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.”
Vertical alignment shows student expectations in the same subject area at different grade levels that are related to or build upon one another.
Breakouts are the component parts that make up a student expectation. A breakout shows a distinct concept a student should know or a distinct skill that a student should be able to demonstrate.
Patterns are regular sequences that can be found throughout nature.
Organisms are categorized based on patterns of specific characteristics. For example, if an organism is prokaryotic and unicellular it is a bacteria.
A system is a whole made of parts that work together. It has components and boundaries. It can interact with or be part of other systems.
The different kingdoms (parts) are essential to and play a role in each ecosystem as a producer, consumer, decomposer, or in other ecological relationships.
Matter and energy are conserved, changing forms but maintaining quantities. Energy flows within a system or between systems through transfers and transformations. Matter is cycled within systems through physical and chemical processes.
Matter is cycled and energy flows through the biosphere. The roles of organisms in an ecosystem and the relationships among them allow energy to flow and matter to be cycled through a food web.
ELAR.7.5.F make inferences and use evidence to support understanding
ELAR.7.5.H synthesize information to create new understanding
ELAR.7.6.C use text evidence to support an appropriate response