Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Welcome to Discovery School web page.  Both the Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Curricula recognize children as active learners, eager and curious scholars filled with a spontaneous interest in learning, creating and experimenting. Social development, combined with a hint of academics, is the essential ingredient of our Pre-Kindergarten program. Daily classroom activities and interactions allow children to learn about themselves, their peers and the world around them. Through play and simulation of real life experiences, children test ideas, solve problems and learn to cooperate with one another. They also develop communication, motor and cognitive skills.  Expectations remain high that Discovery School will maintain its excellent program.  Standardized test scores have risen significantly and the children are well prepared, both academically and socially, for entrance into first grade.
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Curriculum » Social Studies » Grade K Goals
GOAL 1: The learner will demonstrate the ability to understand the world in spatial terms.
  1. Demonstrate an understanding of location (6.5: A, B)
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of place (6.5: A, B)
    1. Identify physical features
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of human-environment interactions (6.5: B, C, D, E)
    1. Identify seasons and climate
    2. Identify land use and natural resources
    3. Identify effects of conservation and pollution
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of movement (6.5: D 1)
    1. Understand trade (products)

GOAL 2: The learner will demonstrate historical understanding.
  1. Demonstrate an understanding of time patterns and relationships among events (6.2: A)
    1. Identify sequence of events
  2. Identify and use historical sequence (6.2: A)
  3. Understand the importance of individuals across time and place (6.3: B)
    1. Identify leaders and achievers
    2. Understand that all people make a difference
    3. Recognize contributors to change
  4. Understand the importance of events across time and place (6.2, 6.3)
  5. Understand the times in which people lived (6.3: A 1–4)
  6. Understand origins, spread, and influence (6.3: A 1–4)
  7. Understand the connection between past and present (6.2: 1–4)
  8. Make comparisons between past and present (6.2: 1: 6.3: A)

GOAL 3: The learner will demonstrate the ability to understand civic life, politics, and government.
  1. Understand patriotic identity (6.1: B 2)
    1. Identify flags, symbols, anthems, mottoes, and pledges
  2. Understand civic values (6.1: A 2)
    1. Recognize and respect authority figures
    2. Accept and respect others
    3. Work for the common good
  3. Understand the democratic principles (6.1: A 6)
  4. Understand rights and freedoms of citizens (6.1: A 1, 3, 4)
  5. Understand the purposes of government (6.1: A 1)
    1. Recognize that government promotes order and security
    2. Recognize that government promotes well-being and common good
    3. Recognize that government provides for distribution of benefits and burdens of society
  6. Understand democratic institutions (6.1: A 1, 3, 4)

GOAL 4: The learner will demonstrate the ability to understand economic literacy.
  1. Understand scarcity and economic choice (6.4: A 1-3, 6-7)
    1. Identify wants and basic needs
    2. Identify conservation techniques
  2. Understand interdependence and income (6.4: C 1)
    1. Identify transportation and communication links
  3. Understand productivity and economic growth (6.4: B 1)
    1. Describe kinds of work (jobs)
  4. Understand economic systems and institutions (6.4: B 2, 3)
    1. Identify public and private property

GOAL 5: The learner will demonstrate the ability to understand culture.
  1. Understand ideas of shared humanity and unique identity (6.2)
    1. Describe culture and cultural identity
  2. Understand social organizations and institutions (6.2)
    1. Appreciate the importance of belonging to groups
    2. Appreciate the importance of family and community
    3. Identify social class structures
    4. Describe roles (gender, age, occupation)
  3. Understand means of thought and expression (6.2)
    1. Develop and appreciation for art, literature, music, dance, and architecture
    2. Identify and demonstrate appropriate behavior
    3. Describe language and communication
    4. Identify and describe recreation
  4. Understand human relationships (6.2)
    1. Describe relationships between and among individuals
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