Kindergarten
Science
and
Social
Studies
Curriculum
Map
Essential
Questions
Content
Skills
Assessment
Resources
September
What
is
a
family?
How
am
I
special?
How
does
a
tree
change?
What
animals
live
on
a
farm?
Why
are
farms
important?
All
About
Me
‐Personal
identity
traits
and
talents
‐Family
member
vocabulary
Apples
‐Seasons
of
the
year
‐Parts
of
an
apple
Farm
‐Farm
animal
vocabulary
‐Food
that
comes
from
a
farm
‐Farm
equipment
vocabulary
‐names
members
of
their
family
and
their
importance
‐develop
awareness
of
personal
characteristics
‐identifies
ways
students
are
unique
‐Create
a
self
portrait
‐builds,
spells,
and
writes
first
and
last
name
‐identifies
how
a
tree
changes
over
the
seasons
‐names
the
parts
of
an
apple
and
its
function
‐name
animals
that
lives
on
a
farm
‐identify
food
that
you
can
get
from
a
farm
‐understands
the
importance
of
a
harvest
My
family
tree/house
project
Writing
first
and
last
name
Self
Portrait/Face
craft
Parts
of
an
apple
craft
Seasons
of
an
apple
tree
mural
Farm,
animals,
vehicles,
food
sort
All
About
Me
Theme
Binder
Apples
Theme
Binder
Farm
Theme
Binder
Essential
Questions
Content
Skills
Assessment
Resources
October
What
is
a
harvest?
What
are
the
signs
of
fall?
Fall/Scarecrows
‐Fall/Autumn
vocabulary
‐Harvest
‐Purpose
of
a
scarecrow
Leaves
‐Parts
of
a
leaf
‐Sun
and
chlorophyll
‐Fall
activities
Pumpkins
‐Parts
of
a
pumpkin
‐Lifecycle
of
a
pumpkin
‐Jack‐o‐lantern
Halloween
/
Spiders
‐Parts
of
a
spider
‐Spider
behavior
‐Spider
homes
‐create
a
scarecrow
‐understand
the
importance
of
a
scarecrow
in
relation
to
a
harvest
‐names
items
that
are
harvested
in
the
fall
‐compares
and
contrasts
colors,
sizes,
and
shapes
of
leaves
in
the
fall
‐describes
and
investigates
what
happens
to
the
leaves
in
the
fall
‐inspects
parts
of
a
pumpkin
such
as
skin,
seed,
stem,
pulp
‐describes
the
lifecycle
of
a
pumpkin
‐identifies
fall
activities
and
holidays
‐Identifies
the
characteristics
of
a
spider.
Scarecrow
craft
Fall
scene
illustration
Lifecycle
of
a
pumpkin
sequencing
activity
Paper
plate
spider
craft:
legs
and
eyes
A
Spider
Has
Fact
Book
Fall/Scarecrow
Theme
Binder
Leaves
Theme
Binder
Pumpkins
Theme
Binder
Halloween/Spiders
Theme
Binder
November
Essential
Questions
Who
lives
in
the
forest?
What
is
in
the
sky?
What
happens
to
the
earth
during
the
day
and
night?
Content
Nuts,
Noodles,
&
Forest
‐Forest
animal
vocabulary
‐Forest
animal
homes
Space
‐Day
sky
and
night
sky
‐Space
word
vocabulary
Skills
‐can
identify
animals
that
live
in
the
forest
‐observes
what
they
see
in
the
day
and
night
sky
‐can
identify
the
sun,
earth
and
moon
‐understands
and
describes
characteristics
of
the
sun,
earth,
and
moon
‐compares
differences
between
the
sun,
earth,
and
moon
‐can
name
common
vocabulary
associated
with
space
Assessment
Forest
scene
illustration
Day/Night
Sky
Venn
Diagram
My
Space
Fact
Book
Resources
Nuts,
Noodles,
&
Forest
Theme
Binder
Space
Theme
Binder
Holiday
Celebrations
‐Hanukah
vocabulary
‐Christmas
vocabulary
‐Kwanzaa
vocabulary
‐Reindeer
vocabulary
December
How
do
we
celebrate
the
holidays?
Essential
Questions
Content
‐understands
Compare
and
differences
between
contrast
holiday
Christmas,
Hanukkah,
celebrations
and
Kwanzaa
‐compares
and
contrasts
versions
of
Gingerbread
Man
folktale
‐explores
the
reasons
people
celebrate
Skills
Assessment
Holiday
Celebrations
Theme
Binder
Resources
January
What
are
the
signs
of
winter?
