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I will pull small groups and re-teach the concepts that students dont understand. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I dont think any part of this lesson will need to be changed. I think this is a good lesson to teach young students about the differences in communities.
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Title of Unit: Where We Live Title of Lesson: Lesson 5- City, Town, Suburb Submitted By: Caitlin Andrews

6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? I dont think there was a difficult part of writing this lesson. The lessons are starting to become really repetitive and easy to write.

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