THE VANISHING WETLAND ACTIVITY BOOKLET

AND GUIDEBOOK FOR EDUCATORS

GLE, Benchmarks, Standards

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Prekindergarten
SCIENCE
Science as Inquiry

The Abilities Necessary To Do Scientific Inquiry

1.   Ask questions about objects and events in the environment (e.g., plants, rocks, storms) (PK-CS-I1) (SI-E-A1)

Life Science

Characteristics of Organism

20. Give examples of different kinds of plants and different kinds of animals (PK-CS-L1) (LS-E-A4)

Organisms and Their Environments

24. Describe plants and animals in the schoolyard or home environments (PK-CS-L1) (LS-E-C1)

Kindergarten

SCIENCE 

Science as Inquiry

The Abilities To Do Scientific Inquiry

1.   Ask questions about objects and events in the environment (e.g., plants, rocks, storms) (SI-E-A1)

3.   Predict and anticipate possible outcomes (SI-E-A2)

Grade 1

SCIENCE

Science as Inquiry

The Abilities To Do Scientific Inquiry

1.      Ask questions about objects and events in the environment (e.g., plants,

3.      Predict and anticipate possible outcomes (SI-E-A2)

   rocks, storms) (SI-E-A1)

Organisms and Their Environments

32. Describe features of some animals that benefit them in their environments (LS-E-C1)

33. Explain how pets' needs are met in their habitats (LS-E-C1)

34. Record evidence of plants and animals in the schoolyard or other environments (LS-E-C2)

Grade 2

SCIENCE

Science as Inquiry

The Abilities To Do Scientific Inquiry

1.      Ask questions about objects and events in the environment (e.g., plants, rocks, storms) (SI-E-A1)

4.      Predict and anticipate possible outcomes (SI-E-A2)

Organisms and Their Environments

35. Identify the components of a variety of habitats and describe how organisms in those habitats depend on each other (LS-E-C1) 

Science and the Environment

45. Locate and identify plants and animals within an ecosystem (SE-E-A2)

48. Describe a variety of activities related to preserving the environment (SE-E-A3)

50. Describe ways in which habitat loss or change can occur as a result of natural events or human impact (SE-E-A5)

Grade 3

SCIENCE

Science as Inquiry

The Abilities To Do Scientific Inquiry

1.      Ask questions about objects and events in the environment (e.g., plants, rocks, storms) (SI-E-A1)

4.      Predict and anticipate possible outcomes (SI-E-A2)

Science and the Environment

57. Describe the interrelationships of living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) components within various ecosystems (e.g., terrarium, swamp, backyard) (SE-E-A1)

58. Describe how humans have had negative and positive effects on organisms and their environments (SE-E-A3) (SE-E-A5)

Grade 4

Science as Inquiry

The Abilities To Do Scientific Inquiry

1.      Ask questions about objects and events in the environment (e.g., plants, rocks, storms) (SI-E-A1)

4.      Predict and anticipate possible outcomes (SI-E-A2)

Organisms and Their Environments

53. Identify the habitat in which selected organisms would most likely live and explain how specific structures help organisms to survive (LS-E-C2)

54. Describe the effect of sudden increases or decreases of one group of organisms upon other organisms in the environment (LS-E-C3)

72. Predict and describe consequences of the removal of one component in a balanced ecosystem (e.g., consumer, herbivores, nonliving component) (SE-E-A2)

Prekindergarten

Language Arts

Reading and Responding

Standard 1 

6.        Relate pictures to characters (PK-LL-R4) (ELA-1-E4)

8.        Listen to a story and state orally what the story is about (PK-LL-R1) (PK-LL-R2) (PK-LL-L1) (ELA-1-E5)

9.        Answer simple questions about a story read aloud (PK-LL-S3) (PK-LL-R4) (ELA-1-E5)

10.    Share related life experiences after stories are read aloud (PK-LL-L1) (PK-LL-S1) (ELA-1-E6)

11.    Orally express thoughts about characters or events in a story (PK-LL-S1) (PK-LL-S2) (PKS-LL-R2) (ELA-1-E6) 

Standard 7

12.    Demonstrate understanding of texts read aloud using a variety of strategies, including:

·      sequencing two or three pictures to illustrate events in a story

·      participating in a group discussion to predict what a book will be about

·      determining whether the prediction was accurate (PK-LL-R2) (ELA-7-E1)

