Kindergarten Curriculum

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District Objective/State #

Required FOSS kit

Suggested Activities and Resources

Kindergarten Physical Science

K1

Students will use a model or pattern, demonstrate putting together and taking apart a structure independently (i.e. interlocking block tower, erector set crane or pattern block picture)./01.02.03

Wood
GEMS: Build It Festival

K2

Students will independently form large objects from smaller objects (i.e. putting together a puzzle or quilt)/02.02.03

Wood

K3

Students will accurately predict will sink or float in air or water and can classify then on the basis of this behavior./01.05.04

Wood

Kindergarten Life Science

K4

Students will provide examples of how living things grow and change, with some assistance./06.02.01

Animals Two by Two
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)
pg. 154 - 169 (Plants)

K5

Students will classify living and non-living things according to established criteria, with few errors./06.02.02

Animals Two by Two
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)
pg. 154 - 169 (Plants)

K6

Students will adequately explanation of how germs affect the functions of the body /07.02.04

SFA - Healthy Me!
Reading Rainbow : "Germs Make Me Sick"
Speakers: ex. nurse

K7

Students will explain that germs cause some diseases and may be spread by people who have them; explain that washing one’s hands thoroughly with soap and water reduces the number of germs and their spread./07.02.04

SFA - Healthy Me
Speakers: ex. nurse
Reading Rainbow: "Germs Make Me Sick"

K8

Students will make connections between particular animals and their offspring with minimal errors./08.02.01

Animals Two by Two
GEMS: Penquins and Their Young

Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

K9

Students will sort a group of living things and describe how some living things have similar observable characteristics. (i.e. give rational justification of the sort)/08.02.02

Animals Two by Two
GEMS: Animal Defenses
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)
pg. 154 - 169 (Plants)

K10

Students will observe and discuss the interactions between plants as producers and animals as consumers./15.02.01

Animals Two by Two
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)
Resource: ESS pg. 154 - 169 (Plants)

K11

Students will give some examples of interactions between plants and animals./15.02.02

Animals Two by Two
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)
Resource: ESS pg. 154 - 169 (Plants)

K12

Students will observe and describe the growth of a plant (e.g., a bean plant) over time and identify plant growth patterns (e.g., sprouting of seeds, formation of roots, leaves and stems, development of flowers and seeds); observe and describe the life cycle of a domestic animal and an animal that undergoes metamorphosis (e.g., a frog, butterfly, or mealworm)./06.03.01

Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

K13

Students will classify plants and animals representative of major groups (e.g., evergreen vs. deciduous trees, animals with an external, internal or no skeleton, etc.) with few errors./06.03.02

Animals Two by Two
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

K14

Students will describe the needs of living organisms./06.03.03

Animals Two by Two
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

K15

Students will describe with examples how various living things behave differently under differing conditions (e.g. migration, coloration, hibernation) with minimal help./07.03.01

Animals Two by Two
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

K16

Students will give examples of how offspring may resemble parents and other siblings./08.03.01

Animals Two by Two
Requires some modification.
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

K17

Students will sort a group of living things by appearance and behavior and give rational justification of the sort with minimal help./08.03.02

Animals Two by Two
Requires some modification.
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

K18

Students will illustrate by providing diverse examples of the many different kinds of living things that exists on earth./09.03.01

Animals Two by Two
Requires some modification.
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

K19

Students will provide examples of how particular features of plants and animals help them live in different kinds of places.

09.03.02

Animals Two by Two
Requires some modification.
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

K20

Students will identify some similarities and differences found in animals and plants that help them live in their unique habitat./15.03.01

Animals Two by Two
Requires some modification.
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

K21

Students will describe using examples, several ways organisms interact with each other./15.03.02

Animals Two by Two
Requires some modification.
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

K22

Students will explain that germs affect the functions of the body and identify defenses that the human body has against germs (e.g., saliva, skin, special blood cells)./07.03.04

SFA Healthy Me
Reading Rainbow: "Germs Make Me Sick"
Speakers: ex. nurse

K23

Students will observe and describe changes in that take place in nature (e.g., weather, seasons, day and night)./12.02.01

Trees
Animals Two by Two
Resource: ESS pg. 154 - 169 (Plants)
Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)

K24

Students will observe, record, and describe seasonal differences (e.g., weather, changes in leaves of deciduous trees) using words, numbers (e.g., temperatures), and drawings, with minimal assistance./13.03.02

Trees
Resource: ESS pg. 154 - 169 (Plants)

Kindergarten Earth/Environmental Science

K25

Students will identify, from drawings or photographs, the sun, the moon, and stars.
Identify, from drawings, photographs, or verbal prompts, that the Earth is a planet.

14.02.01

Scholastic activities unit: Planets
SFA Exploring Space
Desert Research Institute: Solar Systems
Science Box
Videos: See video list

K26

Students will describe the movement of the sun across the sky, and tell that the moon appears in different places at different times./14.02.02

Scholastic activities unit: Planet
SFA Exploring Space
Videos: See video list
Weather : Douglas County kit

K27

Students will describe how some resources can be used and reused (e.g., use waste paper to make new paper; recycle glass)./16.02.01

Wood
Paper
GEMS: Sifting Thru Science

K28

Students will generate an idea or invention with prompting, and provide multiple examples of thinkers and inventors from around the world./18.02.01

Wood
Students create wood sculptures.
Nonfiction books
GEMS: Fingerprint

K29

Students will identify the sun, moon, and the Earth as components of our solar system./14.03.01

SFA Exploring Space

K30

Students will explain that there are more stars in the sky than anyone could easily count./14.03.03

SFA Exploring Space

K31

Students will explain that natural resources are used for many purposes (e.g., trees are used for construction, paper, and fuel)/16.03.01

Trees

K32

Students will provide examples of materials that can be recycled and used again./17.03.01

Paper

Field trips
Silver Burdett Recycling Activity
SFA Recycling
Environmental Education Directory: See reference
State Department of Environmental Protection activities

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