Texas Content Area Standards

• ELA: 3.110.5.b.6

  Comprehension skills: listening speaking, reading, writing and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

  • ELA: 3.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details read to determine key ideas.

• ELA: 4.110.6.b.1

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking- oral language. The students develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

  • ELA: 4.1.C: The student is expected to express an opinion supported by accurate information, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively.

• ELA: 4.110.6.b.6

  Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

  • ELA: 4.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details read to determine key ideas.

• ELA: 5.110.7.b.6

  Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

  • ELA: 5.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details read to determine key ideas.

• Science: 3.112.14.b.7

  Earth and space. The student knows that Earth consists of natural resources and its surface is constantly changing.

  • Science: 3.112.14.b.7.A: The student is expected to explore and record how soils are formed by weathering of rock and the decomposition of plant and animal remains.

• Science: 4.112.15.b.7

  Earth and space. The student knows that Earth consists of natural resources and its surface is constantly changing.

  • Science: 4.7.A: The student is expected to examine properties of soils, including color and texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of plants.

• Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.14

  Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:

  • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.14.C: interpret oral, visual, and print material by sequencing, categorizing, identifying the main idea, distinguishing between fact and opinion, identifying cause and effect, comparing, and contrasting

• Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.19

  Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:

  • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.19.C: analyze information by applying absolute and relative chronology through sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;

• Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.21

  Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

  • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.21.D: create written and visual material such as journal entries, reports, graphic organizers, outlines, and bibliographies

• Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.23

  Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:

  • Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.23.C: analyze information by applying absolute and relative chronology through sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions

• Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.25

  Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

  • Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.25.D: create written and visual material such as journal entries, reports, graphic organizers, outlines, and bibliographies

• Science: 3.112.5.b.10

  Earth and space. The student knows that there are recognizable processes that change Earth over time. The student is expected to:

  • Science: 3.112.5.b.10.B: investigate and explain how soils such as sand and clay are formed by weathering of rock and by decomposition of plant and animal remains