KindergartenCommon+Core+SS+Resources

To navigate this page, any available resources will appear as links below the Content Expectation. Please contact david.johnson@wmisd.org if you have a public domain resource which could be linked to one of these standards.

Vocabulary: The attached vocabulary list came from the Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum and should be covered throughout the course of the year if you're following the MC3 units.

"I Can" Statements The attached "I Can" statements were developed during the Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District curriculum review for Social Studies.

Common Core Writing Examples from Mason Lake Oceana ISD's Social Studies Network. Common Core (College and Career Readiness Standards) for content literacy in Social Studies (through ELA standards)

//__**SPECIAL NOTE FOR KINDERGARTEN RESOURCES: Many of the things you will find on this page are general strategies or resources to teach this Grade Level Content Expectation. CCRS Alignment will come at a later time.**__//

==**[|Unit 1 - Who am I?]**==


 * //K - H2.0.1: //Distinguish among yesterday, today, tomorrow. **
 * [[image:nmlcss/resource.jpg]]PLAN: Clock Connections - Scholastic**


 * //K - H2.0.2: //Create a timeline using events from their own lives (e.g., birth, crawling, walking, loss of first tooth, first day of school). **
 * [[image:nmlcss/resource.jpg]]PLAN: Make a ME Timeline**


 * //K - H2.0.3: //Identify the beginning, middle, and end of historical narratives or stories. **
 * [[image:nmlcss/resource.jpg]]STRATEGY: Guided Reading**


 * //K - H2.0.4: //Describe ways people learn about the past (e.g., photos, artifacts, diaries, stories, videos). **

//American Memory is a intensive site which is referenced in many grade levels as a great place to start building background information. Any of the photographs from the collection are a great way to compare and contrast our time period with another and begin to talk about how things change. Could be Reading Informational Text standards 1, 2, 3.//
 * [[image:nmlcss/resource.jpg]]RESOURCE: American Memory**

RESOURCE: Classroom Image RESOURCE: Home Image RESOURCE: Playground //Having students look at these three images and discussing the information seen in the pictures, they should be able to ask and answer questions about the photos (Informational Text Standard 1) and Compare/Contrast the differences in the pictures (Informational Text Standard 2). Writing standard 2 can be hit by describing their favorite of the three places (in their opinion...their school, their home, their playground, etc.) //
 * //K - G2.0.1: //Identify and describe places in the immediate environment (e.g., classroom, home, playground) **

PLAN: Good Citizens in Action RESOURCE: Out of Control Classroom //Using the picture from the Out of Control Classroom (shows some students fighting and the teacher pulling out her hair!) center a discussion around why we have rules in the classroom to begin with. This will help hit Informational Text Standard 7.//
 * //K - C2.0.2: //Explain why people do not have the right to do whatever they want (e.g., to promote fairness, ensure the common good, maintain safety). **

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//K - C5.0.1: //Describe situations in which they demonstrated self-discipline and individual responsibility (e.g., caring for a pet, completing chores, following school rules, working in a group, taking turns). =====
 * [[image:nmlcss/resource.jpg]]IDEA:** //This would be a great way to hit several of the Writing Standards by first talking about it, then having students write about it (combination of words and pictures)//

==**[|MC3 Unit 2- Where am I?]**== //K - H2.0.3: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Identify the beginning, middle, and end of historical narratives or stories.

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - G1.0.1: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Recognize that maps and globes represent places.

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - G1.0.2: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Use environmental directions or positional words (up/down, in/out, above/below) to identify significant locations in the classroom.

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - G2.0.1: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Identify and describe places in the immediate environment (e.g., classroom, home, playground).

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - G5.0.1: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Describe ways people use the environment to meet human needs and wants (e.g., food, shelter, clothing).

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - C2.0.1: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Identify our country’s flag as an important symbol of the United States//.//

==**[|MC3 Unit 3- How do I get what I need and want?]**== **RESOURCE: If you Give A Mouse A Cookie** //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Using this plan you can hit literature standard 1, 3, 4 by reading the story and following the plan itself. Writing Standard 1 can be accomplished by constructing a piece which discusses the book as a whole and gives their opnion on it. // **RESOURCE: Wants, Goods and Services (Full Unilt)** //Multiple standards are hit using this collection of plans, including Writing Standards 2, 5, and 8.// **RESOURCE: Wants, Goods and Services (Full Unilt)** //Multiple standards are hit using this collection of plans, including Writing Standards 2, 5, and 8.// //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - G5.0.1 //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Describe ways people use the environment to meet human needs and wants (e.g., food, shelter, clothing).
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - E1.0.1: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Describe economic wants they have experienced. **
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - E1.0.2: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Distinguish between goods and services. **
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - E1.0.3: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Recognize situations in which people trade. **

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - H2.0.4: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Describe ways people learn about the past (e.g., photos, artifacts, diaries, stories, videos).

==**[|MC3 Unit 4- How do I get along with others?]**== //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - C2.0.2: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Explain why people do not have the right to do whatever they want (e.g., to promote fairness, ensure the common good, maintain safety).

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - C2.0.3: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Describe fair ways for groups to make decisions.

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - C5.0.1: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Describe situations in which they demonstrated self-discipline and individual responsibility (e.g., caring for a pet, completing chores, following school rules, working in a group, taking turns).

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - P3.1.1: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Identify classroom issues.

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - P3.1.2: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Use simple graphs to explain information about a classroom issue//.//

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - P3.1.3: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Compare their viewpoint about a classroom issue with the viewpoint of another person.

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - P3.3.1: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Express a position on a classroom issue.

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - P4.2.1: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Develop and implement an action plan to address or inform others about a public issue.

//<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">K - P4.2.2: //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Participate in projects to help or inform others.

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