Catlin Gabel

Social Studies K

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Unit	Essential Questions	Habits Of Mind	Content	Skills and Processes	Assessment	Resources	Multicultural Dimension
Community Service	• Why is it important to help others? • How can we help others who are sick?	Develop empathy Develop sense of community service Create and imagine Work interdependently on behalf of others	Value of helping others Helping others makes us feel good Anyone - even a young child - can make a difference in someone's life Sick people appreciate efforts to cheer them up	Create artwork for homebound Hopewell House residents Practice kindness and the spirit of giving	Observation and discussion Parental feedback		*Care and concern for those who are ill
Grandparents	•Who is a grandparent?	Listening with understanding and empathy Regard for older people	Definition of a grandparent What grandparents do (Grandparents spend time with their grandchildren in different ways) Some grandparents are no longer alive Grandparents may have special needs	Create a picture of self and grandparents Make a present for grandparents Write stories about our grandparents Learn songs about grandparents *Act as classroom docent for grandparents	Anecdotal record keeping Teacher observation	Literature Beginning School Art Show	Grandparents are alike and different Grandparents come in all shapes, sizes, and degrees of health *Using sign language
Creating a classroom community	In what ways can I be a part of Kindergarten? How can my family be a part of Kindergarten?	Managing oneself Responding to others appropriately Persevering Take appropriate risks Become independent Generate trust Plan Make decisions *Be reflective	What to expect in Kindergarten - fun, safe, new friends Kindergarten classroom set-up and procedures Kindergarten behaviors Learn one another's names Bus safety I will make new friends with the parents of my friends	Managing oneself in school Taking care of self - needs, feelings Making choices Recognize their friends' parents Able to separate from their family How to be safe and have fun in a group Complete tasks working together Represent their thinking and experience through special projects and art activities	Children make individual journals, class books, and experience charts about their field trips Can the children identify their classmates?	Field trip to Hoyt Arboretum Field trip to Sauvie's Island *Field trip to Audubon Society	*All kindergarten families are involved in the classroom activities and field trips; a fall term study of ourselves and our families culminates in a kindergarten family open house