Young 5’s
I can demonstrate comprehension of why it rains by creating a rain cloud model (using a cup of water with shaving cream on top to represent a cloud, then add colored water drops onto the cloud).
I can draw my rain model and orally explain why it rains
Vocabulary: rain, clouds, heavy, precipitation
Kindergarten
“LEGO STEM TOWER”
I can build the tallest lego tower that can withhold the fan blowing at three different speeds.
I can draw a sketch of my first tower plan, build it, and then create a new drawing plan for a second tower with improvements.
Vocabulary: STEM, imagine, plan, create, build, improve, tower, speed
First Grade
I can demonstrate comprehension of the 8 phases of the moon by creating a model of the phases using oreo cookies.
I can label the different phases correctly and orally explain why the moon appears to change shape throughout the month.
Sentence Stems:
The 8 phases of the moon are_______________________________.
The moon is not really changing shapes. It actually is _________________________.
Vocabulary: moon, cycle, phases, shadow, month, waxing, waning, gibbous,crescent, full moon, new moon
Second Grade
I can demonstrate the process of weathering, erosion, and deposition by creating a landform out of legos and then as a team pretending to break it slowly apart by water, ice, or wind (weathering), carrying it away (erosion), and bringing it to a new area (deposition) to form a new lego landform.
I can draw or write to explain how the lego landform activity helped me understand the process of weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Vocabulary: landforms, mountain, plataeu, mesa, hill, plain, volcano, beaches, island, peninsula, weathering, erosion, deposition
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Third Grade
I can demonstrate comprehension of animal adaptation and habitats by reasoning about whether their animal’s adaptation and traits are helpful in letting them belong in the habitat they were randomly given.
I can write to explain by using claim and evidence why I think the animal belongs or does not belong in the habitat given.
Question:
Can your animal survive in the habitat provided?
Claim:
_______________________ will survive in this habitat.
Or
______________________will not survive in this habitat.
Evidence:
___________________ will survive in this habitat because___________________.
___________________will not survive in this habitat because________________.
Vocabulary: habitat, physical characteristics, organisms, survival, environment
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Fourth Grade
I can demonstrate comprehension Earth’s history by analyzing fossils/sedimentary rocks and putting together a rock layer puzzle to see what it tells us about Earth.
I can orally explain what fossils and rock layers can tell us about Earth’s history.
Sentence Stems:
Fossils and rock layers can tell us ____________________________________.
I learned that the oldest layer of rock is _________________ and the newest is ___________________________.
Vocabulary: rock layers, sedimentary rock, fossils, organisms
Fifth Grade
I can demonstrate comprehension of Earth’s 4 spheres(Geosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere) and how they work together as a system by watching a video and labeling and coloring a poster of the different parts of each sphere.
I can orally explain the different spheres and how they interact.
Sentence Stems:
Earth’s 4 sphere’s are _________________, ___________, ___________, and __________.
The Geosphere is __________________.
The Biosphere is_______________.
The Hydrospere has ____________________.
The Atmoshpere is made of ________________.
The 4 spheres are a system by _______________________________.
Vocabulary: Geosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere
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