Book List by Standard – Kindergarten

Historical Understandings

SSKH1
Booksource:
●Holidays – Level C
●What Holidays Do You Have? – Level D
●Happy Fourth of July – Level E
●The 4th of July – Level B
●Independence Day – Level D
●Celebrating Thanksgiving: Giving Thanks – Level F
●Celebrating President’s Day: What is a President – Level H
●Abe Lincoln’s Hat – Level M
●Martin Luther King Jr. – Level H
●Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Level K
●Martin Luther King, Jr. – Level Q
●A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. – Level M
●Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King – Level L
●Labor Day – Level C
●Christopher Columbus – Level M
●A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus – Level M
●We Honor America – Level H
●We the People – Level U
Additional Resources (Pearson/Scott Foresman):
●The Fourth of July – Level G
●Happy Birthday, America! – Level H
●Independence Day – Level K
Reading A-Z:
●Celebrating Food and Family – Level N
●Independence Day – Level L
●Labor Day – Level P, S, or V
●New Year’s Celebrations – Level L, O, or R
●President’s Day – Level L
●Veteran’s Day – Level U
●Happy New Year Around the World
●Lincoln Loved to Learn – Level I
●Childhood Stories of George Washington – Level I / SSKH2
Booksource:
●The American Flag: An American Symbol – Level B
●The Bald Eagle: An American Symbol – Level B
●The Bald Eagle – Level F
●Meet Lady Liberty – Level G
●The Statue of Liberty: An American Symbol – Level B
●Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty – Level M
●The White House: An American Symbol – Level B
Reading A-Z:
●Stars and Stripes – Level G
●How Do You Have Fun at the White House?
●U.S. Symbols
●American Symbols – Level G
●The Washington Monument
SSKH3
Additional Resources (Person/Scott Foresman):
●Then and Now – Level G
●Things Change – Level F
●Changing Community – Level J

Geographic Understandings

SSKG1
Booksource:
●Kids Around the World – Level I
●Celebrating Chanukah: Eight Nights – Level J
●Celebrating Chinese New Year: Nick’s New Year - Level J
●Life in China – Level F
Reading A-Z:
●Celebrating Food and Family – Level N
●The Festival of Lights – Level C
●Holidays Around the World – Level T
●World Holidays – Level L
●Winter Holidays (Poetry) – Level R
●Saint Patrick’s Day – Level L
●Masks Around the World
●Oh Christmas Tree! / SSKG2
Booksource:
●Maps, Maps, Maps – Level E
●Types of Maps – Level J
●Globes – Level C
●Maps – Level C
●Land – Level D
●Can You Read a Map – Level C
●We Can Use a Map – Level C
●Looking at Landforms – Level D
●Landforms – Level E
●What is an Ocean? – Level G
●Me on the Map – Level I
●Types of Maps – Level J
●Looking at Maps – Level O
●Coasts – Level J
Additional Resources (Pearson/Scott Foresman):
●Maps and Globes
●Why We Live Where We Live – Level N
●Land and Water – Level P
●Find It! – Level F
SSKG3
Booksource:
●Where is My State? – Level H
●Where We Live – Level I
●North America – Level I
●Me on the Map – Level I
Additional Resources (Pearson/Scott Foresman):
●Neighbors Near and Far – Level E
●The Places Where We Live – Level L
●My Neighborhood – Level C
●Communities All Over – Level J
●Our Communities – Level H
●Communities Alike and Different – Level M
Reading A-Z:
●A Place Called Home – Level C

