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Overarching Question:
Why do people make rules?
Enduring Understandings:
We can all be respectful, kind and
welcoming in out class.
We can identify and celebrate
similarities and differences about ourselves.
Rules are made to keep ourselves, each
other, and our materials safe.
We all help to create a safe and
comfortable classroom community.
We all have a right to express our
feelings and opinions.
We all have a right to participate in
making some of our classroom decisions and rules.
Teachers are leaders in the
classroom.
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Overarching Question:
Where are we?
Enduring Understandings:
I
live in ______________________
Name of town
Our
school is in ____________________
Name of town
A map
is a symbol that represents a place.
Geography
uses special words to describe where things are.
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Overarching Question:
How do things change over time?
Enduring Understandings:
People
change over time – physically and in other ways (e.g. learning new
skills, etc)
People’s
lives change over time.
We
have routines for different times of the day.
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Overarching Question:
How do we get what we want and need?
Enduring Understandings:
Some people in my family work.
People work for a variety of
reasons.
We can get what we want with
money, by trading, by making it, and by reusing things.
Limited resources can be shared
in different ways: waiting your
turn, dividing, using something together
.
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