AL.1 PK.A – Explore and ask questions to seek meaningful information about a growing range of topics, ideas, and tasks.

AL.2 PK.A – Work towards completing a task, even if challenging and despite interruptions.

AL.2 PK.E – Retain and recall information presented over a short period of time.

3.1 PK.A.2 – Identify basic needs of plants (water and light) and animals (food, water, and light).

3.1 PK.A.3. – Recognize that plants and animals grow and change.

3.1 PK.A.5. – Name basic parts of living things.

3.2 PK.B.6 – Recognize that light from the sun is an important source of energy for living and non-living systems and some source of energy is needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow.

4.1 PK-2.C – Identify that plants need the sun to grow

4.5 PK-2. A – Identify what people need to survive.

AL.1 K.A – Explore and ask questions to seek meaningful information about a growing range of topics, ideas, and tasks.

AL. 1.4 K.W. – With guidance and support, recall information from experiences or gather
information from provided sources to answer questions.

AL 1.5 K.A. – Participate in collaborative conversations with peers and adults in small
and larger groups.

AL 1.5 K.B. – Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or
information presented orally or through other media.

3.1 K.A.2 – Investigate the dependence of living things on the sun’s energy, water, food/nutrients air, living space, and shelter.

3.1 K.A.3. – Observe, compare, and describe stages of life cycles for plants and/or animals.

3.1 K.C.2 – Describe changes animals and plants undergo throughout the seasons.

3.2 K.B.6 – Recognize that light from the sun is an important source of energy for living and non-living systems and some source of energy is needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow.

3.3 K.A.1 – Distinguish between three types of earth materials – rock, soil, and sand.

4.4 K.C – Observe and describe stages of life cycles for plants and animals.

4.4 K.D. – Identify tools and machinery commonly used in agriculture.

1.4 1.M – Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.

1.4 1.P – Include thoughts and feelings to describe experiences and events.

3.1 1.A.1 – Categorize living and nonliving things by external characteristics.

3.1 1.A.2 – Investigate the dependence of living things on the sun’s energy, water,
food/nutrients air, living space, and shelter.

3.1 1.A.5 – Identify and describe plant parts and their functions.

3.1 1.B.1 – Grow plants from seed and describe how they grow and change. Compare to adult plants.

3.2 1.B.6 – Recognize that light from the sun is an important source of energy for living and non-living systems and some source of energy is needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow.

4.4 1.A – Describe the role of soil in agricultural systems.

4.5 1.B – Describe why people consider some insects, plants, and other living things to be pests, and ways to control their population numbers.

AL.1 2.A – Explore and ask questions to seek meaningful information about a growing
range of topics, ideas, and tasks.

1.4 2.V – Participate in individual or shared research and writing projects.

1.4 2.W – Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided
sources to answer a question.

1.5 2.A – Participate in collaborative conversations with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

1.5 2.B – Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

3.1 2.A.5 – Explain how different parts of plants work together to make the organism function.

3.1 2.C.2 – Explain that living things can only survive if their needs are being met.

3.2 2.B.6 – Recognize that light from the sun is an important source of energy for living and non-living systems and some source of energy is needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow.

4.4 2.A – Identify agriculture as a living system and that food and fiber originate from plants and animals.

4.5 2.A – Identify the natural resources used to make various products.