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How does where you live impact how you live?	How do I describe where something is located?

Unit Questions	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
How does where you live impact how you live?	Interactive Reading: A House for Me (Unite for Literacy-Search for title) This is My Town (Unite for Literacy-Search for title) Videos: Discovery: Prior to selecting the link, login to Discovery Education (aacps.discoveryeducation.com) Different Kinds of Homes in Different Kinds of Neighborhoods Addresses Shared Reading: Lookin' Round My Neighborhood (SafeYouTube) Down By the Bay featuring Yoly (SafeYouTube) This Land is Your Land (SafeYouTube) Boomer Goes to School Tumblebooks login: Username: aacpl Password: aacps Shared Reading Notebook Art Integration: Neighborhood Art Collection (PowerPoint) (Google Slides version) Colors, Lines and Shapes (PowerPoint) (Google Slides version) What is a Mural? (PowerPoint) (Google Slides version) Collage Art (PowerPoint) (Google Slides version) Wixie: Wixie: Teachers login to Wixie, select the link, then assign to students. Urban and Rural Man- Made Features Sounds like R	Theme Activities: Neighborhood (build, print, write) Clifford- Create a storybook Places in your Neighborhood Foundational Activities: Sounds like H Sounds like D Identify Consonants H,D,R,F Initial E Yellow Rainbow Words Green Rainbow Words
How do I describe where something is located?	Interactive Reading: This is My Town (Unite for Literacy-Search for title) Videos: Discovery: Prior to selecting the link, login to Discovery Education (aacps.discoveryeducation.com) Providing Goods and Services Note: If the link does not open, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com Easy as 9-1-1 (SafeYouTube) Shared Reading: Near and Far (SafeYouTube) Where Am I Now? The Position Song (SafeYouTube) Shared Readings Notebook Songs: 911 Rap Art Integration: Art Collage (PowerPoint) (Google Slides version) Wixie: Wixie: Teachers login to Wixie, select the link, then assign to students. Goods and Services	Theme Activities: Create a Car (ABCya) Foundational Activities: Sounds like Bb Sounds like Ll Yellow Rainbow Words Green Rainbow Words

Teacher Notes
Questions/Resources	Standards
How does where you live impact how you live?	Common Core CCSS.SL.K.2-Confirm understanding of a 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.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 additonal detail. 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.2-Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (Phonemes) CCSS.RF.K.2A- Recognize and produce rhyming words CCSS.RF.K.3- Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CCSS. RF.K.4- Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding. CCSS.L.K.1-Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. CCSS.RI.K.1- 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 of a text CCSS.RI.K.3- With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text. CCSS.RI.K.7- With prompting and support, describe the relationships between illustrations and the text in which they appear. CCSS.RI.K.10- Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. CCSS.RL.K.2- With prompting and support, retell familiar stories including key details. CCSS.RL.K.4- Ask and answer questions about unknown questions in text. CCSS.RL.K.5 - Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems). CCRS.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. CCRS.W.K.8- With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
	Health 6.B.1.a- Identify foods that come from different sources, such as plants and animals. National PE Standard 4: The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others. ASCA Mindsets (Standards): Demonstrate the development of the whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional and physical well-being.
	Science/Social Studies Social Studies K.3.A.1- Identify and describe how a globe and maps can be used to help people locate places. K.3.A.c- Identify a location by using terms, such as near-far; above-below; and here-there. K.3.A.D.-Identify pictures and photographs that represent places on a map, such as a playground, fire station, school, etc. K.3.B.1- Describe places in the immediate environment using natural/physical and human-made features. NGSS Science & Engineering Practice 1: Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s). Practice 2: Develop and/or use a model to represent amounts, relationships, relative scales (bigger, smaller) and/or patterns in the natural and designed world(s). Practice 7: Construct an argument with evidence to support a claim. Practice 8: Read grade-appropriate texts and/or use media to obtain scientific and/or technical information to determine patterns in and/or evidence about the natural and designed world(s).
	Visual Arts 2.1.a - Observe works of art and identify ways that artists express ideas about people, places, and events
	Technology: ISTE Standards for Student Addressed: 1. Empowered Learner; 3. Knowledge Constructor; 6. Creative Communicator
How do I describe where something is located?	Common Core 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.2-Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes) CCSS RF.K.2A- Recognize and produce rhyming words. CCSS RF.K.3- Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CCSS RF.K.4- Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding. CCSS RI.K.4- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. CCSS L.K.1 -Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking. CCSS L.K.1.F- Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities. CCSS SL.K.2 -Confirm understanding of a text 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 RL.K.1- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CCSS RL.K.4- Ask and answer questions about unknown words in text. CCRS W.K.2- Use a combination of drawing, writing, 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 5.A.1.a - Explain how to respond to emergency situations such as tell an adult and call 911. National PE Standard 4: The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others. ASCA Mindsets (Standards): Demonstrates the development of the whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional and physical well-being.
	Science/Social Studies Social Studies CCRS L.K.5.- With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings. CCRS SL.K.1- Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and large groups. CCRS SL.K.4- Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and with prompting and support, provide additional detail CCRS SS.A.1.c- Identify a location by using terms such as near-far, above-below, and here-there. CCRS SS.A.1.d- Identify pictures and photographs that represent places on a map such as, a playground, and a fire station. K.G.A1- Describe the relative positions of objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to. NGSS Science & Engineering Practice 2: Compare models to identify common features and differences. Practice 4: Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
	Visual Arts 2.1.a.- Observe works of art and identify ways that artists express ideas about people, places, and events. Theatre: 3.1.a - Improvise stories based on themes drawn from life and literature.
	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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