2016-2017 Scope and Sequence Social Studies Kindergarten

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Aug. 22 Oct. 21, 2016

Unit

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TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:

Part 1: Time (3 lessons)

SS.K.03A Place events in chronological order.

Unit 1:Rules and

RoutinesThis unit
introduces the rules
and routines that
students will follow
as part of being
good citizens of
their classroom and
school.

SS.K.03B Use vocabulary related to time and chronology, including before, after, next,
first, last, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

45-min lessons

SS.K.14C Sequence and categorize information.

Suggested Pacing

SS.K.15B Create and interpret visuals, including pictures and maps.

Aug. 22 Sept. 2
Part 1

SS.K.08A Identify purposes for having rules.

Aug. 22- 26
Part 2
Aug. 29 - Sept. 2

Part 2: Rules (3 lessons)

SS.K.08B Identify rules that provide order, security, and safety in the home and
school.
SS.K.14A Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid oral sources such
as conversations, interviews, and music.
SS.K.14B Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such
as pictures, symbols, electronic media, print material, and artifacts.
Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.

Unit 2:Our
Government This

Part 1: People in Charge (2 lessons)

45-min lessons

SS.K.09A Identify authority figures in the home, school, and community. SS.K.09B

Explain how authority figures make and enforce rules.

Suggested Pacing

SS.K.14B Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such
as pictures, symbols, electronic media, print material, and artifacts.

Sept. 6 -16
unit introduces
students to authority Pt.1
figures and to key
Sept. 6-9
symbols and
celebrations of
Pt.2
American freedom.

Sept.12-16

Part 2: Celebrating Freedom (3 lessons)

SS.K.10A Identify the flags of the United States and Texas.
SS.K.10B Recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag and the Pledge to
the Texas Flag.

Labor Day Sept. 5

SS.K.14A Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid oral sources such
as conversations, interviews, and music.

SS.K.10C Identify Constitution Day as a celebration of American freedom.

SS.K.14B Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such
as pictures, symbols, electronic media, print material, and artifacts.
Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.

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Unit 3:Our History 5

This unit introduces
45-min lessons
students to the
reasons for certain
Suggested Pacing
national patriotic
holidays and to the

CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:

Important People (5 lessons)

SS.K.01A Explain the reasons for national patriotic holidays such as Presidents Day,
Veterans Day, and Independence Day.
SS.K.02A Identify contributions of historical figures, including Stephen F. Austin,

contributions of
Sept. 19 Sept. 30
important people in
Early Dismissal Sept. 21
history.

George Washington, Christopher Columbus, and Jos Antonio Navarro, who helped to
shape the state and nation.
SS.K.15A Express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences.
SS.K.15B Create and interpret visuals, including pictures and maps. Extend, Review,
Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.
Part 1: Needs and Wants (3 lessons)

SS.K.06A Identify basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter.

Unit 4:Basic
NeedsThis unit
introduces students
to ways in which
families satisfy their
basic human needs
for food, clothing,
and shelter, and to
why people work.

45-min lessons

Suggested Pacing

SS.K.06B Explain the difference between needs and wants.

Oct. 3-21

SS.K.06C Explain how basic human needs can be met such as through selfproducing, purchasing, and trading.

Pt.1

Part 2: Jobs (3 lessons)

Oct. 3-14

SS.K.07A Identify jobs in the home, school, and community.

Pt. 2

SS.K.07B Explain why people have jobs.

Oct. 17-21

Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.

2016-2017 Scope and Sequence Social Studies Kindergarten

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Oct. 24 Dec. 16, 2016

Unit

Unit 5:Good

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Part 1: Good Citizens in our Community (2 lessons)

45-min lessons
Citizens This unit
introduces students
to good citizens in
the community.
Students also use
voting to make
some decisions in
the classroom.

Suggested Pacing
Oct. 24- Nov.4

SS.K.02B Identify contributions of patriots and good citizens who have shaped the
community.
SS.K.14A Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid oral sources such
as conversations, interviews, and music.

Pt.1

Part 2: Making Good Decisions (3 lessons)

Oct. 24-28

SS.K.10D Use voting as a method for group decision making.

