3RD Grade STANDARDS: Our community

The different kinds of communities (rural, town, and urban) in the host nation and the United States are investigated through their characteristics.  The host nation community located near the DoDEA school will be the primary focus.  Emphasis is placed on similarities more than differences.  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 for the host nation appropriately.

• Recognize and use host nation words of courtesy and respect.

• Identify host nation terminology related to shopping, transportation, and safety.

• Role play with puppetry host nation terminology related to shopping, transportation, and safety.

• Follow directions given in the host nation language.

• Answer simple questions in the host nation language related to the host nation community.

• Participate in simple dialogues.

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

1. 1. 2. Interpretive and Presentational Communication

• Printed Materials

  • Recognize a limited number of words, phrases and signs in the host nation language.

  • Identify high-frequency words and/or phrases when strongly supported by context.

  • Recognize the words for common items when shopping in the local community.

• Writing

  • Reproduce from memory a modest number of words and phrases in context. 

• Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

  • Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience about the host nation with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace and using words and phrases from the host language as appropriate.

  • Recite stories/poems in the host nation language at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.

  • Perform simple plays, songs, dances and shows in the host nation language

Standard 2:  Intercultural Competency 

• Inquiry, Research, and Informed Action

  • Develop questions about places to visit in the local community of the host nation.

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

  • Select their “Top Five” and place in a visible location (bulletin board, school website, etc.) with the “why” for each selection.

• Demonstrate knowledge of games, holidays and celebrations of the host nation community.

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

• Identify and participate in preparing a host nation food associated with a celebration or holiday and practice table manners important in the host nation.

• Participate in host nation customs and traditions.

• Role play shopping skills in host nation markets.

• Identify traffic signs and traffic safety rules of host nation communities.

• Collect data to demonstrate similarities and differences among American and host nation communities.

• Identify and explore the political geography of the host nation region.

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

• Practice using various means of transportation in host nation communities.

• Plan and participate in an activity (virtual or real) with a partner class in 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).