K-Social-Studies-Sept

Main Concept

 * 1) Myself and Others
 * 2) My School and School Community

Guiding Questions

 * 1) Myself and Others
 * How am I special?
 * How are we alike/different?
 * What do I look like?

2. My School and School Community 
 * What is a school?
 * Who works in my school?
 * What are the rules in my school?

Theme/Content Skills

 * Identity
 * Change
 * Culture


 * 1) Myself and Others
 * My physical self includes gender, ethnicity and languages.
 * Each person has needs, wants, talents and abilities.
 * Each person has likes and dislikes.
 * People are alike and different in many ways.
 * All people need others.
 * All people need to learn and learn in different ways.
 * People change over time.
 * People use folktales, legends, music and oral histories to teach values, ideas and traditions.

2. My School and School Community
 * What is a school?

Key Terms

 * Talents
 * Unique
 * School
 * Rules

Holidays

 * Grandparent's Day

Student Outcomes

 * Students will identify own physical attributes.
 * Students will identify own likes and dislikes.
 * Students will understand myself and others.
 * Students will identify similiarities and differences amongst peers.
 * Students will identify places in school and school rules.
 * Students will identify places in school and school rules.

-Map of School - Checklist

 * Myself Booklet - Include name, gender, likes, dislikes, physical characteristics...
 * I Can Chart - Understand Abilities/Talents
 * Self Portrait and Pictures - Show similiarities and differences
 * Classroom Rules - Create as a class and sign
 * Map of School - Checklist (Go on tour of school)

Resources for Students
-School -__All Kinds of Faces__ (Level A) -__I Can__ (Level A) -__My Body__ (Level A) -__My Face__ (Level A) -__My Hair__ (Level A) -__My Room__ (Level A) -__What I Like__ (Level A) -__It is School Time__ (Level B) -__You and I__ (Level B)
 * [|www.brainpopjr.com] - Social Studies: Communities - Kindergarten
 * [|www.readinga-z.com] - __The School__ (Level aa)

Resources for Teachers
-Unit 1 - School Time - All Lessons -Unit 2 - Follow the Rules - Lesson 1 - School Rules
 * Harcourt Horizons - All About Me - Teacher's Edition
 * Harcourt Horizons - All About Me - Teacher's Edition

Field Trip Suggestions
//*None for this unit//