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Places in My Neighborhood: Where I Go

Students explore the places in a neighborhood — home, school, the store, the park, the library, and the doctor — learning what people do at each one.

KindergartenCommunity30 minutes1 class periodC3 InquiryExplicit teaching4 StandardsC3 + CCSS
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name places in a neighborhood.
  • ✓Tell what people do at each.
  • ✓Find places on a simple map.
  • ✓Describe their own neighborhood.
Essential Question

Your neighborhood has lots of places you go. What are they, and what do people do at each one?

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Interactive Task
Neighborhood Map · Interactive

My Neighborhood

Project this map and tap each place. Have students tell what people do there — home, school, store, park, and more.

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The Lesson · C3 Inquiry Arc (Question · Investigate · Conclude)

30 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Big Question — Where Do You Go?

5 min

Where do you go besides home — school? the park?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask where students go.
  • List neighborhood places.
  • Set the goal: neighborhood.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name places they go.
  • Think of more.
  • Predict the idea.
2

Investigate — My Neighborhood

8 min

Students investigate.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to My Neighborhood.
  • Tap each place.
  • Tell what happens there.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each place.
  • Say what you do.
  • Name it.
3

Explore More — Places & Jobs

9 min

Explore more.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Match places to what we do.
  • Note the map shows where they are.
  • Name a favorite place.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match place to action.
  • Read the map.
  • Name a favorite.
4

Think It Through — Think It Through

8 min

Think it through.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask which place for a need (a book? a checkup?).
  • Explain the choice.
  • Describe their own street.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Pick the right place.
  • Explain it.
  • Describe home area.
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Share & Act — Share & Act

5 min

Students take action.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Have students draw a neighborhood place.
  • Share what they do there.
  • Hand out the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Draw a place.
  • Share it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies and Common Core literacy in social studies.

C3
D2.Geo.1.K-2

Construct maps, graphs, and other representations of familiar places.

C3
D2.Geo.2.K-2

Use maps and other representations to describe places in the community.

C3
D2.Geo.3.K-2

Use maps and models to identify characteristics of places.

CCSS
RI.K.1

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Place picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “At the ___, I ___.”
  • Take a neighborhood walk.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with home and school.
  • Use photos of real places.
  • Match place to action.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Draw a map of the way to school.
  • Add more neighborhood places.
  • Describe a place in detail.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Projector / board
  • 📓Journals
  • 💻My Neighborhood
  • 🗺️A simple map
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

neighborhoodthe area where you livehomewhere you liveschoolwhere you learnstorewhere you buy thingsparka place to playlibrarywhere you borrow booksmapa drawing of placescommunitypeople and places together
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Where would you go to borrow a book?
The library.
QUESTION 2
What do you do at the park?
Play, run, and have fun outside.
QUESTION 3
Name two places in a neighborhood.
Sample: home, school, store, park, library, or doctor.

Going deeper? Map your way to school.

Have students draw a simple map showing the places they pass on the way to school. A printable map page is in the Social Studies library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: community, home, library, map, neighborhood, park, school, store
  1. a place to play
  2. where you buy things
  3. where you borrow books
  4. a drawing of places
  5. where you learn
  6. the area where you live
  7. where you live
  8. people and places together

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Where would you go to borrow a book?
  2. What do you do at the park?
  3. Name two places in a neighborhood.
Answer key — Part A: 1) park · 2) store · 3) library · 4) map · 5) school · 6) neighborhood · 7) home · 8) community
Part B: 1) The library. 2) Play, run, and have fun outside. 3) Sample: home, school, store, park, library, or doctor.