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Kindergarten · Science

36 weeks, each with short read-to-me pages, and 13 standards targets.

One of your Kindergarten books The Kindergarten year

Mei rolls a blue ball to Dad on a park path.

Weeks

Each week opens its read-to-me pages and a guide for the grown-up.

Unit 1 · Look Up, Look Around

  1. Week 1 · Scientists look closely

    Standards: K-ESS2-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 1

  2. Week 2 · Warm or cold?

    Standards: K-ESS2-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 2

  3. Week 3 · One day, two looks

    Standards: K-ESS2-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 3

  4. Week 4 · Ask about weather

    Standards: K-ESS3-2

    Read-to-me pages for Week 4

  5. Week 5 · Dress and plan

    Standards: K-ESS3-2

    Read-to-me pages for Week 5

  6. Week 6 · Count our sky days

    Standards: K-ESS2-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 6

Unit 2 · What Living Things Need

  1. Week 7 · Bean plants need light

    Standards: K-LS1-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 7

  2. Week 8 · Animals need food and water

    Standards: K-LS1-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 8

  3. Week 9 · Read our bean results

    Standards: K-LS1-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 9

  4. Week 10 · Animals change places

    Standards: K-ESS2-2

    Read-to-me pages for Week 10

  5. Week 11 · Plants change places

    Standards: K-ESS2-2

    Read-to-me pages for Week 11

  6. Week 12 · Where can it live?

    Standards: K-ESS3-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 12

Unit 3 · Pushes and Pulls

  1. Week 13 · Push or pull?

    Standards: K-PS2-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 13

  2. Week 14 · Harder and softer

    Standards: K-PS2-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 14

  3. Week 15 · Push from different sides

    Standards: K-PS2-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 15

  4. Week 16 · Ramps and bumpers

    Standards: K-PS2-2

    Read-to-me pages for Week 16

  5. Week 17 · Hit the target

    Standards: K-PS2-2, K-2-ETS1-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 17

  6. Week 18 · Two bumpers, one job

    Standards: K-2-ETS1-3

    Read-to-me pages for Week 18

Unit 4 · Sunshine Warms

  1. Week 19 · Water in sun and shade

    Standards: K-PS3-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 19

  2. Week 20 · Sand, soil and rocks

    Standards: K-PS3-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 20

  3. Week 21 · Find shade

    Standards: K-PS3-2

    Read-to-me pages for Week 21

  4. Week 22 · Make a shade

    Standards: K-PS3-2, K-2-ETS1-2

    Read-to-me pages for Week 22

  5. Week 23 · Compare two shades

    Standards: K-PS3-2, K-2-ETS1-3

    Read-to-me pages for Week 23

  6. Week 24 · Two months of weather

    Standards: K-ESS2-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 24

Unit 5 · Weather and Wise Choices

  1. Week 25 · Big weather

    Standards: K-ESS3-2

    Read-to-me pages for Week 25

  2. Week 26 · Our family weather plan

    Standards: K-ESS3-2

    Read-to-me pages for Week 26

  3. Week 27 · Needs and different places

    Standards: K-ESS3-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 27

  4. Week 28 · Plant in a suitable place

    Standards: K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 28

  5. Week 29 · Shape helps it work

    Standards: K-2-ETS1-2

    Read-to-me pages for Week 29

  6. Week 30 · Our weather year

    Standards: K-ESS2-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 30

Unit 6 · Caring for Our World

  1. Week 31 · People change places

    Standards: K-ESS3-3

    Read-to-me pages for Week 31

  2. Week 32 · Use less and reuse

    Standards: K-ESS3-3

    Read-to-me pages for Week 32

  3. Week 33 · Help living things

    Standards: K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-3

    Read-to-me pages for Week 33

  4. Week 34 · A problem for someone I know

    Standards: K-2-ETS1-1

    Read-to-me pages for Week 34

  5. Week 35 · Build, test and compare

    Standards: K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-3

    Read-to-me pages for Week 35

  6. Week 36 · Our science museum

    Standards: K-PS2-1, K-PS2-2, K-PS3-1, K-PS3-2, K-LS1-1, K-ESS2-1, K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-1, K-ESS3-2, K-ESS3-3, K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3

    Read-to-me pages for Week 36

Kindergarten · Science · Our Shared World

Standards checklist

I Can wording comes from the CPA Kindergarten I Can checklist. Mark each target as your child shows it.

Physical science

  • K-PS2-1 I can compare how pushing and pulling on an object makes it move. I can talk about how moving the object in different directions changes the way that it moves. I can talk about how pushing or pulling an object softer or harder changes the way that it moves.

    WeeksWeek 13Week 14Week 15Week 36

  • K-PS2-2 I can show different ways to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or pull. I can tell you if what I did to make the object move worked correctly or not.

    WeeksWeek 16Week 17Week 36

  • K-PS3-1 I can compare the differences between soil, sand, rocks, and water that have been in the sunlight, and soil, sand, rocks, and water that have not been in the sunlight. I can talk about the comparisons that I have made.

    WeeksWeek 19Week 20Week 36

  • K-PS3-2 I can create structures that will shield areas from the warmth of the sun. I can talk about why I think they will work.

    WeeksWeek 21Week 22Week 23Week 36

Life science

  • K-LS1-1 I can compare the similar things that plants need to survive. I can compare similar things that animals need to survive. I can talk about what plants and animals need to survive.

    WeeksWeek 7Week 8Week 9Week 28Week 36

Earth and space science

  • K-ESS2-1 I can observe the weather and tell you if it is sunny, cloudy, rainy, warm, or cold. I can keep track of how the weather changes at different times of the day. I can keep track of how the weather changes during the month. I can talk about what I have observed.

    WeeksWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 6Week 24Week 30Week 36

  • K-ESS2-2 I can observe how plants and animals can change their environments to meet their needs. I can form ideas about how plants and animals can change their environments to meet their needs. I can give reasons for my ideas.

    WeeksWeek 10Week 11Week 33Week 36

  • K-ESS3-1 I can show how the needs of different plants and animals change where they can live.

    WeeksWeek 12Week 27Week 28Week 36

  • K-ESS3-2 I can ask questions to learn more about the weather. I can tell why knowing about the weather is important. I can give examples of how to prepare for and respond to bad weather where I live.

    WeeksWeek 4Week 5Week 25Week 26Week 36

  • K-ESS3-3 I can talk about ways that humans can change the way that they live so that they do not hurt the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the world.

    WeeksWeek 31Week 32Week 33Week 36

Engineering design

  • K-2-ETS1-1 I can find out about simple problems that people that I know want to change and figure out how to solve them. I can talk about how the problem can be fixed. I can talk about the solution that I have created and why it will help to solve the problem.

    WeeksWeek 17Week 34Week 35Week 36

  • K-2-ETS1-2 I can create a drawing that shows how the shape of an object makes it work the way it is supposed to work.

    WeeksWeek 22Week 29Week 36

  • K-2-ETS1-3 I can compare two objects that were made to solve the same problem and talk about the strengths and weaknesses of both objects.

    WeeksWeek 18Week 23Week 35Week 36

Broad category targets may need evidence from several lessons.

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