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Community?   Language Arts, Social Studies     2, 3, 4, 5    By
– Marie Allen  Community Unit Table of Contents:  What is
community?  Subject: Reading, writing   Introduce: Take two
minutes to write down all the words or pictures that you think
of when I say the word “Community.” Post chart paper with
“COMMUNITY” written in the middle.  Activity: Each student
selects their top three suggestions and writes them on a post-it
notes. Each table adds their post-its to the chart paper. Have
students take out their dictionaries and look up the word. Work
as a team to figure out how to find a word in the dictionary.
One student at each table reads the definition to the team. They
decide how to rephrase it in their own words, as if explaining
it to a little brother or sister.  Discuss all definitions and
contributions on the poster. Talk about the fact that
communities can be neighborhoods, chu