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Our 2nd Grade Teachers

Kevin Brown

Margaret Gallego

Tom Fisher

Current Second Grade Theme

Who We Are

Central Idea: An Investigation into the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a community.

• Key Concepts
  • Connection, responsibility of a citizen to its community
  • Form, function of a community
  • The connections of community helpers to a community

• Lines of Inquiry
  • The rights and responsibilities citizens have
  • The characteristics of a world citizen
  • The role of a citizen in a community
  • The role of a community helper

• Skill Development
  • Research Skills will be used through group work
  • Communications skills will be utilized to write and describe their community- oral presentations
  • Self-management skills – Students will cooperate in groups or partners, and in second grade level exchange
  • Students will formulate questions for the guest speakers
  • Develop empathy throughout unit,
  • Counselor lessons

• Assessment
  • Use of graphic organizers, KWL chart, webbing, vocabulary building
  • Role playing as a citizen and community member
  • On going writing process/reflections
  • On going classroom discussions
  • Completed work of:
    1. Paragraph on citizenship ( rubric scored)
    2. Portraits of the community helpers and their job descriptions based on the song: " Who Are The People In My Neighborhood" ( grade level exchange)
    3. Questions written and posed to community guest speakers on their roles as responsible citizens in the community.
    4. Map of their own communities
    5. Sharing of knowledge learned between grade level exchange

• Learning Experiences
  • Guest speakers
  • map of the community
  • Community Service Project ( collecting food and personal hygiene items for a homeless shelter ( Casa Maria)

• Resources
  • Community Guest Speakers: possibly Mr. Evans, truck driver, Mr. Merritt, fire-fighter, Mrs. Reyes, community representative, Mrs. Salvatierra, Casa Maria volunteer, Mrs. Yescas, nurse's aide, Reading Seed Mentors, Mrs. Marries, school counselor
  • Character education materials
  • Social Studies Text: People together – Adventures In Time and Place
  • Avenues Language Program- Grade 2
  • Internet resources