Alignment to CORE and NGSS Standards
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NGSS: 1-LS1.A: | All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow. (1-LS1-1) |
| 1 | NGSS: 1-LS1.D: | Animals have body parts that capture and convey different kinds of information needed for growth and survival. Animals respond to these inputs with behaviors that help them survive. Plants also respond to some external inputs. (senses) (1-LS1-1) |
| 1 | RL.1.4 | Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses. |
| 1 | RL.1.5 | Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, (paired fiction & For Creative Minds non-fiction) |
| 1 | RL.1.9 | Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories. (traditional stories to adaptations) |
| 2 | K-4)3.7.3 | Physical processes shape features on Earth’s surface (See also NGSS ESS2.A) |
| 2 | NGSS: 2-ESS1.C | Some events happen very quickly; others occur very slowly, over a time period much longer than one can observe. (2-ESS1-1) |
| 2 | NGSS: 2-ESS2.A | Wind and water can change the shape of the land. (2-ESS2-1) |
| 2 | NGSS: 2-ESS2.B | Maps show where things are located. One can map the shapes and kinds of land and water in any area. (2-ESS2-2) |
| 2 | NGSS: 2-ESS2.C | Water is found in the ocean, rivers, lakes, and ponds. Water exists as solid ice and in liquid form. (2-ESS2-3) |
| 2 | NGSS: 2-LS4.D | There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water. Classification (2-LS4-1) |
| 2 | NGSS: 2-PS1.B | Heating or cooling a substance may cause changes that can be observed. Sometimes these changes are reversible, and sometimes they are not. (2-PS1-4) |
| 2 | RI.2.3 | Describe the connection between scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text: Earth processes: quickly/slowly, wind/water shape land, plate tectonics, maps, water: ocean/rivers/lakes-solid or liquid, STEM: drawings, plant basic needs, seed dispersal, biodiversity, state of matter: solid/liquid, small objects make larger, heating/cooling substance causes observable change, add/subtract 100-20 mentally, equal groups for multiplication foundation, odd/even numbers, place value 3 digits, skip counting, measure length using 2 different measurements (inches/feet/yard/cm/m), compare objects by measurement, number line, time to 5 minutes, money/currency, line plot, picture graph, bar graph 4 categories, shapes/angles/number faces, divide shapes into halves, thirds, quarters, fables/folktales from diverse cultures, rhyme and rhythm, compare two/more versions same story, collective nouns |
| 2 | RI.2.4 | Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area: Earth processes: quickly/slowly, wind/water shape land, plate tectonics, maps, water: ocean/rivers/lakes-solid or liquid, STEM: drawings, plant basic needs, seed dispersal, biodiversity, state of matter: solid/liquid, small objects make larger, heating/cooling substance causes observable change, add/subtract 100-20 mentally, equal groups for multiplication foundation, odd/even numbers, place value 3 digits, skip counting, measure length using 2 different measurements (inches/feet/yard/cm/m), compare objects by measurement, number line, time to 5 minutes, money/currency, line plot, picture graph, bar graph 4 categories, shapes/angles/number faces, divide shapes into halves, thirds, quarters, fables/folktales from diverse cultures, rhyme and rhythm, compare two/more versions same story, collective nouns |
| 2 | RL.2.9 | Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (traditional adaptations). |
| 3 | L.3.6 | Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate domain-specific words and phrases: Weather prediction, weather versus climate, natural hazards, life cycles, changing environments: organisms survive/move/adapt/die, animal group behavior, inherited traits, instinct/learned behavior, extinct animals, fossils, individual advantages survival/mating, habitat survival: physical/behavioral adaptations, living things change habitats, force/motion: strength/direction/electric/magnetic, multiplication/division, unknown number m/d equation, m/d fact families, two-step word problems, place value rounding, fractions, time to minute, liquid volumes, scaled picture graph/bar graph, measurements to fractional inches, line plot, area, square units, area=multiplication/division, perimeter, shapes in different categories (rhombus/rectangle=quadrilateral), divide shapes by equal area, fables/folktales/myths from diverse cultures, compare/contrast stories from same author/series, |
| 3 | NGSS: 3-ESS2.D-1 | Scientists record patterns of the weather across different times and areas so that they can make predictions about what kind of weather might happen next. (3-ESS2-1) |
| 3 | NGSS: 3-ESS3.B | A variety of natural hazards result from natural processes. Humans cannot eliminate natural hazards but can take steps to reduce their impacts. (3-ESS3-1) |
| 3 | NGSS: 3-LS2.C | When the environment changes in ways that affect a place’s physical characteristics, temperature, or availability of resources, some organisms survive and reproduce, others move to new locations, yet others move into the transformed environment, and some die. (secondary to 3-LS4-4) |
| 3 | NGSS: 3-LS3.A | Many characteristics of organisms are inherited from their parents. (3-LS3-1 ) Other characteristics result from individuals’ interactions with the environment, which can range from diet to learning. Many characteristics involve both inheritance and environment. (3-LS3-2) |
| 3 | NGSS: 3-LS4.C | For any particular environment, some kinds of organisms survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. (3-LS4-3) |
