1st+grade+rules

Key Vocabulary Essential Question(s) Enduring Understandings Unit Objectives Beginning the Unit As the Unit Continues Toward the End of the Unit ||
 * Suggested Materials

Suggested Materials
 * Big Book - //What is a Community//
 * Big Book - //At Play in the Community//
 * STAR books

Key Vocabulary
 * citizen
 * citizenship
 * rules
 * fair
 * community

__ Essential Questions: __ · Why do we have rules and how are they important? · How are rules created? · What does it mean to be a citizen in our school and community? __Enduring Understandings:__ · Students will understand why we need rules. · Students will understand how rules are created. · Students will understand the relationship between following rules and being a citizen. __ Unit Objectives: __ · Students will make and follow rules related to their classroom and school, identify rules from their community and explain why they are important to how the community operates. · Students will demonstrate an understanding of what it means to be a good citizen in their classroom, school and community. · Students will describe and demonstrate how to be responsible and respectful towards themselves and others.

Launching a unit l How do you have a discussion / experience at the beginning of a unit to: excite, prompt imagination, enthusiasm, interest. l How do you find out what students already know about the essential questions? l Mini-lessons ideas l Creating a plan to study a unit**
 * Beginning the Unit

Create and post your classroom constitution at the beginning of the year. Work with your class on creating a class Bill of Rights. Discuss each of the character words in the Kids' Code. Assign small groups a word from the Code to illustrate, present to the class and post.
 * Suggested Activities**

l Creating a plan to study a unit l Specific mini-lessons / activities that support the unit l A timeline to help students / teachers think about how to plan their unit**
 * As the unit continues

Refer to STAR binder for activities to use throughout the year. Each class crafts their own classroom community and has activities that stretch throughout the school year. Please feel free to post any of your terrific ideas here.
 * Suggested Activities**

How do you assess students? Could consist of: Rubrics to evaluate final student work Checklists for observing students during social studies time Performance assessment Any communication documents to help parents know about a unit of study What types of “celebrations” might happen at the end? What mini-lessons might you need for wrapping the unit up?** This unit of study will stretch throughout the school year. Teachers may benefit from reviewing the Bill of Rights and Constituation that was created at the beginning of the year to help with problems that arise throughout the year.
 * Toward the end of the unit

How do you schedule the unit? How do you structure the class to support the unit goals?**
 * Tips for managing the unit