Kindergarten Science Scope and Sequence

WHCSD Scope and Sequence

Kindergarten

Science

2016-2017

Unit 1: Unit 2: Unit 3: Unit 4: Unit 5:

Unit 6:

Kindergarten Science Scope and Sequence

COURSE OVERVIEW & TIMING This section is designed to help you see the flow of the units/topics across the entire school year.

Unit

Unit Length

Daily and Seasonal Changes (Earth and Sky)

1st Quarter

Daily and Seasonal Changes (Earth and Sky)

2nd Quarter (Early)

Properties of Everyday Objects and Materials (Objects)

2nd Quarter (Late)

Properties of Everyday Objects and Materials (Objects)

3rd Quarter (early)

Physical and Behavioral Traits of Living Things (Living and Nonliving Things/Plants and Animals)

3rd Quarter (late)

Physical and Behavioral Traits of Living Things (Living and Nonliving Things/Plants and Animals)

4th Quarter

OVERALL COURSE TIMING This section is designed to help you compare the number of available instructional days to the number of days accounted for in

the Scope and Sequence.

Total number of instructional days in school year:

Course Length 176

Total number of instructional days for all units included in Scope and Sequence:

99

Science Inquiry and Application (SIA)

During the years of PreK-4, all students must become proficient in the use of the following scientific processes, with appropriate laboratory safety techniques, to construct their knowledge and understanding in all science content areas:

SIA 1. Observe and ask questions about the natural environment. SIA 2. Plan and conduct simple investigations. SIA 3. Employ simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses. SIA 4. Use appropriate mathematics with data to construct reasonable explanations. SIA 5. Communicate about observations, investigations and explanations. SIA 6. Review and ask questions about the observations and explanations of others.

WHCSD Scope and Sequence

Kindergarten

Science

2016-2017

First Quarter: Daily and Seasonal Changes This topic focuses on observing, exploring, describing and comparing weather changes, patterns in the sky and changing seasons. During this unit scholars will learn about the four seasons and how the weather patterns change for each season. Scholars will experiment with different methods or make/use tools to collect precipitation amounts (rain, snow or ice) and measure the speed (faster or slower) and direction of wind (which way is the wind blowing?).

UNIT 1 LENGTH: Days/Weeks 27

Resources

UNIT 1 STANDARDS

Spiraling

K.ESS.1 Weather changes are long term and short term.

Pearson Interactive

Weather changes occur throughout the day and from day to day.

Science Chapter 4 Earth

Air is a nonliving substance that surrounds Earth and wind is air that is moving.

and Sky

Wind, temperature and precipitation can be used to document short-term weather changes that are

ODE Model Curriculum

observable.

Wonders Resources

Yearly weather changes (seasons) are observable patterns in the daily weather changes.

Rainy Weather- audio

(Tie into math meeting graphing weather. Create graphs and discuss finding and observations). SIA: SIA.2, SIA.4, SIA.5, SIA.6 (Chapters 1 and 2)

stream Levelled Readers

*During this unit set up systems and routines about working in pairs and collaborative groups.

Associated with WeatherAn Arctic Life for Us, Heat

Wave, Kate and Tuck,

(weather appropriate

RI.K.1 - With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

clothing), Weather All

RI.K.5 - Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

Around, Weather is Fun,

RI.K.6 - Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or

Bad Weather

information in a text.

Weekly Opener Video-

RI.K.10 - Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Weather Together- How

can weather affect us?

SECOND QUARTER: Daily and Seasonal Changes This topic focuses on observing, exploring, describing and comparing weather changes, patterns in the sky and changing seasons. During this unit scholars will learn about the four seasons and how the weather patterns change for each season. Scholars will also learn about the different objects in the sky and how they change in appearance during different times of the day.

UNIT 2 LENGTH: Days/Weeks 10

Resources

UNIT 2 STANDARDS

Spiraling

K.ESS.2 The moon, sun and stars are visible at different times of the day or night.

Pearson Interactive

The moon, sun and stars are in different positions at different times of the day or night. Sometimes

Science Chapter 4 Earth

the moon is visible during the night, sometimes the moon is visible during the day and at other

and Sky

times the moon is not visible at all. The observable shape of the moon changes in size very slowly ODE Model Curriculum

throughout each day of every month. The sun is visible only during the day.

Leveled Readers

The sun's position in the sky changes in a single day and from season to season. Stars are visible

Mouse's Moon Party,

at night, some are visible in the evening or morning and some are brighter than others.

