Indiana Content Area Standards

• English Language Arts.Kindergarten.W.1

  Write for specific purposes and audiences.

  • Writing Genres.K.W.3.2: Use words and pictures to develop a main idea and provide some information about a topic.

• English Language Arts.Kindergarten.SL.1

  Listen actively and communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

  • Comprehension.K.SL.3.1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • Discussion and Collaboration.K.SL.2.1: Participate in collaborative conversations about grade-appropriate topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • Discussion and Collaboration.K.SL.2.3: Listen to others, take turns speaking, and add ones own ideas to small group discussions or tasks.
  • Discussion and Collaboration.K.SL.2.5: Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.

• Social Studies. Kindergarten: Standard 4: Economics

  Students explain that people do different jobs and work to meet basic economic wants.

  • K.4.2: Economics: Identify and describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools or equipment used in these jobs.

• Social Studies. Kindergarten: Geography: Standard 3

  Students understand that maps and globes are different representations of the Earths surface and begin to explore the physical and human geographic characteristics of their school, neighborhood, and community.

  • K.3.5 Physical Systems: Describe and give examples of seasonal weather changes and illustrate how weather affects people and the environment.

• Social Studies. Grade 1: Geography: Standard 3

  Students identify the basic elements of maps and globes and explain basic facts concerning the relationship of the sun to daily and seasonal weather. They identify selected geographic characteristics of their home, school, and neighborhood.

  • 1.3.6 Physical Systems: Explain the effect of seasonal change on plants, animals, and people.
  • 1.3.9 Environment and Society: Give examples of natural resources found locally and describe how people in the school and community use these resources and how they protect these resources for the future.

• Social Studies. Grade 1: Economics: Standard 4

  Students explain how people in the school and community use goods and services and make choices as both producers and consumers.

  • 1.4.2 Economics: Identify services (actions that someone does for someone else) that people do for each other.
  • 1.4.3 Economics: Compare and contrast different jobs people do to earn income.
  • 1.4.4 Economics: Describe how people in the school and community are both producers (people who use resources to provide goods or services) and consumers (people who use goods or services).

• English Language Arts.Grade 1.SL.1

  Listen actively and adjust the use of spoken language (e.g., vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

  • Comprehension.1.SL.3.1: Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says to clarify something that is not understood.
  • Discussion and Collaboration.1.SL.2.1: Participate in collaborative conversations about grade-appropriate topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • Discussion and Collaboration.1.SL.2.4: Ask questions to clarify information about topics and texts under discussion.
  • Discussion and Collaboration.1.SL.2.5: Build on others talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.
  • Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.1.SL.4.2: Add drawings or other visual displays, such as pictures and objects, when sharing information to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

• Social Studies. Grade 2: Economics: Standard 4

  Students describe how people in a community use productive resources, create a variety of businesses and industries, specialize in different types of jobs, and depend on each other to supply goods and services.

  • 2.4.1 Economics: Define the three types of productive resources (human resources, natural resources and capital resources).
  • 2.4.2 Economics: Identify productive resources used to produce goods and services in the community.
  • 2.4.7 Economics: Define specialization and identify specialized jobs in the school and community.