Let's Play: Grocery Store!

Ages 3–7 · 16 minutes · Stories

Enjoy the trip to the Grocery Store! Choose a sandwich and a dessert, and then shop for all the ingredients!

Kids of all ages will enjoy the trip to the Grocery Store! Choose a sandwich to make and a dessert to create, shop for all the ingredients, and enjoy the treat at the end! Meet lots of friends along the way, explore all the aisles of the store, put ingredients in your cart as you go and even have a dance party!

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Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

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.
D2.Eco.5.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Identify prices of products in a local market.
ELD-SI.K-3.Narrate — Multilingual learners will… • Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning • Connect stories with images and representations to add meaning • Ask questions about what others have shared • Recount and restate ideas • Discuss how stories might end or next steps
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Alabama

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.20 — Name and sort pictures of objects into categories based on common attributes while relating vocabulary to prior knowledge and building background knowledge.
ELA21.K.21b — Use new words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to text.
ELA21.K.37a — Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create messages, lists, and labels for a drawing or illustration.
ELA21.2.3 — Demonstrate oral literacy skills by participating in a variety of oral language activities.

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.
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 related details.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

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.L.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
K.SL.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
K.SL.6 — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
K.L.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

Arkansas

K.CC.1.OL — Participate in collaborative conversations.
E.1.K.8 — Discuss examples of goods and services.
K.RC.4.RF — Build general and academic vocabulary and background knowledge of age and grade-appropriate topics through discussion, reading, and writing.
K.V.3 — Sort and categorize objects and images by concepts.

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.
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).
W.K.8 — With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Colorado

SS.P.5.1 — Identify money and its purpose.
RWC20-GR.PS-S.1-GLE.2-EO.a — Participate in conversations of more than three exchanges with peers and adults.
RWC20-GR.PS-S.1-GLE.2-EO.c — Use increasingly complex and varied vocabulary.
RWC20-GR.PS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.e — Begin to identify key features of reality versus fantasy in stories, pictures, and events.
SS.P.3.1 — Understand that individuals have many wants and must make choices.

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.
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.
W.K.8 — With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

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.
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.
W.K.8 — With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Florida

MA.K.NSO.1.3 — Identify positions of objects within a sequence using the words “first,” “second,” “third,” “fourth” or “fifth.”
SS.K.E.1.1 — Describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools or equipment used.
SS.K.G.2.1 — Locate and describe places in the school and community.
SS.K.E.1.3 — Recognize that people work to earn money to buy things they need or want.

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.SL.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
K.L.5c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
SS.K.3.10.2 — Describe differences between needs and wants

Idaho

K.ODC.OC.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with support.
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.
K.VD.WB.2d — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).
K.SS.4.3.1 — Identify individuals who are helpful to people in their everyday lives.

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.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.
W.K.8 — With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Indiana

K.CC.4 — Audibly recite poems, rhymes, and songs, and use complete sentences to describe familiar people, places, things, and events. With support, provide additional details on these topics.
K.RC.7 — Identify and sort pictures of objects into categories (e.g., colors, shapes, opposites) through oral discussions. (E)
K.E.2 — Identify and describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools or equipment used in these jobs. (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.
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.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.

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.
RI.K.12.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
SL.K.4 — Use details to describe familiar people, places, things, or events with prompting and support.
SL.K.7.a — Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs in speech.

Kentucky

K.E.MA.1 — Identify places in communities that provide goods and services.
K.E.MI.1 — Describe why people purchase goods and services.
L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
K.E.KE.1 — Explain how various jobs affect communities.

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.
L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
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.
SL.K.6 — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

Maine

Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.3.K.a — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
L.5.K.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
SL.1.K.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
SL.4.K.a — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

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 4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with modeling and support.
L.PK.5.a — With modeling and support, sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
SL.PK 1.b — During scaffolded conversations, continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
W.PK 8 — With modeling and support from adults, recall information from experiences or information from provided sources to answer a question.
SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Massachusetts

PreK.T4.2 — Buying, Selling and Trading Goods and Services - With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about buying, selling or trading something and explain how people make choices about the things they need and want.
SL.PK.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners during daily routines and play.
L.PK.4 — Ask and answer questions about the meanings of new words and phrases introduced through books, activities, and play.
PreK.T4.1 — Working - 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
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

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.
K–G2.0.1 — Identify and describe places in the immediate environment.

Minnesota

0.3.1 — Exchange ideas in discussion and collaboration, as listener, speaker and participant, A) including the voices and perspectives of Dakota and Anishinaabe people as well other perspectives, identities and cultures like and unlike their own, and B) expressing one’s own ideas, stories and experiences.
0.3.1.1.b — Exchange ideas in storytelling, discussion and collaboration, with intentional inclusion of voices of Dakota and Anishinaabe people and other perspectives: participate as a speaker and listener, and continue exchange of ideas through multiple exchanges.
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.
0.2.5.2 — Verbally or visually respond to a story, with support and guidance.

