Alignment to Standards for VA
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.5b | animal characteristics:body coverings, body shape, appendages, and methods of movement) |
| 1 | SC-1.5c | animal characteristics. Key concepts include other characteristics (wild/tame, water homes/land homes). |
| 2 | GEO-2.4c | comparing the climate, land, and plant life of these regions; |
| 2 | GEO-2.5a | locating the equator, the seven continents, and the four oceans on maps and globes; |
| 2 | SC-2.8c | Plants importance Key concepts include plants provide homes and food for many animals and prevent soil from washing away. |
| 3 | GEO-3.6 | The student will interpret geographic information from maps, tables, graphs, and charts. |
| 3 | MA-3.16 | identify equivalent periods of time, including relationships among days, months, and years, as well as minutes and hours. |
| 3 | SC-3.4a | animal adaptations: methods of gathering and storing food, finding shelter, defending themselves, and rearing young; |
| 3 | SC-3.4b | animal adaptations: hibernation, migration, camouflage, mimicry, instinct, and learned behavior. |
| 3 | SC-3.6b | environments Key concepts include dry-land environments (desert, grassland, rain forest, and forest environments) |
| 3 | SC-3.8a | Key concepts include patterns of natural events (day and night, seasonal changes, phases of the moon, and tides); and |
| 4 | SC-4.5a | plants and animals in an ecosystem Key concepts include behavioral and structural adaptations; |
| K | GEO-K.4 | simple maps and globes to develop an awareness that a map is a drawing of a place to show where things are located and that a globe is a round model of the Earth; |
| K | MA-K.9 | tell time to the hour, using an analog or digital clock. |
| K | SC-K.8a | simple patterns in daily life. Key concepts include weather observations; |
