Alignment to Standards for AL
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | S.Gr 1.4.) | Describe survival traits of living things, including color, shape, size, texture, and covering. |
| 1 | S.Gr 1.4.b) | developmental stages of plants and animals. Examples: plants-seed developing into seedling, seedling developing into tree; animals-piglet developing into pig, kid developing into goat, |
| 1 | S.Gr 1.4.c) | Describing a variety of habitats and natural homes of animals |
| 2 | S.Gr 2.6.) | Identify characteristics of animals, including behavior, size, and body covering |
| 2 | SS Gr 2.7b.) | Identifying positive and negative ways people affect the environment |
| 3 | S.Gr 3.12.) | specific weather phenomena, including thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. |
| 3 | S.Gr 3.12.b) | Identifying positive and negative effects of weather phenomena. Examples: positive-flooding deposits good soil when waters recede, negative-flooding kills crops |
| 3 | SS Gr 3.2c.) | Earth processes, including continental drift, erosion, natural hazards, weather, and climate |
| 3 | SS Gr 3.3a.) | Identifying ways in which humans alter the physical environment |
| 4 | S.Gr 4.5.a) | Describing behaviors and body structures that help animals survive in particular habitats Examples: behaviors-migration, hibernation, mimicry; body structures-quills, fangs, stingers, webbed feet |
| 4 | S.Gr 4.5.b) | Describing life cycles of various animals to include incomplete and complete metamorphosis: Examples: damsel fly, mealworms |
| 4 | S.Gr 4.5.d) | Identifying characteristics of organisms, including growth and development, reproduction, acquisition and use of energy, and response to the environment |
| K | S.Gr K.6.) | Compare size, shape, structure, and basic needs of living things. |
| K | S.Gr K.6.a) | Identifying similarities of offspring and their parents |
| K | S.Gr K.9.) | Identify seasons of the year. |
| K | S.Gr K.9.a) | seasonal changes in the weather |
