LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT Curriculum Map Kindergarten

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August 2 September 3 October 4 November 5 December 6 January 7 February 8 March 9 April 10 May 11

Little Rock School District Kindergarten Science

Month/SLEs Content/Skills Essential Assessments Lab Activities Strategies/Resources Questions August Inquiry Focus: What do I use to Harcourt Science August Lab Experiences Harcourt Science  Record gather T.E. p. 5 Ready, Set, Science SLEs=Student Learning  Describe information Performance /rubric Secrets in the Bag Teacher’s Edition (T.E.) Expectations  Observe about the world TR41-42Formal Lesson 1- pp.8-9 HW.9.K.1 Identify positive around me? Sensitive Toes Lesson 2- pp.10-11 and negative ways to gain Lesson 3-pp. 12-13 attention. Vocabulary Take a walk We Need 5 Senses Links and Centers pp. 14-15 HW.9.K.2 Recognize outside and find a Big Book of Science Readers: personal and shared space  Taste tree. Observe how Hidden Coloring My Senses pp.1-8 HW.11.K.12 and 13 Identify  Touch the tree looks in Big Book of Science Songs and summer. Draw types of abuse such as  Smell Taste Rhymes- pp.3-4 (Senses) bullying and identify sources your tree in  Hear Teaching Resources and to report abuse summer and Senses Poem Assessments (TR)  See How does describe how it Harcourt Science School/Home Connection Eyes ESS.8.K.6  weather change looks. T.E. pp. 8, 10, 12 TR 3 Describe the four seasons  Ears with the Investigation about Apples Trade Books: (Summer)  Tongue seasons? Draw and label the Your Five Senses-: Melvin  Nose parts of your body Summer R8, R9 Berger NS.1.K.8  Skin that you use for The Listening Walk-Paul Apply appropriate rules of  Sense(s) each of the five Showers safety related to daily  Season senses. Harcourt Science Brown Bear, Brown Bear –Bill activities  Weather Activity Book (AB) Martin Jr. HW.11.K.11 Practice safety AB1 & AB2 Arthur’s Nose- Marc Brown rules pertaining to strangers See, Hear, Touch, Taste, Smell- Inquiry Skills Newbridge LS.2.K.5 Description T.E. p. T10 Me and My Senses- Joan Name and describe the five Sweeney senses Goldilocks and the Three Bears

LS.2.K.6 Websites: Project Learning Discuss the function of the Tree www.plt.org five senses Support for Arkansas SLEs for Science p.5-8 NS.1.K.1 Record observations pictorially,

Month/SLEs Content/Skills Essential Assessments Lab Activities Strategies/Resources Questions orally and in writing. Inquiry Focus: Harcourt Science September Lab Experiences Harcourt Science  Classify T.E. p. 21 Chapter 1: The World Around NK.1.K.2 Ask questions  Compare Performance/ Rubric Magic Matter Us based on observations.  Communicate TR43-44 Formal T.E. pp.18-55

 Draw conclusions Dunking Raisins Lesson 1- pp. 24-29 HW.9.K.3 Recognize Lesson 2- pp. 30-39 characteristics that make a Grow a Rock Lesson 3- pp. 40-49 good friend How can matter Make a graph with Lesson 4- pp. 50-55 be sorted? your teacher and Water Can Change record the Big Book of Science Readers: September Vocabulary temperature for each Liquids to Solids Tell About Toys pp. 2-16 How does weather  Matter day in the week. PS.5.K.1 change with the Compare each day Big Book of Science Songs and  Solid seasons? List and classify objects and record your Ice Cream in a Baggie Rhymes-p. 6  Liquid according to the single observations. Which  Gas Recognize foods day had the highest properties Science Songs CD  Color That are temperature? Which  size Harcourt Science T.E. Track 13: Size, Shape, Color,  Circle categorized into day had the lowest?  color Were there days that Sorting Matter p. 24 Texture  Triangle groupsHW.12.K  shape the temperature was The Same and Different Track 14: “What’s the Matter Square .4  the same? p. 30 PS.6.K.1 PEL. K.2  Big/Little Describing Textures p. 40 Trade Books: Demonstrate spatial  Heavy/Light Draw and label Making Changes p. 50 What is Matter – Newbridge examples of each relationships, including but  Long/Short Matter is Everything-  Rough/Smooth kind of matter, solid, Newbridge not limited to: over, under, liquid, gas. Straight/Curved What the World is Made of- left, right  Kathleen Zoehfeld  Over/Under ESS.8.K.5  Above/Below Chart weather everyday  Left/Right  Cut NS.1.K.6  Tear Collect empirical evidence as  Bend a class  Fold  Mix

