Alignment to Standards for AK
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | MEA-8. | ordering the months of the year (M2.1.1) |
| 3 | M10.1.1 | Apply mathematical skills and processes to literature. |
| 3 | SC1.2 | describing how some traits (e.g., claws, teeth, camouflage) of living organisms have help |
| 3 | SC2 | structure, function, behavior, development, life cycles, and diversity of living organisms. |
| 3 | SC2.1 | sorting animals and plants into groups based on appearance and behaviors |
| 3 | SC2.2 | observing and comparing external features of plants and of animals that may help them grow, survive, and reproduce |
| 3 | SC3.1 | an understanding that all organisms are linked to each other and their physical environments through the transfer and transformation of matter and energy by identifying and sorting examples of living and non-living things in the local environment (L) |
| 3 | SC3.2 | all organisms are linked to each other and their physical environments: a simple food chain of familiar plants and animals (L) |
| 3 | SD2 | forces that shape the structure, composition, and physical history of the Earth. |
| 3 | SD3.1 | an understanding of cycles influenced by energy from the sun and by Earthês position and motion in our solar system by using recorded weather patterns (e.g., temperature, cloud cover, or precipitation) to make reasonable predictions (L) |
| 4 | G-7 | understanding of position and direction by describing the relative location of places or objects on a map using compass directions of north, south, east, or west (L) (M5.2.6) |
| 4 | SC2 | understanding of the structure, function, behavior, development, life cycles, and diversity of living organisms. |
| 4 | SC2.2 | an understanding of the structure, function, behavior, development, life cycles, and diversity of living organismscharacteristics and requirements of living things |
| 4 | SC3.1 | an understanding that all organisms are linked to each other and their physical environments through the transfer and transformation of matter and energy by identifying examples of living and non-living things and the relationship between them (e.g., livi |
| 4 | SC3.2 | all organisms are linked to each other and their physical environments: diagram how energy flows through a simple food chain |
| 4 | SD2 | origins, ongoing processes, and forces that shape the structure, composition, and physical history of the Earth. |
| 4 | SD2.2 | forces that shape Earth: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, landslides, and avalanches) of rapid changes on the surface |
| 5 | SC2.1 | an understanding of the structure, function, behavior, development, life cycles, and diversity of living organisms by identifying and sorting animals into groups using basic external and internal features |
| 5 | SC3 | understanding that all organisms are linked to each other and their physical environments through the transfer and transformation of matter and energy. (food webs, habitats) |
| 5 | SC3.2 | all organisms are linked to each other and their physical environments: trace the source of the energy through a food chain |
| 5 | SD2 | understanding of the origins, ongoing processes, and forces that shape the structure, composition, and physical history of the Earth. |
| 5 | SD3 | cyclical changes (seasons, tides) controlled by energy from the sun and by Earthês position and motion in our solar system. |
