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Virginia Standard of Learning Social Studies 2.10 The student will explain the responsibilities of a good citizen with emphasis on c) describing actions that can improve the school and community.
 * Lesson Title: Understanding Our Community |||| Related Lessons: Citizenship and being a good citizen ||
 * Grade Level: 2 |||| Unit: Citizenship ||
 * ==GOALS== ||
 * Content Standards:

. || Creativity and innovation Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making Communication and collaboration Research Technology operations and concepts
 * ISTE NETS-S:

Instructional Objectives: Students will understand how individuals form organizations in the community which help make the neighborhood a better place. I will discuss with my students the responsibilities of the post office, fire station, hospital, police station, school and local library. We will discuss these places and their roles in making our community a better place to live. ||
 * ==ACTION== ||
 * Before-Class Preparation: Prior to introducing the topic of community, I will be discussing with my students what a community is. I will lead the students in a discussion of some of the important people in the community who help make our lives better. Prior to this, I will either take pictures of local buildings or get them from the Internet if possible. ||
 * During Class ||
 * Time |||| Instructional Activities || Materials and Resources ||
 * 5 minutes

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Unknown |||| Review with students what the word community means.

Review people and places in our community which help to keep us safe and make our neighborhood a better place.

I will show the students the pictures I have of important places and allow them to identify the places.

We will discuss how these places are important and what they do. I will give the students instructions on what they will be doing for the day.

The students will be divided into groups of 3. Each group will be given a location in our community such as the post office, fire station, hospital, police stations, school, and library. The groups will be instructed to find out as much as they can about how these places help our community. Why are they an asset? How do they keep us safe? Who is in charge? The groups will then report their information to the class. We will combine the pictures I have provided with the students research to make one digital story of our community. The students will take turns describing their community. || Chalk board

Textbooks

Internet with site for digital storytelling

Computer with internet access || Students will be placed in groups of 3. I will be facilitating the groups and helping when necessary. I will provide the groups with websites where they can find information about their location. ||
 * Note student groupings, environmental modifications needed, etc.:
 * ==MONITOR== ||
 * Ongoing Assessment(s): This will be an informal assessment. Basically, I am trying to encourage my students to work together to accomplish a project. I want my students to understand the responsibilities of the community organizations and why they are important.

Accommodations and Extensions: Accommodations will be made based on IEP or other observations.

Back-Up Plan: If the Internet is down or computer lab not working properly, I will have the students complete this project digitally on another day. We will still present our information orally, but will have to postpone working on digital story together. ||
 * ==EVALUATE AND EXTEND== ||
 * Be specific and include the evaluation that you will use for this lesson at the end of the plan:

As we progress through the citizenship unit, I will evaluate understanding of concept and terms associated. Social studies is graded informally in my school district for second grade. If my students participate in activities and complete assignments, they receive a satisfactory grade.

LESSON REFLECTIONS AND NOTES: I have discussed with my students citizens who are important to our community and their roles. However I have not included pictures or used digital storytelling to do so. I am so excited about all the new information I am learning and cannot wait to teach this lesson. ||

