Kindergarten Instructional Guide

Understanding Our Community

The skill of empathy, which is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, allows students to understand the perspectives of other individuals and respond with kindness, compassion, and respect both within and outside their own communities. Scope and Sequence - 3/30 through 5/8

Lesson and Date

Lesson Focus and Link

Wonders Unit

Accompanying Video

C 1 Week of 3/30 - 4/3

Exploring Self-Identity and Children’s Sense of Belonging Belonging

Unit 4 Week 2

New in the Neighborhood

Showing an Inquisitiveness About Learning, Others, and the World Around Them Asking Questions

C 2 Week of 4/13 - 4/17

Unit 5 Week 1

Asking Questions

Exploring and Understanding How to Express Care and Concern Towards Others Kindness

C 3 Week of 4/20 - 4/24

Unit 7 Week 2

Try a Little Kindness

Exploring and Understanding How to Express Care and Concern for Others Everyday Heroes

C 4 Week of 4/27 - 5/1

Unit 10 Week 3

Everyday Hero

C 5 Week of 5/4 - 5/8

Demonstrating Initiative and Increased Independence Volunteer

Unit 4 Week 3

Word on the Street: Volunteer