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Course Description

 

Core Standards of the Course

Standard 1
Students will develop a sense of self.

Objective 1
Describe and practice responsible behaviors for health and safety.

1. Describe proper care of the body (e.g., proper brushing of teeth, eating a variety of foods, proper hand washing, sneezing into sleeve).
   
2. Recognize that food is fuel for the body.
   
3. Recognize signs of physical activity (e.g., heart rate, breathing, sweat).
   
4. Identify helpful and harmful substances to the body.
   
5. Recall basic safety (e.g., follow rules, maintain personal space/boundaries, know phone number, address, emergency number).
   

Objective 2
Develop skills in gross and fine motor movement.

1. Participate in regular physical activity that requires exertion (e.g., walk, jog, jump rope).
   
2. Explore a variety of fundamental and manipulative gross motor skills (e.g., hop, skip, twirl, dance, throw, catch, kick, strike).
   
3. Perform a variety of fine motor skills (e.g., draw, cut, paste, mold, write).
   
4. Maintain personal space and boundaries while moving.
   
5. Create and perform simple dance movements that express who one is, knowledge of the body, feelings, senses, and ideas in time and space.
   

Objective 3
Develop and use skills to communicate ideas, information, and feelings.

1. Identify and express ideas, information, and feelings in a variety of ways (e.g., draw, paint, tell stories, play, make believe, dance, sing).
   
2. Recognize similar colors as being members of the family of reds, blues, and yellows and shapes as being similar to squares, circles, and triangles.
   
3. Describe sounds in terms of dynamics (loud/soft), pitch (high/low), duration (long/short; fast/slow), and timbre (tone of an animal, human, musical instrument, or machine).
   
4. Develop competency in beat accuracy and respond to an understanding of beat as a life force through moving, singing, chanting, or playing instruments.
   
5. Express emotions by selecting and playing a variety of simple rhythm instruments.
   

Standard 2
Students will develop a sense of self in relation to families and community.

Objective 1
Describe factors that influence relationships with family and friends.

1. Identify ways individuals are alike and different.
   
2. Identify contributions of family members.
   
3. Describe how children change over time.
   
4. Identify behaviors to initiate play and develop friendships.
   
5. Demonstrate positive interactions with peers and adults.
   

Objective 2
Identify important aspects of community and culture that strengthen relationships.

1. Recognize and follow family and classroom rules.
   
2. Describe the school community (e.g., students, teachers, secretary, custodian, principal).
   
3. Describe resources in the community (e.g., police officer, firefighter, library, museum).
   
4. Describe cultural traditions in family and community.
   
5. Recognize national symbols and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
   

Objective 3
Express relationships in a variety of ways.

1. Recognize traditions, music, dances, artwork, poems, rhymes, and stories that distinguish cultures.
   
2. Develop skills in storytelling through moving the body and making sounds while pretending to be characters in a familiar story.
   
3. Create and perform/exhibit dances, visual art, music, and dramatic stories from various cultures.
   

Standard 3
Students will develop an understanding of their environment.

Objective 1
Investigate changes in the seasons.

1. Identify the seasons and represent each with pictures and songs.
   
2. Observe and describe typical weather for each of the seasons.
   
3. Describe the information each of the five senses provides with the changing of seasons.
   
4. Observe and describe changes in behavior of animals as the seasons change.
   
5. Describe how people change their behavior as the seasons change.
   

Objective 2
Observe and describe animals in the local environment.

1. Observe, describe, draw, and compare familiar animals.
   
2. Describe how young animals are different from adult animals.
   
3. Describe how animals care for their young.
   
4. Observe and imitate the sounds and movements of animals with songs, dances, and storytelling.
   
5. Distinguish between real and make-believe animal behaviors.
   

Objective 3
Recognize symbols and models used to represent features of the environment.

1. Recognize that maps and globes are symbols for actual places.
   
2. Identify items on a map of the classroom.
   
3. Explore basic map and globe directions and characteristics (e.g., top, bottom, right, left, land, water, Arctic Ocean, Antarctica).
   
4. Make representations of things observed in the environment (e.g., drawing, painting, building structures with blocks, making models with clay).
   

 

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For more information about this core curriculum, contact the USOE Specialist, Reed Spencer or visit the K, 1, 2 Core Home Page. For general questions about Utah's Core Curriculum, contact the USOE Curriculum Director, Sydnee Dickson . UEN Contact Info: 801-581-2999 | 800-866-5852 | Contact Us