13.    Identify problems and solutions in stories that are read aloud (PK-LL-R2) (ELA-7-E2)

14.    Use simple reasoning skills, including:

·      identifying reality and fantasy in texts read aloud (PF-LL-R1)

·      determining why something happens in a story read aloud (PK-LL-R2)

·      asking simple questions about a story read aloud (e.g., who, where) (PK-LL-S3) (ELA-7-E4)  

Kindergarten

Language Arts

Reading and Responding

Standard 1

8.        Identify basic story elements, including simple plot sequences, setting, and simple character descriptions, in a favorite story using pictures and/or oral responses (ELA-1-E4)

9.        Orally retell ideas and important facts in grade-appropriate texts read aloud by the teacher or read by the individual student (ELA-1-E5)

10.    Answer questions about the important characters, setting, and events of a story (ELA-1-E5)

11.    Describe the connections between life experiences and texts (ELA-1-E6) 

Standard 7

14.    Demonstrate understanding of information in texts read aloud using a variety of strategies, including:

·      making predictions using prior knowledge and pictures

·      using at least five pictures to sequence the events of a story

·      drawing conclusions from text

·      using pictures to resolve questions (ELA-7-E1)

15.    Identify problems in texts and offer possible solutions (ELA-7-E2)

16.    Describe the role of an author and an illustrator (ELA-7-E3)

17.    Identify different emotions and feelings of authors by participating in activities such as role-playing, illustrating, and answering questions (ELA-7-E3)

18.    Ask questions that demonstrate knowledge of character, setting, plot, and text type about texts read aloud (e.g., what, why, how) (ELA-7-E4) 

Speaking and Listening

Standard 4

37.    Describe people, places, things (e.g., size, color, shape), locations, and actions from a story read aloud (ELA-4-E3) 

First Grade

Reading and Responding

Standard 1

3.        Use pictures and context clues to confirm meaning of unfamiliar words (ELA-1-E1)

8.        Identify the author and the illustrator of a book (ELA-1-E2)

12.    Identify story elements, including:

·      speaker or narrator

·      setting

·      characters

·      plot

·      problems and solutions (ELA-1-E4) 

14.    Retell a story’s beginning, middle, and end (ELA-1-E5)

15.    Retell important facts from informational text (ELA-1-E5)

16.    Compare the similarities/differences between events in a story and events in life (ELA-1-E6)

17.    Identify themes in texts and relate themes to personal prior experience or experience of others (ELA-1-E6) 

Writing

Standard 2

26.    Write simple stories with a central idea or event; a beginning, middle, and end; and details (ELA-2-E1)

Speaking and Listening

Standard 4

49.    Retell stories with the following included:

·      sequential order using vocabulary from the story

·      descriptive words to answer questions about characters, settings, and events of a story (ELA-4-E3)

Second Grade

Reading and Responding

Standard 1 

8.        Identify story elements, including effects of setting on events and characters (ELA-1-E4)

10.    Retell a story in sequence including main idea and important supporting details (ELA-1-E5)

11.    Make statements about how previous reading and life experiences relate to information read in texts (ELA-1-E6) 

Standard 7

17.    Demonstrate understanding of information in texts using a variety of strategies, including:

·      comparing and contrasting story elements (e.g., character, setting, events)

·      predicting what will happen next in a story or a text

·      making simple inferences about information in texts

·      self-monitoring consistently for comprehension using multiple strategies and self-correcting as appropriate (ELA-7-E1)

18.    Discuss and choose the most appropriate solution to a problem in texts (ELA-7-E2)

19.    Identify the author's viewpoint (i.e., perspective) in a text (ELA-7-E3)

20.    Apply basic reasoning skills, including:

·      discussing the relationship between cause-effect

·      asking questions about texts read independently including why and how (ELA-7-E4) 

Speaking and Listening

Standard 4

40.    Tell and retell stories with the following included:

·      sequential order, including setting, character, and simple plot

·      supportive facts and details from the story

·      explicit and implicit main ideas (ELA-4-E3)

45.    Give oral responses, including:

·      telling stories and personal experiences

·      giving explanations and reports (ELA-4-E5) 

Third Grade

Reading and Responding

Standard 1

8.        Identify story elements including:

·      theme

·      conflict

·      character traits, feelings, and motivation (ELA-1-E4)

