Content+Standards



=**English, Language Arts Benchmarks**=

Acquisition of Vocabulary
1. Use knowledge of word order and in-sentence context clues to support word identification and to define unknown words while reading.
 * A. Use context clues to determine the meaning of new vocabulary**.

Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
1. Use title page, photographs, captions and illustrations (text features) to develop comprehension of informational texts. 2. Identify the sequence of events in informational text. 3. Ask questions concerning essential elements of informational text (e.g., why, who, where, what, when and how).
 * B. Ask clarifying questions concerning essential elements of informational text.**

4. Identify central ideas and supporting details of informational text with teacher assistance.
 * C. Identify the central ideas and supporting details of informational text.**

Writing Processes
1. Generate writing ideas through discussions with others. 2. Develop a main idea for writing.
 * A. Generate ideas for written compositions.**

4. Use organizational strategies (e.g., brainstorming, lists, webs and Venn diagrams) to plan writing. 5. Organize writing to include a beginning, middle and end.
 * C. Use organizers to clarify ideas for writing assignments.**

9. Reread own writing for clarity.
 * D. Use revision strategies and resources to improve ideas and content, organization, word choice and detail.**

10. Add descriptive words and details. 11. Use resources (e.g., a word wall, beginner’s dictionary, word bank) to select effective vocabulary. 12. Proofread writing to improve conventions (e.g., grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization).
 * E. Edit to improve sentence fluency, grammar and usage.**

14. Rewrite and illustrate writing samples for display and for sharing with others.
 * G. Publish writing samples for display or sharing with others, using techniques such as electronic resources and graphics.**

Research
B. Select and summarize important information and sort key findings into categories about a topic. C. Create a list of sources used for oral, visual, written or multimedia reports. D. Communicate findings orally, visually and in writing or through multimedia.**
 * A. Identify a topic of study, construct questions and determine appropriate sources for gathering information.

=**Science Standards**=

Life Sciences
1. Explore that organisms, including people, have basic needs which include air, water, food, living space and shelter. 2. Explain that food comes from sources other than grocery stores (e.g., farm crops, farm animals, oceans, lakes and forests).
 * A. Discover that there are living things, non-living things and pretend things, and describe the basic needs of living things (organisms).**

3. Explore that humans and other animals have body parts that help to seek, find and take in food when they are hungry (e.g., sharp teeth, flat teeth, good nose and sharp vision). 4. Investigate that animals eat plants and/or other animals for food and may also use plants or other animals for shelter and nesting.
 * B. Explain how organisms function and interact with their physical environment.**

5. Recognize that seasonal changes can influence the health, survival or activities of organisms.
 * C. Describe similarities and differences that exist among individuals of the same kind of plants and animals.**