Unit 2 Week 3 Day 4: Who Works Here?
Communities
High Frequency Words: live, out, people, who, work
Comprehension: Author’s Purpose
Grammar: Special Titles
Vocabulary :Amazing Words: citizen, community, law, leader, headquarters, patrol, branch, earn
Selection Words: mail, neighborhood, busy
Comprehension:Story Retell / Story Retell
(Use the story sequencing picture cards to retell the story.
First, children put story pictures in the correct order.
Next, children use a complete sentence to retell the story events. Encourage children to name the characters, and tell what the character did in the story.
Finally, discuss the main idea of the story.)
High Frequency
Words
Grammar (special titles) / (Write: Mr. Cook lives here.)
Read this sentence. Mrs. Cook lives here.
Who lives here? Mrs. Cook.
What is Mrs. Cook’s title? Mrs.
(Write: Officer Ben will go out.)
Read this sentence. Officer Ben will go out.
Who will go out? Officer Ben.
What is the title in this name? Officer
(Write: The people help Mrs. Jones.)
Who do the people help? Mrs. Jones.
What is the title in this name? Mrs.
(Write: Who is Dr. Baker?)
Read this sentence. Who is Dr. Baker?
What is Baker? A doctor.
What is the title in this name? Doctor.
(Write: Mr. Clark will work at the bank.)
Read this sentence. Mr. Clark will work at the bank.
Who will work at the bank? Mr. Clark
What is the title in this name? Mr.
Oral
Vocabulary
Review and Practice
(Amazing Words
citizen, community, law, leader) / We learned a lot of big words this week. We need to make sentences with the Amazing Words we learned this week.
The first word is citizen.
A citizen is a person who lives in a certain place.
Let’s make a sentence using the word, citizen.
I’ll go first. “He is a citizen of Idaho Falls.”
(Children each say a sentence with the word. Give a sentence started if needed.)
“I am a citizen of ______.”
Another word is community.
Your community is the town or city where you live.
Let’s make a sentence using the word, community.
I’ll go first. “There are nice people in this community.”
(Children each say a sentence with the word. Give a sentence started if needed.)
“A ___ works in this community.”
Another word is law.
A law is a rule that tells people what they can and cannot do.
Let’s make a sentence using the word, do.
I’ll go first. “The police officer helped people keep the law.”
(Children each say a sentence with the word. Give a sentence started if needed.)
“A law is _____.”
The last word is leader.
A leader is the head of a group.
Let’s make a sentence using the word, leader.
I’ll go first. “The president is the leader of our country.”
(Children each say a sentence with the word. Give a sentence started if needed.)
“___ is the leader of my family.”
ELL Reader / ELL Reader 1.2.3 People Work
ELL Reader Teaching Guide p. 17-18
(Read the title and ask children to talk about workers they have seen.)
Ask: Where did you see the workers?
What were they doing?
(Tell the children this book is about different neighborhood workers. Preview the book by talking about the illustrations together and naming the labeled items.)
Read the story aloud as children follow along.
Ask the following questions to support comprehension.
Page 2 -3 What does the girl see? The girl sees people at work.
Pages 4-5 What do these people do at work? The people drive a bus, wash clothes, cut hair, and paint walls.
Page 8 What worker do you see? I see a crossing guard.
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