aMaze – Families All Matterand

Curriculum Links

South Washington County Schools

aMAZE – Families all Matter

All children (all people!) need to feel safe and feel like they belong

Understanding differences, not fear it. Celebrate!

833 Options

Use the entire program as intended (monthly/ weekly reading of 10 Themes)

Insert books designated to grade levels when and where they fit into the curriculum

Why did we do this?

Not “one more thing” for teachers to add to their already FULL platter.

Looking at state standards to imbed books into current curriculum (Language Arts, Health, Science, Social Studies)

Keep books curriculum related in case of parent concern

Natural transition from aMaze book discussion to curricular area

How we did “it”.

Review state standards at each grade level in:

Language Arts Science Social Studies Health

•Read each book

•Find the standard at a grade level that fits the content of the book

Families All Matter discussion guide

Decide if you’d like a specific grade level to cover this discussion

2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum Map

Essential Questions How does a community meet the needs of its

people?

Content Features of CommunitiesEthnic Diversity/Cultural differences

Skills Identify types of communities

-city, town, suburb, farmCompare & Contrast

-Life now/Life long ago

-Life in U.S./Life in another country

SoWashCo’s Curriculum Link

Title: From Far Away (aMaze curriculum guide – Immigration p. 5)By Robert Munsch/Saoussan Askar

Grade Level: 2

Curriculum Links:Social Studies: How does a community meet the needs of its people?

-Ethnic diversity/Cultural differences- Compare and Contrast life in the US with life in another

country- Identify types of communities: city, town, suburb, farm- Identify USA’s neighboring countries

Reading Comprehension Strategies

Visualizing Questioning/ Inferring Connecting Determining Importance (Not Applicable) Synthesizing

6 Traits of Writing

Voice Sentence Fluency Word Choice Organization

Genre Studies - Reading

Realistic Fiction Fantasy Historical Fiction Poetry Etc…

Genre Studies - Writing

Personal Narrative Descriptive Realistic Fiction Historical Fiction Fantasy Etc…

2nd Grade Literacy LinksFrom Far Away

More ways to use this book:

Literacy – o Genre – Realistic Non-Fictiono Questioning/Inferenceo Visualization o 6 Traits – Voice o Writer’s Workshop – Personal Narrative, Letter

Writing

Character Education

Caring Patience Cooperation Integrity Perseverance Friendship Resourcefulness

Patience Pride Courage Effort Truthfulness Responsibility No-Put Downs Curiosity

2nd Grade Character Ed. LinkFrom Far Away

Character Education: Courage

aMaze / Curriculum Link Lesson Plan

Read the book and have the discussion as intended by the Families All Matter project

THEN

Use the book as curricular supplement