Grade Level Two

Standards

Physical Sciences

2.0 Plants and animals have predictable life cycles. As a basis for understanding this concept:

  • 2a. Students know that organisms reproduce offspring of their own kind and that the offspring resemble their parents and one another.
    • Standards Correlation: Glass case: Plants and Animals, Mural

Earth Sciences

3.0 Earth is made of materials that have distinct properties and provide resources for human activities. As a basis for understanding this concept:

  • 3e. Students know that rocks, water, plants, and soil provide many resources, including food, fuel, and building materials, that humans use.
    • Standards Correlation: American River Canyon, Sand table
  • 2b. Students know both plants and animals need water, animals need food, and plants need light.
    • Standards Correlation: American River Canyon, Sand table, Mural, Kitchen

History - Social Science - “People Who Make a Difference”

  • 2.1 Students differentiate between things that happened long ago and things that happened yesterday.
    • Standards Correlation: American River Canyon, Sand table
  • 2.2 Students demonstrate map skills by describing the absolute and relative locations of people, places, and environments.
    • Standards Correlation: Relief map
  • 2.4 Students understand basic economic concepts and their roles in the economy and demonstrate basic economic reasoning skills.
    • Standards Correlation: Sand table, Kitchen, Water Usage display
  • 2.4.3 Understand how limits on resources affect production and consumption (what to produce and what to consume).
    • Standards Correlation: Sand table, Kitchen, Water Usage display

Language Arts

1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies – Students listen critically and respond appropriately to oral communication. They speak in a manner that guides the listener to understand important ideas by using proper phrasing, pitch, and modulation

  • Comprehension
    • 1.1 Determine the purpose or purposes of listening (e.g., to obtain information, to solve problems, for enjoyment).
    • 1.2 Ask for clarification and explanation of stories and ideas.
    • 1.3 Paraphrase information that has been shared orally by others.
Last Updated: 11/4/20