Virginia SOL 1.1.f

Social Studies1st Grade

The Standard

participating in classroom decision-making by voting

Virginia Standards of Learning for History and Social Science

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students make a choice between classroom options and cast one vote. They help count the results and follow the option selected by the group.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student makes one clear choice, records it as directed, and accepts the class count. The student can explain that the option with more votes becomes the group decision.
Common Misconceptions: Some children think they can vote more than once, or that the loudest group wins. They may also think a fair result means their choice must win.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Show pictures of two possible class read-alouds. Ask each student to mark one choice, then explain why marking both would be unfair.

Lesson moves

Set out two book choices, give each child one counter, and have students place it beside the book they prefer.
Ask, “Why should each person get one vote?” then record two student reasons on chart paper.
Run a secret-ballot game with picture cards, then let students count the ballots and announce which choice received more.
Show a sample local election ballot and compare its choice boxes with the class ballot students used.

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