Month

Content

Performance Standards Addressed

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

Sept. & October

·         Animals “Life Science”

Throughout the year, these standards are covered as part of each unit 

C.4.1  Use vocabulary

F.4.1  Basic needs of organisms

F.4.2  How organisms respond to internal and external cues

F.4.3  How organisms grow and survive

F.4.4  Connections among living and non-living

Sci  A.4.1  Ask & answer questions

Sci  A.4.2  Models or explanations

          previously studied

Sci  A.4.4 Decide which science themes

         are important

Sci  A.4.5 Changes over time

·         Use tally marks to organize and record data.

·         Identify and compare living and non-living.

·         Introduce a habitat.

·         Tell what a habitat provides.

·         Compare and contrast animals according to size, body covering and the way they move.

·         Identify the basic needs of animals.

·         Compare animal parents and babies.

·         Describe how parents help babies.

·         Describe characteristics of insects.

·         Teacher observation

·         Worksheets/lab manual

·         Discussions

·         Illustrations

·         Answer questions orally

November

·         Earth Science

E.4.4     Identify celestial objects in the sky

E.4.5     Common weather in Wisconsin

E.4.6     Patterns in cycles

v      Sky

·         Compare the day and night skies.

·         Understand that heat from sun is necessary for life on earth.

·         Understand the moon shines with light from the sun.

·         Distinguish real from imaginary.

·         Introduce stars and groups of stars.

·         Teacher observation

·         Worksheets/lab manual

·         Discussions

·         Illustrations

·         Answer questions orally

December

·         Earth Science

E.4.8  Human resources

Sci  B.4.3  Show development over time

v      Weather

·         Tell what animals do in winter.

·         Use chart to record weather.

·         Describe and record different kinds of weather.

·         Learn to use a thermometer to measure temperature.

·         Learn how to stay safe in severe weather.

·         Identify how weather changes from season to season.

·         Teacher observation

·         Worksheets/lab manual

·         Discussions

·         Illustrations

·         Answer questions orally

January

·         Physical Science

C.4.1  Use vocabulary

G.4.4  Identify simple machines

G.4.5  Ask about devices and machines

Sci  D.4.3  Forms

Sci  D.4.4. Changes in form

Sci  D.4.5  Construct simple models

H.4.1  Science technology

H.4.3  Meeting personal needs

H.4.4  Becoming informed about science

Sci  D.4.8  Questions and observations

C.4.1  Use vocabulary

G.4.4  Identify simple machines

G.4.5  Ask about devices and machines

H.4.1  Science technology

H.4.3  Meeting personal needs

H.4.4  Becoming informed about science

v      Grouping Objects

·         Group objects according to various properties.

·         Introduce terms—solid, liquid, gas.

·         Introduce—water can change from solid, liquid, gas.

v      Sound/Light and Heat

·         Describe sound as loud/soft.

·         Introduce concept—sound is made when an object vibrates.

·         Describe sounds as high/low.

·         Introduce shadows and how they are formed.

·         Identify sources of heat.

v      Moving and Working

·         Identify forces as push and pull—as ways to move objects.

·         Understand pushes/pulls can change speed and direction of motion.

v      Magnets/Simple Machines

·         Identify objects that are attracted by magnets.

·         Observe what objects are attracted/repelled by magnets.

·         Understand that simple machines make work easier.

·         Teacher observation

·         Worksheets/lab manual

·         Discussions

·         Illustrations

·         Answer questions orally

February

·         Human Body

C.4.3  Multiple sources of information

          (also in  ELA)

F.4.3  How organisms grow and survive

F.4.4  Connections among living and non-living

G.4.2  Changes in technology

G.4.1  Identify technology

v      The Senses

·         Name the five senses.

·         Tell how they can be used every day.

v      Growing and Changing

·         Observe and write about changes from babyhood to present.

·         Learn how teeth grow.

·         Learn how to care for teeth.

v      Taking care of your health

·         Identify food groups in the food pyramid.

·         Identify ways to stay safe.

·         Plan a meal that has foods from the six food groups.

·         Teacher observation

·         Worksheets/lab manual

·         Discussions

·         Illustrations

·         Answer questions orally

March

·         Earth Science

F.4.2  Organisms respond to internal and external cues

F.4.4  Connections among living and non-living

F.4.1  Basic needs

H.4.2  Identify local and state issues

H.4.3  Meeting personal needs

·         Introduce properties of rocks.

·         Tell how rocks change.

·         Understand that soil is made of many things.

·         Identify uses of soil.

·         Identify air, land, and water as features of the earth.

·         Identify ways to use/conserve land, air, and water.

·         Teacher observation

·         Worksheets/lab manual

·         Discussions

·         Illustrations

·         Answer questions orally

April & May

·         Plant Unit

F.4.1  Basic needs of organisms

F.4.2  How organisms respond to internal and external cues

F.4.4  Connections among living and non-living