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Learning Standards Standards

What does a student learn in ?

This is the year students start to see themselves as part of something bigger than their own day. Students learn that time moves from past to present to future, and they place events from their own lives in order. They notice maps, the American flag, and the rules that keep a classroom fair, and they start to tell the difference between things people buy and help people give. By spring, students can share an opinion about something in their classroom and listen when a classmate sees it differently.

  • Past and present
  • Maps
  • Classroom rules
  • American flag
  • Goods and services
  • Sharing opinions
Source: Michigan Michigan K-12 Standards
Mastery Learning Standards
The required skills a student should display by the end of Kindergarten.
History

  • Distinguish among the past, present

    K–H2.0.1

    Distinguish among the past, present, and future.

  • Create a timeline using events from their own lives

    K–H2.0.2

    Create a timeline using events from their own lives.

  • Describe ways people learn about the past

    K–H2.0.3

    Describe ways people learn about the past.

Geography

  • Recognize that maps and globes represent places

    K–G1.0.1

    Recognize that maps and globes represent places.

  • Use directions or positional words to identify significant locations in the…

    K–G1.0.2

    Use directions or positional words to identify significant locations in the classroom.

  • Identify and describe places in the immediate environment

    K–G2.0.1

    Identify and describe places in the immediate environment.

  • Describe ways in which the environment provides for basic human needs and wants

    K–G5.0.1

    Describe ways in which the environment provides for basic human needs and wants.

Civics And Government

  • Identify and explain reasons for rules at home and in school

    K–C1.0.1

    Identify and explain reasons for rules at home and in school.

  • Identify the American flag as an important symbol of the United States

    K–C2.0.1

    Identify the American flag as an important symbol of the United States.

  • Explain why people do not have the right to do whatever they want

    K–C2.0.2

    Explain why people do not have the right to do whatever they want.

  • Describe situations in which they demonstrated self-discipline and individual…

    K–C5.0.1

    Describe situations in which they demonstrated self-discipline and individual responsibility.

Economics

  • Describe economic wants they have experienced

    K–E1.0.1

    Describe economic wants they have experienced.

  • Distinguish between goods and services

    K–E1.0.2

    Distinguish between goods and services.

  • Recognize situations in which people trade

    K–E1.0.3

    Recognize situations in which people trade.

Public Discourse, Decision Making, And Civic Participation

  • Identify classroom issues

    K–P3.1.1

    Identify classroom issues.

  • Use simple graphs to explain information about a classroom issue

    K–P3.1.2

    Use simple graphs to explain information about a classroom issue.

  • Compare their viewpoint about a classroom issue with the viewpoint of another…

    K–P3.1.3

    Compare their viewpoint about a classroom issue with the viewpoint of another person.

  • Express a position on a classroom issue

    K–P3.3.1

    Express a position on a classroom issue.

  • Develop and implement an action plan to address or inform others about a…

    K–P4.2.1

    Develop and implement an action plan to address or inform others about a classroom issue.

  • Participate in projects to help or inform others

    K–P4.2.2

    Participate in projects to help or inform others.