I.  Community Workers from A to Z

    Introduction to Community Ties Theme

    Reading

    3rd Grade

II. Maryland Outcomes

A. Students will be able to name and draw community workers for all letters of the alphabet from A to Z.

Students will be able to make connections to the text from prior knowledge and experiences.

Students will be able to acquire new vocabulary through listening to, independently reading, and discussing a variety of literary and informational texts.

B. Dimensions of Learning

a.      Positive attitudes and perceptions

b.     Thinking involved in acquiring and integrating knowledge

c.      Thinking involved in extending and refining knowledge

d.     Thinking involved in using knowledge meaningfully

III. Materials

A.    Student Resources

a.      Construction paper

                   b. Crayons   

B. Teacher Resources

a. Community Workers A to Z chart with doors

b. Chart paper

IV. Procedure

A.    Motivation

Tell the students that we are getting ready to start a new theme.

B.     Guided Practice

a.      Ask if anyone can define the word community.

b.     Come up with a class definition and write it on a piece of chart paper.

c.      Ask students to list things that make up a community, record them on the chart paper.

d.     Tell students that many stories in this theme are about various community workers.

e.      Ask students to list community workers, record them on the chart.

f.       Tell students that they are going to be drawing pictures of community workers from A to Z and show them the community workers A to Z house with doors. 

g.     Pass out pieces of construction paper labeled A to Z and allow time for students to work.  Encourage students to raise their hand and ask for assistance if they have difficulty with any letters.

h.     Paste pictures of community workers into the community house.

i.        Allow each student to discuss the community worker they drew.

C.      Key Questions

a.      Who can define the word community?

b.     What community do we live in?

c.      What things make up a community?

d.     Who are workers in a community?

D.    Closure

                    Ask students if they think they will be reading about any of the community workers on our chart, and if so who.