10.    Demonstrate understanding by summarizing stories and information, including the main events or ideas and selected details from the text in oral and written responses (ELA-1-E5)

11.    Connect ideas, events, and information identified in grade-appropriate texts to prior knowledge and life experiences in oral and written responses (ELA-1-E6) 

Standard 7

17.    Demonstrate understanding of information in grade-appropriate texts using a variety of strategies, including:

·      sequencing events

·      making predictions using information from texts

·      making simple inferences and drawing conclusions about information in texts

·      comparing and contrasting, including story elements (e.g., theme, character, and conflicts) and main points or ideas in informational texts

·      distinguishing between a main idea and a summary

·      identifying main ideas of texts (ELA-7-E1)

18.    Explain chosen solutions to problems in texts (ELA-7-E2)

19.    Identify an author’s purpose for writing, including persuading, entertaining, and informing (ELA-7-E3)

20.    Explain the author's viewpoint using information from the text (ELA-7-E3)

21.    Apply basic reasoning skills, including:

·      identifying differences between fact and opinion

·      skimming and scanning texts to locate specific information

·      identifying multiple causes and/or effects in texts and life situations

·      raising questions to obtain clarification and/or direct investigation

·      connecting what is learned to real-life situations (ELA-7-E4) 

Fourth Grade

Reading and Responding

Standard 1

5.        Identify a variety of story elements, including:

·      the impact of setting on character

·      multiple conflicts

·      first- and third-person points of view

·      development of theme (ELA-1-E4)

Standard 7

14.    Demonstrate understanding of information in grade-appropriate texts using a variety of strategies, such as:

·      sequencing events and steps in a process

·      explaining how the setting impacts other story elements, including the characters’ traits and actions

·      using specific evidence from a story to describe a character's traits, actions, relationships, and/or motivations

·      confirming or denying a prediction about information in a text

·      comparing and contrasting story elements or information within and across texts

·      identifying stated main ideas and supporting details

·      making simple inferences (ELA-7-E1)

15.    Justify solutions to problems in texts by verifying, confirming, and supporting (ELA-7-E2)

16.    Distinguish an author’s purpose for writing, including entertaining, expressing an opinion, defending an argument, or conveying information (ELA-7-E3)

17.    Explain in oral or written responses how an author’s life and times are reflected in a text (ELA-7-E3)

18.    Explain how an author’s purpose influences organization of a text, word choice, and sentence structure (ELA-7-E3)

19.    Demonstrate understanding of information in grade-appropriate texts using a variety of strategies, including:

·      supporting differences between fact and opinion with information from texts

·      skimming and scanning texts for various purposes (e.g., locating information, verifying facts)

·      identifying cause-effect relationships in texts and real-life situations

·      generating questions to guide examination of topics in texts and real-life situations

·      explaining connection between information from texts and real-life experiences (ELA-7-E4)

Prekindergarten

Social Studies

Geography

The World in Spatial Terms

2.      Demonstrate an awareness of the world around them (e.g., provide simple information about a trip the student has taken or where the student lives)  (PK-CSS-G3) (G-1A-E2)

Grade 1

Places and Regions

6.      Identify Earth’s various physical features (e.g., oceans, islands, mountains, rivers)  (G-1B-E1)

Grade 2

Environment and Society

15. Explain ways in which people in the local community depend on the physical environment to satisfy basic needs  (G-1D-E1)

Grade 3

Places and Regions

9.      Describe and compare the physical characteristics of various regions of Louisiana  (G-1B-E1)

11. Describe how people and the physical environment have changed over time in Louisiana based on given information  (G-1B-E3)

Physical and Human Systems

13. Identify examples of physical processes affecting Louisiana (e.g., coastal erosion, river changes)  (G-1C-E1)

Environment and Society

19. Identify and explain ways in which people in Louisiana modify the physical environment to meet basic needs and achieve certain purposes (e.g., clearing land for urban development)  (G-1D-E1)

20. Explain how humans have adapted to the physical environment in Louisiana  (G-1D-E2)

21. Identify natural resources in Louisiana and describe their uses and importance  (G-1D-E4)

Grade 4

Environment and Society

17. Identify natural disasters, their causes, areas prone to them, and how those disasters affect people and the environment  (G-1D-E3)

18. Describe the importance of specific natural resources to human survival and human endeavors  (G-1D-E4)

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