Holidays and Famous Americans

Name the (current) president of the US
What patriotic holidays do we celebrate?
Identify the flag as the symbol that represents our patriotism

Resources:
Time Magazines for Kids
Arthur Meets the President by Marc Brown
If You Sailed on the Mayflower by Ann McGovern
Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen
How Many Days to America by Eve Bunting
The Story of the White House by Kate Waters
Uncle Sam and Old Glory: Symbols of America by Delno C West
*http://parenting.leehansen.com/holidays/patriotic/index.shtml

WHAT WE DID:
10/08: Tackler made a construction paper flag and Prince sewed a cloth flag. We concentrated on the red and white pattern to include the patterns required for math.

Communities and Families

COMMUNITIES:
A community is a place where people live, work, play and help each other.
What are different jobs in the community that help to keep it safe?
What are rules and why are they important?
Understand the roles of various community workers. (fieldtrips to several if possible)

Resources:
Community Helpers from A to Z by Bobbie Kalman, Niki Walker
Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett
Officer Brown Keeps Neighborhoods Safe by ALice K Flanagan
www.sfsocialstudies.com
www.Hud.gov/kids
Moo in the Morning by Kulman
Old MacDonald in the City by Suzanne Williams
Busy Busy City Streets by Meisker
Castles Caves and Honeycombs by Lauren Stringer
Alphabet City by Stephen Johnson

FAMILIES:
Complete and All About my Family book
How are families alike/different?

Resources:
Me I Am by Jack Prelutsky
I Like Me by Nancy Carlson
Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Mayer
Homes Around the World by Bobbie Kalman
www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling

Map Skills

A globe is a sphere and represents the earth
A map is a drawing of a location.
The earth is made up of land and water.
~Color and label land and water on a map

Resources:
www.sfsocialsudies.com
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
Mapping Penny's World by Loreen Leedy
National Geographic Our World: A Child's First Picture Atlas
Me on The Map by Joan Sweeney

Public School Overview

To be used as a checkoff sheet that we have mastered each section.
MATH
o Kindergarten
~Probability and Statistics
~Numerical and Proportional Reasoning
~Geometry and Measurement
~Playing with Patterns

SCIENCE
o Kindergarten
~Characteristics of Living Things
~Weather Patterns
~Properties of Objects
~Shelters

SOCIAL STUDIES
o Kindergarten
~Map Skills
~Communities/Families
~Holidays and Famous Americans