Texas Content Area Standards

• 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.1.C: The student is expected to share information and ideas by speaking audibly and clearly using the conventions of language.

• ELA: K.110.2.b.3

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking -- vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively.

  • ELA: K.3.C: The student is expected to identify and use words that name actions; directions; positions; sequences; categories such as colors, shapes, and textures; and locations.

• 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: 1.1.C: The student is expected to share information and ideas about the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language.

• ELA: 1.110.3.b.3

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking -- vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively.

  • ELA: 1.3.D: The student is expected to identify and use words that name actions, directions, positions, sequences, categories, and locations.

• 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: 2.1.C: The student is expected to share information and ideas that focus on the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language.

• Math: K.111.2.b.2

  Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to understand how to represent and compare whole numbers, the relative position and magnitude of whole numbers, and relationships within the numeration system.

  • Math: K.2.A: The student is expected to count forward and backward to at least 20 with and without objects.
  • Math: K.2.B: The student is expected to read, write, and represent whole numbers from 0 to at least 20 with and without objects or pictures.
  • Math: K.2.C: The student is expected to count a set of objects up to at least 20 and demonstrate that the last number said tells the number of objects in the set regardless of their arrangement or order.
  • Math: K.2.H: The student is expected to use comparative language to describe two numbers up to 20 presented as written numerals.

• Math: K.111.2.b.3

  Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to develop an understanding of addition and subtraction situations in order to solve problems.

  • Math: K.3.A: The student is expected to model the action of joining to represent addition and the action of separating to represent subtraction.

• Math: K.111.2.b.7

  Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process standards to directly compare measurable attributes.

  • Math: K.7.A: The student is expected to give an example of a measurable attribute of a given object, including length, capacity, and weight.

• Math: K.111.2.b.8

  Data analysis. The student applies mathematical process standards to collect and organize data to make it useful for interpreting information.

  • Math: K.8.A: The student is expected to collect, sort, and organize data into two or three categories.
  • Math: K.8.B: The student is expected to use data to create real-object and picture graphs
  • Math: K.8.C: The student is expected to draw conclusions from real-object and picture graphs

• Math: 1.111.3.b.2

  Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to represent and compare whole numbers, the relative position and magnitude of whole numbers, and relationships within the numeration system related to place value.

  • Math: 1.2.E: The student is expected to use place value to compare whole numbers up to 120 using comparative language.

• Math: 1.111.3.b.3

  Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to develop and use strategies for whole number addition and subtraction computations in order to solve problems.

  • Math: 1.3.D: The student is expected to apply basic fact strategies to add and subtract within 20, including making 10 and decomposing a number leading to a 10.

• Math: 1.111.3.b.7

  Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process standards to select and use units to describe length and time.

  • Math: 1.7.A: The student is expected to use measuring tools to measure the length of objects to reinforce the continuous nature of linear measurement.

• Math: 1.111.3.b.8

  Data analysis. The student applies mathematical process standards to organize data to make it useful for interpreting information and solving problems.

  • Math: 1.8.A: The student is expected to collect, sort, and organize data in up to three categories using models/representations such as tally marks or T-charts.
  • Math: 1.8.B: The student is expected to use data to create picture and bar-type graphs.
  • Math: 1.8.C: The student is expected to draw conclusions and generate and answer questions using information from picture and bar-type graphs.

• Math: 2.111.4.b.2

  Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to understand how to represent and compare whole numbers, the relative position and magnitude of whole numbers, and relationships within the numeration system related to place value.

  • Math: 2.2.D: The student is expected to use place value to compare and order whole numbers up to 1,200 using comparative language, numbers, and symbols (>,<,or =).

• Math: 2.111.4.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 addition and subtraction problems with efficiency and accuracy.

  • Math: 2.4.A: The student is expected to recall basic facts to add and subtract within 20 with automaticity.

• Math: 2.111.4.b.9

  Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process standards to select and use units to describe length, area, and time.

  • Math: 2.9.D: The student is expected to determine the length of an object to the nearest marked unit using rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, or measuring tapes.

• 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: 2.10.B: The student is expected to organize a collection of data with up to four categories using pictographs and bar graphs with intervals of one or more.
  • Math: 2.10.D: The student is expected to draw conclusions and make predictions from information in a graph.

• 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: 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: 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

• Science: K.112.2.b.2

  Scientific and engineering practices. The student analyzes and interprets data to derive meaning, identify features and patterns, and discover relationships or correlations to develop evidence-based arguments or evaluate designs. The student is expected to:

  • Science: K.112.2.b.2.B: analyze data by identifying significant features and patterns.

• Science: K.112.2.b.6

  Matter and its properties. The student knows that objects have physical properties that determine how they are described and classified. The student is expected to identify and record observable physical properties of objects, including shape, color, texture, and material, and generate ways to classify objects.

  • Science: K.112.2.b.6: Matter and its properties. The student knows that objects have physical properties that determine how they are described and classified. The student is expected to identify and record observable physical properties of objects, including shape, color, texture, and material, and generate ways to classify objects.

• 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.A: observe and identify the dependence of plants on air, sunlight, water, nutrients in the soil, and space to grow.

• 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.A: identify the structures of plants, including roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits.
  • Science: K.112.2.b.13.C: identify and record the changes from seed, seedling, plant, flower, and fruit in a simple plant life cycle.

• Science: 1.112.3.b.2

  Scientific and engineering practices. The student analyzes and interprets data to derive meaning, identify features and patterns, and discover relationships or correlations to develop evidence-based arguments or evaluate designs. The student is expected to:

  • Science: 1.112.3.b.2.B: analyze data by identifying significant features and patterns.

• Science: 1.112.3.b.6

  Matter and its properties. The student knows that objects have physical properties that determine how they are described and classified. The student is expected to:

  • Science: 1.112.3.b.6.A: classify objects by observable physical properties, including shape, color, and texture, and attributes such as larger and smaller and heavier and lighter.

• Science: 2.112.4.b.2

  Scientific and engineering practices. The student analyzes and interprets data to derive meaning, identify features and patterns, and discover relationships or correlations to develop evidence-based arguments or evaluate designs. The student is expected to:

  • Science: 2.112.4.b.2.B: analyze data by identifying significant features and patterns

• Science: 2.112.4.b.12

  Organisms and environments. The student knows that living organisms have basic needs that must be met through interactions within their environment. The student is expected to:

  • Science: 2.112.4.b.12.A: describe how the physical characteristics of environments, including the amount of rainfall, support plants and animals within an ecosystem