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Julie,Lindsey,andBen
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Date:__
4/12/16
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Grade:

Kindergarten

UnitTheme:

CommunityHelpers

Essential
Understandings(or
LongTermGoals):

Studentwillbeabletoidentifyseveraldifferentcommunity
helpersandexpresshowtheywouldliketohelpthecommunity.

EssentialQuestions:

Whydoweneedcommunityhelpers?
Whatdoyouthinkisthemostimportantthingaboutbeinga
communityhelper?
Whatmakesacommunityhelper?
Howcanyoubeacommunityhelper?

Objectives:

Thestudentswillbeabletoidentifythecharacteristicsofa
communityhelperandanswerquestionsastowhenweneedthis
communityhelper.

Afteranalyzingexamplesandnonexamplesofmycommunity
helpergroups,studentswillconstructandanalyzetheirown
communityhelperequations.

Afterlearninganewmelody,studentswillbeabletocreatetheir
ownCommunityHelpermelodybysingingandmovingonbeat
withdifferentdynamicsandtempo.

Assessments:

Literature:
(DOK Level 3: Explain, generalize, or connect ideas
using supporting evidence (quote, example, text reference))
The
students will complete a cut and paste activity with sequence
cards tohelpthemretellthestory.Thiswillalsohelpthestudents
to understand when they need a firefighter. The students will be
assessed on a scale from 1 to 3 in the categories ofsequencing
andwriting.
Math:(
DOK3:Strategicthinking/reasoning)
Students
independentlyconstructdifferentmethodsofadding10objects.
Studentswillusecutoutsoffiremenandpolicemen,justlikethe
onesusedearlier,tomodelhowtoadddifferentamountsto

equalthesumof10.Theywillthenwritetheequationbelow
usingnumberrepresentation.
Music:(WebbsDOK4:Create)Studentswillbeassessedfrom1
to3onindividualsinging,groupsinging,clappingonthebeat,
andcreativeaspects.Theymayearna3inindividualsingingif
theysingingonpitchandinrhythm.Studentsmayearna3in
groupsingingiftheysingalongwiththegroup.Studentsmay
earna3inclappingonbeatbyclappingandsingingonbeat.
Studentsmayearna3increativeaspectsbyprovidinganew
wordforoursongandchangingthewordaswesingtogetheras
agroup.
Instructional Activities: Literature: The students will come to the carpet and listen to a
story about a communityhelper.Iwillaskthestudentsprompting
questions about the book in order for them to gain further
understanding. After the reading, the students will gobacktothe
desk andcompletethecutandpasteactivity.Withpromptingand
support the students will identify characters, settings, and major
eventsinastoryinthisactivity.

Math:Studentswillanalyzeconstructionofdifferentcommunity
helpergroups.Theywillusetangibleobjectstofacilitate
discoveryofadesiredsum,andthenworkindependentlyin
creatingtheirownmethodsoffindingadesiredsum.

Music:Studentswillworkasagrouptosingandcreatemusic
withnewwordsaboutindividualcommunityhelperintheirtown.
Wewillsingaboutthefirstcommunityhelpertolearnthewords
andmelody.Thenstudentswilladdtheirowncommunityhelper
andcreatetheirownwordstothesong.

Web(Theme,Subjects,Standards,Objectives):