Alignment to Standards for VA
Grade | Number | Standard |
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1 | SC-1.5b | animal characteristics:body coverings, body shape, appendages, and methods of movement) |
1 | SC-1.5c | animal characteristics. Key concepts include other characteristics (wild/tame, water homes/land homes). |
2 | CIV-2.10c | responsibilities of a good citizen: actions that can improve the school and community; |
2 | SC-2.4a | plant and animal life cycles. Key concepts include some animals (frogs and butterflies) undergo distinct stages during their lives, while others generally resemble their parents; and |
2 | SC-2.5a | living things are part of a system. Key concepts include living organisms are interdependent with their living and nonliving surroundings; and |
2 | SC-2.5b | living things are part of a system. Key concepts include habitats change over time due to many influences. |
3 | SC-3.10a | Key concepts include the interdependency of plants and animals; |
3 | SC-3.4a | animal adaptations: methods of gathering and storing food, finding shelter, defending themselves, and rearing young; |
3 | SC-3.4b | animal adaptations: hibernation, migration, camouflage, mimicry, instinct, and learned behavior. |
3 | SC-3.5b | food chains. Key concepts include herbivore, carnivore, omnivore |
3 | SC-3.5c | food chains. Key concepts include predator and prey. |
3 | SC-3.6b | environments Key concepts include dry-land environments (desert, grassland, rain forest, and forest environments) |
3 | SC-3.8b | Key concepts include animal and plant life cycles. |
4 | SC-4.5e | Key concepts include life cycles |
4 | SC-4.8b | Virginia natural resources. Key concepts include animals and plants; |
K | CIV-K.8e | being a good citizen involves honesty, self-control, and kindness to others. |
K | SC-K.6b | basic needs plants and animals. Key concepts include plants and animals live and die (go through a life cycle); and |
K | SC-K.6c | Key concepts include offspring of plants and animals are similar but not identical to their parents and to one another. |
K | SC-K.8c | simple patterns in daily life. Key concepts include animal and plant growth |