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K.T1 Civics: classroom citizenship

K.T1.1 Understand and follow rules, limits, and expectations with minimal prompting and assistance; with prompting and support, ask and answer questions about the reasons for rules.
- Rules and laws (K-B.1)
K.T1.2 Take on responsibilities and follow through on them, being helpful to and respectful of others (e.g., volunteer for and carry out tasks in the classroom and at home).
K.T1.3 With prompting and support, give examples from literature and informational texts read or read aloud of characters who show authority, fairness, caring, justice, responsibility, or who show how rules are created and followed.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.1)
- Independence Day (K-J.2)
K.T1.4 Ask and answer questions and explore books to gain information about national symbols, songs, and texts of the United States:
- K.T1.4.a why the flag of United States of America is red, white, and blue and has stars and stripes
- K.T1.4.b why the bald eagle is the national emblem of United States
  - Identify American symbols (K-C.1)
- K.T1.4.c why "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States
- K.T1.4.d what the words of the "Pledge of Allegiance" mean

K.T2 Geography: connections among places

K.T2.1 Describe the location of people, objects, and places, using correctly words and phrases such as up, down, near, far, left, right, straight, back, behind, in front of, next to, between.
- Left and right (K-E.1)
K.T2.2 With support, explain the similarities and differences between maps and globes.
K.T2.3 Identify the elements of a physical address, including the street name and number, the city or town, the state (Massachusetts) and the country (United States).
K.T2.4 With support, on a state map, find the city or town where the student's school is located; on a street map of the city or town, find the location of the student's school.
K.T2.5 Use maps, photographs, their own drawings or other representations to show and explain to others the location of important places and relationships among places in the immediate neighborhood of the student's home or school.
K.T2.6 Construct maps, drawings, and models that show physical features of familiar places.

K.T3 History: shared traditions

K.T3.1 Describe how some days, called civic holidays, are special because they celebrate important events or people in history.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.1)
- Independence Day (K-J.2)
K.T3.2 Contrast and compare traditions and celebrations of peoples with diverse cultural backgrounds.
K.T3.3 Put events from their personal lives, observations of the natural world, and from stories and informational texts read or read aloud in temporal order, using words and phrases relating to chronology and time, including:
- K.T3.3.a Sequential actions: first, next, last;
  - Months of the year (K-L.2)
- K.T3.3.b Chronology and time: now, then, long ago, before, after, morning, afternoon, night, today, tomorrow, yesterday, last or next week, last or next month, last or next year.

K.T4 Economics: work and commerce

Working
- K.T4.1 With prompting and support, describe some things people do when they work inside and outside of the home, drawing on personal experience, literature, and informational texts.
  - Jobs community helpers do (K-A.1)
  - Tools community helpers use (K-A.2)
Buying, Selling and Trading Goods and Services
- K.T4.2 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about buying, selling or trading something and explain how people make choices about the things they need and want.
- K.T4.3 With prompting and support, give examples from personal experience, literature, or informational texts of goods and services that people purchase with money they earn.
  - Goods and services (K-G.3)
  - Producers and consumers (K-G.4)

K.T1.1 Understand and follow rules, limits, and expectations with minimal prompting and assistance; with prompting and support, ask and answer questions about the reasons for rules.

K.T1.2 Take on responsibilities and follow through on them, being helpful to and respectful of others (e.g., volunteer for and carry out tasks in the classroom and at home).

K.T1.3 With prompting and support, give examples from literature and informational texts read or read aloud of characters who show authority, fairness, caring, justice, responsibility, or who show how rules are created and followed.

K.T1.4 Ask and answer questions and explore books to gain information about national symbols, songs, and texts of the United States:

K.T1.4.a why the flag of United States of America is red, white, and blue and has stars and stripes

K.T1.4.b why the bald eagle is the national emblem of United States

K.T1.4.c why "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States

K.T1.4.d what the words of the "Pledge of Allegiance" mean

K.T2.1 Describe the location of people, objects, and places, using correctly words and phrases such as up, down, near, far, left, right, straight, back, behind, in front of, next to, between.

K.T2.2 With support, explain the similarities and differences between maps and globes.

K.T2.3 Identify the elements of a physical address, including the street name and number, the city or town, the state (Massachusetts) and the country (United States).

K.T2.4 With support, on a state map, find the city or town where the student's school is located; on a street map of the city or town, find the location of the student's school.

K.T2.5 Use maps, photographs, their own drawings or other representations to show and explain to others the location of important places and relationships among places in the immediate neighborhood of the student's home or school.

K.T2.6 Construct maps, drawings, and models that show physical features of familiar places.

K.T3.1 Describe how some days, called civic holidays, are special because they celebrate important events or people in history.

K.T3.2 Contrast and compare traditions and celebrations of peoples with diverse cultural backgrounds.

K.T3.3 Put events from their personal lives, observations of the natural world, and from stories and informational texts read or read aloud in temporal order, using words and phrases relating to chronology and time, including:

K.T3.3.a Sequential actions: first, next, last;

K.T3.3.b Chronology and time: now, then, long ago, before, after, morning, afternoon, night, today, tomorrow, yesterday, last or next week, last or next month, last or next year.

Working

K.T4.1 With prompting and support, describe some things people do when they work inside and outside of the home, drawing on personal experience, literature, and informational texts.

Buying, Selling and Trading Goods and Services

K.T4.2 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about buying, selling or trading something and explain how people make choices about the things they need and want.

K.T4.3 With prompting and support, give examples from personal experience, literature, or informational texts of goods and services that people purchase with money they earn.