State Standards for Texas
ELA: K.110.2.b.1
Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking - - oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.
- ELA: K.110.2.b.1.D - work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including taking turns;
ELA: K.110.2.b.5
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: K.110.2.b.5.H - synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance
ELA: K.110.2.b.6
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: K.110.2.b.6.B - provide an oral, pictorial, or written response to a text
- ELA: K.110.2.b.6.F - respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate
ELA: 1.110.3.b.1
Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking - - oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.
- ELA: 1.110.3.b.1.D - work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including listening to others, speaking when recognized, and making appropriate contributions
ELA: 1.110.3.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: 1.110.3.b.7.D - retell texts in ways that maintain meaning
- ELA: 1.110.3.b.7.F - respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate
ELA: 2.110.4.b.1
Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking -- oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.
- ELA: 2.110.4.b.1.D - work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including listening to others, speaking when recognized, making appropriate contributions, and building on the ideas of others
ELA: 2.110.4.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: 2.110.4.b.6.H - synthesize information to create new understanding
ELA: 2.110.4.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: 2.110.4.b.7.D - retell and paraphrase texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order
- ELA: 2.110.4.b.7.F - respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate
Math: 2.111.4.b.10
Data analysis. The student applies mathematical process standards to organize data to make it useful for interpreting information and solving problems.
- Math: 2.111.4.b.10.D - draw conclusions and make predictions from information in a graph
Social Studies: K.113.11.c.5
Economics. The student understands the difference between human needs and wants and how they are met. The student is expected to:
- Social Studies: K.113.11.c.5.A - identify basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter
Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.16
Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:
- Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.16.E - communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies
- Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.16.F - create written and visual material such as stories, maps, and graphic organizers to express ideas
Social Studies: K.113.11.c.13
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: K.113.11.c.13.D - sequence and categorize information
Social Studies: K.113.11.c.14
Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral and visual forms. The student is expected to:
- Social Studies: K.113.11.c.14.C - communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies
- Social Studies: K.113.11.c.14.D - create and interpret visuals, including pictures and maps
Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.16
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: 1.113.12.c.16.D - sequence and categorize information
Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.17
Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral, visual, and written forms. The student is expected to:
- Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.17.C - communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies
- Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.17.D - create and interpret visual and written material
Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.15
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: 2.113.13.c.15.D - interpret oral, visual, and print material by sequencing, categorizing, identifying the main idea, predicting, comparing, and contrasting
Science: 2.112.4.b.1
Scientific and engineering practices. The student asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models. The student is expected to:
- Science: 2.112.4.b.1.A - ask questions and define problems based on observations or information from text, phenomena, models, or investigations
- Science: 2.112.4.b.1.B - use scientific practices to plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations and use engineering practices to design solutions to problems
- Science: 2.112.4.b.1.D - use tools, including hand lenses, goggles, heat-resistant gloves, trays, cups, bowls, beakers, notebooks, stream tables, soil, sand, gravel, flowering plants, student thermometer, demonstration thermometer, rain gauge, flashlights, ramps, balls, spinning tops, drums, tuning forks, sandpaper, wax paper, items that are flexible, non-flexible items, magnets, hot plate, aluminum foil, Sun-Moon-Earth model, and frog and butterfly life cycle models to observe, measure, test, and compare
- Science: 2.112.4.b.1.F - record and organize data using pictures, numbers, words, symbols, and simple graphs
Science: K.112.2.b.1
Scientific and engineering practices. The student asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models. The student is expected to:
- Science: K.112.2.b.1.A - ask questions and define problems based on observations or information from text, phenomena, models, or investigations.
- Science: K.112.2.b.1.B - use scientific practices to plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations and use engineering practices to design solutions to problems.
- Science: K.112.2.b.1.F - record and organize data using pictures, numbers, words, symbols, and simple graphs.
Science: K.112.2.b.3
Scientific and engineering practices. The student develops evidence-based explanations and communicates findings, conclusions, and proposed solutions. The student is expected to:
- Science: K.112.2.b.3.B - communicate explanations and solutions individually and collaboratively in a variety of settings and formats.
- Science: K.112.2.b.3.C - listen actively to others' explanations to identify important evidence and engage respectfully in scientific discussion.
