Who Lives in the Woods? Informational Text. Activities

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1 = reinforces or supports the learning standard Matter: properties and Change K.P.2 Understand how objects are described based on their physical properties and how they are used. K.P.2.1 Classify objects by observable physical properties (including size, color, shape, texture, weight and flexability.) K.P.2.2 Compare the observable physical properties of different kinds of materials from which objects are made and how they are used. Structures and Functions of Living Organisms K.L.1 Compare characteristics of animals that make them alike and different from other animals and nonliving things. K.L.1.1 Compare different types of the same animal to determine individual differences withing a particuluar type of animal. K.L.1.2 Compare characteristics of living and nonliving things in terms of their (structure, growth,changes, movement, basic needs.) Geography and Environmental Literacy K.G.2 Understand the interaction between humans and the environment. K.G.2.2 Explain ways people use environmental resources for basic needs and wants. Describe and compare measurable attributes K.H.1 Understand change over time. k.h.1.1 Explain how people change over time (self and others). K.H.1.3 Explain the impact of how life events bring change (a new sibling, moving to a new house, a new job, a new school,etc.). Culture K.C.1 Understand how individuals are similar and different. K.C.1.1 Explain similarities in self and others

2 = reinforces or supports the learning standard Earth in the Universe 1.E.2 Understand the physical properties of Earth materials that make them useful in different ways. 1.E.2.1 Summarize the physical properties of Earth materials,including rocks, minerals, soils and water that make them useful in different ways. Ecosystmes 1.L.1 Understand characteristics of various environments and behaviors of humans that enable plants and animals to survive. 1.L.1.1 Recognize that plants and animals need air, water, light (plants only), space, food and shelter and that these may be found in their environment. 1.L.1.2 Give examples of how the needs of different plants and animals can be met by their environments in North Carolina or different places throughout the world Geography and Environmental Literacy 1.G.2 Understand how humans and the environment interact within the local community. 1.G.2.1 Explain ways people change the environment (planting trees,recycling, cutting down trees, building homes, building streets,etc.). 1.G G.2.2 Explain how people use natural resources in the community. Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units

3 = reinforces or supports the learning standard Geography and Environmental Literacy 2.G.2 Understand the effects of humans interacting with their environment. 2.G.2.1 Give examples of ways in which people depend on the physical environment and natural resources to meet basic needs 2.G.2.2 Explain how people positively and negatively affect the environment. Measure and estimate lengths in standard units 2.H.1 Understand how various sources provide information about the past. 2.H.1.1 Use timelines to show sequencing of events. 2.H.1.3 Compare various interpretations of the same time period using evidence such as photographs and interviews.

4 = reinforces or supports the learning standard Ecosystems 3.L.2 Understand how plants surive in their environments 3.L.2.1 Remember the function of the following sturctures as it relates to the survival of plants in their environemnts 3.L.2.2 Explain how environmental conditions determine how well plants survive and grow 3.L.2.3 Summarize the distinct stages of the life cycle of seed plants 3.H.1. Understand how events, individuals and ideas have influenced the history of local and regional communities. 3.H.1.1 Explain key historical events that occurred in the local community and regions over time

5 = reinforces or supports the learning standard Ecosystems 4.L.1 Understand the effects of environmnetal changes, adaptations and behaviors that enable animals (including humans) to survive in changing habitats. 4.L.1.1 Give examples of changes in organisms environment that are beneficial to it and some that are harmful 4.L.1.2 Explain how animals meet their needs by using behaviors in response to information received from the environment 4.L.1.3 Explain how humans can adapt their behavior to live in changing habitats (e.g., recycling wastes, establishing rain gardens, planting trees and shrubs to prevent flooding and erosion). Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.

6 = reinforces or supports the learning standard Ecosystems 5.L.2 Understand the interdependence of plants and animals with their ecosystem. 5.L.2.2 Classify the organisms within an ecosystem according to the function they serve: producers, consumers, or decomposers 5.L.2.3 Infer the effects that may result from the interconnected relationship of plants and animals to their ecosystem Matter: Properties and Change 5.P.2 Understand the interactions of matter and energy and the changes that occur. 5.P.2.3 Summarize properties of original materials, and the new material(s) formed, to demonstrate that a change has occurred Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths. Geography and Environmental Literacy 5.G.1 Understand how human activity has and continues to shape the United States. 5.G.1.2 Explain the positive and negative effects of human activity on the physical environment of the United States, past and present.

7 = reinforces or supports the learning standard Structures and Functions of Living Organisms 6.L.1 Understand the structures, processes and behaviors of plants that enable them to survive and reproduce. 6.L.1.1 Summarize the basic structures and functions of flowering plants required for survival, reproduction and defense. 6.L.1.2 Explain the significance of the processes of photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration to the survival of green plants and other organisms. Ecosystems 6.L.2 Understand the flow of energy through ecosystems and the responses of populations to the biotic and abiotic factors in their environment. 6.L.2.1 Summarize how energy derived from the sun is used by plants to produce sugars (photosynthesis) and is transferred within food chains and food webs (terrestrial and aquatic) from producers to consumers to decomposers. 6.L.2.2 Explain how plants respond to external stimuli (including dormancy and forms of tropism) to enhance survival in an environment. 6.L.2.3 Summarize how the abiotic factors (such as temperature, water, sunlight, and soil quality) of biomes (freshwater, marine, forest, grasslands, desert, Tundra) affect the ability of organisms to grow, survive and/or create their own food through photosynthesis. 6.E.2 Understand the structure of the earth and how interactions of constructive and destructive forces have resulted in changes in the surface of the Earth over time and the effects of the lithosphere on humans. 6.E.2.4 Conclude that the good health of humans requires: monitoring the lithosphere, maintaining soil quality and stewardship. 6.H.1 Use historical thinking to understand the emergence, expansion and decline of civilizations, societies and regions over time. 6.H.1 Construct charts, graphs and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues over time. 6.H.2 Understand the political, economic and/or social significance of historical events, issues, individuals and cultural groups. 6.H.2.3 Explain how innovation and/or technology transformed civilizations, societies and regions over time (e.g., agricultural technology, weaponry, transportation and communication). Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems. Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.

8 = reinforces or supports the learning standard Earth Systems, Structures and Processes 7.E.1 Understand how the cycling of matter in and out of the atmosphere relates to Earth's atmosphere, weather and climate and the effects of the atmosphere on humans 7.E.1.6 Conclude the good health of humans requires: monitoring the atmosphere, maintaining air quality and stewardship Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers. Draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them. 7.H.1 Use historical thinking to analyze various modern societies. 7.H.1.1 Construct charts, graphs, and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues over time.

9 = reinforces or supports the learning standard Earth Systems, Structures and Processes 8.L. 3 Understand how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic components of their environment. 8.L.3.1 Explain how factors such as food, water, shelter and space affect populations in an ecosystem. 8.L.3.2 Summarize the relationships among producers, consumers, and deomposers including the positive and negative consequences of such interactions 8.L.3.3 Explain how the flow of energy within food webs is interconnected with the cycling of matter Energy: Conservation and Transfer 8.P.2 Explain the environmental implications associated with the various methods of obtaining, managing, and using energy resources. 8.P.2.2 Explain the implications of the depletion of renewable and nonrenewable energy resources and the importance of conservation. 8..H.3 Understand the factors that contribute to change and continuity in North Carolina and the United States. 8.H.3.2 Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. advancements in transportation, communication networks and business practices).