HW.9.K.4 Recognize ways to communicate

Month/SLEs Content/Skills Essential Assessments Lab Activities Strategies/Resources Questions

NS.1.K.4 Estimate and measure length, mass, and capacity/volume of familiar objects using non-standard units. PEL. 2.K.1 Identify Upper body Parts PEL.2.K.2 Identify Lower Body Parts

Month/SLEs Content/Skills Essential Assessments Lab Experiences Questions October Inquiry Focus: How does Harcourt Science October Lab Activities Chapter 5-Weather and  demonstrate weather change T.E. p. 165 Seasons ESS.8.K.6  sequence with the Performance/ Rubric Watching the Weather Lesson 1- What is Weather? TR51-52 Formal Describe the four seasons seasons? T.E. pp. 168-175

Vocabulary: Tornado in a Jar Lesson 3- How Does Weather Take a walk outside ESS.8.K.7 How do plants Change with the seasons? (Fall) Demonstrate safety grow and and find your tree. Harcourt Science T.E. pp. 182-195  grow Observe how the procedures related to severe  change change? Fall R2 R3 Chapter 8-Plants All Around weather tree looks in fall. Lesson 3 p.p.276-283  plants Draw your tree in fall  light Harcourt Science LS.3.K.1 and tell about how it Watching the Weather  soil Support for Arkansas SLEs Describe plant development looks. Describe how T.E. p. 168 for Science p.15-18  water and growth it looks different than  air it did in summer. Seasons Sequence AB 57 Trade Books: HW.12.K.3 Name the  seed The Reasons for Seasons-Gail Gibbons sources of various foods:  root Draw and label the Seeds Get Around-Melvin Berger plants and animals  stem pumpkin plant at Harcourt Science I Am a Seed-Jean Marzollo  leaves each stage of How Does the Sun Change Seeds, Seeds, Seeds- Nancy Wallace Pumpkin, Pumpkin- Jeanne  sprout development. Things- Chapter 2 Titherington  seedling T.E. p. 62 Big Book of Science Songs and  safety Harcourt Science AB82 Rhymes p. 21 Plants Plants Grow and p. 22 Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley Change Grow p. 23 I’m a Little Cactus Big Book of Science Readers pp. 65- 72 The Garden p. 89 How do plants grow and change?

Month/SLEs Content/Skills Essential Assessments Lab Activities Strategies/Resources Questions November Inquiry Focus: What is land made Harcourt Science November Lab Activities Harcourt Science  estimate of? T.E. p. 129 Chapter 4-Our Earth ESS.8.K.1  classify Performance/Rubric Where is Water? Lesson 1- pp. 132-139 What is water like? Identify various  compare TR49-50 Formal Lesson 2- pp. 140-147 Harcourt Science characteristics of Earth’s  predict How can we care for My Rock Lesson 3- pp. 148-153 surface Activity Book p.48. our Earth?

