Kindergarten social studies starts with the child's own world: holidays and traditions, where things are, needs versus wants, why families and schools have rules, who the helpers are, and the symbols of Texas and the United States.
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The knowledge-and-skills strands below are the state's, reproduced from Social Studies, Kindergarten, Adopted 2022.. Open a unit to read each student expectation and jump to the activities that practice it.
1History. The student understands that holidays are celebrations of special events.0/2 practiced
(A) identify national patriotic holidays such as Constitution Day, Presidents' Day, Veterans Day, and Independence Day; and
19 TAC 113.11(c)(1)(A)
(B) identify customs associated with national patriotic holidays such as parades and fireworks on Independence Day.
19 TAC 113.11(c)(1)(B)
3Geography. The student understands the concept of location.0/3 practiced
(A) use spatial terms, including over, under, near, far, left, and right, to describe relative location;
19 TAC 113.11(c)(3)(A)
(B) locate places on the school campus and describe their relative locations; and
19 TAC 113.11(c)(3)(B)
(C) identify and use geographic tools that aid in determining location, including maps and globes.
19 TAC 113.11(c)(3)(C)
11 more units, 35 expectations, 1 activities
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Draw a map of your house or street together and label it.
Talk about needs and wants at the store: which of these could we live without?
Explain one family rule and why it exists. Then ask your child to make one.
Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, 19 TAC §113.11. Curriculum text on this site is reproduced from the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills as published by the Texas Education Agency and codified in Title 19 of the Texas Administrative Code. Baccare is an independent product of Brigade Management, Inc. and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Texas Education Agency, the State Board of Education, or the Texas Secretary of State. Sources and attribution.