Alignment to Standards for MA
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.SS.1. | Identify temporal sequences such as days, weeks, months, years, and seasons. Use correctly words and phrases related to time (now, in the past, in the future) and recognize the existence of changing historical periods (other times, other places).(H) |
| 5-Mar | E&S:3-5.9. | Differentiate between weather and climate. |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.1 | Classify plants and animals according to the physical characteristics that they share. |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.11 | energy derived from the sun is used by plants to produce sugars (photosynthesis) and is transferred within a food chain from producers (plants) to consumers to decomposers. |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.2 | Identify the structures in plants (leaves, roots, flowers, stem, bark, wood) that are responsible for food production, support, water transport, reproduction, growth, and protection. |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.5 | observed characteristics of plants and animals that are fully inherited (e.g., color of flower, shape of leaves, color of eyes, number of appendages) and characteristics that are affected by the climate or environment (e.g., browning |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.6 | adaptations to changes in the environment that enable organisms to survive, e.g., shape of beak or feet, placement of eyes on head, length of neck, shape of teeth, color. |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.8 | organisms meet needs in an environment by using behaviors in response to information (stimuli) received from the environment. |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.9 | Recognize that many plants and animals can survive harsh environments because of seasonal behaviors |
| 5-Mar | PS:3-5.1 | Differentiate between properties of objects (e.g., size, shape, weight) and properties of materials (e.g., color, texture, hardness). |
| PK-2 | E&S:PK-2.3. | Describe the weather changes from day to day and over the seasons. |
| PK-2 | E&S:PK-2.5. | Identify some events around us that have repeating patterns, including the seasons of the year, day and night. |
| PK-2 | LS:PK-2.4 | Describe ways in which many plants and animals closely resemble their parents in observed appearance. |
| PK-2 | LS:PK-2.7 | changes in appearance that animals and plants go through as the seasons change. |
| PK-2 | PS:PK-2.1 | Sort objects by observable properties such as size, shape, color, weight, and texture. |