Government/Civic Understandings

SSKCG1
Booksource:
●Rules and Laws – Level J
●I am a Good Citizen – Level A
●Rules at School – Level B
●Rules in the Classroom – Level C
●Citizenship – Level J
●We the People: Civic Values in America – Level U
●You and the Law – Level M
●Does My Voice Count? A Book About Citizenship – Level N
Additional Resources (Pearson/Scott Foresman):
●How Do Rules Get Made – Level H
●Making Rules – Level E
●Why We Have Rules – Level C
●Rules Make Life Work – Level E
●Rules – Level C
●It is the Law – Level L
●Who Makes the Rules – Level E
●What it Means to be a Citizen – Level N
●We are Part of This Place – Level K
Reading A-Z:
●Laws for Kids – Level G / SSKCG2
Booksource:
●10 Things I Can Do To Help My World – Level K
●Sharing – Level C
●I am a Good Friend – Level A
●Telling the Truth – Level B
●Let’s Clean Up – Level C
●Helping Mom and Dad - - Level E
Additional Resources (Pearson/Scott Foresman):
Reading A-Z:
●The Boy Who Cried “Wolf”! – Level E
●I Broke It – Level J
●George Washington Carver – Level L, O, or R
●Every Dog Has It’s Day – Level L
●I’m The Guest – Level L
●Penny the Rude Penguin – Level G
●Turtle Tom – Level R
●Two For Me, One For You – Level F
●Tadpole Teasing – Level D

Economic Understandings

SSKE1
Booksource:
●I Want to be a Firefighter – Level H
●A Day in the Life of a Police Officer – Level I
●Author: A True Story – Level J
●Astronaut: Living in Space – Level L
●Jobs People Do – Level B
●I Can Work! – Level A
●Jobs People Do – Level B
●Doctor – Level C
●Jobs – Level C
●A Librarian’s Job – Level C
●A Paramedic’s Job – Level C
●Sanitation Workers Help Us – Level C
●Workers – Level C
●What do Doctors do? – Level D
●Nurse – Level E
●What are my Jobs? – Level E
●Jobs Around Town – Level I
●Vice President – Level N
●Mayor – Level N
●What Does the President Do? – Level I
Additional Resources (Pearson/Scott Foresman):
●Jobs, Jobs, Jobs – Level C
●Who Does This Job – Level D
●Where We Work – Level I
●Jobs in My Community – Level E
●People at Work – Level E
●Working – Level E
●I am a Community Helper – Level B
●Caretakers – Level D
●All Kinds of Factories – Level E
●All Kinds of Farms – Level E
Reading A-Z:
●Community Helpers – Level D
●Firefighters – Level F, J, or M
●Going to the Doctor – Level G
●Police Officers – Level E, H, or K / SSKE2
Booksource:
●Earning Money – Level E
●What Can You Do with Money: Earning, Spending, and Saving – Level L
Reading A-Z:
●Jobs for James – Level F
●Money
●Dollars and Cents – Level D
●Introducing the Penny – Level N
●Coins Count
●What’s Your Money Worth?
SSKE3
Booksource:
● Money Counts – Level E
●Counting Money – Level E
●What is Money, Anyway? Why Dollars and Coins Have Value – Level N
●The Story of Money – Level N
●What Can You Buy at the Mall? – Level F
●What Do We Buy? A Look at Goods and Services – Level M
●Spending Money – Level E
●Goods or Services? – Level H
●Goods and Services Around Town – Level I
●The World of Trade – Level M
●What Can I Buy? – Level C
●What Can You Do with Money: Earning, Spending, and Saving – Level L
●Money and Trade in Our World – Level P
●Consumers and Producers – Level H
Additional Resources (Pearson/Scott Foresman):
●The Consumer-Producer Connection – Level N
●Buyers Need Sellers, Sellers Need Buyers – Level J
●Who Does Buy It? Who Buys It? – Level H
Reading A-Z:
●Caretakers – Level D
●All Kinds of Factories – Level E
●All Kinds of Farms – Level E / SSKE4
Booksource:
●Our Needs and Wants – Level C
●Need it or Want it? – Level I
Additional Resources (Pearson/Scott Foresman):
●Do I Really Need It? – Level K
Reading A-Z:
●Needs and Wants – Level F
●What I Want – Level C