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This is the way We Go to School by Edith Bauer
Science
Mathematics
Social Studies
Language Arts
Language Arts SOL
Reading
1.5 The student will apply knowledge of how print is organized and read.
d) Read his/her own writing.
Writing
1.13 The student will write to communicate ideas for a variety of purposes.
a) Generate ideas.
g) Share writing with others
Science SOL
1.7 The student will investigate and understand weather and seasonal changes. Key concepts include
a)changes in temperature, light, and precipitation affect plants and animals, including humans;
Social Studies SOL
History
1.1 The student will interpret information presented in picture timelines to show sequence of events and will distinguish among past, present, and future.
Geography
1.4The student will develop map skills by
a)recognizing basic map symbols, including references to land, water, cities, and roads;
c)identifying the shapes of the United States and Virginia on maps and globes;
d)locating Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and Richmond, the capital of Virginia, on a United States map.
1.6 The student will describe how the location of his/her community, climate, and physical surroundings affect the way people live, including their food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and recreation.
Civics
1.10 The student will apply the traits of a good citizen by
a)focusing on fair play, exhibiting good sportsmanship, helping others, and treating others with respect;
Mathematics SOL
1.11 The student will use calendar language appropriately (e.g., names of the months, today, yesterday, next week, last week).

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Geography 1.4The student will develop map skills by a)recognizing basic map symbols, including references to land, water, cities, and roads; c)identifying the shapes of the United States and Virginia on maps and globes; d)locating Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and Richmond, the capital of Virginia, on a United States map The student will describe how the location of his/her community, climate, and physical surroundings affect the way people live, including their food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and recreation. Civics The student will apply the traits of a good citizen by a)focusing on fair play, exhibiting good sportsmanship, helping others, and treating others with respect;
After listening to the read-a-loud “This is the Way We Go to School by Edith Bauer students will recognize that children are diverse. They will realize that people live and attend school by using different methods of transportation. The methods of transportation may depend on the location, climate, etc. which are all characteristics of a community.
ACTIVITY 1
We will discuss some of the characters in the book and the places that they live. Students will be shown a map and be asked to place a picture of the characters onto the map to represent where the charaters live. They will be asked why they believe that each of the character uses a particular method of transportation and are dressed the way in which they are dressed. Additonally, students will be shown Richmond, VA on the map. We will also place a picture of Woodville on the map to represent our location in Richmond VA
ACTIVITY 2
Students will write in their journal about their community. Where do you live and how do you get to school each day?
Children will write to the prompt “ I live in ______________________. I get to school by ____________________________________. (School bus, walking, car, van) And they will draw an illustration of themselves on their way to school.
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Mathematics SOL 1.11 The student will use calendar language appropriately (e.g., names of the months, today, yesterday, next week, last week). History 1.1 The student will interpret information presented in picture timelines to show sequence of events and will distinguish among past, present, and future.
Activity 3
Class will discuss the resources that they have (Art, Music, Spanish, P.E., Library). They will reference the days of the week that they attend each and advise if they have attended them yesterday, today or tomorrow.) They will do so by gluing the pictures of 3 of the resource into a chart containing 3 columns labeled today, tomorrow and yesterday
Activity 4
The students will learn the difference between the past, present and future. They will also be shown that yesterday is the past, today is the present and tomorrow is the future. After listening to the book “Daily Life Then and Now by Therese Shea. They will draw a picture of something from the past and another representing the present.
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History 1.1 The student will interpret information presented in picture timelines to show sequence of events and will distinguish among past, present, and future.
Activity 5
Students will illustrate their understanding of past, present and future by drawing a timeline that shows events that have and will take place in their own lives.
Activity 6
Students will sort a variety of pictures from the past and present using a game on the Smartboard.
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Science 1.7 The student will investigate and understand weather and seasonal changes. Key concepts include a)changes in temperature, light, and precipitation affect plants and animals, including humans; Writing 1.13 The student will write to communicate ideas for a variety of purposes. a) Generate ideas. b) Focus on one topic.
Activity 7 : Students will learn that there are weather and seasonal changes that affect the ways in which people live. We will refer back to the book “This is the Way We Go to School” as a reference to show that the weather affects the way in which people live. Students will learn the four seasons. In the summer we wear shorts and go swimming because it is hot. In the winter we wear coats and go ice skating because it is cold. When it is raining we wear rain gear. Students will show their understanding by matching the seasons (spring, summer, fall and winter, rain, snow, sun) with appropriate pictures using a seasonal sort.
Activity 8:
Students will be given a piece of construction paper divided into fourths. They will draw a picture and write a sentence illustrating what they do in the summer, spring, fall and winter.
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