Kindergarten

"The learner will . . ." || **Standard(s)** || **No. of Days** || **Vocabulary Terms** || **Resources** || **Student Learning Activities** || **Assessment** || **Language Arts Standard(s)** || SC2.1.1.b Conduct simple investigations SC2.1.1.c Select and use simple tools appropriately SC2.1.1.d Describe objects, organisms, or events using pictures, words, and numbers SC2.1.1.e Collect and record observations SC2.1.1.f Use drawings and words to describe and share observations with others SC2.1.1.g Use appropriate mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry || Year long || observation prediction scientist teamwork ||  ||   ||   ||   || Lsn1 || observe and identify objects in the sky || SC2.4.1.a Identify objects in the sky (the Sun, the Moon, the stars) and when they are observable || 3-5 || day night sun moon stars || flashlight globe drawing paper crayons || Activity Card 20 || Informal assessment Conversation Child's responses || LA0.1*Read-Alouds (ie:How Many Stars in Sky? By Lenny Hort Galaxies, Galaxies by Gail Gibbons)  *Nightime Paintings/Art Work  *Day and Night worksheet <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> *StarLab || Lesson 1 || observe simple patterns of change on Earth || SC2.4.3.b Observe and describe simple daily changes in weather || 3-5 || weather air sky rainy snowy windy sunny cloudy foggy || crayons recording sheet scissors glue || Activity Card 28 Daily Observation || Informal assessment Conversation Child's responses || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">*calendar/opening activities <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> *weather graph <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> *sky collage (cloud pictures, pD17)) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> *weather puppets (drama center, pD17) || Unit E Lesson 1-2 Unit F Lesson 3 Lesson 5 || observe and describe properties of objects and their behaviors || SC2.2.1.a Observe physical properties of objects (freezing and melting, sinking and floating, color, size, texture, shape, weight) || 15-20 || senses see hear taste smell touch object size weight sink float freeze melt || 5 Senses Activity materials various objects bag/box 2 pans crayon balance tub of water various objects labels ice tray paper towel paper || Activity Card 1-5 Activity Card 35 Activity Card 36 Activity Card 44 Activity Card 46 || Informal assessment Conversation Child's responses || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">*Jack and Jill sink and float experiment <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> *Materials Collage (art center, E17) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> *Attribute blocks <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> *Silly Sock Day <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> *Five senses activities/materials || Unit E Lesson 1-2 || observe and describe properties of objects and their behaviors || SC2.2.1.b Separate and sort objects by physical attributes || 10-15 || color shape size rough smooth hard soft object material size weight || various objects bag/box 2 pans crayon balance || Activity Card 1, 5 Activity Card 35 Activity Card 36 || Informal assessment Conversation Child's responses || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">*Attribute blocks <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> *Five senses activities/materials || Chapter 6 || observe and describe properties of objects and their behaviors || SC2.2.1.c Measure objects using standard and non-standard units ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || Measure objects using standard and non-standard units MA 0.2.5.c <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SC2.1.1.g <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use appropriate mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry  || Lesson 6 || compare relative position and motion of objects || SC2.2.2.a State location and/or its surroundings(in front of, behind, between, over, under, faster, slower, forward and backward, up and down) || 6-10 || front behind between over under in out above below left right || blocks a divider cans various objects yarn or string recording paper table || Activity Cards 37 Activity Cards 40 || Informal assessment Conversation Child's responses ||  || Lesson 1 || investigate the characteristics of living things || SC2.3.1.a Differentiate between living and nonliving things || 3-5 || living nonliving plant animal || various objects or pictures of living and nonliving items || Activity Card 6 || Informal assessment Conversation Child's responses || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">*Collage of living and nonliving <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">*Charades || Lesson 4 Lesson 6 Unit B Lesson 5 || investigate the characteristics of living things || SC2.3.1.b Identify the basic needs of living things (food, water, air, space, shelter) || 10-15 || food water air shelter light soil || bowl sticks bird seed picture cards plants water labels box || Activity Card 9 Activity Card 11 Activity Card 17 || Informal assessment Conversation Child's responses || LA0.1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">*Growing plants <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> *Fiction and nonfiction books about animals and plants || Describe how offspring resemble their parents || 3-5 || life cycle || animal pictures || Activity Card 12 || Informal assessment Conversation Child's responses ||  || 004.02A5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop an understanding of the body systems, nutrition, wellness (including physical activity), and healthy living habits || varies ||  || school nurse || Daily conversation lunch routine ||  ||   ||
 * Teachers** (list)**: Brandy Muirhead, Hollie Hanna, Kim Billings, Mary Ellen Osnes, Adrianne Bailey**
 * Textbook** (title, publisher, copyright date): Harcourt Science 2002
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 * **Unit** || **Objective:**
 * Inquiry || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ask questions and conduct investigations that lead to observations and communication of findings. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SC2.1.1a Ask questions that relate to a science topic
 * Unit C
 * Unit D
 * Pre Activities
 * Pre Activities
 * See Math Standards
 * Unit E Lesson 3
 * Unit A
 * Unit A
 * Unit A Lesson 7 || recognize changes in living things || SC2.3.2a
 * Health || develop an understanding of the body systems, nutrition, wellness (including physical activity), and healthy living habits || Title 92 Chapter 10