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Week/
Month
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Content
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Skills for Student Achievement
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Assessment
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Performance Standards Addressed
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October
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- Observe
daily weather and record observations in a journal
- Use
a calendar to monitor and graph daily weather
- Monitor
and record daily outdoor temperature
- Use
different weather instruments including an anemometer, thermometer and
rain gauge
- Describe
wind speed and direction
- Identify
several types of clouds
- Explore
properties of air
- Discover
that air occupies space and can be compressed
- Observe
that compressed air pushes with usable pressure
- Capture
air in bubbles
- Observe
parachutes, propellers and gliders to find out what effect air has on
them
- Observe
the distance and path a balloon travels when released in a
balloon-rocked system
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- Class
projects
- Teacher
observations
- Journal
entries
- Foss
Worksheets
- Student
Writing
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IB2
IA1
IA2
IA3
IA4
IA4, IIIA1
IB1
IID2, IB2
IID2
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February
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- Explore
the concepts of balance, counterbalance, and stability
- Discover
different ways to rotate and spin objects
- Explore
variables that influence rotating and spinning
- Observe
and compare rolling systems
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- Class
projects
- Teacher
observation
- Journal
entries
- Long
runway project
- Mobile
Project
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IID1
IID2
IID2
IID1
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April and May
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- Observe
and describe the changes that occur as plants grow and change
- Label
the parts of a plant
- Record
observations using drawings, calendars and journals
- Observe
that plants can grow from seeds, cuttings, bulbs
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- Class
projects
- Journal
entries
- Teacher
observations
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IVB1
IVB1
IIC1
IVC1
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