I Belong I Belong
Theme 1 Unit 2

 

Kindergarten Home
How can I be a friend to others? What makes a family? How is my school a community? How can I be a responsible citizen?

 

Unit Questions Teacher Resources Student Resources
How can I be a friend to others? Shared Reading:
Discovery: Prior to selecting the link, login to Discovery Education (aacps.discoveryeducation.com)

Discovery EducationClifford: Sand Castle Hassle

Shared Reading Notebook A

Smartboard What Makes a Good Friend?

Friends at School
(Google Slides-Directions)
Kindergarten Friends Photo Book

SmartBoard Our Family Member Graph

SmartBoard Friendly or Not

Curriculum ConnectionsInteractive Read Alouds:

Chester's Way
(Storyline- open in Chrome)

How Many Friends Can You Count
(Unite for Literacy-Search for friends)

Two Friends Too Much Fun
(Unite for Literacy-Search for Centennial Collection)

 
SmartBoardRhyme

Curriculum ConnectionsVideos:
Discovery: Prior to selecting the link, login to Discovery Education (aacps.discoveryeducation.com)

Discovery EducationEverybody Has a Family

Sesame Street Will.I.Am
(SafeYoutube)

Art Integration:

Friends Art Collection
(PowerPoint)
(Google Slides version)


Wixie:
Wixie: Teachers login to Wixie, select the link, then assign students.

My Friend and I

Parts of a Story

Match Upper and Lower Case Letters 1

Match Upper and Lower Case Letters 2

Begins with M Circle Map

Additional Foundational Activities

 Theme Activities:

 Kidspiration
Things I Like to Do

Kidspiration
Double Bubble

Kidspiration
Super Friend

Kidspiration
Traits of a Good Friend

SmartBoard
Simon and Molly Plus Hester

SmartBoard
Fish vs. Families


Foundational Activities:

LillypadPBS ABC Games

RhinoBalloon Float- PBS

SmartBoard A and M Initial Sound Sorts

 SmartBoardM Initial Sound Tree Map

catusBeginning/ End M

sbRhyming Words

 treeBrainPOP Rhyming
(Foundational Literacy)

Red Rainbow Words

Orange Rainbow Words

What makes a family? Shared Reading:
Discovery: Prior to selecting the link, login to Discovery Education (aacps.discoveryeducation.com)

Discovery Board BuilderWhat is a Family?

Discovery EducationFamily

Shared Reading Notebook B

Curriculum ConnectionInteractive Read Alouds:

If I Were You
Tumblebooks login:
Username: aacpl
Password: aacps

And You Can Come Too
Tumblebooks login:
Username: aacpl
Password: aacps


Curriculum ConnectionVideos:
Discovery: Prior to selecting the link, login to Discovery Education (aacps.discoveryeducation.com)

Discovery EducationMy Family

Discovery EducationThings Families Do Together

Discovery EducationFish Families and Schools

Discovery EducationGoing to School is Your Job

People In Your Neighborhood

Slideshow- Talk about Families

Kinds of Menus

Ezra Jack Keats

Family
(Britannica School)

Art Integration:

Families in Art
(PowerPoint)
(Google Slides version)


Wixie:
Wixie: Teachers login to Wixie, select the link, then assign students.

 Family Rules

Family Tree

Family Shield

I Love My Family Book
Theme Activities:

Bat
Baby and Mother Animals

Lion
Activities Families Do Together

Kidspiration
Things I Like to Do Tree Map


Foundational Activities:

KoalaActivity 1

SmartBoard Sounds Like P

SmartBoard Sounds Like S

SmartBoard Super Sunny Days

Red Rainbow Words

Orange Rainbow Words





How is my school a community? Shared Reading: 

Shared Reading Notebook C

Starfall- The Short I Song

Curriculum ConnectionMobile Images: Alexander Calder

Curriculum ConnectionInteractive Read Alouds:

School Helpers
(Unite for Literacy-Search for School)

Community Matters
(Unite for Literacy-Search for Community)

This is My Town
(Unite for Literacy-Search for Town)

Curriculum Connection
Videos:

People in Your Neighborhood
(SafeYoutube)

People in My Community
(SafeYoutube)
 
Thank You Mr. Faulkner

Blending with A
(SafeYoutube)

Alphabet Rockers
(SafeYoutube)

Sesame Street:
Places in Our Neighborhood

Art Integrations:

People Portraits:
Community Helpers

(PowerPoint)
(Google Slides version)


Communities:
Non-human art collections

(PowerPoint)
(Google Slides version)

Alexandar Calder
See, Think, Wonder

(PowerPoint)
(Google Slides version)


Wixie:
Wixie: Teachers login to Wixie, select the link, then assign students.