Vocabulary: ESS.8.K.2  land Pretend that you are a Harcourt Science Identify the uses of land and  air bird flying over the Animal Places Big Book of Science Songs and water T.E. p. 132 Rhymes p. 19 The Ocean  water Earth. Draw what you would see as you fly  sink ESS.8.K.3 above the land and the Kinds of Land Trade Books:  float Classify resources as natural water. What types of T.E. p. 140 Land- Emma Nathan  temperature land do you see? What or man-made The Earth- Melvin Berger  resources types of water? Sink or Float Sink or Float-Newbridge PS.7.K.1  soil T.E. p. 148 The Earth and I- Frank Asch Classify objects in terms of  sand their relative temperature  pebbles (e.g., hotter and colder)  rocks  soil NS.1.K.5 Estimate relative temperature of matter (e.g., objects, living things, and earth materials)

Month/SLEs Content/Skills Essential Assessments Lab Activities Strategies/Resources Questions December Inquiry Focus: What are some Draw your house. Support for Arkansas Trade Book PS.7.K.2 Identify uses of  identify uses of Add items that use SLEs for Science Switch On Switch Off- Melvin electricity electricity? electricity. Identify p.20, 25-26 Berger HW.11.K.9 Discuss safety Vocabulary: How can we ways that you can procedures for lifetime  conserve conserve conserve energy by activities  electricity electricity? circling items that can be turned off when they are not PS.7.K.3 Identify ways to being used. conserve electricity in the What moves on classroom and at home a thermometer HW.11.K.10 Understand to show a how to get help in an measurement? emergency HW.11.K.3 Name trusted adults to notify for help

NS.1.K.5 Estimate relative temperature of matter (e.g., objects, living things and earth materials)

Month/SLEs Content/Skills Essential Assessments Lab Activities Strategies/Resources Questions January Inquiry Focus: How does Harcourt Science January Lab Experiences Harcourt Science weather change T.E. p. 115 Harcourt Science Chapter 5- Weather and the  predict with the Informal Assessment Winter R4R5 Seasons ESS.8.K.6 Describe the four  make models seasons? AB 38 Formal Lesson 2- pp. 176-181 seasons  classify Zero and Counting

PS.7.K.4 Demonstrate effects  infer Chapter 3-On The Move of magnets on each other and How can Magnet Power Lesson 3- pp. 110-117  investigate other objects magnets move PS.7.K.5 List some uses of objects? The Salt and Pepper Dance Big Book of Science : vocabulary: magnets in everyday objects  winter City in Motion pp. 25-32 PS.7.K.6 Investigate magnets What are some Take a walk Harcourt Science  attract Support for Arkansas SLEs of various shapes ways that a outside and find Chapter 3- Investigate p.91 for Science p. 27-28  iron/ steel magnet can be your tree. Observe  magnets NS.1.K.5 used as a tool? how the tree looks T.E. p. 111 Estimate relative temperature  motion in winter. Draw Classify. Activity Book of matter (e.g., objects, living  gravity your tree in winter p.AB37 Trade Books things and earth materials) and tell about how Using Magnets It’s Winter –Linda Glaser NS.K.3 Conduct scientific it looks. Be sure to Yes/No T-chart Circle of Seasons- Gerda Muller investigations as a class and tell how it looks Animal Seasons- Brian in teams. different than it did Measuring Warm and Cold Wildsmith PEL.5.K.3 Participate in in summer and fall. T.E. p. 176 cooperative play What Makes a Magnet- PEL.5.K.1Identify acceptable Franklyn Brantley behaviors Mystery of Magnets- Newbridge

NS.1.K.7 Use age- appropriate equipment and tools in scientific investigations (eg. balances and hand lenses)

