2nd Grade STANDARDS: Our neighborhood

Students will learn about life in the host nation neighborhood including the immediate area near their DoDEA school and housing.  The student will use the host nation language in familiar situations to enhance oral communication skills and vocabulary development.

Standard 1:  Communication Competency

1. 1. 1. Interpersonal Communication

• Use non-verbal communication of the host nation appropriately.

• Know and use host nation terminology related to neighborhoods in the host nation (house, store, restaurant, park, etc.).

• Practice host nation words of courtesy and respect.

• Identify and use host nation terminology related to local emergency and safety/protective systems and procedures for personal and neighborhood safety.

• Use terminology related to host nation money.

• Identify host nation terminology related to host nation transportation.

• Role play with puppetry host nation language in situations associated with living in a host nation neighborhood (e.g. going to the store).

• Follow directions given in the host nation language.

• Practice the host nation language with native speaker(s) including the host nation teacher.

• Answer simple questions in the host nation language about the host nation neighborhood.

1. 1. 2. Interpretive and Presentational Communication

• Printed Material

  • Follow a story read aloud in the host language and recognize characters and/or words without prompting from the teacher.

  • Recognize and identify the location of local play areas for recreation and leisure.

  • Recognize and understand signs and symbols in public spaces (safety, no littering, etc.)

• Writing

  • Copy or transcribe familiar words or phrases, form letters in an alphabetic system, and copy and produce isolated, basic strokes in languages that use syllabaries or characters. 

  • Reproduce from memory a very limited number of isolated words or familiar phrases, but errors are to be expected.

• Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

  • Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details about life in the host nation neighborhood, speaking audibly using memorized words and phrases in the host nation language appropriately. 

  • Recite a
story or
poem in the host language; add
drawings
or
other
visual
displays
to
stories
or
 recounts
of
experiences
when appropriate
to
clarify
ideas, thoughts, and
feelings.

  • Practice host nation songs, dances, games in the host nation language.

Standard 2:  Intercultural Competency 

• Inquiry, Research, and Informed Action

  • Develop questions about life in the host nation community.

  • Use multimedia (books, films, magazines, Internet, etc.) to find the answers to the questions.

  • Create a “What you need to know” guide for parents about visiting the local community.

• Practice customs and traditions related to the host nation neighborhood.

• Identify and participate in preparing a host nation food popular in the neighborhood and learn table manners important in the host nation.

• Participate in host nation customs and traditions.

• Prepare and participate in host nation arts and crafts project associated with a holiday.

• Identify and understand the values of host nation coins.

• Role play using host nation coins for shopping and leisure activities in the neighborhood.

• Identify traffic signs and traffic safety rules of the host nation neighborhood.

• Name similarities and differences between one's own and the host nation neighborhood.

• Identify and explore the major physical features (mountains, rivers, etc.) of the host nation.

• Participate in a study trip (virtual or real) to a host nation site.

• Role play using transportation in the host nation neighborhood.

• Participate in an exchange (virtual or real) to a host nation school.

• Demonstrate age-appropriate social norms for the host nation.

• Demonstrate respect for the people of the host nation. 

• Demonstrate positive relationships with people of the host nation.

• Demonstrate individual responsibility for success of an intercultural encounter.

• Participate in a cultural project involving the base community, parents, and local nationals (class, grade level or whole school).