Week/

Month

Content

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

Performance Standards Addressed

Sept

·         Introduction to school: classroom rules, school staff, patrol rules for school safety, bus safety

·         Introduction to Second Step

·         Introduction to calendar-fall season

·         Self

·         Recognize need

·         Act appropriately for school

·         for rules at school and plan together classroom rules

·         Independently be able to locate nurse, office lunchroom

·         Give proper respect to school  staff

·         Know how to evacuate bus safely and use appropriate

·         behavior on bus

·         Observe rules set by patrol for crossing street

·         Show kindness, respect and sharing in peer groups

·         Recognition of month, day of week, year and dates and special event (fall)

·         Respect each other’s space-recognition of self as individual

·         Teacher observation

·         Question and answer

·         Student demonstration

·         Journal Writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         VII A 1-4

·         V A 1 Students will describe the location of people, places and things by using positional words

Oct.

·         Continuation of unit on self (feelings)

·         Friendship Skills

·         Family

·         Fire Safely

·         Recognize feelings of anger, happiness, sadness

·         Identify qualities of being a good friend

·         Recognize differences in families

·         Family members have responsibilities

·         Fireman’s demonstration of equipment and explanation of fire safely rules

·         Demonstrate knowledge of fire safely in smoke filled room(smokehouse)

·         Teacher observation

·         Student drawings

·         Student demonstrations

·         Role playing

·         Question and answer

·         Journal writing

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Nov

·         Cultural Diversity (Native Americans)

·         Pathways (Good touch, bad touch

·         Veteran’s Day

·         Thanksgiving as an historical event

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·         Recognition of Native Americans of long ago through literature

·         Differences and Similarities

·         Describe private parts as those covered by a swimsuit

·         Give examples of grown-ups they can trust to tell if they are approached in unsafe or inappropriate way

·         Learn to say no, get away, tell someone if they are approached in unsafe, inappropriate way

·         Show proper respect for flag

·         Recognize the importance of the First Thanksgiving

 

·         Teacher observation

·         Question and answer

·         Role playing

·         Student drawings

·         Journal writing

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Dec.

·         December Holidays (Christmas)

·         Recognize that different cultures celebrate Dec. holidays in different ways

·         Teacher observation

·         Student Drawings

·         Questions, answers 

·         Journal writing

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Jan

·         United States

·         Volcano

·         Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

·         Identify land and water color

·         Recognize the state of MN and Canby

·         Locate states that begin with letter of week

·         Recognize Uncle Sam and other symbols of USA through literature

·         Observe how a volcano erupts through experiment

·         Give examples of fairness

 

 

 

·         Teacher observation

·         Student demonstration

·         Questions and answers

·         Journal writing

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Feb

·         Patriotism

·         George Washington

·         Abe Lincoln

·         President of USA

·         Our flag

·         Valentine’s Day

 

 

·         Recognize George Washington as Father of Country and first president

·         Recognize Abe Lincoln as 16th president and “honest Abe”

·         Demonstrate pledge to flag

·         Recognize significance of red and white stripes and stars on our flag

·         Identify our present president

·         Recognize Valentine’s Day as a day of friendship

·         Teacher observation

·         Student demonstration

·         Journal writing

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March

·         St. Patrick’s Day

·         Easter

·         Spring

·         Bus safety revisited

·         Recognize St. Patrick’s Day as Irish celebration

·         Recognize Easter as celebration

·         Observe changes of spring season

·         See bus safety in September

·         Question and answer

·         Student drawings

·         Teacher observation

·         Journal writing

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April

 

·         Visiting Author

·         Tornado Safety

·         Social skills, bus safety revisited

·         Earth Day

 

·         Observe process author goes through to write and publish a book

·         Demonstrate appropriate safety measures in tornado drill

·         Display appropriate behavior on bus and at performance at a play

·         Recognize our role in maintaining our earth

·         Journal writing

·         Question and answer

·         Student demonstrations

·          Teacher observation

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May

·         May Day

·         Grandparents’ Day

·         Mother’s Day

·         Field Day

·         Social skills and bus safety revisited

·         Planetarium

·          Recognize May Day as celebration of friendship

·         Recognize Mother’s Day as celebration of love and appreciation for mothers

·         Participation in activities with grandparents/special adults

·         Exhibit appropriate behavior on bus, at the Planetarium, the park, and show good sportsmanship at field day. 

 

·         Journal writing

·         Student participation

·           Teacher Observation

 

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