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Children will identify and explore the differences between two types of communities.
communities, community helpers, jobs
key details, vocabulary, writing, create visuals
double bar graph
communities, rural, tractor operator, urban, subway conductor
RI.2.1 key details; RI.2.2 identify the main topic; RI.2.4 determine meanings of words; RI.2.5 text features; RI.2.10 read informational texts; RF.2.3 decode words; RF.2.4 read on-level texts; W.2.1 writing; SL.2.1 collaborative conversations; SL.2.3 ask and answer questions; SL.2.5 create visuals
Build background knowledge about things long ago and today by watching “Home in Three Communities.” When you’re done watching, ask the following question: What are the three types of communities?
Project the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce this issue’s featured words.
Use the Read and Think skill sheet to check comprehension as you read the issue as a class. At each stopping point on the sheet, pause to discuss the questions. Students can fill out the sheet as you go along.
Play the online game: Build a Community
(skill: content knowledge)
Read a paired text: Dear Primo A Letter to My Cousin by Duncan Tonatiuh
Your class will enjoy a modern spin on the classic “city mouse, country mouse” story. This bilingual text follows cousins from different community types as they exchange letters describing how they live, work, and play.
Read an issue from the archive: Getting to School in My Community (September 2017)
Learn what commuting to school looks like in different communities with the issue “Getting to School in My Community” (September 2017).