Theme Title: Friends Theme #3
Social Studies Theme Connection: Standard 2 Objective 1
Essential Question(s)
 How can we have positive relationships through play and friendship?
 Why are friends important?
 How can we make and keep friends?(e.g., honesty and responsibility)
Story Town: Main Selection and Leveled
Books
 The Little School Bus (Big Book)
 I Love School (Big Book)
 Jessica (Library Book)
 Sparky and Eddie: The First Day of
School (Library Book)
 Tucker’s Four-Carrot School Day
(Anthology)
 Chicken Chickens Go to School
(Anthology)
Story Town: Other Resources
 Pre-decodable Books
 Decodable Books
 Leveled Readers
 Photo Cards
 Music CD
 Sound/Spelling Cards
 Practice Book: Theme 3
 Teacher Resource Book
 Write-on/Wipe-off Boards
 Letter/ Sound Rhymes Chart
 Instructional Routine Cards
 Writer’s Companion Teacher Edition
 Phonics Practice Book
Outside Resources: Outside Books:
 Frog and Toad are Friends (I Can Read
Book 2) by Arnold Lobel
 You Can Be My Friend by Lauren Child
 The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Friends by Stan and Jan Berestain
 My New Best Friend (Friends for
Keeps) by Julie Bowe
 Enemy Pie (Reading Rainbow Book by
Derek Munson
 Just My Friend & Me by Mercer Mayer
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USOE-Approved Lesson Plans
UEN Social Studies Lessons at www.uen.org
Building Friendships
Enhancing Peer Relationships
Story Town Robust Vocabulary
Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9
sly active Review
proceed gigantic
apparel voyage
announced gasped
imaginary glum
precisely whimper
Social Studies Words/Concept List
 celebrate
 change
 compare
 different
 future
 past
 present
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 friend honesty respect school similar

Comprehension Focus Strategy
 Graphic Organizer
 Use Story Structure
 Summarize
Comprehension Focus Skill
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Beginning, Middle, Endings
Characters
Connecting Social Studies Standard(s) Objective(s)
Standard 2 (Citizenship):
 Students will recognize their roles and responsibilities of being a good citizen.
Objective 1
 Demonstrate appropriate ways to behave in different settings.
Intended Learning Outcomes
 Develop social skills and ethical responsibility.
 Demonstrate responsible emotional and cognitive behaviors.
 Communicate clearly in oral, artistic, written, and nonverbal forms
Social Studies Activities t0 Develop Social Studies Concepts
Friends Unit: http://www.oakland.k12.mi.us/scope/kindergarten/index.html