Sunday, November 16, 2014

Community Unit


 I think the universal unit that pretty much everyone does at some point in the year is a communities unit. I remember when I was teaching first grade, I wanted to do activities that were meaningful and went beyond just community helpers. I created a communities unit a few years ago for this reason. Today I've updated this unit with some new ideas I had. I wanted to align it more with the Common Core so I added some opinion writing and some research writing activities. There are lots of different activities in this unit to pick and choose from. The activities in this unit is appropriate for 1st-3rd grade.

Here are a few pictures I have from a few years ago:



We did a little research about the history of our community. StreetThen, we completed this Venn Diagram. 


This is one of my favorites. We brainstormed activities that we do in our community for each season. One of my students told us about pumpkin boat racing that goes on every fall. I love that picture! 

Here is a preview of what is included in this unit:


 This research part is new:


I also added these opinion writing activities: 








Or you can pick this unit up here:

I'll put it on sale for today. 

Aaannnd, I'd love to give away a copy right here! If you'd like to win this, leave me a comment with your email below. I'll pick a winner soon!

25 comments:

  1. The unit looks great-I like the research activities.
    lhuhne@optonline.net

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  2. You are right...communities are universal for first!! I like the variety of activities! Ppoland@hacschool.org

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  3. I would love this and I love the variety of activities. marycarlson1@verizon.net

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  4. This looks great!

    Christina :)
    Apples, Books, and Crayons
    ApplesBooksandCrayons@gmail.com

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  5. Great mix of activities! I'd love to have this to use with my class. ltecler@hotmail.com

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  6. This is just what I am working on now. Love the writing activities. randief@yahoo.com

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  7. We teach this topic in IB, perfect, angiefernwood@yahoo.com

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  8. Looks great!! :o) ccfirstteacher@gmail.com

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  9. Love all of your resources! This looks like another great one! This would be so useful! Sbauer527@gmail.com

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  10. I could so use this right now- for my kinders as well as my graduate class this semester!
    zadorafamily@gmail.com

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  11. This looks awesome!

    Ashley
    arclark2012@gmail.com

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  12. This unit looks interesting!!!
    miaqunin@gmail.com

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  13. What a fantastic, comprehensive unit! I'd be over the moon to win this! Thanks for the chance to win!

    Mary Love (it's a double name so I go by both)
    mhouston@ufl.edu

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  14. This looks WAy better than what I do. I'd love to own this. Angelamhand@gmail.com

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    1. I'm sure your unit is awesome! Thank you for your sweet comment. :)

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  15. Looks awesome cindyp94@optonline.net

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  16. What an awesome unit and resources! tmatsui@ogsd.net

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