Lesson 1

Who do we
know in our
community?
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Theme: Knowing Our World
Opener
Lesson 1
Who do we know in
our community?
Week 1 | p. 24
Week 2 | p. 34

Lesson 2
What do we need in
a community?
Week 3 | p. 46
Week 4 | p. 56

Lesson 3
What’s our community like?
Week 5 | p. 68
Week 6 | p. 78
 How do we
build a
community?
A community is a group of people who are
connected. This group shares leaders, services,
and customs.

Workers provide goods and services to people in

the community. A construction worker,
a firefighter, and a police officer are all workers.
There are many more kinds of workers in a
community. All of the workers are community
members because their efforts make the
community a better place to live.

How do they do this? By choosing work they like

and are good at, and by giving the community
We all belong to a community, and we must follow what it needs.
certain rules to live together peacefully. We are also
all in charge of the well-being and the progress of
our community. How do we build a community?
We can do this by being good community
members, by taking part in community events,
by behaving honestly, by always helping one
another, by respecting each other, and by keeping
the well-being of ourselves and our neighbors in
mind. This may sound like a lot, but it is not at all.
Just think about what is best for you and for the
people that you care about. This is a start to making
good decisions every time!

Unit Outline

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Follow these steps to answer the question:
How do we build a community?

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• The workers s about
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get to know the community
workers and what they do to
make your community better.

Set in motion! Start planning your work for the next weeks.
Think about your community and complete Use your to-do lists to help you!
the following sentences. D o ne !

The people who offer services

in my community are. . .

The most beautiful

I like my community place in my
because. . . community is. . .

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 You will build knowledge as you
solve a problem using Constructive
Interaction. The problem will be
about something that interests you.

PERSONAL REFLECTION
You will think about the problem by yourself.
Next, you will draw or write how you feel about it.

 ROUP
G
WORK
You will join a team, pick a
name, and choose a moderator,
a secretary, and a narrator.
The moderator will ask the team
to read what they wrote or to
show their drawing. The secretary
will take notes. When everyone
finishes, the narrator will sum
up what was said. Finally, the
team will discuss all the ideas.

Constructive Interaction

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GROUP PRESENTATION
Your team will research more information.
Then each team will present these
findings to the whole class.

SUMMARY AN
ASSESSMENT
Your teacher will summarize
what you discussed and
help connect the ideas.
You will evaluate yourself
and other classmates.

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 Watch out for
Track

Read “Helping Others” in your

 . Helping Others

the storm! D o ne !
1 Look at the words in the box and place them
in the correct column.
Reading Tip!
friendly  grumpy  helpful
Read the title of the text and think of
mean   nice   rude
something in your life that relates to it.

Positive Negative
KEY WORDS
emergency
grumpy
nice

onsibili
sp

2 Do you know about an emergency

ty
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that happened in your community?

What did people do to help one
another? Fill out the organizer and
make a video about it.
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When and where?
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What did the community do? What was the result?

Witty Reading

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3 Circle the pictures that show people helping others.

4 Pick one of the circled pictures above and answer the

questions with a classmate. Lines of Research
Do you know what a
1. Who or what is in the picture? flood is?

Research what happens

when it rains heavily.

2. What happens in the picture?

#KeyConcepts
flood / storm

3. How do you know that there are people helping

others in the picture?

Week 1 Can make predictions about the story

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 1 Listen to the track and number 2 Answer the questions.
Track

the pictures. Work!

1. Who makes bouquets?

2. Who works in the bakery?

3. Where do the police officers work?

4. Who delivers mail?

5. Who do we call when there is a fire?

6. Who sells food?

KEY WORDS
Track

3 Listen again and underline the

correct verb. Work! baker
deliver
1. The police officers (work / works) in the florist
police station.
2. The florist (make / makes) bouquets.
3. The baker (bake / bakes) bread.
4. The firefighters (put / puts) out fires.
5. The mail carrier (deliver / delivers) mail.
6. The grocer (sell / sells) food.

Quick Language

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 Language Key
Use the Simple Present tense in two main ways.
• When you talk or write about facts.

Example:
 I feel happy today!

• When you talk or write about actions that happen regularly.

Example:
 You always swim very fast.

Notice that if the subject is a he or a she, you add an -s or -es ending to

the verb.

Examples:
 She walks to school every day.
 He does his homework in the living room.

4 Draw lines and form sentences using the words in the columns.
Use a different color for each sentence. There is an example.

1. Firefighters in the post office.

2. The florist
work in the police station.
3. The baker in the grocery store.
4. Police officers in the fire station.
5. The grocer works in the bakery.
5 Work in pairs. 6. Mail carriers in the flower shop.
• Choose a job, but don't tell it to your classmate.
• Describe it carefully, so your classmate can guess it.
•
•
Switch turns and guess your classmate's job.
Complete the sentence with your classmate's job.
Focus on
• My classmate is a/an: describing your
.
perfect day.
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Week 1 Can identify occupations and describe what each worker does and where they work

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 1 Read the diary entry and answer the questions.