| 3 | NGSS: 3-LS4.D | Populations live in a variety of habitats, and change in those habitats affects the organisms living there. (3-LS4-4) |
| 3 | RF.3.4a-AR/ATOS | Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. AR |
| 3 | RF.3.4a-Guided Reading | Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. Guided Reading |
| 3 | RF.3.4a-Lexile Level | Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. Lexile Level 420L - 820L |
| 3 | RF.3.4a-Reading Counts! | Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. Reading Counts! |
| 3 | RI.3.10-AR/ATOS | By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2_3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. AR |
| 3 | RI.3.10-Guided Reading | By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2_3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Guided Reading |
| 3 | RI.3.10-Lexile Level | By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2_3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Lexile Level 420L - 820L |
| 3 | RI.3.10-Reading Counts! | By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2_3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Reading Counts! |
| 3 | RI.3.3 | Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. |
| 3 | RI.3.4 | Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area: Weather prediction, weather versus climate, natural hazards, life cycles, changing environments: organisms survive/move/adapt/die, animal group behavior, inherited traits, instinct/learned behavior, extinct animals, fossils, individual advantages survival/mating, habitat survival: physical/behavioral adaptations, living things change habitats, force/motion: strength/direction/electric/magnetic, multiplication/division, unknown number m/d equation, m/d fact families, two-step word problems, place value rounding, fractions, time to minute, liquid volumes, scaled picture graph/bar graph, measurements to fractional inches, line plot, area, square units, area=multiplication/division, perimeter, shapes in different categories (rhombus/rectangle=quadrilateral), divide shapes by equal area, fables/folktales/myths from diverse cultures, compare/contrast stories from same author/series, |
| 3 | RL.3.10-AR/ATOS | By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2_3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. AR |
| 3 | RL.3.10-Guided Reading | By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2_3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Guided Reading |
| 3 | RL.3.10-Lexile Level | By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2_3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Lexile Level 420L - 820L |
| 3 | RL.3.10-Reading Counts! | By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2_3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Reading Counts! |
| 4 | L.4.6 | Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases: Rock formations show earth forces (earthquakes) and age, fossils, rainfall shapes land, rocks/soils/sediments moved by earth/water/living things, plate tectonics: location of mountain ranges/deep ocean trenches/earthquakes/volcanoes with maps to locate, Living things affect the physical characteristics of their regions, natural resources=renewable/non-renewable, natural hazards: earthquakes/tsunamis/volcanoes, plants/animals internal/external structures for growth/survival/behavior/reproduction, senses, fast-moving objects have more energy, energy moves through sound/light/electric currents, colliding objects may make sound, light transfers energy/produces heat, colliding objects change course, produce energy, wave motion, technology moves information over long distances, multiplication/division fact families with unknown numbers, factor pairs for whole numbers to 100, prime/composite numbers, number/shape patterns, multi-digit numbers/place value and compare with symbols (>,=,<), place value rounding, add/subtract multi-digit numbers, long division, fraction equivalents and comparisons, add/subtract mixed numbers like denominators, add/subtract fractions, multiply fraction by whole number, decimals, compare decimals to hundredths, measurement conversions, area/perimeter, line plot fractions, angle measurements whole numbers w protractor, points/lines/line segments/rays/angles/perpendicular/parallel lines, classify triangles, line of symmetry in two-dimensional figure, |
| 4 | NGSS: 4-ESS2.A | Rainfall helps to shape the land and affects the types of living things found in a region. Water, ice, wind, living organisms, and gravity break rocks, soils, and sediments into smaller particles and move them around. (4-ESS2-1) |
| 4 | NGSS: 4-ESS3.B | A variety of hazards result from natural processes (e.g., earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions). Humans cannot eliminate the hazards but can take steps to reduce their impacts. (4-ESS3-2) (Note: This Disciplinary Core Idea can also be found in 3.WC.) |
| 4 | NGSS: 4-LS1.D | Different sense receptors are specialized for particular kinds of information, which may be then processed by the animal’s brain. Animals are able to use their perceptions and memories to guide their actions. (4-LS1-2) |
| 4 | RI.4.3 | Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. |
