Let's Play: Pizzeria!

Ages 3–7 · 12 minutes · Stories

Let's Play! Students will use their imagination to engage in a play date with a new friend! They will pretend to be Pizza chefs and more!

Let's Play! Students will use their imagination to engage in a play date with a new friend! In this lesson, they will pretend to be Pizza chefs, tell jokes and more!
This is fun for all ages!

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Let's Play!

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

D2.Eco.3.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Describe the skills and knowledge required to produce certain goods and services.
D2.Eco.4.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Describe the goods and services that people in the local community produce and those that are produced in other communities.

Alabama

ELA21.K.1 — Actively listen and speak using agreed-upon rules for discussion, with guidance and support.
ELA21.K.1d — Listen to others and take turns speaking, carrying on a conversation through multiple exchanges.
ELA21.K.17 — With guidance and support, orally utilize new academic, content-specific, grade-level vocabulary and relate new words to prior knowledge.
ELA21.K.R1 — Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.
ELA21.K.19 — Ask and answer questions about unfamiliar words in discussions and/or text.

Alaska

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events, and with prompting and support, provide additional related details.

Arizona

K.SL.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
K.SL.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
K.SL.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
K.L.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
K.SL.6 — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

Arkansas

K.CC.1.OL — Participate in collaborative conversations.
H.1.K.1 — Discuss a sequence of events using chronological terms such as first, next, last, before, after. Sequence of events may include: • Daily classroom activities • Significant events in students’ lives • Typical day in the life of the student
K.RC.4.RF — Build general and academic vocabulary and background knowledge of age and grade-appropriate topics through discussion, reading, and writing.

California

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Colorado

RWC20-GR.PS-S.1-GLE.2-EO.e — Practice asking questions and making statements.
RWC20-GR.PS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.f — Retell stories or information from books through conversation, artistic works, creative movement, or drama.
RWC20-GR.PS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.h — Begin to identify key features of reality versus fantasy in stories, pictures, and events.

Connecticut

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Delaware

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).

Florida

SS.K.E.1.1 — Describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools or equipment used.
SC.K.P.9.1 — Recognize that the shape of materials such as paper and clay can be changed by cutting, tearing, crumpling, smashing, or rolling.
SC.K2.CS-CP.2.2 (Discontinued after 2024-2025) — Perform a simple task (e.g., making a sandwich and brushing teeth) breaking it into small steps.

Georgia

ELAGSEKSL1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
ELAGSEKSL1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
ELAGSEKL6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
ELAGSEKSL4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
ELAGSEKSL6 — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

Hawaii

K.SL.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
K.L.5c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
K.SL.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
SS.K.1.7.3 — Compare roles and responsibilities of self and others at home, at school, and in neighborhood settings

Idaho

K.ODC.OC.1 — Engage in collaborative discussions about grade-level topics and texts with peers by following agreed upon rules for discussions; listening to others and taking turns speaking through at least two exchanges.
1.ODC.OC.1 — Engage in collaborative discussions about grade-level topics and texts with peers by listening to others closely, taking turns speaking through multiple exchanges, and asking questions to clear up any confusion.

Illinois

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Indiana

K.CC.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations about grade-appropriate topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. (E)
K.CC.3 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. (E)
K.E.2 — Identify and describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools or equipment used in these jobs. (E)
K.H.3 — Identify events and place events in a sequence. (E)

Iowa

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
SL.K.6 — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly when retelling familiar stories or reciting poems, nursery rhymes or lines of a play.

Kansas

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about Kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
SL.K.7.c — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).

Kentucky

L.K.4.c — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
K.I.CC.4 — Use listening skills to decide on and take action in their classrooms.

