Open Court Theme:

Grade 1
Our Neighborhood at Work

 

Unit Opener Ideas:

View Unit Opener and Closer Ideas

Submit Unit Opener and Closer Ideas for this Unit

Powerpoint: People in Your Neighborhood from Harding Elementary

Chants:

Firefighters

Concept Question Board:

KWL Chart by Marisa Abbot

Favorite Unit Books:

Additional Literature Recommendations

Independent Work Time:

Independent Work Time Activities

Independent Work Time.com the missing manual of how, why, and what to do during IWT

Integrating Technology:

Google Maps (allows you to see aerial views of any address in the world)

Lesson Plans :

Thematic Unit: Beautification
Includes science, social studies, and language arts

Human Rights Unit - Who Gets Medicine?

Teaching Continents

Community Helpers - Integrated Literacy Unit

Neighborhood/Community Lesson Plans

Picture Files:

Our Neighborhood At Work Vocabulary Picture File by Anne Thacker

Vocabulary Picture Cards by Sharon Smith

Related Open Court Units:

Pre-K Helping Hands

Vocabulary:

Neighborhood at Work Picture File by Sharon Smith

Writing Process:

Prewriting: Jobs People Do Web

Pictures modeling how to scaffold writing process

Job Word Bank
created by students - use to assist in writing

Links:

What's my job? Online Game: Match the Community Worker to their job

Aerial View of Any Neighborhood -- very cool

Community Helpers

Electronic Pen Pals


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