SALTA 1st grade

Unit 2: Communities Reading Street Big Question: What is a Community

Essential Question

How are rocks, soil, and water important to a community?

Standard 2.1: Investigate the natural world including rocks, soil, and water. a. Observe, compare, describe, and sort components of soil by size, texture, and color. b. Identify and describe a variety of natural sources of water, including streams, lakes, and oceans. c. Gather evidence about the uses of rocks, soil, and water. Clay, compare, contrast , data, evidence, silt, similarity, soil, sort, texture

Content Standards

Essential Vocabulary

UEN Links: K-2 Interactives: http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/ Core Academy Handbooks: http://schools.utah.gov/CURR/science/Elementary/First-Grade.aspx Lesson Plans: http://www.uen.org/core/displayCourse.do?courseNumber=3010

Suggested Unit Resources

Explicit Ties to Reading Street

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