Pt.2

SS.K.16B Use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a

decision, gather information, generate options, predict outcomes, take action to
implement a decision, and reflect on the effectiveness of the decision.

Oct. 31- Nov. 4

Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.
Part 1: Holidays and Celebrations (3 lessons)

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Unit 6:
CelebrationsIn this
unit, students
explore national
holidays and
customs, as well as
family customs and
traditions, both as
commemorations of
important group
values.

45-min lessons
Suggested Pacing
Nov. 7- 18
Pt.1
Nov. 7- 11

SS.K.01B Identify customs associated with national patriotic holidays such as

parades and fireworks on Independence Day.
SS.K.14C Sequence and categorize information.
Part 2: Families and Communities Celebrate (3 lessons)
SS.K.12A Describe and explain the importance of family customs and

Pt.2
Nov. 18
Early Dismissal Nov. 16

SS.K.01A Explain the reasons for national patriotic holidays such as Presidents
Day, Veterans Day, and Independence Day.

traditions.
SS.K.12B Compare family customs and traditions.
SS.K.15B Create and interpret visuals, including pictures and maps. Extend,
Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.

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Oct. 24 Dec. 16, 2016
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Unit 7:Placeson
the EarthThis unit 5
introduces students
to the concept of
45-min lessons
place and location.
Students practice Suggested Pacing
using simple maps
Nov. 21 - Dec. 2
and globes, and
learn about physical
Thanksgiving Nov. 23-25
features on the
Earths surface.

CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:

Land and Water (5 lessons)

SS.K.04C Identify tools that aid in determining location, including maps and globes.
SS.K.05A Identify the physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of
water, natural resources, and weather.
SS.K.14B Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual
sources such as pictures, symbols, electronic media, print material, and artifacts.
Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.

Unit 8:Mapsof the

EarthThis unit
Maps (4 lessons)
continues a study of 4
SS.K.04A Use terms, including over, under, near, far, left, and right, to describe
the concept of place
relative location.
and location.
45-min lessons
Students practice
describing location Suggested Pacing Dec. 5- SS.K.04B Locate places on the school campus and describe their relative locations.
16
using key terms.
SS.K.04C Identify tools that aid in determining location, including maps and globes.
Students also learn
about how simple Winter Break Dec. 19 Jan. SS.K.15B Create and interpret visuals, including pictures and maps.
4
maps and globes
can help determine
Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.
location.

2016-2017 Scope and Sequence Social Studies Kindergarten

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Jan. 4 Mar. 10, 2017

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Important People and Events (5 lessons)

SS.K.01A Explain the reasons for national patriotic holidays such as Presidents Day,
Veterans Day, and Independence Day.
Unit 9:Important 5
People and Events
In this unit, students 45-min lessons
continue examining
Suggested Pacing
the significance of
important people
Jan. 4- 13
and events in
history.
MLK Holiday Jan. 16

SS.K.01B Identify customs associated with national patriotic holidays such as parades
and fireworks on Independence Day.
SS.K.02A Identify contributions of historical figures, including Stephen F. Austin,
George Washington, Christopher Columbus, and Jos Antonio Navarro, who helped to
shape the state and nation.
SS.K.03A Place events in chronological order.
SS.K.15A Express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences.
Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.

Unit 10:Going to
Work In this unit,
students continue
their study of the
basic features of an
economy, including
the concepts of
scarcity and choice,
as well as the world

Going to Work (8 lessons)

45-min lessons

SS.K.06A Identify basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter.

Suggested Pacing

SS.K.06B Explain the difference between needs and wants.

Jan.17-27

SS.K.06C Explain how basic human needs can be met such as through selfproducing, purchasing, and trading.

Early Dismissal Jan. 25

SS.K.07A Identify jobs in the home, school, and community.

SS.K.07B Explain why people have jobs.
of work.

SS.K.14A Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid oral sources such
as conversations, interviews, and music.
Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.
People on the Earth (8 lessons)

Unit 11:The Earth 8

and Us In this unit,
students begin to
45-min lessons
look at relationships
between people and Suggested Pacing
their environment.
Jan. 30- Feb. 24
Students identify
certain human
Early Dismissal Feb. 22
characteristics of

places on Earth.

