SOCIAL STUDIES CONTENT CONNECTION TEMPLATE II Grade K
Story Town Theme Title: Jobs People Do Theme #8
Social Studies Theme Connection: Standard 2 Objective 2; Standard 4 Objective 2
Essential Question(s)- What jobs do people do in the community?
- How do these jobs help people?
- Why is having a job important?
Story Town: Main Selection and Leveled Books / Story Town: Other Resources
- Everybody Works (Big Book)
- My Teacher Can Teach…Anyone! (Big Book)
- Zara’s Hat (Library Book)
- Bravo, Maurice! (Library Book)
- Caps for Sale (Anthology)
- Pig Pig Gets a Job (Anthology)
- Pre-decodable Books
- Decodable Books
- Leveled Readers
- Photo Cards
- Music CD
- Sound/Spelling Cards
- Practice Book: Theme 8
- Teacher Resource Book
- Write-on/Wipe-off Boards
- Letter/ Sound Rhymes Chart
- Instructional Routine Cards
- Writer’s Companion Teacher Edition
- Phonics Practice Book
Outside Books: / Outside Resources:
- Community Helpers from A to Z (Alphabasics)by Bobbie Kalman and Niki Walker
- Whose Hat Is This?: A Look at Hats Workers Wear - Hard, Tall, and Shiny (Whose Is It?: Community Workers)by Katz Cooper, Sharon, Muehlenhardt, and Amy Bailey
- A Day in the Life of a Police Officer (First Facts: Community Helpers at Work)by Heather Adamson (There are many other community helper books in this series)
UEN Kindergarten Lesson Plans at
- K-Act.12: Our Community Helpers
- ABC Community Walk
- Community Map
- Our School is a Community
Story Town Robust Vocabulary / Social Studies Words/Concept List
Lesson 22 Lesson 23 Lesson 24
protecting appreciate Review
volunteer grace
responsible host
adore lush
melancholy marvelous
exquisite constantly /
- coins
- currency
- earn
- hero
- job
- money
- needs
- patriotism
- shelter
- tools
- tribal leader
- wants
- change
- compare
- courage
- courage
- different
- duty
- environment
- respect
- responsibility
- routine
- rules
- similar
Comprehension Focus Strategy / Comprehension Focus Skill
- Generate Questions
- Answer Questions
- Make Inferences
- Main Idea
- Character
Connecting Social Studies Standard(s) / Objective(s)
Standard 2 (Citizenship)
- Students will recognize their roles and responsibilities of being a good citizen.
- Students can explain how humans meet their needs in many ways.
/ Objective 2
- Identify and demonstrate safe practices in the home and the classroom.
- Explain that people have jobs and earn money to meet their needs.
Intended Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate a positive learning attitude.
- Understand and use basic concepts and skills.
- Communicate clearly in oral, artistic, written, and nonverbal form.
Social Studies Activities t0 Develop Social Studies Concepts
Community Helpers:
Community Helpers: