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Next Generation Science Standards

3^rd – 5^th Grades

K-LS1-1  Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

K-ESS3-1  Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

K-2-ETS1-1  Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.

4-LS1-1  Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that functions to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

 

National Health Education Standards

PreK-2nd Grade

1.2.1  Identify that healthy behaviors impact personal health.

1.2.2  Recognize that there are multiple dimensions of health.

1.2.5  Describe why it is important to seek health care.

2.2.1  Identify how the family influences personal health practices and behaviors.

2.2.2  Identify what the school can do to support personal health practices and behaviors.

3.2.1 Identify trusted adults and professionals who can help promote health.

3.2.2 Identify ways to locate school and community health helpers.

4.2.2 Demonstrate listening skills to enhance health.

5.2.1  identify situations when a health-related decision is needed.

5.2.2  Differentiate between situations when a health-related decision can be made individually or when assistance is needed.

6.2.2  Identify who can help when assistance is needed to achieve a personal health goal.

 

3^rd – 5^th Grades

1.5.5  Describe when it is important to seek health care.

3.5.1  Identify characteristics of valid health information, products, and services.

3.5.2  Locate resources from hoe school and community that provide valid health information. 

4.5.1  Demonstrate effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to enhance health.

5.5.1  Identify health-related situations that might require a thoughtful decision.

5.5.2  Analyze when assistance is needed in making a health-related decision.

5.5.3  List healthy options to health-related decisions.

5.5.4  Predict the potential outcomes of each option when making a health-related decision.

5.5.5  Choose a healthy option when making a decision.

5.5.6  Describe the outcomes of a health-related decision.

8.5.1  Express opinions and give accurate information about health issues.

8.5.2  Encourage others to make positive health choices.

 

Common Core Standards-English Language Arts

Kindergarten 

RL-K1  With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

RL-K2  With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

RL-K3  With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

RL-K4  Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

RL-K7  With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g. what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

RL-K9  With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.

RL-K10  Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

W-K.2.  Use combination of drawing, dictation, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. 

W-K.3  Use a combination of drawing,, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.

W-K.5  With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

W-K.8  With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

SL- K.1  Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

1. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g. listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).
2. Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.

SL-K.4  Describe familiar people, places, things, and events, and with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

SL-K.5  Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.

SL-K.6  Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

 

1^st Grade

RL-1.1  Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

RL-1.2  Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding o their central massage or lesson.

RL-1.3  Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

RL-1.4  Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

RL-1.7  Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

RL-1-9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

W-1.1  Write opinion pieces I which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion and provide some sense of closure.

W-1.2  Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

W-1.3  Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

W-1.5  With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

W-1.8  With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

SL-1.1  Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

1. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g. listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
2. Build on others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.
3. Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.

SL-1.4  Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

SL-1.5  Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thought, and feelings.

SL-1.6  Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation. 

 

2nd Grade

Rl-2.1  Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why and how to demonstrate understanding or key details in a text.

RL-2.3  Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

RL-2.5  Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

RL-2.7  Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters setting, or plot.

W-2.1  Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g. because, and also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

W-2.2  Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

W-2. 3  Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

W-2.5  With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

W-2.8  Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

SL-2.1  Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

1.  Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g. gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
2. Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.
3. Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.

SL-2.4  Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

SL-2.6  Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. 

 

 

3rd Grade

RL-3.1  Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answer.

RL-3.3  Describe characters in a story (e.g. their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

RL-3.4  Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

RL-3.7  Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g. create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).

W-3.1  Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

1. Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
2. Provide reasons that support the opinion.
3. Use linking words and phrases (e.g. because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.
4. Provide a concluding statement or section.

W-3.2  Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

1. Introduce a topic and group related information together, include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
2. Develop the topic with facts definitions, and details.
3. Use linking words, and phrases (e.g. also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
4. Provide a concluding statement or section.

W-3.3  Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

1. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
2. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thought, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
3. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
4. Provide a sense of closure.

W-3.4  With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.

W-3.5  With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

W-3.10  Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

SL-3.1  Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

1. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
2. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g. gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
3. Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.
4. Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.

SL-3.4  Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.

SL-3.6  Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.

 

4^th Grade

RL-4.1  Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

RL-4.3  Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g. a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

RL-4.7  Make connections between the text of a story or drama and visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.

W-4.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

1. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
2. Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
3. Link opinion and reasons using words and phrases (e.g. instance in order to, in addition).
4. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.

W-4.2  Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

1. Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting, illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
2. Develop the topic with facts definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
3. Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g. another, for example, also, because).
4. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
5. Provide a concluding statement or section relate to the information or explanation presented.

W-4.3  Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive detail, and clear event sequences.

1. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
2. Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
3. Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
4. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
5. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

W-4.4  Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

W-4.5  With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.\

W-4.8  Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.

W-4.10  Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

SL-4.1  Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

1. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
2. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles.
3. Poise and respond to specific question to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others.
4. Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own idea and understanding in light of the discussion.

SL-4.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

SL-4.6  Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g. presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g. small-group discussions ); use formal English when appropriate to task and situation.