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Lesson Title Read-Aloud Social Studies Social Studies Social Studies

Shine Your Community Jobs Improving
Light Helpers Our
Environment
Unit Goal Students will Students will Students will Students will
understand a understand a understand a understand a
community community community community
and how they and how they and how they and how they
can play a role can play a role can play a role can play a role
in it. in it. in it. in it.
Objectives The students After After After
will state how completing the completing the completing the
the character matching stations coloring page,
in This Little game, activities, students will
Light of Mine students will students will be able to
by E.B. Lewis be able to be able to identify ways
shone his light identify describe why to improve the
to others and different people in a environment
apply similar community community by coloring the
actions to helpers and have different pictures that
authentic explain how jobs by help the Earth.
situations. they help explaining
others by what they
placing the want to be
correct picture when they get
with its older and why.
description.
Standards K.RL.1 Actively NCSS: NCSS: NCSS: People,
engages in Individuals, Individuals, Places, and
group reading Groups, and Groups, and Environments
activities with Institutions Institutions IAS: K.3.7
purpose and IAS: K.2.1 Give IAS: K.4.3 Recommend
understanding. examples of Explain why ways that
people who people in a people can
are community community improve their
helpers and choose environment
leaders and different jobs. at home, in
describe how school, and in
they help us. the
neighborhood.
Materials -This Little -Accident -Food Set -Puzzle Pieces
Light of Mine Pictures -Stethoscope -Cups
by E.B. Lewis -Community -Rock set -Soil
 -Cardstock helper pictures -Magnifying -Plant Seeds
paper -Popsicle glasses -Coloring Page
-Markers Sticks - Picture books -Trash Bag
-Paper Bag -Tape about jobs.
with candle, -Matching -YouTube
flashlight, and Sentences Videos
glow stick -Helping Hand -Beginning
picture Reader Book
-Definitions -Candy
-Badges

Management Time: 40 Time: 40 Time: Each Time: 40

minutes minutes station will be minutes
Space: Carpet Space: Carpet 8 minutes Space: Carpet
and tables and tables long. The and tables
Behavior: Behavior: entire lesson Behavior:
-Clip chart -Teacher will be 45 -Use the
-Tap heads to student minutes. missing puzzle
transition to responses for Space: Carpet piece for
desks. attention. and 4 different motivation.
-Use teacher- -Clip chart station tables. -Clip Chart
student Tapping heads Behavior: -Repeat the
responses to to transitions -Use the candy class rules.
gain attention. to tables. for motivation Technology:
-Call tables to -Repeat the I will use the
transition back class rules Smart Board to
to the carpet. -Model how to show a
act at each PowerPoint
station
-Clip chart
Anticipatory Gather Gather Gather Gather
Set students on students on students on students on
the carpet and the carpet and the carpet and the carpet and
reveal paper reveal pictures reveal the have the
bag items. Ask of people who different types students put
the students need help of candy. Have the puzzle of
what they (falling off the students the Earth
notice about bike, trash vote for which together.
the items. pile, and fire). candy they
Ask the want.
students how
they could
help them.
Purpose I am going to Today we are Today we are Today we are
 read to you going to learn going to learn going to learn
the story This about different about why about different
Little Light of community people choose ways we can
Mine by E.B. helpers different jobs improve our
Lewis. I want because it is in a environment
you to observe important to community at home and
the pictures to understand because it is school
see how the how a important to because it is
character community know how a important to
shines his can work community know that one
light. Be together, and works act can
thinking of how we can together, and contribute to a
what it means also be how can better
to shine your helpers in our dream to have environment.
light. community. a job that you
will love.
Lesson -Gather Input: Input: Input:
Presentation students on -Define -Model the -Define
the carpet. community correct way to environment
-Read the -Define act at each -Give
story aloud community station. examples for
with helper Output: how they can
expression. -Choose Station 1 improve the
-Model students to -Read environment
appropriate hold pictures beginning -Show picture
reading of community reader book. examples
strategies. helpers. -How do Guided
-Sing the song, -Explain who people choose Practice:
This Little each their job? -Plant Flowers
Light of Mine community -What do you -Pick up trash
helper is and want to be? at recess.
how they help. -Why? Output:
-Each Station 2 -Coloring page
community -Job to sort
helper uses exploration activities that
their special -Role play chef help the Earth.
skills to keep and doctor
our -Help discover
community an interest.
together. Station 3
Guided -Job
Practice: exploration
-Matching -Role play
game of garbage man
 community and scientist
helpers to -Help discover
definitions. an interest.
Output: Station 4
-Students -Videos and
draw a picture Picture books
to represent a -Explore
time a unique jobs
community
helper helped
them.
Closure/Concl -Have the -Bring the -Bring the -Bring the
usion students share students back students back students back
their cards to the carpet. to the carpet. to the carpet.
with the class -Have each -Have each -Call on 5
before sending student show student stand students to
them to the their picture to up and say show their
teacher. the class and When I grow pictures.
-Just from one explain how up I want to be -Review the
boy shining his the community a ____, different ways
light, he was helper helped because ____. to improve the
able to make a them. -Point out that environment.
difference in -Explain how we all have -One person
his we can be different making one
community. community interests and change can
-Shining your helpers. strengths contribute to
light could be -Recite the which lead us the
showing Riverview to different community.
kindness, Elementary jobs.
loving others, Pledge to earn -We need to
and showing a community have different
respect. helpers badge. jobs to
complete a
community.
Formative -Check for -Observe -Float around -Observe
Assessments understanding throughout the to the stations throughout the
during the lesson the and observe lesson the
grand students the students. students
conversation. responses, responses,
-Observe conversations, conversations,
responses to and and
the questions. engagement engagement
levels. levels.
-Observe the
 matching
game answers.

Adaptations AJ Let him Remediation Remediation Remediation

hold a paper read the There will be Mrs. Yeakle or I
bag item to sentences for an assistant at will assist
stay engaged. the students. each station. students with
LR Make sure Enrichment Enrichment the coloring
she sees the Write a Multiple levels page.
pictures and sentence with of activities at Enrichment
objects clearly. their drawing. each station Students can
ELL LR: Have that will write a
clear and challenge the sentence on
visible students who the back of
pictures. Point are advanced. their coloring
to words when ELL LR: The page about
I read them so station how they will
she can see assistant or improve the
what the other students environment.
words look like can help her ELL
and follow do the LR: She will be
along. activities. able to look at
Exceptional Exceptional the pictures to
Needs AJ: Needs AJ: Do gain meaning.
Give him an not let him Exceptional
object to hold have the Needs AJ:
to keep him candy, Have The puzzle will
stimulated the teacher keep him
throughout the stay with him engaged. Do
lesson or give at each not let him
him a special station, use gain control of
job so he can the candy as the class.
be a class motivation. Have the
leader. teacher help
him.
Summative Ask how Assess the Assess their Collect their
Assessments writing the description of understanding coloring pages
card is a way their drawing of why people to assess their
to shine their to during their get different understanding
light. presentations. jobs during of the topic.
their
presentations.