identify the structures of plants, including roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits;
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.
identify the structures of plants, including roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits;
identify the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds of plants and compare how those structures help different plants meet their basic needs for survival;
explore and explain how structures and functions of plants such as waxy leaves and deep roots enable them to survive in their environment; and
Patterns are regular sequences that can be found throughout nature.
Plants have similar structures (patterns). Scientists identify plants based on the patterns of their structures.
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.
A plant (system) depends on each structure for its basic needs. For example, the plant depends on roots to get nutrients and water from the soil, on leaves to absorb sunlight, and on the stem to keep it upright and provide strength.
A structure is an organized arrangement of particles,
parts, or elements in a substance, body, or entity. A function is the purpose or reason for something to exist in a system. The function of a structure depends on the shapes of and relationships among its essential parts. It is important to note that in kindergarten – grade 2, students focus on structures as an organized arrangement of parts within an organism or object.
The parts of a plant are designed to meet the plant's specific needs. For example, a plant that needs a lot of sunlight has large flat leaves(structure) to absorb a large amount of sunlight (function), or a plant that grows tall, such as a tree, has a woody stem (structure) to provide it strength when it blows in the wind (function).
Math.K.6.A identify two-dimensional shapes, including circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares as special rectangles
Math.K.6.B identify three-dimensional solids, including cylinders, cones, spheres, and cubes, in the real world
Math.K.6.C identify two-dimensional components of three-dimensional objects
Math.K.6.D identify attributes of two-dimensional shapes using informal and formal geometric language interchangeably
ELAR.K.3.B use illustrations and texts the student is able to read or hear to learn or clarify word meanings