Standards for Teaching Seasons to K-1
The Standards
Social Sciences/Geography
17.A.1b Identify the characteristics and purposes of geographic representations including maps, globes, graphs, photographs, software, digital images and be able to locate specific places using each
17.B.1a Identify components of the Earth’s physical systems
17.B.1b Describe physical components of ecosystems
17.C.1a Identify ways people depend on and interact with the physical environment
17.C.1b Identify opportunities and constraints of the physical environment
17.D.1 Identify changes in geographic characteristics of a local region
Reading
1.A.1a Apply word analysis skills (e.g., phonics, word patterns) to recognize new words
1.A.1b Comprehend unfamiliar words using context clues and prior knowledge; verify meanings with resource materials
1.B.1a Establish purposes for reading, make predictions, connect important ideas, and link text to previous experiences and knowledge
1.B.1b Identify genres (forms and purposes) of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and electronic literary forms
Class Reading Independent Mini Presentations Concentrated Units End of Year Seasonal Acting as the Earth
Season/Hemisphere
Sounds Videos Clothing
Reading Classmates Season Pages
(Standards Continued)
1.C.1a Use information to form questions and verify predictions
1.C.1b Identify important themes and topics
1.C.1c Make comparisons across reading selections
1.C.1e Identify how authors and illustrators express their ideas in text and graphics (e.g., dialogue, conflict, shape, color, characters)
1.C.1f Use information presented in simple tables, maps and charts to form an interpretation
2.A.1b Classify literary works as fiction or nonfiction
Literature
2.B.1a Respond to literary materials by connecting them to their own experience and communicate those responses to others
Writing
3.A.1 Construct complete sentences which demonstrate subject/verb agreement;
Social Sciences/Geography
17.A.1b Identify the characteristics and purposes of geographic representations including maps, globes, graphs, photographs, software, digital images and be able to locate specific places using each
17.B.1a Identify components of the Earth’s physical systems
17.B.1b Describe physical components of ecosystems
17.C.1a Identify ways people depend on and interact with the physical environment
17.C.1b Identify opportunities and constraints of the physical environment
17.D.1 Identify changes in geographic characteristics of a local region
Reading
1.A.1a Apply word analysis skills (e.g., phonics, word patterns) to recognize new words
1.A.1b Comprehend unfamiliar words using context clues and prior knowledge; verify meanings with resource materials
1.B.1a Establish purposes for reading, make predictions, connect important ideas, and link text to previous experiences and knowledge
1.B.1b Identify genres (forms and purposes) of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and electronic literary forms
Class Reading Independent Mini Presentations Concentrated Units End of Year Seasonal Acting as the Earth
Season/Hemisphere
Sounds Videos Clothing
Reading Classmates Season Pages
(Standards Continued)
1.C.1a Use information to form questions and verify predictions
1.C.1b Identify important themes and topics
1.C.1c Make comparisons across reading selections
1.C.1e Identify how authors and illustrators express their ideas in text and graphics (e.g., dialogue, conflict, shape, color, characters)
1.C.1f Use information presented in simple tables, maps and charts to form an interpretation
2.A.1b Classify literary works as fiction or nonfiction
Literature
2.B.1a Respond to literary materials by connecting them to their own experience and communicate those responses to others
Writing
3.A.1 Construct complete sentences which demonstrate subject/verb agreement;