Grades K-5
Grade | Elementary Science Expectations | (CAC) The Colors of Air Pollution Relay (Grade K) | (CAC) Wanted: Clean Air (Grade K) | (CAC) Idlers: Please Stop Your Engines (Grade 3-5) | Plants on Pollution Patrol (Grade 4) | (CAC) Stayin Alive (Grade 4) | (CAC) Six Infamous Air Pollutants (Grade 5) |
| K | Life Sciences: Organisms can be described and sorted by their physical characteristics. | X | |||||
| 4 | Life Sciences: All living things share similar characteristics, but they also have differences that can be described and classified. | X | X | ||||
| 4 | Life Sciences: There is interaction and interdependence between and among living and nonliving components of the systems. | X | X | X | |||
| 5 | Life Sciences: All organisms have structures and systems with separate functions. | X | |||||
| Elementary Reading, Writing, and Communicating Expectations | |||||||
| K | Oral Expression: Oral communication skills are built within a language-rich environment. | X | |||||
| K | Oral Expression: Communication relies on effective verbal and nonverbal skills. | X | |||||
| K | Reading for All Purposes: A concept of print to read and a solid comprehension of literacy information text are the building blocks of readying. | X | |||||
| K | Writing & Composition: Pictures, labels, and familiar words are used to find information that answers questions of interest. | X | X | ||||
| K | Research & Reasoning: Purpose, relevant information, and question at hand. | X | |||||
| K | Research & Reasoning: Quality thinking depends on the quality of questions. | X | |||||
| 3 | Oral Expression: Successful group activities need the cooperation of everyone. | X | |||||
| 3 | Writing & Composition: Correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling are used when writing. | X | |||||
| 4 | Oral Expression: A clear communication plan is necessary to effectively deliver and receive information. | X | X | ||||
| 4 | Writing & Composition: Informational and persuasive texts use the recursive writing process. | X | |||||
| 4 | Writing & Composition: Correct sentence formation, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling are applied to make the meaning clear to the reader. | X | |||||
| 4 | Reading for All Purposes: Comprehending new information for research is a process undertaken with discipline both alone and within groups. | X | X | ||||
| 4 | Reading for All Purposes: Identifying implications, concepts, and ideas enriches reasoning skills. | X | X | X | |||
| 5 | Oral Expression: Effective communication requires writers to express an opinion, provide information, describe a process, and persuade an audience. | X | |||||
| 5 | Oral Expression: Listening are techniques that contribute to understanding different situations and serving different purposes. | X | X | ||||
| 5 | Reading for All Purposes: Ideas found in a variety of informational texts need to be compared and understood. | X | |||||
| 5 | Writing & Composition: The recursive writing process creates stronger informational and persuasive texts for a variety of audiences and purposes. | X | |||||
| 5 | Research & Reasoning: High-quality research requires information that is organized and presented with documentation. | X | |||||
| 5 | Research & Reasoning: Quality reasoning requires asking questions and analyzing and evaluating viewpoints. | X | X | ||||
| Elementary Mathematics Expectations: | |||||||
| 5 | Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: Formulate, represent and use algorithms to mulityple and divide multi-digit whole numbers with flexibility, accuracy, and efficiency. | X | |||||
| 5 | Patterns, Functions, and Algebraic Structures: Number patterns and relationships can be described using a variety of tools. | X | |||||
| 5 | Patterns, Functions, and Algebraic Structures: When a relationship exists between two quantities, a change in one results in a change in the other. | X | |||||
| 5 | Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability: Visual displays and summary statistics are used to describe and interpret data. | X | |||||
| 4 | Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: Formulate, represent, and use algorithms to muliply and divide with flexibility, accuracy, and efficiency. | X | |||||
| 4 | Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability: Visual displays of classroom data can be used to summarize information across the content areas. | X | |||||
| 4 | Shape, Dimension, and Geometric Relationships: Appropriate measurement tolls, units, and systems are used to measure different attributes of objects and time. | X | |||||
| 3 | Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: Parts of a whole can be modeled and represented in different ways. | X | |||||
| 3 | Patterns, Functions, and Algebraic Structures: Number patterns are based on operations and relationships. | X | |||||
| 3 | Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability: Visual displays of data can be used to answer questions of interest. | X |