Where
do
artic
animals
live?
Are
all
bears
the
same?
Why
don’t
penguins
get
cold?
Winter
‐Winter
clothing
vocabulary
‐Winter
vocabulary
‐Winter
activities
Mittens
Bears
‐Types
of
bears
‐Bear
habitats
‐Bear
characteristics
Penguins
‐Types
of
penguins
‐Penguin
characteristics
‐Penguin
habitats
‐compares
and
contrasts
winter
and
summer
clothing
‐explores
and
investigates
snow
and
ice
using
their
five
senses
‐understands
and
names
clothing
that
you
wear
in
the
winter
‐identifies
activities
that
you
can
do
in
the
winter
‐names
different
kinds
of
bears
‐compares
and
contrasts
the
different
kinds
of
bears
‐can
locate
where
penguins
live
‐understands
that
penguins
look
different
‐explores
how
penguins
stay
warm
Winter/Summer
Clothing
Venn
Diagram
My
Bear
fact
book
Penguin
fact
craft
Penguin
small
group
research
project
Winter
Theme
Binder
Mitten
Theme
Binder
Bears
Theme
Binder
Penguins
Theme
Binder
February
Essential
Questions
What
do
dinosaurs
look
like?
What
happened
to
the
dinosaurs?
How
can
I
be
a
good
friend?
Content
Dinosaurs
‐Dinosaur
names
‐Dinosaur
habitats
‐Dinosaur
characteristics
Hearts/
Valentine’s
Day
Friendship
‐Friendship
‐Kind,
share,
respectful,
responsible
‐discuss
ways
to
be
a
caring
member
of
the
classroom
community.
Skills
‐can
name
and
identify
common
dinosaurs
‐compare
and
contrasts
what
dinosaurs
look
like
and
eat
‐explores
and
understand
fossils
‐studies
why
the
dinosaurs
are
extinct
‐understands
how
to
be
a
good
friend.
‐learns
how
to
be
a
caring
member
of
their
classroom
community.
Assessment
Dinosaur
research
journal
How
I
can
be
a
good
friend
class
book
(I
am
a
good
friend
because…)
Resources
Dinosaur
Theme
Binder
Hearts/Valentine’s
Day
Friendship
Theme
Binder
Weather
‐Weather
vocabulary
‐Season
vocabulary
‐Seasonal
activities
‐Ways
to
check
weather
Essential
Questions
Content
March
What
are
the
signs
of
spring?
How
does
weather
affect
my
day?
‐can
use
common/weather
related
vocabulary
‐can
describe
different
kinds
of
weather
and
associate
weather
with
each
seasons
‐can
record
weather
conditions
‐identifies
appropriate
clothing
for
each
kind
of
weather
‐identifies
appropriate
activities
for
each
kind
of
weather
‐can
read
a
thermometer
Skills
Weather
vocabulary
book
Assessment
Weather
Theme
Binder
Resources
April
May
What
animals
come
from
an
egg?
What
is
an
insect?
How
are
insects
the
same
and
different?
How
do
insects
change
over
time?
Eggs
‐Oviparous
animal
vocabulary
Insects
‐Types
of
insects
‐Parts
of
an
insect
‐Insect
behaviors
‐Lifecycle
of
an
insect
‐can
sort
oviparous
and
non
oviparous
animals
‐explores
how
animals
grow
inside
an
egg
‐can
identify
an
insect
according
to
body
parts
and
legs
‐understands
that
insects
change
during
their
life
‐names
common
insect
‐explores
what
insects
can
do
for
our
world
What
is
a
plant?
Plant
‐can
describe
the
How
does
a
plant
‐Lifecycle
of
a
plant
lifecycle
of
a
plant
grow?
‐Parts
of
a
plant
‐can
identify
parts
of
‐Needs
of
a
plant
a
plant
‐investigates
how
a
plant
changes
‐explores
the
function
of
each
part
of
a
plant
Zoo
‐Zoo
animal
Where
do
the
animals
vocabulary
‐can
categorize
in
the
zoo
come
‐Animal
habitats
animals
according
from?
(desert,
rainforest,
the
their
habitat
savannah,
ocean,
etc.)
‐can
describe
how
habitats
are
similar
and
different
Oviparous/non
Eggs
Theme
Binder
oviparous
animal
sort
Insect
model
Insect
fact
book
Insect
Theme
Binder
My
Insect
Journal
Seed
to
plant
sequencing
Parts
of
a
plant
craft
My
Zoo
Animal
journal
Plant
Theme
Binder
Zoo
Theme
Binder