#1: What is a Community?

 

Task#1 : Students will utilize a graphic organizer of what a

                community involves.

 

Standard: Students will be able to identify important components

                of a community.

 

Process:

1.  Watch the video “What is a Community?”

2. Next, the teacher will introduce students to the FQR reading

     strategy to help students read for a purpose. As a class read the

     first lesson “Looking at a Community” of chapter one in our    

     Communities social studies textbook. The teacher will guide

     students into filling in the columns as they read the first

     lesson.

3. As the class continues to read, the students will record “F”acts that they learned as they read, “Q”uestions that they have as they read and “R” esponses they have.

4. As a class discuss the students findings in a short discussion.

5. After discussion have students turn their FQR page over and

     create a concept web on their own. When students are done

     they may turn these in for a grade.

 

Criteria:

· Students will record at least 5 important facts about what a community is from the reading and/or video.

· Students will turn in a neat and organized concept map.

Rubric:

 

 

TOTAL:

Organized and easy to

read

Organized, but needs to be neater

Messy

and hard to read

_______/ 10 points      Grade: _______

Requirements

5 pts.

1 pts.

3 pts.

Important facts that define

what a

community is

5 or more

important facts are

written

2-4

facts

are

written

1-0 

facts

are

written

Neatness

Of Map

3