CONTENT CONNECTION WORKSHEET GRADE 1
Theme Title: FOLLOW ME
Theme #1
Lesson #3
Content Connection SOCIAL STUDIES
Essential Questions
 How do people work together to get milk from the farm to the market or schools?
 What are some ways we communicate with each other?
Resources
Main Selection and Leveled Books
Genre: Non-Fiction
 Miss Jill
 Big Rigs (Social Studies)
Poetry: Trailer Truck
 Stop and Go
Social Studies: Way People Move
Big Book Read Aloud: Go, Go, Go!
Read-Aloud Anthology: “Can You Hear a
Rainbow?”
Leveled Readers
 Dad Can Tap! (Below-Level)
 Jill Can Dig (On-Level)
 The Milk Van (Advanced)
 Dad Drives (ELL)
 Decodable Book: “A Big Hit”
Core Program Vocabulary (Tier II)
 especially
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memorize
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sensed
capacity
haul
proud
Other Resources
Books on Community Helpers
Content Vocabulary (Tier III)
 big rigs
 coveralls
 goods
 deliver
 economy
 communicate
 factories
 sign language
 sellers
 buyers
Comprehension Focus Strategy
 Connect to Prior Knowledge
 Ask Questions
 Retelling
Comprehension Focus Skill
 Predictions
Connecting Social Studies Standard
Standard 1 (Culture):
Students will recognize and describe how
schools and neighborhoods are both similar
and different.
Objective
Objective 1
Recognize and describe examples of
differences within… neighborhood.
Objective 2
Standard 2 (Citizenship):
Standard 4 (Financial Literacy):
Students will describe the economic
choices people make to meet their basic
economic needs.
Recognize and identify the people and their
roles … in the neighborhood.
b. Explain the roles of the people in the
neighborhood (e.g., police officer, firefighter,
mail carrier, grocer, mechanic, plumber,
miner, farmer, doctor, and tribal leader).
 Objective 1
Describe and demonstrate appropriate
social skills necessary for working in a
group.
 a. Describe behaviors that contribute to
cooperation within groups …in a
neighborhood.
 b. Discuss the roles and responsibilities
of being a member of a group.
Objective 2
Identify and list responsibilities in the
school and in the neighborhood.
a. Explain why we have rules…obeying traffic
signs and signals.
b. Demonstrate respect for others in the
neighborhood (e.g., the “Golden Rule”—
elements include fair play, respect for rights
and opinions of others, and respect for rules).
c. Participate in responsible activities that
contribute to safe and responsible schools and
neighborhoods (e.g., follow teacher directions,
put belongings away, participate in
discussions, take turns, listen to others, share
ideas, clean up litter, report vandalism, give
service).
d. Practice and demonstrate safety in the
classroom (e.g., classroom safety procedures,
fair play, playground rules).
e. Practice and demonstrate safety in the
neighborhood (e.g., crossing streets, avoiding
neighborhood dangers).
Objective 1
Explain how goods and services meet
people’s needs.
b. Explain ways that people exchange goods
and services.
c. Explain how people earn money by working
at a job.
d. Explain the concept of exchanging money to
purchase goods and services.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Community Helpers working together to accomplish goals. People travel in different ways.
Friends work together to have fun and be of service to each other. Obeying community rules can
help us be safe.
Social Studies Activities t0 Develop Social Studies Concepts
Invite a truck driver to talk about experiences driving a truck, his responsibilities and
compensation.
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