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EAST LONGMEADOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
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2006 - 2007 DISTRICT CURRICULUM GUIDES |
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Science - Kindergarten |
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Observations
The learner will be able to
observe and describe familiar objects and events, identifying details, similarities, and differences.
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| Observations |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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Predictions
The learner will be able to
make predictions based on past experience with a particular material or object.
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Scope |
Source |
| Predictions |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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Speculation
The learner will be able to
suggest and describe ideas about how, why, and what would happen if.
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Scope |
Source |
| Questioning: Hypotheses |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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The Earth's surface
The learner will be able to
understand that water, rocks, soil, and living organisms can be found on the Earth's surface.
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Scope |
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| Earth: Properties |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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Rocks
The learner will be able to
rocks have differing appearances.
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Scope |
Source |
| Rocks |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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Repeating patterns
The learner will be able to
understand that some events around us have a repeating pattern, for example seasons, day and night.
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Scope |
Source |
| Air |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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Weather
The learner will be able to
understand that weather changes from day to day.
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Scope |
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| Weather: Patterns |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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Properties of objects
The learner will be able to
notice that objects have observable properties, including size, shape, color, and texture.
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| Objects |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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States of matter
The learner will be able to
understand that two states matter are solid and liquid. Solids have definite shapes. Liquids conform to the shape of the container in which they are stored.
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| Matter: States of Matter |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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Motion
The learner will be able to
understand that things move different ways, such as straight, zigzag, round and round, back and forth, and fast and slow.
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| Motion |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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Characteristics of living things
The learner will be able to
understand that animals and plants are living things that grow, reproduce, and need food and water. These characteristics make them different from non-living things.
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| Living Things |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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Grouping living things
The learner will be able to
understand that living things can be sorted into groups that share many characteristics.
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Scope |
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| Living Things: Characteristics |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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The senses
The learner will be able to
understand that like other animals, people sense their environment through sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.
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| Senses |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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Seasonal changes
The learner will be able to
understand that as the seasons change, animals and plants go through changes in their appearance and or behavior.
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Scope |
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| Environment: Changes |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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Heredity
The learner will be able to
notice that organisms grow up to resemble their parents.
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| Heredity |
Introduce |
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks |
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Inventing
The learner will be able to
invent and build simple functional objects appropriately using common tools and materials, such as wood, glue, scissors, rulers, pencils, sand paper, and screwdrivers, etc.
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| Tools and MACHINES OF TECHNOLOGY |
Introduce |
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