Science: K.112.2.b.5
Recurring themes and concepts. The student uses recurring themes and concepts to make connections across disciplines. The student is expected to:
- Science: K.112.2.b.5.A - identify and use patterns to describe phenomena or design solutions.
Science: K.112.2.b.11
Earth and space. The student knows that earth materials are important to everyday life. The student is expected to observe and generate examples of practical uses for rocks, soil, and water.
- Science: K.112.2.b.11 - Earth and space. The student knows that earth materials are important to everyday life. The student is expected to observe and generate examples of practical uses for rocks, soil, and water.
Science: K.112.2.b.12
Organisms and environments. The student knows that plants and animals depend on the environment to meet their basic needs for survival. The student is expected to:
- Science: K.112.2.b.12.B - observe and identify the dependence of animals on air, water, food, space, and shelter.
Science: K.112.2.b.13
Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms resemble their parents and have structures and undergo processes that help them interact and survive within their environments. The student is expected to:
- Science: K.112.2.b.13.B - identify the different structures that animals have that allow them to interact with their environment such as seeing, hearing, moving, and grasping objects.
Science: 1.112.3.b.1
Scientific and engineering practices. The student asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models. The student is expected to:
- Science: 1.112.3.b.1.A - ask questions and define problems based on observations or information from text, phenomena, models, or investigations.
- Science: 1.112.3.b.1.B - use scientific practices to plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations and use engineering practices to design solutions to problems.
- Science: 1.112.3.b.1.D - use tools, including hand lenses, goggles, heat-resistant gloves, trays, cups, bowls, beakers, sieves/sifters, tweezers, primary balance, notebooks, terrariums, aquariums, stream tables, soil samples (loam, sand, gravel, rocks, and clay), seeds, plants, windsock, pinwheel, student thermometer, demonstration thermometer, rain gauge, straws, ribbons, non-standard measuring items, flashlights, sandpaper, wax paper, items that are magnetic, non-magnetic items, a variety of magnets, hot plate, aluminum foil, Sun-Moon-Earth model, and plant and animal life cycle models to observe, measure, test, and compare.
- Science: 1.112.3.b.1.F - record and organize data using pictures, numbers, words, symbols, and simple graphs.
Science: 1.112.3.b.13
Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms resemble their parents and have structures and undergo processes that help them interact and survive within their environments. The student is expected to:
- Science: 1.112.3.b.13.A - identify the external structures of different animals and compare how those structures help different animals live, move, and meet basic needs for survival.
- Science: 1.112.3.b.13.C - compare ways that young animals resemble their parents.
ELA: K.110.2.b.12
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. The student is expected to:
- ELA: K.110.2.b.12.B - develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance
- ELA: K.110.2.b.12.D - demonstrate understanding of information gathered with adult assistance
ELA: 1.110.3.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. The student is expected to:
- ELA: 1.110.3.b.13.B - develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance
- ELA: 1.110.3.b.13.D - demonstrate understanding of information gathered with adult assistance
ELA: 2.110.4.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. The student is expected to:
- ELA: 2.110.4.b.13.B - develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance
- ELA: 2.110.4.b.13.E - demonstrate understanding of information gathered
Technology Applications: 126.1.c.3
Creativity and innovation--innovative design process. The student takes an active role in learning by using a design process to solve authentic problems for a local or global audience, using a variety of technologies. The student is expected to:
- Technology Applications: 126.1.c.3.A - practice personal skills, including following directions, needed to successfully implement design processes
Technology Applications: 126.2.c.3
Creativity and innovation--innovative design process. The student takes an active role in learning by using a design process to solve authentic problems for a local or global audience, using a variety of technologies. The student is expected to:
- Technology Applications: 126.2.c.3.A - practice personal skills and behaviors, including following directions and mental agility, needed to implement a design process successfully
Technology Applications: 126.3.c.3
Creativity and innovation--innovative design process. The student takes an active role in learning by using a design process to solve authentic problems for a local or global audience, using a variety of technologies. The student is expected to:
- Technology Applications: 126.3.c.3.A - demonstrate personal skills and behaviors, including effective communication, following directions, and mental agility, needed to implement a design process successfully
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