PEL.5.K.2 Use and share equipment safely and properly

Month/SLEs Content/Skills Essential Assessments Lab Activities Strategies/Resources Questions February Inquiry Focus: How do things Harcourt Science February Lab Experiences Harcourt Science  observe move? T.E. p. 93 Chapter 3-On The Move NS.1.K.5  classify Performance/Rubric Shadow Box Lesson 1- pp. 96-103 Estimate relative temperature  demonstrate TR47-48 Formal Lesson 2- pp.104-109 of matter (e.g., objects, living  construct The Great Brush Off Lesson 4- pp. 118-123 things and earth materials)  make models Divide your paper Big Book of Science Readers into thirds. Draw PS.6.K.2 Harcourt Science pp. 17-24 and describe an PEL.1.K.2Demonstrate Move forward, side to Investigate sound as Harcourt Science object that various ways that objects can side, vibrations moving through Chapter 2-About Energy 1. rolls move, including but not high/medium/low/, the air Lesson 2 pp. 70-75 2. slides limited to under ,over, behind, T.E. p. 122-123 Lesson 4 pp.82-87 3. flies  straight beside, and through Big Book of Science Songs and

 zig-zag Shape Shadows Rhymes p. 7 Shadows

 back and forth T.E. p. 70 Resource Speaker:

 round and round Links and Centers School Nurse/Community

 fast and slow T.E. pp. 74-75 Dentist (Dental Health)

PEL.1.K.1 Demonstrate Making a Terrarium Support for Arkansas SLEs AB 29 dynamic and static T.E. p.83 for Science pp.1-4, 19, 21-22, movements What materials 23-24

Vocabulary: are needed to PS.6.K.3 Demonstrate the Science Songs CD:  Teeth clean teeth? effects of the force of gravity  Shade Track 17-18 on objects  Shadow Trade Books: Murphy  Food What is the Push and Pull- Patricia J. Wheels LS.2.K.7 Identify the basic  roll/ slide correct way to materials for oral hygiene  push/ pull clean teeth? ShowersHow Many- Annie Teeth Cobb HW.11.K.5 Understand why  force - Paul teeth are important My Tooth is About to Fall Out  hygiene HW.11.K.6 Describe ways of primary teeth cleaning teeth   permanent teeth Grace Maccarone -

Month/SLEs Content/Skills Essential Assessments Lab Activities Strategies/Resources Questions Eve Bunting LS.2.K.8 Demonstrate the Arthur’s Toot h- Marc Brown proper technique for cleaning Trouble on the T-ball Team- teeth HW.11.K.4 Understand grooming and cleanliness HW.11.K.8 Discuss role of Dentist and hygienist

Month/SLEs Content/Skills Essential Assessments Lab Activities Strategies/Resources Questions March Inquiry Focus: How are living Harcourt Science www.naturalheritage.org Harcourt Science  draw conclusions and nonliving AB82 March Lab Activities Chapter 7-Animals A to Z LS.2.K.1 Classify living and  hypothesize things different? Plants Grow and Plants and Water Lesson 1- pp. 226-231 non-living things  observe Change Growing Beans Lesson 2-pp. 232-237  differentiate What do plants I’ve Got a Hunch, Seed Lesson 3-pp.240-247 LS.2.K.2 Differentiate need? Sponge Garden Chapter 8- Plants All Around between plants and animals Vocabulary: Formal A Plant Begins Lesson 1 - pp. 262-269  plants What do animals TR57-TR58 March Lab Activities Stems Lesson 2 - pp. 270-275 LS.2.K.4 Identify basic needs  light need? How Water Rises in Plant Chapter 3- Lesson 3 pp.76-81 of plants and animals: Stems Chapter 5- T.E. pp194-195  soil  food How does Harcourt Science Harcourt Science Support for Arkansas SLEs  water  water weather change T.E. p. 259 Spring R6R7 for Science p.9, 14  air  light with the Performance/Rubric  seed TR57-58 Formal  air seasons? Harcourt Science Chapter 6- Up in the Sky  root  space Comparing Plants Lesson 1 and 2-pp. 204-217  stem T.E. p. 201 ESS.8.K.6 Describe the four T.E. p. 262 Big Book of Science Reader  leaves Performance/Rubric seasons TR53-54 Plants’ Needs Above Me sprout  T.E. p. 270 Science Songs CD track 5-6 ESS.10.K.1 Distinguish  seedling What can we see Matching Plant Parts Trade Books: between celestial bodies and  spring in the sky? T.E. p. 276 The Giving Tree by Shel other objects in the sky:  growth Take a walk Observing Day and Night Silverstein

