Kindergarten Instructional Guide

Kindergarten Science

Unit 5

PACING

KEY LANGUAGE USE(S)

Explain

Dec. 10 - Jan. 13

STRAND: Living Things & Their Surroundings: Needs for Survival Living things (plants and animals, including humans) depend on their surroundings to get what they need, including food, water, shelter, and a favorable temperature. The characteristics of surroundings infuence where living things are naturally found. Plants and animals affect and respond to their surroundings. KEY STANDARD(S) ● Standard K.2.1 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to describe patterns of what living things (plants and animals, including humans) need to survive. Emphasize the similarities and differences between the survival needs of all living things. Examples could include that plants depend on air, water, minerals, and light to survive, or animals depend on plants or other animals to survive. (LS1.C, LS2.B) END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE FEATURES & FUNCTIONS By the end of Unit 5 students will be able to identify a pattern of what all living things need to survive. Language Functions and Features: ● Use pictures and diagrams to describe the phenomenon ● Make a claim (If _______ happens, I predict that ________ will occur. ) ● Use declarative statements (animals depend on plants and water to survive, some animals depend on other animals to survive.) FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT ● K.2.1 Formative Assessment VOCABULARY ● Survive ● Plants ● Animals ● Humans ● Survival Needs