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.1.D: The student is expected to work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including taking turns.

• 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.6.E: The student is expected to interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing.

• 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: 1.1.D: The student is expected to 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: 1.7.E: The student is expected to interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing.

• 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.
  • ELA: 2.1.D: The student is expected to 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.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: 2.7.E: The student is expected to interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing.

• Math: K.111.2.b.1

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

  • Math: K.1.A: The student is expected to apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace.
  • Math: K.1.C: The student is expected to select tools, including real objects, manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology as appropriate, and techniques, including mental math, estimation, and number sense as appropriate, to solve problems.

• 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.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.7.B: The student is expected to compare two objects with a common measurable attribute to see which object has more of/less of the attribute and describe the difference.

• Math: 1.111.3.b.1

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

  • Math: 1.1.A: The student is expected to apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace.
  • Math: 1.1.C: The student is expected to select tools, including real objects, manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology as appropriate, and techniques, including mental math, estimation, and number sense as appropriate, to solve problems.

• 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.C: The student is expected to use objects, pictures, and expanded and standard forms to represent numbers up to 120.

• 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: 1.7.D: The student is expected to describe a length to the nearest whole unit using a number and a unit.

• 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: 2.111.4.b.1

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

  • Math: 2.1.A: The student is expected to apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace.
  • Math: 2.1.C: The student is expected to select tools, including real objects, manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology as appropriate, and techniques, including mental math, estimation, and number sense as appropriate, to solve problems.

• 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.

• 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.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: 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: 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.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.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: 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