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Science.5.5.B

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The student is expected to identify and investigate cause-and-effect relationships to explain scientific phenomena or analyze problems;

A student expectation is directly related to the knowledge and skills statement, is more specific about how students demonstrate their learning, and always begins with a verb. Student expectations are further broken down into their component parts, often referred to as “breakouts.”

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SCIENCE.5.5.B — Vertical Alignment

Vertical alignment shows student expectations in the same subject area at different grade levels that are related to or build upon one another.

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S.K.5.B

investigate and predict cause-and-effect relationships in science;

S.1.5.B

investigate and predict cause-and-effect relationships in science;

S.2.5.B

investigate and predict cause-and-effect relationships in science;

S.3.5.B

identify and investigate cause-and-effect relationships to explain scientific phenomena or analyze problems;

S.4.5.B

identify and investigate cause-and-effect relationships to explain scientific phenomena or analyze problems;

S.5.5.B
identify and investigate cause-and-effect relationships to explain scientific phenomena or analyze problems;
S.6.5.B
identify and investigate cause-and-effect relationships to explain scientific phenomena or analyze problems;
S.7.5.B
identify and investigate cause-and-effect relationships to explain scientific phenomena or analyze problems;
S.8.5.B
identify and investigate cause-and-effect relationships to explain scientific phenomena or analyze problems;
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Cross-curricular Connections

The cross-curricular connections are designed to help educators make content connections between the science TEKS and math, English language arts and reading, social studies, and technology applications. The standards below illustrate alignment between grade level content areas which may help educators develop cross-curricular lessons. These connections do not represent all possible connections that might be made.
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Social Studies

SS.5.23.C analyze information by applying absolute and relative chronology through sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions

English Language Arts and Reading

ELAR.5.6.C make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures

Technology Applications

TA.5.6.A use digital tools to analyze and transform data and make inferences to answer questions

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