WHO WE ARE
TIMELINE: August-September
CENTRAL IDEA: Our actions and attitudes impact ourselves and others
CONTENT FOCUS: Community helpers, goods & services, and how to be good citizens
WHO WE ARE
TIMELINE: August-September
CENTRAL IDEA: Our actions and attitudes impact ourselves and others
CONTENT FOCUS: Community helpers, goods & services, and how to be good citizens
HOW WE ORGANIZE OURSELVES
TIMELINE: October-November
CENTRAL IDEA: Categories allow people to organize differences and similarities
CONTENT FOCUS: Living & non-living things, and Earth materials (soil, rocks, water, & air)
WHERE WE ARE IN PLACE AND TIME
TIMELINE: January-February
CENTRAL IDEA: Our location affects our daily lives
CONTENT FOCUS: Day & night, maps & globes, and where students live (home address)
SHARING THE PLANET
TIMELINE: February-April
CENTRAL IDEA: Living things belong to different communities based on their features
CONTENT FOCUS: Similarities and differences of organisms
HOW THE WORLD WORKS
TIMELINE: April-May
CENTRAL IDEA: Different forces affect how objects move
CONTENT FOCUS: Sorting objects of different materials and motion
HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVES
TIMELINE: Yearlong
CENTRAL IDEA: Culture is expressed through symbols and beliefs
CONTENT FOCUS: National holidays and American symbols