| 4 | RI.4.4 | Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area: Rock formations show earth forces (earthquakes) and age, fossils, rainfall shapes land, rocks/soils/sediments moved by earth/water/living things, plate tectonics: location of mountain ranges/deep ocean trenches/earthquakes/volcanoes with maps to locate, Living things affect the physical characteristics of their regions, natural resources=renewable/non-renewable, natural hazards: earthquakes/tsunamis/volcanoes, plants/animals internal/external structures for growth/survival/behavior/reproduction, senses, fast-moving objects have more energy, energy moves through sound/light/electric currents, colliding objects may make sound, light transfers energy/produces heat, colliding objects change course, produce energy, wave motion, technology moves information over long distances, multiplication/division fact families with unknown numbers, factor pairs for whole numbers to 100, prime/composite numbers, number/shape patterns, multi-digit numbers/place value and compare with symbols (>,=,<), place value rounding, add/subtract multi-digit numbers, long division, fraction equivalents and comparisons, add/subtract mixed numbers like denominators, add/subtract fractions, multiply fraction by whole number, decimals, compare decimals to hundredths, measurement conversions, area/perimeter, line plot fractions, angle measurements whole numbers w protractor, points/lines/line segments/rays/angles/perpendicular/parallel lines, classify triangles, line of symmetry in two-dimensional figure, natural hazards), energy) |
| 4-Feb | K-4)3.14.1 | People modify the physical environment |
| 4-Feb | K-4)3.14.3 | The consequences of human modifications of the physical environment |
| 5 | K-4)3.7.1 | There are four components of Earth’s physical systems (the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere) sky, clouds, plants, soil, oceans, lakes, mountains (See also NGSS ESS2.A1) |
| 5 | L.5.6 | Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases: Sun as star, Earth/moon orbits, Earth rotation on axis, seasonal patterns, day/night patterns, shadows, sun/moon/star patterns vary by time of day/month/year, Earth systems: geosphere (rocks/soil/sediments) / hydrosphere (water/ice) / atmosphere (air) / biosphere (living things) and their interactions (shape landforms/influence climate-weather), water: ocean/glaciers/fresh percentages, human impact on Earth resources and environment (EE), food chains/webs w decomposers, impact of invasive species, cycles, state of matter: gas/weight/change, change in matter: chemical/mixtures, gravity, photosynthesis, numerical expressions: parenthesis/brackets/braces/symbols, number patterns two rules, multiplying numbers by 10 moving decimals, decimals to thousandths, compare decimals, add/subtract/multiply/divide decimals, add/subtract fractions unlike denominators/mixed numbers, area with fractions, convert measurements, line plot fractions, volume, cubic measurements, coordinate grid, metaphors/similes |
| 5 | NGSS: 5-ESS2.A | Earth’s major systems are the geosphere (solid and molten rock, soil, and sediments), the hydrosphere (water and ice), the atmosphere (air), and the biosphere (living things, including humans). These systems interact in multiple ways to affect Earth’s surface materials and processes. |
| 5 | NGSS: 5-ESS2.C | Nearly all of Earth’s available water is in the ocean. Most fresh water is in glaciers or underground; only a tiny fraction is in streams, lakes, wetlands, and the atmosphere. (5-ESS2-2) |
| 5 | RI.5.3 | Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. |
| 5 | RI.5.4 | Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area. Sun as star, Earth/moon orbits, Earth rotation on axis, seasonal patterns, day/night patterns, shadows, sun/moon/star patterns vary by time of day/month/year, Earth systems: geosphere (rocks/soil/sediments) / hydrosphere (water/ice) / atmosphere (air) / biosphere (living things) and their interactions (shape landforms/influence climate-weather), water: ocean/glaciers/fresh percentages, human impact on Earth resources and environment (EE), food chains/webs w decomposers, impact of invasive species, cycles, state of matter: gas/weight/change, change in matter: chemical/mixtures, gravity, photosynthesis, numerical expressions: parenthesis/brackets/braces/symbols, number patterns two rules, multiplying numbers by 10 moving decimals, decimals to thousandths, compare decimals, add/subtract/multiply/divide decimals, add/subtract fractions unlike denominators/mixed numbers, area with fractions, convert measurements, line plot fractions, volume, cubic measurements, coordinate grid, metaphors/similes |
| K | K-4)3.16.3 | The sustainable use of resources in daily life |
| K | NGSS: K-ESS3.A1 | Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. (K-ESS3-1) |
| K | NGSS: K-ESS3.C | Things that people do to live comfortably can affect the world around them. But they can make choices that reduce their impacts on the land, water, air, and other living things. (K-ESS3-3) |
| K | NGSS: K-LS1.C | All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow. (K-LS1-1) |
| K | RL.K.9 | With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. (traditional stories to adaptations) |
| K, 2 | K-4)3.4.2 | Places have physical and human characteristics (climate, ecosystems around the world) |
| K, 2 | K-4)3.8.1 | The components of ecosystems: biodiversity, soil, climate |
| K, 2 | K-4)3.8.2 | The characteristics of ecosystems: specific types of plants, climate, and soil found in specific ecosystems (rainforest, desert, decidious forest, etc.) |
| K, 2 | K-4)3.8.3 | The characteristics of biomes (large region of ecosystems with similar climate and vegetation characteristics: deserts, grasslands, savannahs, temperate forests, tropical forests, arctic tundra) |
| K-4 | K-4)3.1.2 | Geospatial data are connected to locations on Earth’s surface |
| K-4 | K-4)3.1.3 | The interpretation of geographic representations |
| K-4 | K-4)3.3.3 | Models are used to represent features of human and/or physical systems |
| K-5 | Dewey 551.3 | 551.3 |
