LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT Curriculum Map Kindergarten Science Science in Black Literacy Connections in Green Health Connections in Blue Table of Contents Month Page No. August 2 September 3 October 4 November 5 December 6 January 7 February 8 March 9 April 10 May 11 1 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, 2 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 Dunking Raisins Lesson 1- pp. 24-29 Draw conclusions 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 observations. Which according to the single 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 3 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 4 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? 5 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 of? estimate 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 TR49-50 Formal Lesson 2- pp. 140-147 compare characteristics of Earth’s Harcourt Science My Rock Lesson 3- pp. 148-153 predict How can we care for Activity Book p.48. surface 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 water. What types of Classify resources as natural 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) 6 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) 7 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.