Louisiana

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
SL.K.6 — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Maine

Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.1.K.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
R.4.K.a — Ask and answer questions with prompting and support about who, what, when, where, and how.
SL.2.K.b — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, gather information, or clarify something that is not understood.
SL.4.K.a — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
SL.3.K.a — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Maryland

SL.PK 1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about pre-kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.PK 1.b — During scaffolded conversations, continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.PK 4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with modeling and support.
L.PK.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note objects in the classroom that are small).
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Massachusetts

SL.PK.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners during daily routines and play.
K.T3.3 — Put events from their personal lives, observations of the natural world, and from stories and informational texts read or read aloud in temporal order, using words and phrases relating to chronology and time, including: a. Sequential actions: first, next, last; b. Chronology and time: now, then, long ago, before, after, morning, afternoon, night, today, tomorrow, yesterday, last or next week, last or next month, last or next year.
K.T4.1 — With prompting and support, describe some things people do when they work inside and outside of the home, drawing on personal experience, literature, and informational texts.
L.PK.4 — Ask and answer questions about the meanings of new words and phrases introduced through books, activities, and play.
W.PK.1 — Dictate words to express a preference or opinion about a topic (e.g., “I would like to go to the fire station to see the truck and meet the firemen.”).

Michigan

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
SL.K.6 — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

Minnesota

0.3.1.1.c — Exchange ideas in storytelling, discussion and collaboration, with intentional inclusion of voices of Dakota and Anishinaabe people and other perspectives: follow sequence of a story or discussion or steps in a process.
0.2.2.2 — Share personal perspective, identity and voice, verbally or visually.

Missouri

K.SL.1.A.b — continuing a conversation through multiple exchanges
K.SL.3.A.b — continuing a conversation through multiple exchanges
K.SL.4.A.a — describing personal experiences using a prop, picture, or other visual aid
K.SL.1.A.c — following one-step instructions, according to classroom expectations

Montana

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Nebraska

LA.K.SL.1 — With prompting and support, participate with peers and adults in structured discussions and routines about Kindergarten topics and texts.
LA.K.SL.2 — With prompting and support, describe familiar people, places, things, and events, and provide additional detail.
LA.K.SL.1.e — Complete a task following one/two-step directions.
LA.1.SL.1 — Participate with peers and adults in structured discussions and routines about 1st grade topics and texts.

Nevada

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

New Hampshire

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
SS.EC.2.1.2 — Describe the steps and materials needed to make a product, e.g., milk or crayons. (Themes: D: Material Wants and Needs, G: Science, Technology, and Society)

New Jersey

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

New Mexico

SL.K.NM.4 — With prompting and support: role play; make predictions; and follow oral and graphic instructions.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

New York

PKL4 — Explore and use new vocabulary in child-centered, authentic, play-based experiences.
PKSL1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse peers and adults in small and large groups and during play.
KSL1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse peers and adults in small and large groups and during play.
PKL6 — Use words and phrases acquired through language rich experiences, conversations, reading and being read to, responding to texts, and child-centered, play-based experiences.

North Carolina

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.

North Dakota

K.C.2 — Speak audibly to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas.
K.C.6 — Participate in conversations by listening to others and taking turns speaking.
K.C.1 — Describe personal interests or tell stories orally to a targeted audience (e.g., peers and adults).
K.C.4 — Use grade-appropriate, conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases.
K.C.7 — Work collaboratively by following agreed-upon rules and simple one- and two-step oral directions.

Ohio

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with diverse partners in small and larger groups.
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Oklahoma

PK.1.S.2 — Students will engage in collaborative discussions about various topics and texts, including their own writing, with peers and adults in small and large groups with prompting.
PK.1.S.3 — Students will ask and answer questions with prompting.
PK.1.L.2 — Students will follow simple one-step oral directions.
PK.1.S.4 — Students will orally describe personal interests or tell stories to peers and adults with prompting.
PK.4.R.3 — Students will begin to acquire new vocabulary and relate new words to prior knowledge.

