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: 3.110.5.b.7

  Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

  • ELA: 3.7.E: The student is expected to interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.
  • ELA: 3.7.F: The student is expected to respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.

• ELA: 3.110.5.b.13

  Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

  • ELA: 3.13.C: The student is expected to identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources.
  • ELA: 3.13.E: The student is expected to demonstrate understanding of information gathered.
  • ELA: 3.13.H: The student is expected to use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.

• 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.D: The student is expected to work collaboratively with other to develop a plan of shared responsibilities.

• 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: 4.110.6.b.7

  Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

  • ELA: 4.7.E: The student is expected to interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.
  • ELA: 4.7.F: The student is expected to respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.

• ELA: 4.110.6.b.13

  Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

  • ELA: 4.13.C: The student is expected to identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources.
  • ELA: 4.13.E: The student is expected to identify primary and secondary sources.
  • ELA: 4.13.H: The student is expected to use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.

• ELA: 5.110.7.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: 5.1.D: The student is expected to work collaboratively with others to develop a plan of shared responsibilities.

• 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.

• ELA: 5.110.7.b.7

  Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

  • ELA: 5.7.E: The student is expected to interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.
  • ELA: 5.7.F: The student is expected to respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.

• ELA: 5.110.7.b.13

  Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

  • ELA: 5.13.C: The student is expected to identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources.
  • ELA: 5.13.E: The student is expected to demonstrate understanding of information gathered.
  • ELA: 5.13.H: The student is expected to use appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.

• Math: 3.111.5.b.1

  Mathematical process standards. The student uses mathematical processes to acquire and demonstrate mathematical understanding.

  • Math: 3.1.A: The student is expected to apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace.

• Math: 4.111.6.b.1

  Mathematical process standards. The student uses mathematical processes to acquire and demonstrate mathematical understanding.

  • Math: 4.1.A: The student is expected to apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace.

• Math: 4.111.6.b.4

  Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to develop and use strategies and methods for whole number computations in order to solve problems with efficiency and accuracy.

  • Math: 4.4.D: The student is expected to use strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm, the multiply up to a four-digit number by a one-digit number and to multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit number. Strategies may include mental math, partial products, and the commutative, associative, and distributive properties.
  • Math: 4.4.F: The student is expected to use strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm, to divide up to a four-digit dividend by a one-digit divisor.

• Math: 5.111.7.b.1

  Mathematical process standards. The student uses mathematical processes to acquire and demonstrate mathematical understanding.

  • Math: 5.1.A: The student is expected to apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace.

• Science: 4.112.15.b.10

  Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures and behaviors that help them survive within their environment.

  • Science: 4.10.B: The student is expected to explore and describe examples of traits that are inherited from parents to offspring such as eye color and shapes of leaves and behaviors that are learned such as reading a book and a wolf pack teaching their pups to hunt effectively.

• Science: 5.112.16.b.10

  Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures and behaviors that help them survive within their environment.

  • Science: 5.10.B: The student is expected to differentiate between inherited traits of plants and animals such as spines on a cactus or shape of a beak and learned behaviors such as an animal learning tricks or a child riding a bicycle.

• Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.15

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

  • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.15.D: express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences

• 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.C: express ideas orally based on research and experiences

• 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.C: express ideas orally based on research and experiences

• Science: 4.112.6.b.13

  Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures that function to help them survive within their environments. The student is expected to:

  • Science: 4.112.6.b.13.B: differentiate between inherited and acquired physical traits of organisms

• Science: 5.112.7.b.13

  Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures and behaviors that help them survive within their environments. The student is expected to:

  • Science: 5.112.7.b.13.B: explain how instinctual behavioral traits such as turtle hatchlings returning to the sea and learned behavioral traits such as orcas hunting in packs increase chances of survival

• Technology Applications: 126.8.c.1

  Computational thinking--foundations. The student explores the core concepts of computational thinking, a set of problem-solving processes that involve decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithms. The student is expected to:

  • Technology Applications: 126.8.c.1.A: decompose story problems into smaller, manageable subproblems and identify a solution to the problems
  • Technology Applications: 126.8.c.1.C: develop a plan collaboratively and document a plan that outlines specific steps taken to complete a project

• Technology Applications: 126.8.c.5

  Data literacy, management, and representation--collect data. The student uses digital strategies to collect and identify data. The student is expected to:

  • Technology Applications: 126.8.c.5.A: identify and collect numerical data such as the price of goods or temperature

• Technology Applications: 126.9.c.1

  Computational thinking--foundations. The student explores the core concepts of computational thinking, a set of problem-solving processes that involve decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithms. The student is expected to:

  • Technology Applications: 126.9.c.1.A: decompose story problems into smaller, manageable subproblems and discuss and document various solutions to the problems
  • Technology Applications: 126.9.c.1.C: communicate design plans and solutions using a variety of options

• Technology Applications: 126.10.c.1

  Computational thinking--foundations. The student explores the core concepts of computational thinking, a set of problem-solving processes that involve decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithms. The student is expected to:

  • Technology Applications: 126.10.c.1.A: decompose a real-world problem into smaller, manageable subproblems using graphic organizers such as learning maps, concept maps, or other representations of data