Science – Grade Kindergarten

District 2853

Month

Content

Performance Standards Addressed

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

 

September

·         Personal Hygiene

D.S.E. B 1 (Prep)

·         Use Kleenex, wash hands before eating/after bathroom use

·         Assessments will be recorded using the work sampling developmental tool.  These observations are recorded daily by staff or samples are taken (collected) of the child’s work and kept in their personal Sept. – May portfolio.  Parents receive at year’s end.

 

·         Human Body

 

·         Name external body parts and mechanics of body

·         Teacher observation

·         Checklist

·         Student-made sequence book

 

·         Plants

D.S.E. A 3, B 1, C 1

(All Prep)

·         Sequence the growth

·         Recognize that some plants provide food

 

 

·         Insects

D.S.E. A 2, B 1, E 3

(All Prep)

·         Observation of different types of insects

·         Teacher observation

October

·         Fire Safety

D.S.E. E 2 (Prep)

·         Demonstrate fire safety techniques

 

 

·         5-Senses

D.S.E. B 1, E 1 (All Prep)

·         Become aware of senses

·         Understand their function for the body

·         Introduce the language of senses (e.g. sight, sound, etc.)

 

November

·         Nutrition

D.S.E. A 1, B 1, E 3, E 4,

E 5 (All Prep)

·         Understand how to make healthy choices

·         Introduce food pyramid

·         Understand the benefit food is on the body

·         Teacher observation – matching veggies to canned veggies

December

·         Water

A 1, A 2, A 3, D 3, E 1, E 2

(All Prep)

·         Understand the water life cycle

 

January

·         Properties of Water

D.S.S. A 2, A 3, D 3, E 1, E 2 (All Prep)

·         Understanding the different forms water can take

·         Teacher observation

February

·         Dental Health

D.S.S. B 1, C 1 (All Prep)

·         Importance of taking care of teeth

·         How to care for teeth

 

 

·         Shadows

D.S.S. E 1, E 2 (All Prep)

·         Discuss how shadows are formed

 

February and March

·         Drug Awareness

D.S.S. E 3 (Prep)

·         Understanding the benefits and dangers of medicine/drugs

·         Drug Identification

·         Making healthy choices

·         Know medication/poisons safety issues and how to handle them

 

April

·         Ecology

D.S.S. D 1, D 2, D 3

(All Prep)

·         How to conserve resources (e.g. running water, paper towels, etc.)

·         Discuss how people’s actions affect the environment

 

April and May

·         Animal Life Cycle

D.S.S. A 2, A 3, B 1, C 1,

E 4 (All Prep)

·         Children, frogs, butterflies

 

May

·         Plant Life Cycle

D.S.S. A 2, A 3, B 1, C 1,

E 2 (All Prep)

·         Know parts of plants

·         Needs of a plant

·         Plant a seed and observe it’s growth

 

September through May

·         Weather

D.S.S. E 4 (Prep)

·         Recording and graphing of daily weather

 

On-going

September through May

·         Science Tools

 

·         Tape measures, magnets, magnifying glasses, binoculars, stethoscopes

 

September through May

·         Sort and Classify

D.S.S. E 1, E 3, E 4

(All Prep)

·         Sort objects by color, size, shape, etc.

·         Recognize and verbalize properties

 

Yearlong

·         Scientific method, inquiry and discovery stations

D.S.E. E 3 (Prep)

·         Practice classifying by grouping according to attributes

·         Teacher observation of student projects

 

·         Safety in Science

D.S.E. D 1 (Prep)

·         Understand the respect of science and safety issues

 

 

·         Science tools

 

·         Introduce vocab regarding tools

 

 

·         Seasons

D.S.E. A 2, A 3, B 1, C 1

(All Prep)

·         Explain dress appropriate to season

·         Explain the effects of seasonal weather

·         Observe differences in day and night sky