Oregon

K.SL.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
K.SL.1b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
K.13 — Understand that events happen in a sequential order.
K.SL.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
K.SL.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Pennsylvania

CC.1.4.PK.T — With guidance and support from adults and peers, respond to questions and suggestions, add details as needed.
CC.1.5.PK.A — Participate in collaborative conversations with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
CC.1.5.PK.D — Using simple sentences, share stories, familiar experiences, and interests, speaking clearly enough to be understood by most audiences.
CC.1.2.PK.J — Use new vocabulary and phrases acquired in conversations and being read to.
CC.1.4.PK.W — With guidance and support, recall information from experiences or books.
CC.1.5.PK.C — Respond to what a speaker says in order to follow directions, seek help, or gather information.

Rhode Island

L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

South Carolina

ELA.K.C.8.1 — Participate with peers and adults in structured discussions and routines about grade-appropriate topics and texts: a. enter a conversation by greeting, taking turns, and responding to others with statements, phrases, and/or questions; and b. consider the ideas of others while engaging in conversations.
ELA.K.C.9.1 — Ask and answer questions in conversation on a topic.
ELA.K.OE.4 — Collaborate with others and use active listening skills.
ELA.K.C.7.1 — Present information orally in a logical order of events using conjunctions and temporal words (e.g., before, after).

South Dakota

K.SL.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
K.SL.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
K.L.6 — Use vocabulary acquired through conversations, reading, and learning experiences, to ask questions and convey ideas.
K.SL.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events. With prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Tennessee

K.SL.CC.1 — Participate with varied peers and adults in collaborative conversations in small or large groups about appropriate Kindergarten topics.
K.SL.PKI.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events, and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
K.FL.SC.6.c — Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs when speaking and in shared language activities.
K.FL.VA.7.b.iii — Make real-life connections between words and their use.

Texas

K.14B — use social studies terminology related to time and chronology correctly, including before, after, next, first, last, yesterday, today, and tomorrow;
K.1E — develop social communication such as introducing himself/herself, using common greetings, and expressing needs and wants.
K.6A — identify jobs in the home, school, and community; and
1.9C — discuss elements of drama such as characters and setting;

Utah

P4.SL.1 — Participate in conversations with peers and adults, using ageappropriate vocabulary on topics and texts.
P4.SL.1.c — Express own ideas.
K.2.1.b — Demonstrate positive relationships through play and friendship.
P4.SL.1.a — Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions such as listening to others, staying on topic, and taking turns speaking.
P4.SL.2 — Speak clearly and audibly in sentences of varying lengths to communicate wants, needs, experiences, thoughts, and emotions.
P4.W.4.a — Recall information from experiences or learned information and share it with others.

Vermont

D2.Eco.3.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Describe the skills and knowledge required to produce certain goods and services.
D2.Eco.4.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Describe the goods and services that people in the local community produce and those that are produced in other communities.

Virginia

K.C.1.A — Participate in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on kindergarten topics and texts. This includes:
K.C.2.D — Retell, create, and dictate stories, rhymes, poems, and events in sequential order using drama, props, and/or pictures indicating first, next and last events in a story.
K.C.1.A.i — Participate in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on kindergarten topics and texts. This includes listening actively and following agreed-upon rules for participating in discussions (e.g., waiting for a turn to speak without unnecessary interruptions and staying on topic).
K.C.1.A.ii — Participate in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on kindergarten topics and texts. This includes respectfully building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
K.C.2.A — Describe personal experiences using complete sentences.

Washington

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Washington, D.C.

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

West Virginia

Explain what roles people play in a community.
ELA.PK.WR.EW.4 — Use functional print in play.
SS.1.8 — Demonstrate the exchange of goods and services.

Wisconsin

ELA.K.SL.4 — With guidance and support, describe familiar people, places, things, and events.
ELA.1.SL.1.b — Build on others' talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.
ELA.K.L.3.d — Connect common words to real life (e.g., colorful).
ELA.K.L.3.e — Act out shades of meanings with verbs (e.g., strut, skip).

Wyoming

SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.