Communities - Common Core Lessons and Activities

Communities - Common Core Lessons and Activities

How to Use the <b>Communities - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b>book:<br /> Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations. <br /> Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills. <br /> Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go. <br /> Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes! <br /><br />Tips: <br /> Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs. <br /> Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine. <br /> Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson. <br /><br />The <b>Communities - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b>book includes: <br /> Reading for Information<br /> Higher-Order Thinking<br /> Writing Problems<br /> Primary Source Analysis<br /> Vocabulary<br /> Graphic Organizers<br /> Map Activities<br /> & More! <br /><br />Here is the Table of Contents for the <b>Communities - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b> book: <br /><b>What Is a Community?: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Land, Water, and Air: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Mapping a Community: </b> Map Activity<br /><b>Rules and Laws: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Personal & Civic Responsibility: </b> Graphical Analysis <b>G</b><br /><b>Get Involved!: </b> Comparison of Primary Sources <b>G</b><br /><b>Helping in Your Community: </b> Problem-Solution-Results <b>GO9</b><br /><b>Community Helpers: </b> Influential People <b>G</b><br /><b>Community Vocabulary: </b> Vocabulary <b>GO10</b><br /><b>Your Local History Timeline: </b> Chronological Events <b>G</b><br /><b>A Human Habitat: </b> Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>Types of Communities: </b> Graphical Analysis<br /><b>The Changing Community: </b> Comparison of Primary Sources<br /><b>Communities & the Environment: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Timber!: </b> Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>Protecting the Environment: </b> Main Idea Organizer <b>GO4</b><br /><b>Communities of Culture: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>The Chinese New Year: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Global Communities: </b> Data Analysis<br />Common Core State Standards Correlations<br /><br /><b>G:</b> Includes Graphic Organizers