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1 Standards Grade: 1 Subject: 1st 6 Weeks 2nd 6 Weeks 3rd 6 Weeks 1.1 Scientific Investigations 1.1 Scientific Investigations 1.1 Scientific Investigations 1.7 Seasonal Changes 1.5 Animal Life Needs and 1.6 Sun and Earth Characteristics 1.7 Seasonal Changes (review) Content Skills 1.1 Harcourt Unit D Chapter 2 p. 34, 38, 42, 46, Harcourt Unit D Chapter 2 D34-36 Dev. 03/ Harcourt Unit A Chapter 1 p. 4, 10, 42, 48, 54, 58, 64, 70 Unit B Chapter 1 4, 10, 14 Chapter 2 p. 26, 30, 34, Harcourt Unit A chapter 3 and Unit B Chapter 1 and See first six weeks 1.1 Harcourt Unit D Chapter 1 p. 4, 8, 12, 16 Chapter 2 D p. 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 1.6 Harcourt Unit D Chapter 2 D24-D Harcourt Unit D Chapter 2 D34-36 The student will conduct investigations in which

2 1.7 The student will investigate and understand the relationship of fall seasonal change and weather to the activities and life processes of plants and animals. Key concepts include how temperature, light, and precipitation bring about changes in Plants (growth, budding, falling leaves, and wilting); Animal behaviors (hibernation, migration, body covering, and habitat People (dress, recreation, and work). 1.5 The student will investigate and understand that animals, including people, have life needs and specific physical characteristics and can be classified according to certain characteristics. Key concepts include Life needs (air, food, water, and a suitable place to live); Physical characteristics (body coverings, body shape, appendages, and methods of movement); Other characteristics (wild/tame, water homes/land homes). 1.6 The student will investigate and understand the basic relationships between the sun and the Earth. Key concepts include The sun is the source of heat and light and warms the land, air, and water; and Night and day are caused by the rotation of the Earth. 1.7 The student will investigate and understand the relationship of winter seasonal change and weather to the activities and life processes of plants and animals. Key concepts include how temperature, light, and precipitation bring about changes in Plants (growth, budding, falling leaves, and wilting); Animal behaviors (hibernation, migration, body covering, and habitat People (dress, recreation, and work). Assessment Dev. 03/2008 2

3 Related Literature Technology Why Do Leaves Change Color Betsy Maestro The Reasons for Seasons Gail Gibbons WhenWinter Comes Robert Maass How Do Birds Find Their Way Roma Gans Sunshine Makes the Seasons Franklin Lyn Branley Animals in Winter Van Croft and VanGelder Fall Nuria Roca Fall Is Here I Love It Eileen W. Hood Heatwave Eileen Spinelli The Seasons of Arnold s Apple Tree Primary Windows on Through the Seasons with Birds: Fall. The Four Seasons Magical Mother Nature The Four Seasons Stage One: Changing Seasons Teacher Created Power point The Four Seasons Annie and the Wild Animals Jan Brett The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Paul Goble Animals Born Alive and Well Ruth Heller Baby Whales Drink Milk Barbara Juster Esbensen The Tarantula in My Purse and 172 Other Wild Pets Jean Craighead George Primary Windows on Living and Nonliving Things Animal Features and Functions Mammals What Makes Day and Night Franklin M. Branley Bear Shadow Frank Ash Daylight Nightlight Franklin M. Branley The Moon Book Gail Gibbons Wait Til The Moon Is Full Margaret Wise Brown What Makes A Shadow Clyde Robert Bulla Primary Windows on Through the Seasons with Birds: Winter Our Home in Space (sun, day/night, seasons, moon is Elementary: Let s Explore Weather and Seasons Oceans, Weather, and Climate Dev. 03/2008 3

