Curriculum Unit Author:
Katherine Swann
Disaster: Preparing and Helping
Title:
KEY LEARNING, ENDURING UNDERSTANDING, ETC.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.3 Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) for the UNIT
How can I be prepared for an emergency or disaster?
How do the community helpers help in my area?
CONCEPT A CONCEPT B CONCEPT C
Reading about Disasters
Go-Bags
Community Helpers
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS B ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS C
What are the essential items needed in my go-bag?
How does one families go-bag vary from others?
How does reading about disasters help me to prepare for a disaster?
How can I be prepared for a disaster?
Who are the helpers in my neighborhood during a disaster?
How do the helpers have an impact on disasters?
VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY B VOCABULARY C
COMMUNITY HELPER, DISASTER, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE, DELAWARE HUMANE ASSOCATION
GO-BAG, ESSENTIAL, RATIONS
HURRICANE, TORNADO, EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/MATERIAL/TEXT/FILM/RESOURCES