Name: Alyssa Kenda

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Lesson Plan Title: Neighborhoods
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Indiana Department of Education Standard:
K.3.6 Identify and compare similarities and differences in
families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic
and cultural groups.*
Lesson Plan Objectives:
Show that all things are different by introducing different types of
neighborhoods by reading a story and constructing a
neighborhood/community out of blocks.
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Equipment Needed:
Book: On the Town: A Community Adventure by Judith Caseley
April
Building Blocks
Pictures of buildings and communities
Preparation Time: 60 minutes
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Motivator:
Show the pictures of the different buildings and communities and
ask the students what is different in the pictures from our
town/community.
Introduction:

Read the story.

Step-by-Step Procedure:
1. Show the pictures and discuss the differences between the
pictures and our community. *
2. Introduce the book and ask for ideas of what it may be
about.*
3. Read the story.
4. Discuss the book and answer any questions.*
Ex. What businesses did you see?
Was it a large neighborhood or small?
What kind of people did you see?
5. Divide students into groups and send the groups to prepared
block centers.*
6. Have students construct their own neighborhoods and
towns.*
7. After building, the students will share their creations and tell
what businesses (if any) they included and why.*
Closure/Assessment:
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Success for All:
This is a project that is fun and easy for all students to do.
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Integration with other Content Areas: Life skills
Reflective Comments:

*Indicates modification from borrowed lesson plan.

References
Beltran, V. Families and Neighborhoods. Point Park University.
Retrieved
December 10, 2014, from
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