Those fussy dinosaurs!

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

English Language Arts (2004)

Grade 1

• Goal 2: The learner will develop and apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
  • Objective 2.07: Respond and elaborate in answering what, when, where, and how questions.
  • Objective 2.08: Discuss and explain response to how, why, and what if questions in sharing narrative and expository texts.
• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.04: Extend skills in using oral and written language:
    • clarifying purposes for engaging in communication.
    • using clear and precise language to paraphrase messages.
    • engaging in more extended oral discussions.
    • producing written products.
    • completing graphic organizers.

Grade 2

• Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
  • Objective 3.04: Increase oral and written vocabulary by listening, discussing, and composing texts when responding to literature that is read and heard. (e.g., read aloud by teacher, literature circles, interest groups, book clubs).
• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.04: Use oral communication to identify, organize, and analyze information.
  • Objective 4.05: Respond appropriately when participating in group discourse by adapting language and communication behaviors to the situation to accomplish a specific purpose.

Kindergarten

• Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
  • Objective 3.02: Discuss concepts and information in a text to clarify and extend knowledge.
  • Objective 3.04: Use speaking and listening skills and media to connect experiences and text
    • listening to and re-visiting stories
    • discussing, illustrating, and dramatizing stories
    • discovering relationships.
• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.03: Use words that describe color, size, and location in a variety of texts: e.g., oral retelling, written stories, lists, journal entries of personal experiences.
  • Objective 4.04: Maintain conversation and discussions:
    • attending to oral presentations
    • taking turns expressing ideas and asking questions.

Science (2005)

Grade 1

• Goal 1: The learner will conduct investigations and make observations to build an understanding of the needs of living organisms.
  • Objective 1.02: Investigate the needs of a variety of different animals:
    • Air.
    • Water.
    • Food.
    • Shelter.
    • Space.

Grade 2

• Goal 1: The learner will conduct investigations and build an understanding of animal life cycles.
  • Objective 1.01: Describe the life cycle of animals including:
    • Birth.
    • Developing into an adult.
    • Reproducing.
    • Aging and death.

Kindergarten

• Goal 1: The learner will make observations and build an understanding of similarities and differences in animals.
  • Objective 1.01: Observe and describe the similarities and differences among animals including:
    • Structure.
    • Growth.
    • Changes.
    • Movement.
  • Objective 1.02: Observe how animals interact with their surroundings.