My Community

Math and
Literacy Unit
Plan

By Samantha Bee

www.mathandliteracy.com

2011

Table of Contents

Table of Contents.........................................................................................................1
My Community Math and .........................................................................................3
Literacy Unit Plan Introduction.....................................................................................3
Objectives.......................................................................................................................................................................3
Components ..................................................................................................................................................................3
Common Core State Standards.....................................................................................6
English Language Arts ............................................................................................................................................. 6
Reading Literature .................................................................................................................................................... 6
Key Ideas and Details ...............................................................................................................................................6
Integration and Support .........................................................................................................................................6
Reading Informational Texts ................................................................................................................................ 6
Foundational Skills.................................................................................................................................................... 7
Writing............................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Text Type and Purpose.............................................................................................................................................7
Production and Distribution of Writing...........................................................................................................8
Research to Build and present Knowledge......................................................................................................8
Mathematics................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Kindergarten................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Counting and Cardinality .......................................................................................................................................8
Operations and Algebraic Thinking ...................................................................................................................8
Number and Operations in Base Ten.................................................................................................................8
Measurement and Data ...........................................................................................................................................9
Geometry........................................................................................................................................................................9
Grade 1 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Operations and Algebraic Thinking ...................................................................................................................9
Number and Operations in Base Ten.................................................................................................................9
Measurement and Data ...........................................................................................................................................9
Geometry........................................................................................................................................................................9
My Community Resource List..................................................................................10
Fiction........................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Non-Fiction ................................................................................................................................................................ 12
KWL Chart Activity .....................................................................................................14
KWL Building Chart ............................................................................................................................................. 16
Sing Along with Guitar Chords....................................................................................19
Guitar Chords and Lyrics ..................................................................................................................................... 26
Questions.................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Reading Comprehension ............................................................................................29
Main Idea and Details Activity .......................................................................................................................... 30
Fact and Opinion ..................................................................................................................................................... 31
My Community Scavenger Hunt .................................................................................32
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My Community Scavenger Hunt....................................................................................................................... 33

My Home Community ........................................................................................................................................... 34

Literacy Activities.......................................................................................................35
Working with the R Blends ............................................................................................................................. 36
Working with the Letter O .............................................................................................................................. 37
Comparing Words................................................................................................................................................... 38
Sight Word Bingo Card ......................................................................................................................................... 39
Bingo Sight Words.................................................................................................................................................. 40
My Letter to a Community Leader..............................................................................41
Math Activities...........................................................................................................42
Quarters....................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Dimes ............................................................................................................................................................................ 44
Nickels .......................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Pennies ......................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Dollars.......................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Half-Dollars................................................................................................................................................................ 48
Identify that Coin!................................................................................................................................................... 49
Word Problems Activity....................................................................................................................................... 52
Counting by 5s and 10s Activity..................................................................................................................... 54
Social Studies Activity ................................................................................................55
Matching Activity .................................................................................................................................................... 56
My Community .......................................................................................................60
Poster or 3D Map .......................................................................................................60
The Big Book of My Community .................................................................................61
Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................................... 63
Things That I learned ............................................................................................................................................ 64
My Community Diagram...................................................................................................................................... 68
















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Main Idea and Details Activity

Chose a main idea from one of the stories you read and write it in
the box. Then write one detail in each of the three boxes below.

MAIN IDEA

Detail #1







Detail #2







Detail #3

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Working with the R Blends

Did you know that truck starts with an r blend?

Write br, tr, sr, spr, and cr 2 times each below.

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What are some other words that begin with r blends? Can you
think of 3?

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Counting by 5s and 10s Activity

Draw the coins in the first four boxes. Add their
values and in the fifth box, write their sum.

Value of all 4
Coins

Value of all 4
Coins

Value of all 4
Coins

Value of all 4
Coins

Value of all 4
Coins

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