Community mini-unit

Grade
2/3
Duration
30 min x 4
Date
November 21
Topic
Community/Citizenry/Traits
Community 5-1
BC Curriculum Connections:
Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to text and make meaning
Pace
Catch and Release
Reflection
3
I do
We have been doing activities about the little
hummingbird...Play the video
6
They do
With your elbow partner talk about the words
you used to describe the little hummingbird...
9
I do
Are those all good traits for a person to have?
What other traits would we want our friends,
our family, our teachers, everyone in our
community to have?
12
They do
Think of 3 more traits that a good friend,
neighbour, teacher, person...citizen has.
When you have them, share them with your
elbow partner
15
I do
Bring them back...
Share as class
On your Traits GO, fill in the list of 10 good
traits, show me one good trait, and write full
sentences for 3 others.
18
They do
Traits GO
21
I do
Check-in with your elbow partner...what traits
do you have in common
24
They do
Traits GO
27
I do
Is there one trait that you admire in people,
one trait you would like to have as part of your
self? What could you do to practice this trait....
think about this, because we are going to need
it for our next story lesson
Assessment Source
Traits GO

Criteria
list of 10 good traits, show me one good trait, and write full
sentences for 3 others
1

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Community 5-2
BC Curriculum Connections:
Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to text and make meaning
Pace
3

9
12

15

18

21
24

27

Catch and Release

I do
Talking about character traits and community
Today I want you to think about someone in
the community who is a leader.

Reflection

Who/what is a leader?
They do
Think about words you would use to describe a
leader...when you have 3 put your 3 fingers
out for me to see
I do
Record and prompt leader characteristics
I do
Introduce the language that is going to
become part of the schools vocabulary....
Enthusiastic, Creative, Thoughtful, Industrious,
Compassionate, Confident
We do
Discuss these words, break them down into
words we already know
They do
Think of someone you admire, someone who
is a leader or a role model in your life; write a
descriptive word that represents why you
admire them or think they are a good leader
on your sticky note. And write it on the board.
I do
Read them out...prompt, dig deeper
They do
Show Ms Bayliss when you have 3 descriptive
words to describe someone who you look up
to...now write one on the sticky note and add
that to our poster...
Clean up

Community mini-unit

Community 5-3
BC Curriculum Connections:
Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to text and make meaning
Pace
3

12

15

18

21
24

27

Catch and Release

I do
Yesterday we talked about someone in the
community who is a leader.
Remind Ms Bayliss Who/what is a leader?
Review the poster from yesterday
They do
Look at the Community Traits activity REVISED
from earlier in the week, dig deeper...
I do
Reintroduce the language that is going to
become part of the schools vocabulary....
Enthusiastic, Creative, Thoughtful, Industrious,
Compassionate, Confident
They do
Discuss one word (given out on slips of paper)
with your elbow partner, break it down into
words they already know
I do
Put list of characteristics, word page up on
smart board.
They do
Think of someone you admire, someone who
is a leader or a role model in your life; write 5
descriptive words that represents why you
admire them or think they are a good leader
on the first part of the GO
I do
Facilitate a class share
They do
Look at the word board...what are the 5
descriptive words you think are the most
important for every person to be? Write them
in the 2nd part of the GO
Clean up

Assessment Source
Traits GO

Reflection

Criteria
list of 10 good traits, show me one good trait, and write full
sentences for 3 others

Community mini-unit

Community 5-4 Community Hero

BC Curriculum Connections:
Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to text and make meaning
Pace
3
6

12

15

18

21
24

27

Catch and Release

I do
Community leader trait review
They do
Look at the Community Traits activity and
share your first 5 with your neighbour
I do
Reintroduce the language that is going to
become part of the schools vocabulary....
Enthusiastic, Creative, Thoughtful, Industrious,
Compassionate, Confident
They do
Write your own meaning for each word on the
first part of the GO
I do
Put list of characteristics, word page up on
smart board.
They do
Using your 10 descriptive words from last
class, colour and label the community hero GO
I do
Facilitate a class share
They do
Find someone in the room who have 5 of the
same descriptors as you do.
Clean up

Assessment Source
Community Hero GO

Reflection

Criteria
list of 5 good traits, identify a way you can act to be like each trait,
colour hero and flashes.