SS.K.04C Identify tools that aid in determining location, including maps and globes.
SS.K.05A Identify the physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of
water, natural resources, and weather.
SS.K.05B Identify how the human characteristics of place such as ways of earning a
living, shelter, clothing, food, and activities are based upon geographic location.
SS.K.14B Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such
as pictures, symbols, electronic media, print material, and artifacts.
Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.

2016-2017 Scope and Sequence Social Studies Kindergarten

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Jan. 4 Mar. 10, 2017

Unit

Unit 12:
5
TechnologyIn this
unit, students

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Technology Changes How We Live (5 lessons)

SS.K.13A Identify examples of technology used in the home and school. SS.K.13B

explore examples of 45-min lessons

the effects of
technology on how Suggested Pacing
people live and
Feb. 27 - Mar.10
work.

Spring Break Mar. 13-17

Describe how technology helps accomplish specific tasks and meet peoples needs.
SS.K.13C Describe how his or her life might be different without modern technology.
SS.K.15B Create and interpret visuals, including pictures and maps Extend, Review,
Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.

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Mar. 20 May 25, 2017

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Unit 13:FamiliesIn 7
this unit, students
45-min lessons
start to explore
similarities and
differences among Suggested Pacing
families: the
Mar. 21 Apr.13
characteristics that
families have in
Spring Holiday Mar. 25
common and others
that may distinguish
one family from
another.

TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:

Families (7 lessons)
SS.K.11A Identify similarities and differences among people such as
kinship, laws, and religion.
SS.K.11B Identify similarities and differences among people such as
music, clothing, and food.
SS.K.12A Describe and explain the importance of family customs and
traditions.
SS.K.12B Compare family customs and traditions.
SS.K.14A Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid oral sources such as
conversations, interviews, and music.
SS.K.14B Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such

as pictures, symbols, electronic media, print material, and artifacts.

SS.K.14C Sequence and categorize information.
Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.
Making Decisions (4 lessons)
SS.K.14A Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid oral
sources such as conversations, interviews, and music.
Unit 14: Decisions
This unit provides
an opportunity for
the class to study
and practice
decision-making
skills and apply
them to an
appropriate topic or
question.

SS.K.14B Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual

4

sources such as pictures, symbols, electronic media, print material, and artifacts.

45-min lessons
Suggested Pacing
April 17-28

SS.K.14C Sequence and categorize information.

SS.K.15A Express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences.
SS.K.15B Create and interpret visuals, including pictures and maps.
SS.K.16B Use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a
decision, gather information, generate options, predict outcomes, take action to
implement a decision, and reflect on the effectiveness of the decision.
Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.

2016-2017 Scope and Sequence Social Studies Kindergarten

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Unit

48Days
Mar. 20 May 25, 2017
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Solving Problems (4 lessons)

SS.K.14A Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid oral
sources such as conversations, interviews, and music.
Unit 15:Solving
ProblemsThis unit
provides an
opportunity for the
class to study and
practice problemsolving skills and
apply them to an
appropriate
problem.

SS.K.14B Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual

4
45-min lessons
Suggested Pacing
May 1-12

sources such as pictures, symbols, electronic media, print material, and artifacts.
SS.K.14C Sequence and categorize information.
SS.K.15A Express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences.
SS.K.15B Create and interpret visuals, including pictures and maps.
SS.K.16A Use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list
and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement
a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution.
Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.

Unit 16:Next Year

This unit introduces
the concept of
change over time
and helps students
distinguish among
events in the past
(in kindergarten),
events now (at the
end of the year),
and things to come
(next year).

Next Year (5 lessons)SS.K.03A Place events in chronological order.

5
45-min lessons
Suggested Pacing
May 15-25

SS.K.03B Use vocabulary related to time and chronology, including before, after, next,
first, last, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
SS.K.14C Sequence and categorize information.
SS.K.15A Express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences.
SS.K.15B Create and interpret visuals, including pictures and maps.
Extend, Review, Assess, and Reteach time is built within each unit.