Oklahoma Social Studies K.P.2.3

K.P.2.3 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• K.P.2.3.A

  Answer geographic questions using geographic information about the student’s own community.

• K.P.2.3.B

  Identify and describe the community’s human and physical environment through the use and creation of simple maps and photographs of the community.

• K.P.2.3.C

  Identify how the physical environment impacts our daily lives and affects human activities.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students use photos and simple maps to find places in their community. They name things people built and things found in nature. They explain how a natural feature, such as a tree, affects where people walk or play.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can draw a simple map showing the school, a sidewalk, and a nearby tree in roughly the right places. They can use a photo to point out the tree and explain that its shade gives people a cooler place to play.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may draw places in a row even when they are across from each other. They may call a sidewalk a natural feature or think a map must show every small detail.

04

How to Assess It

Show a photo of a tree and sidewalk near school. Ask students to draw both on a simple map and tell how the tree affects where people play.

1. 01

   Walk around the schoolyard, then use blocks and paper to make a map of the building, paths, and trees.

2. 02

   Show a photo of a nearby tree and sidewalk, then ask, “Where would you stand on a hot day? Why?”

3. 03

   Give pairs photo cards of local places and features; have them match each card to a picture symbol on a simple map.

4. 04

   On the walk home, ask students to notice one tree, hill, or stream and tell how it changes where people go.

• 3.P.2.3

  The 3rd Grade version of this standard.

• 5.P.2.3

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.

• 2.P.2.3

  The 2nd Grade version of this standard.

• 1.P.2.3

  The 1st Grade version of this standard.