Community Helpers

 M A P S Beginning Sounds Sort
Theme Activities:

  SmartBoard
School Helpers

Foundational Activities:

 ButterfliesStarfall: Letter T

SmartBoard Sounds Like T

 ElephantStarfall: Letter i

SmartBoard Short i

batWord Families

Red Rainbow Words

Orange Rainbow Words
How can I be a responsible citizen? Curriculum ConnectionShared Reading:
Shared Reading Notebook D

Videos:

All About Responsibility Song Mr. Stanley
(SafeYoutube)

Betsy's Kindergarten Adventure
(starting at 10:06) (SafeYoutube)

smartboard icon
Family Responsibilities
(Foundational Literacy)




Theme Activities:

Butterfly
Circle of Respect

Foundational Activities:
DogFun with the Fridge
(Making Words)

Red Rainbow Words

Orange Rainbow Words

 

 

Teacher Notes
Questions/Resources Standards
How can I be a friend to others? Common Core
CCSS RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters in a story.
CCSS RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
CCSS RL.K.9 With prompting and support, identify basic similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
CCSS RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.2 Confirm understanding of written text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
CCSS SL.K.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS SL.K.4 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
CCSS SL.K.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
CCSS SL.K.6 Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.
CCSS RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
CCSS RF.K.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sound (phonemes).
CCSS RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
CCSS.W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
 Health
1.E.1.b Identify actions to be a friend.
4.A.1.a. Define what is a family.
Science/Social Studies
Science
S-Science and Engineering Practices, K-2: Use counting and numbers to identify and describe patterns in the natural and designed world(s). Describe, measure, and/or compare quantitative attributes of different objects and display the data using simple graphs.
Social Studies
SS.6.C.2 Identify a situation or problem that requires study.
SS-K-2.C.1 Conflict and Compromise Demonstrate how groups of people interact identify, discuss, and demonstrate appropriate social skills, such as listening to the speaker, taking turns, settling disagreements, and reaching compromise at home and in school.
SS.K.1.C.1.a Describe the roles, rights, and responsibilities of family members.
Technology: ISTE Standards for Student Addressed:
1. Empowered Learner; 6. Creative Communicator
What makes a family? Common Core
CCSS SL.K.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS SL.K.3 Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
CCSS SL.K.4 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
CCSS SL.K.6 Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.
CCSS RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
CCSS RF.K.1.A. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page-by-page.
CCSS RF.K.1.C Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
CCSS RF.K.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sound (phonemes).
CCSS RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
CCSS RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
CCSS RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown words in text.
CCSS RL.K.5 Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems).
CCSS RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
CCSS W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about supply information about the topic.
CCSS L.K.4A. Identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately (e.g., knowing duck as a bird and learning the verb to duck).
Health
4.A.1.a. Define what is a family.
4.A.1.b Label who is in your family.
4.A.1c. Explain/interpret where you fit in your family structure.
Science/Social Studies
Social Studies
SS.K.1.C.1.a Describe the roles, rights, and responsibilities of family members.
SS.k-1.C.1.c Identify and describe rights and responsibilities in the classroom and family.
Science
CCC-K-2 Students understand objects and organisms can be described in terms of their parts; and systems in the natural and designed world have parts that work together.
Technology: ISTE Standards for Student Addressed:
1. Empowered Learner; 6. Creative Communicator
How is my school a community? Common Core
CCSS W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about supply information about the topic.
**CCSS W.K.6 With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing in collaboration with peers.
CCSS RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
CCSS RF.K.1.B Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
CCSS RF.K.1.C Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
CCSS RF.K.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sound (phonemes).
CCSS RF.K.2.A Recognize and produce rhyming words.
CCSS RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding
CCSS SL.K.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS SL.K.4 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
CCSS SL.K.5 Add drawings or visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
CCSS SL.K.6 Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.
CCSS RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters in a story.
CCSS RI.K.3 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas or pieces of information in a text.
CCSS SL.L.4 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
Health
Science/Social Studies
Social Studies
K1.C.1.a Describe the roles, rights, and responsibilities of being a member of the family and school.
K1.C.1.b Political Science- Describe the roles of members of the school, such as principal, crossing guard, bus drivers, and teachers.
Science
CCC-K-2 Students understand objects and organisms can be described in terms of their parts; and systems in the natural and designed world have parts that work together.
Technology: ISTE Standards for Student Addressed:
1. Empowered Learner; 6. Creative Communicator
How can I be a responsible citizen? Common Core
CCSS SL.K.6 Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.
CCSS RI.K1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS RI.K.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic, and retell key details.
CCSS RI.K.3 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text (making connections).
CCSS RI.K.4 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
CCSS W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about supply information about the topic.
CCSS RF.K.1.C Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
CCSS RF.K.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sound (phonemes).
CCSS RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding.
CCSS RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown words in text.
CCSS L.K.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS L.K.4.A Identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately (e.g., knowing duck as a bird and learning the verb to duck).
Health
Science/Social Studies
Social Studies
K-1.A.2b Recognize that saying the Pledge of Allegiance and singing the Star Spangled Banner are practices associated with being a citizen.
K-1.C.1c Identify and describe rights and responsibilities in the classroom and family.
Technology: ISTE Standards for Student Addressed:
1. Empowered Learner; 3. Knowledge Constructor; 6. Creative Communicator


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August 2017
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