We all Contribute to the Community.

Name: Julie Jenkins

Unit Overview
DAY #1

DAY #2

DAY #3

Objective

The students will identify

the theme of Last Stop
on Market Street by
contributing to the grand
conversation and writing
a short essay in which
connects the story to
their own life
experiences.

Given an Election Day

simulation, students
will successfully roll
play the process of
casting a vote.

Standard
s
Materials

IAS: 3.RL.2.3

NCSS: PAG ;IAS: 3.26

Given a series of
centers, students will
successfully
demonstrate their
knowledge of
community helpers
and being a good
citizen by writing
down what they
learned from the
community helper
and how they can be
a community helper
in the community
too.
NCSS: IGI;IAS: 3.2.5

-Last Stop on Market

Street
-Extra pencils
-Worksheet

-Vocab words
-Ballot box and ballots
-Campaign posters

Managem
ent

Students will be seated

at the carpet where the
teacher will be able to
see all students.
Students will raise their
hand when they have
something to say. The
teacher will dismiss by
groups.

I will call specific

groups of students to
move at certain times
(Reading groups,
favorite animal, color,
etc.). If students
participate and display
appropriate behavior
during the lesson, I will
give them a piece of
candy with a sticker
that says, I voted
today.

Anticipat
ory Set

The teacher will tell a

story about a time she
wanted something she
couldnt have but
learned to be thankful.
Today I will read to you
Last Stop on Market
Street by Matt De La
Pena. As I read, think
about how the
characters actions
contribute to the theme
of the story.

-Students vote on cats

or dogs as pets
-Raise hand to vote

Input:
I will read aloud Last
Stop on Market Street.
Output:
We will have a grand
conversation about the
theme of the book
Thankfulness
Relate the story back to
the students. What could
you do to give back to
our community like CJ
did in Last Stop on
Market Street?
Grand conversation

Input:
Vocab PowerPoint
Output:
Practice voting at the
voting station
Campaign Posters

See Lesson Plan:

Remediation: grand con.
ExNeeds: support of
peers
ELL: response time
Enrich: response time

See Lesson Plan:

Remediation: guided
thinking
ExNeeds: ability to
move
ELL: include pictures
Enrich: research

Writing activity about the

Practice voting at a

Purpose

Lesson
Presentat
ion

Closure
or
Conclusio
n
Formativ
e
Assessme
nt
Adaptatio
ns

Summati

DAY #4
Given their knowledge of
perimeter, students will
successfully create a
neighborhood building out of
Lego blocks by calculating its
perimeter and stating how
much room it will take up in
the community.

IAS: 3.M.7

-lined paper
-IPads
-Sticky-Notes
-Giant sticky-notes
-extra pencils
-PowerPoint
To indicate the time
to change stations, I
will have a timer on
the projector for the
students to see. As
an incentive for good
behavior, I will add
or take away letters
from their Quiet
Classroom words on
the board. If
students are doing
an exceptional job
and doing what they
are supposed to, I
will have them clip
up.
Community helpers
PowerPoint

Legos, worksheet, PowerPoint,

extra pencils, community map,
table, white board, old socks, dry
erase markers

A couple of weeks
ago we talked about
how voting is an
important part of
being a good citizen
and being a part of
the community.
Today we are going
to learn about
community helpers
and how they are
good citizens. We
are going to think of
ways we can be
good citizens too.
Input:
Station directions
Output:
Stations 1-4
See Lesson Plan

Today we are going to use our

knowledge of perimeter to
construct buildings to create a
neighborhood in the community.

-Tally votes
-Discussion on the
voting process

Good citizen exit slip

Students will put their buildings

together to form a community
neighborhood

Questions will be
asked throughout the
lesson

Station activities
-research
-sticky notegood
citizen
-sorting activity
See Lesson Plan:
Remediation:
facilitator
ExNeeds: extra
stimuli
ELL: pictures
Enrich: research and
share findings
Students will write

Perimeter review/practice
problems

Today we are going to

learn about Election
Day and why voting is
an important part of
being involved in the
community.

As an incentive for good

behavior, I will add or take away
letters from their Quiet
Classroom words on the board.
If students are doing an
exceptional job and doing what
they are supposed to, I will have
them clip up. For an attention
getter I will use chimes.

-Make rectangle on carpet and

finding perimeter by counting
people
-Relate perimeter to Minecraft

INPUT:
Perimeter review problems
Explain directions for building
the community
OUTPUT:
Students build their building
Complete building worksheet

See Lesson plan:

Remediation: review time
EXNEEDS: extra stimuli
ELL: checklist/pictures
Enrich: critical thinking/strategy

Students will construct a

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Assessme
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(as
needed)

story.

voting station

down what they

learned from the
community helper
and how they can
also be a good
community helper.

Name: Julie Jenkins

community building and
calculate its perimeter.