Our Sun is a Star, How

(Observe the sun's position during different times of the day. Discuss/experiment with how

the Sun and the Moon

shadows are formed. Use question starter prompts to get scholars thinking about asking

Found Home

questions. Great opportunity for anchor charts for asking questions).

Interactive Read Aloud-

SIA: SIA.1

A View from the Moon

SIA.5, SIA.6, RI.K.1, RI.K.5, RI.K.6, RI.K.10

The Foxes Build a Home- scientific facts

about sunrise and

sunset.

SECOND QUARTER: Properties of Everyday Objects and Materials This topic focuses on the production of sound and on observing, exploring, describing and comparing the properties of objects and materials with which the student is familiar. Students will know learn about the composition and characteristics of objects.

UNIT 3 LENGTH: Days/Weeks 10

Resources

UNIT 3 STANDARDS

Spiraling

K.PS.1 Objects and materials can be sorted and described by their properties.

Objects can be sorted and described by the properties of the materials from which they are made.

Some of the properties can include color, size and texture.

(Standard and nonstandard measuring tools can give additional information about the

environment and can be used to make comparisons of objects and events. Magnifiers can

be used to see detail that cannot be seen with the unaided eye. Familiar objects from home,

the classroom or the natural environment can be explored and investigated).

SIA: SIA. 3

SIA. 1, SIA. 2, SIA. 4, SIA.5, SIA.6, RI.K.1, RI.K.5, RI.K.6, RI.K.10 RI.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).

Pearson Interactive Science Chapter 5 Objects

ODE Model Curriculum Wonders Resources: Sort it Out, GO#17Illustrations and What They Show, GO#16Learning from Illustrations

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Kindergarten

Science

2016-2017

THIRD QUARTER: Properties of Everyday Objects and Materials This topic focuses on the production of sound and on observing, exploring, describing and comparing the properties of objects and materials with which the student is familiar. Students will know learn about the composition and characteristics of objects.

UNIT 4 LENGTH: Days/Weeks 12

Resources

UNIT 4 STANDARDS

K.PS.2 Some objects and materials can be made to vibrate to produce sound. Sound is produced by touching, blowing or tapping objects. The sounds that are produced vary depending on the properties of objects. Sound is produced when objects vibrate. (Integrate art by having scholars create multiple musical instruments and then compare and contrast the sounds they make. Discuss the materials each instrument is made of and how that affects the sound).

Pearson Interactive Science Chapter 5 Objects

ODE Model Curriculum

Spiraling

SIA. 1, SIA. 2, SIA. 3, SIA. 4, SIA.5, SIA.6, RI.K.1, RI.K.5, RI.K.6, RI.K.10

THIRD QUARTER: Physical and Behavioral Traits of Living Things This topic focuses on observing, exploring, describing and comparing living things in Ohio. Students will learn about the needs of living things and ways animals and plants are alike and different.

UNIT 5 LENGTH: Days/Weeks

10

Resources

UNIT 5 STANDARDS

Spiraling

K.LS.1 Living things are different from nonliving things.

Living things include anything that is alive or has ever been alive. Living things have specific

characteristics and traits. Living things grow and reproduce. Living things are found almost

everywhere in the world. There are somewhat different kinds in different places.

(The focus is on the traits and behaviors of living things not on attributes of nonliving

things).

SIA. 1, SIA. 2, SIA. 3, SIA. 4, SIA.5, SIA.6, RI.K.1, RI.K.5, RI.K.6, RI.K. 7, RI.K.10

RI.K.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

Pearson Interactive Science Chapter 3 Living and Nonliving Things

ODE Model Curriculum Wonders Resources: Story ElementsGO# 47, 48, 49, 54 Unit 5 Week 1 Growing Plants Unit 5 Week 2- The Pine Tree

FOURTH QUARTER: Physical and Behavioral Traits of Living Things This topic focuses on observing, exploring, describing and comparing living things in Ohio. Students will know that living things are made up of a variety of structures. Some of these structures and behaviors influence their survival.

UNIT 6 LENGTH: Days/Weeks

30

Resources

UNIT 6 STANDARDS

K.LS.2 Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival. Pearson Interactive

Living things are made up of a variety of structures. Some of these structures and behaviors

Science Chapter 3

influence their survival.

Living and Nonliving

(The focus is not on naming the parts of living things, but associating through interaction

Things

and observation that living things are made of parts, and because of those parts, living things can do specific things).

ODE Model Curriculum

Spiraling

SIA. 1, SIA. 2, SIA. 3, SIA. 4, SIA.5, SIA.6, RI.K.1,RI.K. 2, RI.K.5, RI.K.6, RI.K. 7, RI.K.10

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