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Course: 2nd grade reading & vocabulary > Unit 3
Lesson 1: Building knowledgeWelcome to the Rural, Suburban, Urban unit!
A community is a group of people all living in the same place. There are lots of different types of communities. Some have many people living close together and lots of places and buildings like shops, offices, hospitals, museums, movie theaters, and parks. Others have a lot fewer people and buildings, but a lot of nature and open space. The community you live in can affect your life in many different ways!
In this unit, you will:
- Learn about different types of communities
- Learn about and how communities sometimes change
- Read stories about people visiting other types of community, and about what it feels like if your local area changes
By:
- Watching videos to help you understand what good readers and writers do
- Reading and answering questions about literary and informational texts
- Learning new academic words
In order to answer the essential question: How does the community that you live in affect your life?
Want to join the conversation?
- who thinks god is IMPOTANT(Up Vote For Yes)(24 votes)
- 3 words.
read the Bible!(8 votes)
- why do i need to know this?(13 votes)
- you need to know this to have schema to know where you are and what type of place you are in.(1 vote)
- What the Name Of The City?(15 votes)
- no one knows but it does say Image credit: Houses Urban Residential Area by Anonymous, Pixabay license(8 votes)
- why do these community's have names?(8 votes)
- Many topographic elements become incorporated into settlement names, together with plant, creature names or personal names. Many topographical words convey not just an image of the place but also a wealth of information about the likely size, status and pattern of farming practised by the community living there.(1 vote)
- What does Sophia Sodl say?(7 votes)
- There is no Sophia Sodi(1 vote)
- How big can a community get?(6 votes)
- A group of roughly 150 people or fewer seem to be an ideal community. Dunbar's Number, as it's called, is named for British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, who discovered it. As we evolved, groups of fewer than 150 people gave us enough resources to hunt, raise kids, share, and thrive.(1 vote)
- why are the planet made(4 votes)
- do they have townhomes(4 votes)
- how many people is in a cmmunity(5 votes)
- it depends...(0 votes)
- How do people treat each other in a community.(3 votes)
- The Golden Words. Treat others how you wanna be treated(2 votes)