Kindergarten Instructional Guide

Kindergarten Science

Unit 7

PACING

KEY LANGUAGE USE(S)

Feb 11 - Mar 5 Explain STRAND: Living Things and Their Surroundings: Effects on Surroundings

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.2.3 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate i nformation about how living things (plants and animals, including humans) affect their surroundings to survive. Examples could include squirrels digging in the ground to hide their food, plant roots breaking concrete, or humans building shelters. (ESS2.E) END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE FEATURES & FUNCTIONS By the end of Unit 7 students will be able to 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 (vibration causes sound, light travels through different materials differently)

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

● K.2.3 Formative Assessment

VOCABULARY ● Survival ● Plants

● Impact ● Environment

● Animals ● Humans

● Cause ● Effect