7 3.4.4 life cycle tadpole I can draw and label the life cycle of frog. life of a frog poster Harcourt Science textbook tests Teacher made multiple/choice tests Open Response Short Answer Questions Harcourt KCCT Preparation book test and open response questions 8 3.4.3, 3.4.4 roots, stems, leaves, flowers, trunk, shrub, life cycle, bean plant I can label and describe the purpose of the parts of a plant. I can describe a trunk. I can describe a shrub. I can draw and label the life cycle of a bean plant. Harcourt Science textbook Harcourt Science workbooks KCCT Preparation booklet Discovery Education videos leaves life cycle of a plant poster Harcourt Science textbook tests Teacher made multiple/choice tests Open Response Short Answer Questions Harcourt KCCT Preparation book test and open response questions I can describe an environment.
11 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.6.1, 4.7.1 environment, habitat, adapt desert, rain forest, grassland, tundra, ocean, pond I can describe how plants and animals adapt to their habitats and meet their needs to survive. I can describe a desert. I can describe a rain forest. I can describe grasslands. I can describe a tundra. I can describe an ocean. I can describe a pond. I can identify animals that live in each habitat and describe how they meet their needs. Harcourt Science textbook Harcourt Science workbooks KCCT Preparation booklet Discovery Education videos Dioramas of habitats/ projects Harcourt Science textbook tests Teacher made multiple/choice tests Open Response Short Answer Questions Harcourt KCCT Preparation book test and open response questions 12 4.6.1, 4.7.1 food chain, food web I can draw, label and describe a food chain and a food web. Harcourt Science textbook Harcourt Science workbooks KCCT Preparation booklet Discovery Education videos Harcourt Science textbook Teacher made multiple/choice tests Open Response Short Answer Questions Harcourt KCCT Preparation book test and open response questions
15 2.3.1, 3.5.1 weathering, erosion, earthquake, volcano, landforms, bay, delta, mountains, islands boulder, mineral, soil, dinosaur, extinct, fossil I can describe the effects of weathering and erosion. I can describe what causes an earthquake and its effects. I can describe a volcano and its effects. I can describe landforms (bay, delta, mountains/islands) and what causes them to form. I can demonstrate how weathering and erosion works. I can compare and contrast rocks and minerals. I can test a minerals hardness. I can describe the contents of soil. I can describe how one soil is better for growing than other soils. I can identify things that are extinct. I can define fossil and describe how fossils formed. Harcourt Science textbook Harcourt Science workbooks KCCT Preparation booklet Discovery Education videos Demonstrate weathering and erosion: soil, plastic tub, water demonstrate a volcano, demonstrate an earthquake Hardness test: minerals, copper penny, paper clip Soil samples, hand lens Harcourt Science textbook Teacher made multiple/choice tests Open Response Short Answer Questions Harcourt KCCT Preparation book test and open response questions
17 Thanksgiving Week See Pilgrims Unit Social Studies 18 2.3.1, resource, natural resource, pollution, conservation reuse, reduce, recycle, endangered, I can identify natural resources. I can describe pollution and the effects it has on the environment. I can describe some ways to conserve natural resources and the help the environment. Harcourt Science textbook Harcourt Science workbooks KCCT Preparation booklet Discovery Education videos Barb Mullins (former Pride representative) reuse activity Harcourt Science textbook tests Teacher made multiple/choice tests Open Response Short Answer Questions Harcourt KCCT Preparation book test and open response questions 2.3.1, 2.3.2 Harcourt Science textbook Harcourt Science textbook tests
22 weather, weather pattern, season, spring, summer, fall, winter temperature, thermometer, wind, precipitation, water cycle, precipitate, evaporate, condense, drought I can describe weather and ways that it changes. I can describe the weather of the four seasons. I can use a thermometer to learn about temperature. I can identify tools used to measure wind and precipitation. I can describe precipitation. I can draw and label the water cycle. I can describe a drought and the effects it has on the environment. I can describe different kinds of storms and their effects on the environment. Harcourt Science workbooks KCCT Preparation booklet Discovery Education videos Thermometer, wind vane, rain gauge Water Cycle display in hallway by lunchroom Teacher made multiple/choice tests Open Response Short Answer Questions Harcourt KCCT Preparation book test and open response questions 23 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 4.6.4 solar system, planet, orbit, star, constellation I can identify the of the solar system. Harcourt Science textbook Harcourt Science textbook
rotate, shadow moon I can name the planets. I can define orbit. I can explain what causes day and night. I can explain why shadows change. I can explain why the moon has different phases. I can explain why the seasons and weather changes. Harcourt Science workbooks KCCT Preparation booklet Discovery Education videos paper, “star cup” flashlight chalk, globe, foam ball, foil, craft stick, Teacher made multiple/choice tests Open Response Short Answer Questions Harcourt KCCT Preparation book test and open response questions 26 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3 I can identify the forms of matter. Harcourt Science textbook Harcourt Science textbook tests
matter, property, mass, solid, liquid, gas, texture, volume, mixture I can describe different properties of matter such as color, size, and shape. I can describe how matter changes from one state to another state. (solid-liquid, liquid-solid, liquid-gas, etc.) Harcourt Science workbooks KCCT Preparation booklet Discovery Education videos jar of ziplock bag filled with air, block, balance, ruler, colored water, measuring cup, clear containers, balloons, dried fruits, seeds, gelatin cube Teacher made multiple/choice tests Open Response Short Answer Questions Harcourt KCCT Preparation book test and open response questions 27 1.2.3, 4.6.2, 4.6.3 Energy, heat, light, sound, solar energy, electricity I can identify different forms of energy. Harcourt Science textbook Harcourt Science textbook tests