= = || Virginia Standard of Learning Social Studies 2.10 The student will explain the responsibilities of a good citizen with emphasis on c) describing actions that can improve the school and community. . || Creativity and innovation Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making Communication and collaboration Research Technology operations and concepts Instructional Objectives: Students will work in groups of two to determine ways to show kindness in school and the community. I will give them packets with the beginning of a sentence. Students will use their partner and the internet to complete the packet. They will then present the packet to their classmates via a blog. This will give the students an opportunity to comment on their classmate’s information. || 10 minutes 20 minutes Unknown |||| Review with students what it means to be a good citizen. Review ways to be a good citizen. I will have the students make suggestions on ways they can be good citizens at school. I will encourage them to think about places in the school and things they can do there to be a good citizen. We will discuss how we can be unselfish and giving in the classroom and in the school. We will talk about ways to do so. For example, if Billy forgets his pencils at home then Sarah might give him a pencil. This is being giving and unselfish. We would brainstorm other scenarios of how to be kind to others. The students will be given a packet with a web scavenger hunt on kindness. The students will answer their questions in complete sentences and post their responses in a blog. The students will be given opportunities to read and comment on their classmate’s information. || Chalk board Textbooks Blogging website Computer with internet access || I will place the students in groups of 2. They will have prepared questions and access to the web to answer questions. || Accommodations and Extensions: No accommodations will be needed. Back-Up Plan: If the Internet is down or computer lab not working properly for scavenger hunt or blog, I will allow the students to answer questions with classmate based on their own personal opinions and give oral presentation to class. || As we progress through the citizenship unit, I will evaluate understanding of concept and terms associated. Social studies is graded informally in my school district for second grade. If my students participate in activities and complete assignments, they receive a satisfactory grade. LESSON REFLECTIONS AND NOTES: I have used this lesson plan in the past. This year I will be incorporating the use of blogs. I hope my students will enjoy this part of the assignment. Daily Lesson Plan Part 1 || = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Daily Lesson GAME Plan = Virginia Standard of Learning Social Studies 2.10 The student will explain the responsibilities of a good citizen with emphasis on c) describing actions that can improve the school and community. . || Creativity and innovation Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making Communication and collaboration Research Technology operations and concepts Instructional Objectives: Students will work together and attempt to get the school involved in a recycling project collecting plastic bottles. Students will discussion with the class ways to encourage the school. Students will discuss the importance of recycling on our environment. || 10 minutes 20 minutes 10-15 min |||| Review with students what it means to be a good citizen. I will have the students make suggestions on ways they can be good citizens at school. I will encourage them to think about places in the school and things they can do there to be a good citizen. Once someone says playground, I will mention about throwing trash on the playground. “Is that something a good citizen would do?” The students would say no, I would ask is there something we can do about it. When someone says, we can pick it up. I will start talking with the students about recycling. I will then show the Power Point presentation about recycling. I will encourage the students to think of ways to encourage the school to participate in a plastic bottle recycling program. || Chalk board Textbooks Power Point Computer with internet access || I will place the students in groups of 3 or 4 to allow them time to make suggestions on ways we can encourage the school to participate in recycling. I will ask them to think about posters, websites, etc. How can we encourage? || Accommodations and Extensions: No accommodations will be needed. Back-Up Plan: If my students seem to have problems with designing posters via Word or other program, I will allow them to use magazines to find pictures to make their posters. || As we progress through the citizenship unit, I will evaluate understanding of concept and terms associated. I will not take a formal grade on recycling. LESSON REFLECTIONS AND NOTES: I have used this lesson plan in the past. I will be adding the design of posters via computer and the thought of designing a website this year. I hope my students will enjoy this addition. ||
 * === |||||||| = Daily Lesson GAME Plan Part 2
 * Lesson Title: Kindness in our school and community |||| Related Lessons: Citizenship and being a good citizen ||
 * Grade Level: 2 |||| Unit: Citizenship ||
 * ==GOALS== ||
 * Content Standards:
 * ISTE NETS-S:
 * ==ACTION== ||
 * Before-Class Preparation: Prior to introducing the topic of citizenship, I will discuss with the students why it is important to be a good citizen. We will discuss what the word kindness means, and why it is important to be kind in our school and community. We will focus on the words unselfishness and giving and what they have to do with kindness. ||
 * During Class ||
 * Time |||| Instructional Activities || Materials and Resources ||
 * 5 minutes
 * Note student groupings, environmental modifications needed, etc.:
 * ==MONITOR== ||
 * Ongoing Assessment(s): This will be an informal assessment. Basically, I am trying to encourage my students to work together to accomplish a project. I also want my students to understand what it means to be kind to others and why this is important.
 * ==EVALUATE AND EXTEND== ||
 * Be specific and include the evaluation that you will use for this lesson at the end of the plan:
 * Lesson Title: Recycling Project |||| Related Lessons: Citizenship and being a good citizen ||
 * Grade Level: 2 |||| Unit: Citizenship ||
 * ==GOALS== ||
 * Content Standards:
 * Content Standards:
 * ISTE NETS-S:
 * ==ACTION== ||
 * Before-Class Preparation: Prior to introducing the topic of recycling, I will have discussed with my students ways they can be a good citizen. I will prepare a short presentation on recycling and some statistics for the students. ||
 * During Class ||
 * Time |||| Instructional Activities || Materials and Resources ||
 * 5 minutes
 * Note student groupings, environmental modifications needed, etc.:
 * ==MONITOR== ||
 * Ongoing Assessment(s): This will be an informal assessment. Basically, I am trying to encourage my students to recycle. We will design posters to place around the school.
 * ==EVALUATE AND EXTEND== ||
 * Be specific and include the evaluation that you will use for this lesson at the end of the plan: