Grade Level: Kindergarten

Skill: 5 Senses

Source: http://leavingbio.net/the%20senses_files/the%20senses.htm

SOL: Students will investigate and understand that humans have senses that allow
one to seek, find, take in, and react or respond to information in order to learn
about ones surroundings. Key concepts include a) five senses and
corresponding sensing organs (taste tongue, touch skin, smell nose,

hearing ears, and sight eyes); and b) sensory descriptors (sweet, sour, bitter,
salty, rough/smooth, hard/soft, cold, warm, hot, loud/soft, high/low, bright/dull).

Worth While Learning Outcomes:

-How to use the senses

-How to obtain knowledge by using the senses

-Teaches how to view the world

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Skill: Alphabet Recognition

Source: http://www.readwritethink.org/

SOL: K.7 The student will develop an understanding of basic phonetic principles.
a) Identify and name the uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. b) Match
consonant, short vowel, and initial consonant digraph sounds to appropriate letters.
c) Demonstrate a speech-to-print match through accurate finger-point reading in
familiar text that includes words with more than one syllable. d) Identify
beginning consonant sounds in single-syllable words.

Worth While Learning Opportunities:

-Leads to understanding reading and writing

-Used in every job and every day settings

-Makes for a more confident person

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Skill: Social Studies

Source: http://www.brighthubeducation.com

SOL: K.5 The student will develop an awareness that maps and globes a) show a
view from above;

b) Show things in smaller size; c) show the position of objects.

Worth While Learning Opportunities:

-Recognize sources of direction

-Understand the difference between land and water

-Understand what pictures mean (symbols, and compasses)