Prekindergarten Unit 5

Big Idea:

Learn about roles of people within their community

Student Expectations:

Priority Guidelines

Science

VII.B.3. Child discusses the roles and responsibilities of family, school, and community helpers.

Social Studies

VII.C.2. Child explores geography tools and resources

Focus Guidelines

Social/Emotional

I.A.4. Child shows initiative in independent situations and persists in attempting to solve problems.

I.B.1c. Child regulates his own behavior with occasional reminders from teacher.

I.C.5. Child initiated a problem‐solving strategy and seeks adult help when necessary.

I.C.6. Child demonstrates empathy and caring for others.

Language

II.C.3. Child investigates and demonstrates growing understanding of the sounds and intonation of language.

II.D.6. ELL: Child increases listening vocabulary and begins to develop vocabulary of object names and common phrases in English.

Reading

III.B.6. Child can recognize rhyming words.

Alphabet Knowledge Skills

III.C.3. Child produces at least 20 distinct letter sound correspondences in the language of instruction. (Target 5 sounds)

Math

V.A.1. Child knows that objects, or parts of an object, can be counted.

V.A.5. Child counts up to 10 items and demonstrates that the last count indicates how many items were counted. (Target is up to 3 items)

Ongoing Guidelines

Math

V.E.3. Child recognizes and creates patterns.

V.A.9. Child recognizes one‐digit numerals, 0‐9. (Target 0-4)

V.A.2. Child uses words to rote count from 1 to 30. (Target 1-10)

V.A.3. Child counts 1‐10 items, with one count per item. (Target is up to 3 items)

V.A.4. Child demonstrates that the order of the counting sequence is always the same, regardless of what is counted.

V.C.1. Child names common shapes

V.E.1. Child sorts objects that are the same and different into groups and uses language to describe how the groups are similar and different.

V.A.5. Child counts up to 10 items and demonstrates that the last count indicates how many items were counted. (Target is up to 3 items)

Learning Targets:

• I will learn about my community.
• I will learn the different types of community helpers and how they help in my community.

Essential Questions:

• What is a community?
• What community do you live in?
• What is a community helper?
• Name some community helpers. How do they help our community?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: Frog Street PreK

District Grading Policy