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Unit 3: Community Life

Week 1 Day 1

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thinpitchitchthoughtwhen

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Challenge Wordsdishwashermarshmallow

hopscotchsandwichtouchdown

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h8.another9.breath10. clothes

Theme Question: What makes a good community?

Is your community big or small? Is it a city or a town?

What kinds of buildings, places, jobs, and transportation does your community have?

How is your community similar to or different from other nearby communities?

Theme VocabularyO Resources are things that can be sold or used to

make other things. Example: Water and land are important resources for

farmers.O Population is the number of people living in a

place. Example: The population of the United States is about

300 million people.O Need is to have to have something. Example: People need food in order to stay alive.

Prepare to ReadTheme Vocab-resources, population, needA Community Like Mine-nonfiction book about real

communities, pages 4-11

A community is a place where people live, work, and do things together. How is the picture like our community?

What do you see? Which are found in our community?

How will this chapter help answer the Theme Question: What makes a place good for building a community?

Phonics/ôr/ spelled or, ore, oar, oor, ourfor core roar floor

your

Dora and I went to the sports store.

Near the door we saw an oar.We saw four snowboards on the floor.

High Frequency Words: friends, out, tall, walking

Decodable Reader #12: “Mack and Nick”

Fluency: “This is the Place!” Practice Page 146

Writing– BiographyRead Writing Models Chart p. 16-19 “Pierre L’Enfant”

OWhy is Pierre L’Enfant famous?OWhat else did you learn about Pierre L’Enfant?

Writing– Write a BiographyCharacteristics of Good Biography:

O Tells about the important events and experiences in

another person’s life.

O Usually is about a person who is famous or has done

something special.

O Tells why this person and these events are important.

O Tells events in the order in which they happened.

O Written in the third person; uses the pronoun he or

she. 

Early Years•Born in France in 1754•Studied art; became architect

1777•Joined American Army•Liked George Washington’s ideas

1791•Published plans for design of Washington, D.C•Designed buildings, streets, statues1825•Died

Sequence Events