Fall/Quarter 1 Topics:
Fishy Facts
Shadows, Light, and Seasonal Changes
Winter/Quarter 2 Topics:
Arctic Animal Dioramas
Arctic Animal Shelter Challenge
Spring/Quarter 3 Topics:
How sound works
Folktale/Fairytale Design Challenge
Green Screen Project
Early summer/Quarter 4 Topics:
Plant Life Cycle & Adaptations
Stop Motion Animation Video Project
Letter to the Mayor Project - The Week of the Young Child
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Understand that air is a mixture of gases that is all around us and wind is moving air
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Describe weather changes from day to day and over the seasons
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Identify events around us that have repeating patterns, including the seasons of the year, day and night.
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Understand that animals (including humans) and plants are living things that grow, reproduce, and need food, air, and water
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Understand the differences between living and non-living things, and group them according to the characteristics they share
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Sort objects by observable properties such as size, shape, color, weight, and texture
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Identify objects as solid, or liquid, or gas and learn the properties of each
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Describe and compare how humans and animals use parts of the body as tools (ex. teeth for cutting, hands for grasping)
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Communities (government, economy) and how they function
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America's holidays and symbols and legends and folktales
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Pledge of Allegiance and patriotic songs
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State and national holidays and the reasons for celebrating these commemorated events and/or people
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Distinguish oceans, lakes, rivers, mountains on maps and globes
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Identify city, state and nation by name and location on maps and globes