Sunday, January 15
Dear Diary,

Today was a fantastic day! My family and I went to a

botanical garden, and I saw carnivorous plants that look like
an open mouth with sharp teeth. I was amazed when I saw
an insect eaten by one of those plants! I wanted to buy one,
but my mom said that I must wait for my birthday : (
Goodbye for now,
Romina KEY WORDS
diary
entry
1. What was Romina impressed about? journal

2. Where did her experience take place?

What’s
3. When did Romina write this entry? courtesy?

2 Underline the right answer.

1. What did Romina need to wait for her birthday for?

a. To go back to the garden
b. To write an entry in her journal
c. To buy a plant that eats insects
d. To go to the zoo
2. How was Romina’s day?
a. Terrible c. OK
b. Fantastic d. Bad

Clever Writing

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 People keep a diary or a journal to take note of important events
in their lives. Every time a person writes in a journal is called
an entry.

Some important information you can include in a journal entry is:

• date •  Who was with you •  Interesting details about

• location •  How you felt that experience

3 Circle and match the parts of the journal entry.

Sunday, January 15
The date Dear Diary,
Today was an awesome day! My family and I went to
Where Romina was
a garden and I saw plants that seemed to have an open
Who was with Romina
mouth with sharp teeth. I was amazed when I saw that an
insect was eaten by one of those plants. I wanted to buy one,
How Romina felt but my mom said that I must wait for my birthday : (
Goodbye for now,
Interesting details about
Romina’s experience Romina
4 How did Romina feel when she ended her journal entry?
Circle the correct answer.

ha ppy sleepy s ick

hungry s ad
5 Work with your class.

• Split the class in half and form two circles, one inside the other.
• The inside circle will be the interviewers and will ask questions.
• The outside circle will be interviewed. They will answer the questions.
• After asking the first question, the outside circle moves over one
classmate to ask the next question, and so on. Here are some ideas:
Do you keep a journal? Since when? What do you or would you
write in it? Does it include all the parts described above?

Week 1 Can read a journal entry and analyze it

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 1 Ask your classmates the following questions.

• What do you want to be when you grow up?

• Why do you like that job?
• Where will you work?

2 Listen to the track and number the places in

Track
What is rudeness
the order they are mentioned. Work Places and how does it
Police station
affect people?
Bakery

Grocery store

Hospital

Store KEY WORDS

grocery store
police station
Flower shop
postal worker

3 Listen to the track again and say the right 4 Work as a class. Use “Work Places” as a model
answer aloud for each question. and ask each other questions about work
places and jobs. Here are some ideas.
• You work in a police station.
• You work in a bakery. Questions Answers
• You work in a grocery store.
• You work in a hospital.
I’m a teacher. Where You work in a school.
• You work in a store. do I work?
• You work in a flower shop. I’m a postal worker. You work at the
Where do I work? post office.
I’m a firefighter. You work in a
Where do I work? fire station.
I’m a waiter/waitress. You work in
Where do I work? a restaurant.
Sharp Speaking

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5 Draw a line to match each job with its workplace.

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6 Work in pairs. Follow the instructions.

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• Get into pairs. Imagine you are a community I chose to be a/an...
worker. Write your profession and where you
work in the spaces provided.
• One of you will be a reporter, and the other
will be a community worker. who works in a/an...
• Reporters interview community workers
about their jobs, their services to the
community, their work places, and the things
they like most about their jobs.
• Switch roles.
• Share your findings with the class.

WELL-BEING
Courtesy and kindness are
or always welcome. Be nice to all
Agenda f
t h e fu t u r e community workers because
they are an important part of
your community.

Week 1 Can ask and answer questions to find out where

different community workers work
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 Test Yourself

Listening - Part 4
Listen and color. There is one example. T
rack

Test: The Fire Station

Strategy: Focus on what you hear, not on how well you color.

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 Who do we Stepbyep
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know in our
community?
Now you know who the workers in your community are. Think about
how their work helps all the members of your community. Use present
tense to answer the question: Who do I know in my community?

Reflect on what you have learned so far about community workers:

where they work, what they do, what services they provide, how they on
al Reflec
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improve life in your community, how important it is to treat them

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Per

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kindly, how important their job is, and so on. Step 1

BE Aware of Your Progress

Circle a face for each category.

According According to my According to

Can I...? to me classmates my teacher
make predictions about the story
identify occupations and describe what each
worker does and where they work
read a journal entry and analyze it
ask and answer questions to find out where
different community workers work

Consolidation Week 1
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