SOCIAL STUDIES CONTENT CONNECTION TEMPLATE II Grade K
Story Town Theme Title: Jobs People Do Theme #8
Social Studies Theme Connection: Standard 2 Objective 2; Standard 4 Objective 2
Essential Question(s)· What jobs do people do in the community?
· How do these jobs help people?
· Why is having a job important?
Story Town: Main Selection and Leveled Books / Story Town: Other Resources
· Everybody Works (Big Book)
· My Teacher Can Teach…Anyone! (Big Book)
· Zara’s Hat (Library Book)
· Bravo, Maurice! (Library Book)
· Caps for Sale (Anthology)
· Pig Pig Gets a Job (Anthology) / · Pre-decodable Books
· Decodable Books
· Leveled Readers
· Photo Cards
· Music CD
· Sound/Spelling Cards
· Practice Book: Theme 8
· Teacher Resource Book
· Write-on/Wipe-off Boards
· Letter/ Sound Rhymes Chart
· Instructional Routine Cards
· Writer’s Companion Teacher Edition
· Phonics Practice Book
Outside Books: / Outside Resources:
· Community Helpers from A to Z (Alphabasics) by Bobbie Kalman and Niki Walker
· Whose Hat Is This?: A Look at Hats Workers Wear - Hard, Tall, and Shiny (Whose Is It?: Community Workers) by Katz Cooper, Sharon, Muehlenhardt, and Amy Bailey
· A Day in the Life of a Police Officer (First Facts: Community Helpers at Work) by Heather Adamson (There are many other community helper books in this series) / USOE-Approved Lesson Plans
UEN Kindergarten Lesson Plans at www.uen.org
· K-Act.12: Our Community Helpers
· ABC Community Walk
· Community Map
· Our School is a Community
Story Town Robust Vocabulary / Social Studies Words/Concept List
Lesson 22 Lesson 23 Lesson 24
protecting appreciate Review
volunteer grace
responsible host
adore lush
melancholy marvelous
exquisite constantly / · coins
· currency
· earn
· hero
· job
· money
· needs
· patriotism
· shelter
· tools
· tribal leader
· wants / · change
· compare
· courage
· courage
· different
· duty
· environment
· respect
· responsibility
· routine
· rules
· similar
Comprehension Focus Strategy / Comprehension Focus Skill
· Generate Questions
· Answer Questions
· Make Inferences / · Main Idea
· Character
Connecting Social Studies Standard(s) / Objective(s)
Standard 2 (Citizenship)
· Students will recognize their roles and responsibilities of being a good citizen.
Standard 4 (Financial Literacy):
· Students can explain how humans meet their needs in many ways.
/ Objective 2
· Identify and demonstrate safe practices in the home and the classroom.
Objective 2
· Explain that people have jobs and earn money to meet their needs.
Intended Learning Outcomes
· Demonstrate a positive learning attitude.
· Understand and use basic concepts and skills.
· Communicate clearly in oral, artistic, written, and nonverbal form.
Social Studies Activities t0 Develop Social Studies Concepts
Community Helpers: http://www.kinderplans.com/content.cfm?pageid=190
Community Helpers: http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/history/comm/