magnifying glass, binoculars, telescopes) (L) Early Entry Points Early Entry Points for topics/skills first Early Entry Points for topics/skills first Early Entry Points for topics/skills first Early Entry Points for topics/skills first introduced in Grades 3/4 introduced in Grades 5/6 introduced in Grades 7/8 introduced in Grades 9/10 [3/4] SD1.1 Identifying soil as separate Refer to previous grade’s ExGLEs and Refer to previous grade’s ExGLEs and to previous grade’s ExGLEs and from rocks and plants Early Entry Points to teach the Early Entry Points to teach the Early Entry Points to teach the prerequisite skills for this grade band. prerequisite skills for this grade band. prerequisite skills for this grade band. --Identifies soil, rocks --Separates rocks from soil [7/8] SD3.1 Identifying the earth, sun, --Touches soil, touches rocks (responds and moon to feeling of rock and soil) --Digs in soil, plays with rocks --When given a choice of pictures or objects the student will identify the earth, [3/4] SD1.2 Identifying types of weather sun and moon (e.g., hot, cold, wet) pictures of the moon, sun, --Matches earth --Matches picture-to-picture weather vision to track light or show --Uses symbols awareness of light --Matches picture to current weather vision to see distant objects --Uses --Responds to different weather conditions (e.g., puts on coat for cold weather) --Identifies weather (e.g., sun, rain, snow) --Describes daily weather (hot/cold, sunny/cloudy, rain/snow/dry) --Responds to hot and cold --Responds to weather conditions when taken outside [3/4] SD2.1 Identifying a variety of Earth’s features (e.g., rivers, lakes, mountains) --Responds to or identifies different textures --Identifies rocks --Identifies soil --Identifies and distinguishes between landscapes (e.g., mountains/hills; rivers/ lakes)
magnifying glass, binoculars, telescopes) (L) Early Entry Points Early Entry Points for topics/skills first introduced in Grades 3/4 Early Entry Points for topics/skills first introduced in Grades 5/6 Early Entry Points for topics/skills first introduced in Grades 7/8 Early Entry Points for topics/skills first introduced in Grades 9/10 [3/4] SD1.1 Identifying soil as separate from rocks and plants --Identifies soil, rocks --Separates rocks from soil --Touches soil, touches rocks (responds to feeling of rock and soil) --Digs in soil, plays with rocks [3/4] SD1.2 Identifying types of weather (e.g., hot, cold, wet) --Matches picture-to-picture weather symbols --Matches picture to current weather --Responds to different weather conditions (e.g., puts on coat for cold weather) --Identifies weather (e.g., sun, rain, snow) --Describes daily weather (hot/cold, sunny/cloudy, rain/snow/dry) --Responds to hot and cold --Responds to weather conditions when taken outside [3/4] SD2.1 Identifying a variety of Earth’s features (e.g., rivers, lakes, mountains) --Responds to or identifies different textures --Identifies rocks --Identifies soil --Identifies and distinguishes between landscapes (e.g., mountains/hills; rivers/ lakes) Refer to previous grade’s ExGLEs and Early Entry Points to teach the prerequisite skills for this grade band. Refer to previous grade’s ExGLEs and Early Entry Points to teach the prerequisite skills for this grade band. [7/8] SD3.1 Identifying the earth, sun, and moon --When given a choice of pictures or objects the student will identify the earth, sun and moon --Matches pictures of the moon, sun, earth --Uses vision to track light or show awareness of light --Uses vision to see distant objects to previous grade’s ExGLEs and Early Entry Points to teach the prerequisite skills for this grade band.
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