Social Studies K: 2nd Nine Weeks (Unit4) 5 weeks

Standards

My City- Nashville

Media Specialist/ Teacher Connection

Journeys Text and/or

Exemplary Text Correlation

Web Resources

K.2 Summarize people and places referenced in picture books, stories, and real-life situations with supporting detail.

Complete circle map. Shared writing: summarize characters and setting for selected stories.

www.library.nashville.org search for fiction and nonfiction to support this standard

K.3 Compare family traditions and customs among different cultures.

Double Bubble Map to compare two cultures.

Life Around the World Series, Adamson

http://bit.ly/1J1uwPh Scholastic.com- multiculturalism and diversity www.pebblego.com Social Studies-Cultures and Awareness & My World

K.4 Use diagrams to show similarities and differences in food, clothes, homes, games, and families in different cultures.

Complete a Venn Diagram or double bubble map to compare and contrast different cultures.

www.pebblego.com Social Studies-Cultures and Awareness & My World www.limitlesslibraries.org BookFlix-

K.12 Explain that a map is a drawing of a place where things are located and that a globe is a round model of the Earth.

Create a library treasure hunt. Give students a map to read to locate the treasure.

Follow that Map!: A First Look at Mapping Skills, Ritchie Mapping Penny’s World, Leedy

www.limitlesslibraries.org BookFlix-People and Places category for maps www.pebblego.com Social Studies-Maps

K.13 Identify the student’s street address, city/town, school name, and Tennessee as the state in which they live.

Use iPads to allow students to record themselves recalling their addresses, city, state, and school name.

Me On the Map, Sweeney X Marks the Spot, Penner

http://www.google.com/earth/ Students can find their homes on Google Earth

Students create an end of unit book connecting themselves with the rest of the world. Printable maps are used for students to color in their home-city-state-country-continent-world.

K.21 Explain the purpose of rules and laws.

As a class, write class rules. Explain the importance of following the rules. Record student comments on chart paper.

Signs in Our World, Searcy Know and Follow Rules, Meiners

www.pebblego.com Social Studies-Being a Good Citizen http://bit.ly/1P6Qa97 You Tube video citizenship in K http://bit.ly/1CDqN8b Education World: Good Citizenship

K.24 Use correctly words and phrases related to chronology and time (now, long ago, before, after; morning, afternoon, night; today, tomorrow, yesterday, last or next week, month, year; and present, past, and future tenses of verbs).

Students create a “Me Timeline” http://bit.ly/1NHYloR

http://bit.ly/1IbGdVW Kindergarten history: placing events in chronological order http://www.tvokids.com/games/outorder

K.27 Scan historic photographs to gain information and arrange in sequential order.

Complete picture sort using web resources.

http://www.kidsparkz.com/ordering.html sequencing and order activities http://bit.ly/1yKv6eb Placing photos in chronological order

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