Subject: Social Studies

Date:

Outcomes:

Essential
:
Questions:

Whatisacommunity
andwhyarethey
important?

1.1.1valueselfandothersasuniqueindividualsinrelationtotheirworld
1.1.2valuethegroupsandcommunitiestowhichtheybelong
1.1.3examinehowtheybelongandareconnectedtotheirworld

Anticipatory Set: Talk about the book, Judy Moody is in a Mood. Ask students what club
she belonged to? How did she get in that club? What other groups was she part of?

First: Transition this discussion into groups that they are a part of. With elbow partners,
talk for one minute about which groups they belong to.
Brainstorm on the Smart Board all the groups/clubs we belong to in our class. The bigger
the list, the better to see all the examples of communities there are.
Next: Emphasize that the groups they belong to are all communities. Communities are
different groups or clubs that we belong to.
Take a second to think by yourself about why it is important to be a part of a community?
What would the world be like without communities?
Finally: On the sheet provided, return to your table and draw one of the communities that
you belong to. Write one sentence about your community. Model this on the board!

Closure: Return to the carpet and share your community picture

Accommodations: Everyone will have a

graphic organizer for their darwing/sentence
Macabe ,Bam, Axl and Ryan will work with
me at the brown table. Holly will check in
with Olivia and Lucas for understanding.

Assessments:
Formative monitor their participation and
accuracy in discussion. Ask questions to
accommodation students on the left
- Take in their pictures, check for
understanding, return the next day to
send home.