Alignment to Standards for MS
Grade | Number | Standard |
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1 | 1)3.b. | Identify Earth landforms and bodies of water (e.g., continents, islands, peninsulas, oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds, creeks). |
1 | SS 1)3. | use social studies tools (e.g., timelines, bar graphs, pictographs, globes, school maps, etc.). (C, H, G, E) |
1 | SS 1)5.a | Identify settings of read-aloud stories as geographic locations |
2 | SS 2)3. | use social studies tools (e.g., timelines, compass, maps, globes, graphs, etc.). (C, H, G, E) |
3 | 3)3.a. | diverse life forms (including vertebrates and invertebrates) that live in different environments (e.g., deserts, tundras, forests, grasslands, taigas, wetlands) and the structures that serve different functions in their survival (e.g. |
3 | 3)3.c. | relationships between the basic needs of different organisms and discern how adaptations enable an organism to survive in a particular environment. |
3 | 3)3.e. | Recall that organisms can survive only when in environments (deserts, tundras, forests, grasslands, taigas, wetlands) in which their needs are met and interpret the interdependency of plants and animals within a food chain, including producer, consumer, d |
3 | 3)4.f.1 | Gravitational attraction of the sun |
3 | SS 3)3. | use social studies tools (e.g., timelines, maps, globes, compasses, graphs, technological resources, grids, schedules, etc.). (C, H, G, E) |
3 | SS 3)3.a | Use maps and globes to find relative and absolute locations in regard to different communities (e.g., spatial perspective, longitude, latitude, etc.). |
3 | SS 3)3.f | Identify all cardinal and intermediate directions. |
3 | SS 3)5.b | Compare/contrast animals/habitats from different countries (elephants, lions, zebras, desert, savannah, etc.). |
4 | 4)3.a.1 | Observable traits due to inherited or environmental adaptations |
4 | 4)3.c. | Compare characteristics of organisms, including growth and development, reproduction, acquisition and use of energy, and response to the environment. |
4 | 4)4.f.3 | Why a planet can be seen in different constellations (locations) at different times |
4 | SS 4)3. | use social studies tools (e.g., timelines, maps, primary sources, globes, compasses, graphs, technological resources, grids, schedules, etc.). (C, H, G, E) |
K | K)3.a | Group animals and plants by their physical features (e.g., size, appearance, color). |