Mississippi

K.E.1.3 — Recognize monetary units.
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.
K.E.1.5 — Illustrate how money is used in daily life.
L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
K.E.1.1 — Identify different types of jobs and describe their work.

Missouri

2.E.4.A.b — Demonstrate how people use money to buy and sell goods and services.
K.SL.1.A.b — continuing a conversation through multiple exchanges
K.SL.1.A.c — following one-step instructions, according to classroom expectations
K.SL.4.A.a — describing personal experiences using a prop, picture, or other visual aid

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.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
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.1.e — Complete a task following one/two-step directions.
LA.K.SL.2 — With prompting and support, describe familiar people, places, things, and events, and provide additional detail.

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.
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.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.
W.K.8 — With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

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.
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).
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
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.
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.
W.K.8 — With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

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.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 York

PKSL1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse peers and adults in small and large groups and during play.

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.3 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, being read to, and responding to texts.

Ohio

L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with diverse partners in small and larger groups.
SL.K.6 — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
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.3 — Students will ask and answer questions with prompting.
K.N.1.3 — Use ordinal numbers to represent the position of an object in a sequence up to 10.
PK.1.S.4 — Students will orally describe personal interests or tell stories to peers and adults with prompting.

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.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
K.L.5a — Sort common objects into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
K.SL.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
K.SL.6 — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
K.6 — Give examples of different jobs performed in communities.

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.C — Respond to what a speaker says in order to follow directions, seek help, or gather information.
CC.1.2.PK.J — Use new vocabulary and phrases acquired in conversations and being read to.
CC.1.4.PK.O — With prompting and support describe experiences and events.
CC.1.2.PK.C — With prompting and support, make connections between information in a text and personal experiences.

Rhode Island

L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, activities in the kindergarten curriculum, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
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.
SSK.3.2 — Roles in the community and community citizenship Analyze the ways members of a community interact, help each other, and contribute to the community as a whole

South Carolina

ELA.K.C.9.1 — Ask and answer questions in conversation on a topic.
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.AOR.7.1 — Determine the meaning of known and unknown words and phrases, choosing from an array of strategies: a. ask and answer questions about words and phrases to determine their meaning; and b. use words and phrases acquired through conversations, being read to, and responding to texts.

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.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use.
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.01 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events within a student’s home, school, and community.
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.VA.7.b.iii — Make real-life connections between words and their use.
K.06 — Recognize and describe different types of jobs, including work done in the home, school, and community.

Texas

K.1E — develop social communication such as introducing himself/herself, using common greetings, and expressing needs and wants.
1.8C — identify examples of choices families make when buying goods and services.
K.6F — respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.
K.6A — identify jobs in the home, school, and community; and

Utah

K.4.2.d — Recognize various forms of United States coins and currency.
1.4.1.d — Explain the concept of exchanging money to purchase goods and services.
1.4.2.c — Identify choices families make when buying goods and services.
K.2.1.b — Demonstrate positive relationships through play and friendship.
1.1.2.b — Explain the roles of the people in the neighborhood (e.g., police officer, firefighter, mail carrier, grocer, mechanic, plumber, miner, farmer, doctor, and tribal leader).

Vermont

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.
D2.Eco.5.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Identify prices of products in a local market.

Virginia

2.C.2.B — Create and participate in oral language activities that include oral storytelling and dramatics.
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.A — Describe personal experiences using complete sentences.
K.RV.1.F — Use newly learned words and phrases in discussions and speaking activities.

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.
E2.K.2 — List and provide examples of goods and services.
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.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).
SL.K.1.b — Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
W.K.8 — With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

West Virginia

SS.1.8 — Demonstrate the exchange of goods and services.
SS.2.7 — Design a system that reflects the understanding of the exchange of goods and services (e.g., trading cards and classroom store).

Wisconsin

ELA.K.SL.4 — With guidance and support, describe familiar people, places, things, and events.
ELA.K.L.3.d — Connect common words to real life (e.g., colorful).
ELA.K.W.8 — With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
SS.Econ3.b.1 — Categorize types of money (e.g., coins, bills) and explain why money is used. Formulate reasons why people save.
SS.Econ4.b.1 — Classify different jobs people have and how these jobs help others. Explain what major public, private, and tribal institutions (e.g., schools, police, fire station) do for people.

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.
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.
SS2.3.1 — Give examples of and/or identify needs, wants, goods, and services.