4 Grade: 1 Subject: Standards 4th 6 Weeks 5th 6 Weeks 6th 6 Weeks 1.1 Scientific Investigations 1.1 Scientific Investigations 1.1 Scientific Investigations 1.2 Force/Motion/Sound/Simple 1.4 Plant Characteristics 1.8 Natural Resources Machines 1.7 Seasonal changes (review) 1.3 Interactions with Water Content 1.1 Harcourt Unit F Chapter 1 p. 4, 8, 12, 18, Harcourt Unit F Chapters 1 F2-F Unit E Chapter 1 E1-E See first six weeks Harcourt Unit A Chapter 2 p. 22, 28, 32 Unit B Chapter 1 4, 10, 14 Chapter 2 p. 26, 30, 34, Harcourt Chapter 2 Unit A Chapter 2 A20-A Harcourt Unit D Chapter 2 D Harcourt Unit C Chapter 1 p. 4. 8, 12 Chapter 2 p. 22, 28, 32, Harcourt Unit C Chapter 1 and 2 C 4-19 Chapter Skills Observations and data are communicated orally and with simple graphs, pictures, written statements, and numbers; Observations and data are communicated orally and with simple graphs, pictures, written statements, and numbers; Dev. 03/2008 4

5 Grade: 1 Subject: 1.2 The student will investigate and understand that moving objects exhibit different kinds of motion. Key concepts include: Objects may have straight, circular, and back-and-forth motions; Objects may vibrate and produce sound; Pushes and pulls can change the movement of an object; and The motion of objects may be observed in the manipulation of toys and in playground activities. 1.3 The student will investigate and understand how different common materials interact with water. Key concepts include: Some liquids will separate when mixed with water, but others will not; Some common solids will dissolve in water, but others will not; and Some substances will dissolve more readily in hot water than in cold water. 1.4 The student will investigate and understand that plants have life needs and functional parts and can be classified according to certain characteristics. Key concepts include Needs (food, air, water, light, and a place to grow); Parts (seeds, roots, stems, leaves, blossoms, fruits); and Characteristics (edible/nonedible, flowering/nonflowering, evergreen/deciduous). 1.7 The student will investigate and understand the relationship of spring seasonal change and weather to the activities and life processes of plants and animals. Key concepts include how temperature, light, and precipitation bring about changes in Plants (growth, budding, falling leaves, and wilting); Animal behaviors (hibernation, migration, body covering, and habitat People (dress, recreation, and work). 1.8 The student will investigate and understand that natural resources are limited. Key concepts include Identification of natural resources (plants and animals, water, air, land, minerals, forests, and soil); Factors that affect air and water quality; and Recycling, reusing, and reducing consumptions of natural resources. Dev. 03/2008 5

6 Grade: 1 Subject: Assessment Related Literature Technology Sounds All Around Wendy Pfeffer Push and Pull Patricia J. Murphy Primary Windows on First Look at Simple Machines How Things Move First Look at Sound Properties of Matter 1 and 2 The Biggest Pumpkin Ever Big Book Our Pumpkin Legend of the Poinsettia Tomie de Paola The Legend of the Little Christmas Tree Rick Osborne The Christmas Flower Gwen Ellis The Miracle of the First Poinsettia Johanne Obbenhein Night Tree Eve Bunting Evergreens are Green Susan Canizares Discovering Trees Keith Brandt Elliot The Evergreen Gene Warren Where Would I Be In An Evergreen tree Jennifer Blomgren The Tiny Seed Eric Carle The Surprise Garden Zoe Hall The Reason for a Flower Ruth Heller Primary Windows on Plant Life Cycles (includes apples and pumpkins How Plants Grow Importance of Plants to the World The Great Trash Bash Loreen Leedy The Wartville Wizard Don Madden How Green Are You? Penny Dann This Is Our Earth Laura Lee Benson Recycle! Gail Gibbons The Earth and I Frank Asch Each Living Thing Joanne Ryder Primary Windows on Taking Care of Our Earth Natural Resources Earth Day Keeping Your Community Clean Dev. 03/2008 6

7 Grade: 1 Subject: Facts and Fun: Everything is Something Plants Can Be Found Everywhere Plants A First Look Teacher Created Jeopardy on Plants/Natural Resources Dev. 03/2008 7

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