Social Studies Kindergarten
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade K| Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |
| Unit Titles | Shared Reading
Unit Titles 1. Worried Wemberly 2. When Sophie Gets Angry 3. Hair/Pelinos 4. The Kissing Hand 5. Owen 6. My Five Senses |
Shared Reading
Unit Titles 1. A Baby Sister for Frances 2. Umbrella 3. Tell Me a Story, Mama 4. The Stray Dog 5. Whoever You Are |
Shared Reading
Unit Titles 1. Tacky the Penguin 2. The Emperor’s Egg 3. Frederick 4. When It Starts to Snow |
Shared Reading
Unit Titles 1. Farfallina and Marcel |
| Learning Outcomes | 1. Worried Wemberly
1a. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 1b. Identifying similarities and differences. 1c. Use Summarizing. 2. When Sophie Gets Angry 2a. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 2b. Identify similarities and differences. 2c. Use non-linguistic representation. 3. Hair/Pelinos 3a. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 3b. Identify similarities and differences. 3c. Use non-linguistic representation. 4. The Kissing Hand 4a. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 4b. Identify similarities and differences. 4c. Use non-linguistic representation.
5. Owen 5a. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 5b. Identify similarities and differences. 5c. Use cues, questions, and advanced organizers. 6. My Five Senses 2a. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 2b. Identify similarities and differences. 2c. Use non-linguistic representation
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1. A Baby Sister for Frances
1a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 1b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important.. 1c. Establish, explain and apply criteria useful in evaluating rules and laws. 1d. Use non-linguistic representation. 1e. Use cues, questions, and advanced organizers. 2. Umbrella 2a. Identify the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a democratic society. 2b. Identify and analyze the significance of physical and cultural characteristics. 2c. Explain interactions and consequences in our environment. 2d. Identify similarities and differences 2e. Use cues, questions, and advanced organizers 3. Tell Me a Story, Mama 3a. Seek historical background. 3b. Display empathy for people. 3c. Use non-linguistic representation. 3d. Use cues, questions, and advanced organizers. 4. The Stray Dog 4a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 4b. Define and identify natural and human characteristics. 4c. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified. 4d. Use non-linguistic representation. 4e. Use cues, questions, and advanced organizers 5. Whoever You Are 5a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 5b. Define and identify natural and human characteristics. 5c. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified. 5d. Use non-linguistic representation 5e. Use cues, questions, and advanced organizers |
1. Tacky the Penguin
1a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 1b. Establish, explain and apply criteria useful in evaluation of rules and laws 1c. Define and identify natural and human characteristics 1d. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified 1e. Use non-linguistic representation 1f. Use cues, questions, and advanced organizers 2. The Emperor’s Egg 2a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 2b. Define and identify natural and human characteristics. 2c. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified. 2d. Identify similarities and differences. 2e. Use non-linguistic representation. Use cues, questions, and advanced organizers. 3. Frederick 3a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 3b. Identify similarities and differences. 3c. Use summarizing and note taking. 3d. Use cues, questions, and advanced organizers. 4. When It Starts to Snow 4a. Locate places and regions on a map. 4b. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified. 4c. Identify similarities and differences. 4d. Use summarizing and note taking. s |
1. Farfallina and Marcel
1a. Identify and analyze the significance of physical and cultural characteristics of places. 1b. Explain the interactions and consequences in our environment. 1c. Identify similarities and differences. 1d. Use cues, questions, and advanced organizers. |
| Significant Task | 1. Worried Wemberly
1a. Draw a picture of Wemberly’s Worries. 1b. Draw a picture of some of your worries. Do you and Wemberly have the same or different worries? 2. When Sophie Gets Angry 2a. Draw a picture of how Sophie got comfort when she was angry. 2b. Draw a picture of how you get comfort when you are angry. 3. Hair/Pelinos 3a. Use one of the senses to describe your own hair. 3b. Identify which of the senses you used. 3c. Draw a picture of a sense organ. 4. The Kissing Hand 4a. Draw a picture of something (someplace) that makes Chester cozy and comforted and explain why. 4b. Draw a picture of something (someplace) that makes you cozy and comforted and explain why. 5. Owen 5a. Draw a picture showing what Owen did as a result (consequence) of Mrs. Tweezer’s advice. 6. My Five Senses 6a. Show how you use your senses to become aware of their environment. |
1. A Baby Sister for Frances
1a. Illustrate what their family does together. 1b. Write about their illustration. 2. Umbrella 2a. Compare the different kinds of weather in our environment, rainy, windy and sunny. 2b. Draw an illustration of themselves and their environment. 2c. Write a short description of weather. 3. Tell Me a Story, Mama 3a. Draw an illustration of one of the stories the girl learns. 3b. Describe how their stories are similar and different. 4. The Stray Dog 4a. Draw a picture of how they showed responsibility. 4b. Write a description of being responsible. 5. Whoever You Are 5a. Draw themselves and where they live and then draw someone from the book and where they live. 5b. Write about their similarities. |
1. Tacky the Penguin
1a. Think of a time they helped someone and why. 1b. Write about helping someone. 2. The Emperor’s Egg 2a. Compare the mother and father’s responsibilities in the text to their parents. 3. Frederick 3a. Illustrate the responsibilities of the mouse family. 3b. Compare your family to the mouse family to find similarities and differences.4. When It Starts to Snow 4a. Use a non-linguistic representation. comparing animals in winter to yourself in winter. |
1. Farfallina and Marcel
1a. Compare the environment that Farfallina and Marcel live in to your own. |
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Supporting Materials |
US/World Map and Globe |
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