Alignment to Standards for VA
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MA-1.2 | sort and classify concrete objects according to one or more attributes, including color, size, shape, and thickness. |
| 1 | MA-1.3 | count forward by ones, fives, and tens to 100, by twos to 20, and backward by ones from 20. |
| 1 | SC-1.1c | objects or events are classified and arranged according to attributes or properties; |
| 1 | SC-1.4a | plants characteristics. Key concepts include needs (food, air, water, light, and a place to grow); |
| 1 | SC-1.4b | plants characteristics. Key concepts include parts (seeds, roots, stems, leaves, blossoms, fruits); and |
| 1 | SC-1.4c | plants characteristics. Key concepts include characteristics (edible/non-edible, flowering/non-flowering, evergreen/deciduous). |
| 1 | SC-1.5b | animal characteristics:body coverings, body shape, appendages, and methods of movement) |
| 1 | SC-1.7a | Seasonal changes: Key concepts include how temperature, light, and precipitation bring about changes in plants (growth, budding, falling leaves, and wilting); |
| 1 | SC-1.7b | Seasonal changes: Key concepts include how temperature, light, and precipitation bring about changes in animals (behaviors, hibernation, migration, body covering, and habitat); and |
| 1 | SC-1.7c | Seasonal changes: Key concepts include how temperature, light, and precipitation bring about changes in people (dress, recreation, and work). |
| 1 | SC-1.8a | natural resources Key concepts include identification of natural resources (plants and animals, water, air, land, minerals, forests, and soil); |
| 1 | SC-1.8b | natural resources Key concepts include factors that affect air and water quality |
| 2 | SC-2.5a | living things are part of a system. Key concepts include living organisms are interdependent with their living and nonliving surroundings; and |
| 2 | SC-2.5b | living things are part of a system. Key concepts include habitats change over time due to many influences. |
| 2 | SC-2.7a | Seasonal changes: Key concepts include effects on growth and behavior of living things (migration, hibernation, camouflage, adaptation, dormancy); and |
| 2 | SC-2.8a | Plants importance Key concepts include important plant products (fiber, cotton, oil, spices, lumber, rubber, medicines, and paper); |
| 2 | SC-2.8c | Plants importance Key concepts include plants provide homes and food for many animals and prevent soil from washing away. |
| 3 | SC-3.10a | Key concepts include the interdependency of plants and animals; |
| 3 | SC-3.11c | sources of energy. Key concepts include fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) and wood; and |
| 3 | SC-3.11d | sources of energy. Key concepts include renewable and nonrenewable energy resources. |
| 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-4.5b | plants and animals in an ecosystem Key concepts include organization of communities; |
| 4 | SC-4.8b | Virginia natural resources. Key concepts include animals and plants; |
| 4 | SC-4.8d | Virginia natural resources. Key concepts include forests, soil, and land. |
| K | MA-K.17 | sort and classify objects according to similar attributes (size, shape, and color). |
| K | MA-K.2a) | tell how many are in the set by counting the number of items orally; |
| K | MA-K.2b) | select the corresponding numeral from a given set; and |
| K | MA-K1 | The student, given two sets containing 10 or fewer concrete items, will identify and describe one set as having more, fewer, or the same number of members as the other set, using the concept of one-to-one correspondence. |
| K | SC-K.1e | conduct investigations in which a set of objects is separated into two groups based on a single physical attribute; |
| K | SC-K.4a | Key concepts include colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), white, and black; |
| K | SC-K.4c | physical properties. Key concepts include textures (rough/smooth) and feel (hard/soft); |
| K | SC-K.8a | simple patterns in daily life. Key concepts include weather observations; |
| K | SC-K.8b | Key concepts include the shapes and forms of many common natural objects including seeds, cones, and leaves; |
| K | SC-K.9a | change over time Key concepts include natural and human-made things may change over time |
| K | SC-K.9b | change over time Key concepts include changes can be noted and measured. |
