CUSTOMS AROUND THE WORLD
PRE-K / Emerging
Night and Day on Earth
Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one’s ability to express ideas and information.
SCIENCE: The earth system changes constantly as air, water, soil, and rock interact, and the earth is a part of a larger sun, earth, moon system.
CCELA: Critical thinkers actively and skillfully interpret, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information.
Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary):
Night* and * Day * On*+ Is* Where*+ we * live* always* The* Turns*+ Slowly* Sun* It *+ Up*+ Down* gives * light * to* Look* I *+ see * This*+ More*+ goes * away*+ do* not*+ big* Look* again*+
Story: Seasons and the Weather
Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
CCELA: Critical thinkers actively and skillfully interpret, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information.
SCIENCE: The earth system changes constantly as air, water, soil and rock interact and the earth is a part of a larger sun, earth, moon system.
SCIENCE: The survival of living things is dependent upon their adaptations and ability to respond to natural changes in and human influences on the environment.
Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary):
with* this*+ get(s)*+ warm(er)* can* rain* it*+ hot* be* what* we* call* feel+ see* does* fall* wind(y)* cold* seasons weather changes spring summer stormy cool snow leaves
Story: Space
Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one's ability to express ideas and information.
CCELA: Effective readers use appropriate strategies to construct meaning.
SCIENCE: A force is required to change an object's speed or direction.
Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary):
day* you* see* sky* night* can* is* what* are* in*+ space stars planets comets satellites moon
Space II
Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one's ability to express ideas and information.
CCELA: Effective readers use appropriate strategies to construct meaning.
SCIENCE: A force is required to change an object's speed or direction.
Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary):
day* you* see* sky* night* can* is* what* are* in* space starts planet comets satellites moon
Story: The World's a Place of Living Things
Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
CCELA: Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding and evaluating.
SCIENCE: All living things are made of parts that have specific functions.
SCIENCE: Living things depend on their habitat to meet their basic needs.
Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary):
boy* girl* this*+ thing*+ cat* dog* fish* tree* bird* living is* grow change
