Unifying Objectives: Grades K-2

Obj #

District Objective/State #

SPSK2.1

Students will demonstrate, with an example, that something may not work if some of its parts are missing./

20.02.03

All activities

SPSK2.2

Students will make qualitative observations and provide pictorial or word descriptions of objects or phenomena./21.02.01

All activities.

SPSK2.3

Students will record observations of investigations over time in a notebook or journal with minimal assistance. (e.g. growth of a plant, changes in weather, insect growth and development...)/21.02.02

All activities.
K: Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)
1: Resource: ESS pg. 154 - 169 (Plants)
2: Resource: ESS pg. 106 - 136 (Meteorology)

SPSK2.4

Students will generally follow verbal and written instructions accurately./22.02.01

All activities.

SPSK2.5

Students will generally produce simple pictographs to describe observations./22.02.02

All activities.

SPSK2.6

Students will reasonably cooperates and contributes ideas within a group./22.02.03

All activities
K - 2: GEMS: Group Solution
K - 2: GEMS: Group Solution Too

SPSK2.7

Students will generally use mental computation to make rough estimates (e.g., simple addition and subtraction problems)./23.02.03

All activities

SPSK2.8

Students will adequately identify unexpected or unusual results in activities when counting or measuring using standard or non-standard units. (e.g. measure classroom chairs with “handspans” and rulers)/23.02.05

All activities
K - 2: Resource: ESS pg. 397 - 407 (Measuring Systems and Instruments)

SPSK2.9

Students will adequately identify unexpected or unusual results in activities when counting or measuring using standard or non-standard units. (e.g. measure classroom chairs and compare results.)/23.02.05

All activities
K - 2: Resource: ESS pg. 397 - 407 (Measuring Systems and Instruments)

SPSK2.10

Students will generally keep records of observations and measurements taken over time. (e.g. plants, insects, weather)/24.02.04

K: Trees
K: Animals Two by Two
1: New Plants
2: Air and Weather
K: Resource: ESS pg. 139 - 153 (Animals)
1: Resource: ESS pg. 154 - 169 (Plants)
2: Resource: ESS pg. 106 - 136 (Meteorology)

SPSK2.11

Students will sort objects, organisms, or phenomena on the basis of two or more observable characteristic or attributes (e.g., dimensions, coloration, symmetry, parts, state of matter) using Venn diagrams or other schemes; identify or create a classification system from observing objects that are already grouped./02.03.02

Pebbles, Sand, and Silt
Resource: ESS pg. 69 - 89 (Geology)