 sun  change outside and find T.E. p. 204 How a Seed Grows by Helen Night and Day Jordan  moon  celestial your tree. Observe T.E. p. 210 Big Book of Science Songs and  other stars  sun how the tree looks in spring. Draw Rhymes pp. 14-15, p. 21  clouds  moon  star your tree in spring Nursery Rhymes- Twinkle,  birds Twinkle Little Star  clouds and tell about how  planes Hey Diddle, Diddle it looks. Describe how it looks Trade Books: different than it did Floating in Space- Franklyn in the three Branley previous seasons. One Small Square, The Night Sky- Donald A. Silver Zoo in the Sky- Jacqueline Mitton

Month/SLEs Content/Skills Essential Assessments Lab Activities Strategies/Resources Questions April Inquiry Focus: How do Illustrate and STC Butterfly Kit Harcourt Science  recognize butterflies grow record the life Chapter 7 Animals A-Z LS.3.K.2 Illustrate complete and change? cycle of a butterfly. Harcourt Science Lesson 4 p. 248-255 metamorphosis (e.g., Vocabulary: Growth and Change Chapter 4- Our Earth butterfly, frog  metamorphosis How do people T.E. p. 248 Lesson 4 pp. 154-161 LS.4.K.1 Recognize what it  egg and animals use Support for Arkansas SLEs means for a species to be  larva land and water? Earth Day: for Science p. 10-11 extinct  pupa Illustrate and *Earth Day activity ESS.8.K.2 Identify the uses  chrysalis How can we describe the ways of land and water care for our you use and Big Book of Science Readers  adult HW.8.K.1 Define Pollution Earth? conserve water. p.p. 79-80  butterfly HW.8.K.3 Define  tadpole Community Trade Books:  frog From Caterpillar to Butterfly D.  species Heiligman I’m a Caterpillar by Jean Marzollo What’s Alive?-Kathleen Zoehfeld

Big Book of Science Readers My Earth You’re Aboard Spaceship NS.1.K.6 How does the Harcourt Science Harcourt Science Earth-P. Lauber Collect empirical evidence as  Observe sun change AB23 AB24 The Sun Can Change Paper Earth Day Hurray (Mathstart)- a class things? T.E. p. 62 Stuart Murphy Which Melts Faster? Earth Day-Trudi Trueit T.E. p. 69 NEWBRIDGE BOOKS: Kids for the Earth Who Cares About the Earth- Where Does All the Garbage Go?

Month/SLEs Content/Skills Essential Assessments Lab Activities Strategies/Resources Questions May/June Inquiry Focus: How are animal Harcourt Science Animals and Their Homes Animal Dads Sneed B. Collard  match babies like their T.E. p. 289 T.E. pp. 292 Animals and Their Babies LS.2.K.3 Match parents and parents? Performance/Rubric Newbridge Books offspring Vocabulary: TR59-60 Formal Plants and Animals Harcourt Science  parents T.E. pp. 302 Chapter 7 Animals A-Z HW.6.K.2 Recognize  babies Lesson 4- pp. 248-255 Choose an animal physical characteristics of an  offspring Big Book of Science Songs and and write a story individual: height, weight..  environment Rhymes p. 20 Legs about one day in  habitat Chapter 9 Habitats the life of that Lesson 1- pp. 292-301  pond family. Lesson 2 – pp. 302-307  forest Construct a T (LS.4.K.1)  prairie chart identifying 5 Support for Arkansas SLEs  nest animals and their for Science p.12-13  lodge offspring  cave Big Book of Science Songs and  burrow Rhymes p. 24 Very Nicest Place  depend Big Book of Science Readers  ocean pp. 73-80  rain forest Do Animals Live in Plants? Science Songs CD Track 6: Who’s Home?