Individual Personhood
In this unit, Kindergartners think about "My Life, My Feelings." This unit includes sharing opinions about a favorite author, comparing oneself to characters in a dramatic play, counting skills, discovering what plants and animals (including oneself) need to survive, discussing emotions and behavior, exploring family history, and more.
Ingenuity and Opportunity
In this unit, Kindergartners explore "Movement." This unit includes discussing illustrations, self-movements in dance and other areas, decomposing (moving) numbers visually, exploring pushes and pulls, discussing the movement of money from employer to employee, and more.
Social Systems
In this unit, Kindergartners discuss "Working Together." This unit includes learning to communicate electronically, engaging in group reading activities, collaborating with others to create art, addition and subtraction, modeling the relationships between plants and animals and their habitats, discussing government, and more.
Ideas and Beliefs
In this unit, Kindergartners talk about "What I Like." This unit includes writing personal reactions to events, sharing musical interests, describing shapes, participating in enjoyable physical activities, exploring living things change the environment, identifying personal likes and dislikes, discussing the beliefs of historical cultures, and more.
Change and Continuity
In this unit, Kindergartners compare "Same and Different." This unit includes comparing two texts on the same topic, relating numbers and quantities, observing patterns in local weather conditions, comparing the environmental adaptations of different early Native American peoples, and more.
Preparing for Tomorrow
In this unit, Kindergartners begin "Making Plans." This unit includes discussing jobs that use technology, reading age-appropriate texts with understanding, modeling plans for media arts productions, modeling shapes in the world, communicating environmental solutions, use mental maps, and more.