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English Language Arts
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Reading: Informational Text (K-12)
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RI.1.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.
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RI.2.7 Explain how specific illustrations and images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
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Writing (K-12)
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W.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
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W.3.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
Science
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ESS2: Earth's Systems
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2-ESS2-3. Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.
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4-ESS2-2. Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
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5-ESS2-1. Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
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LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
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5-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
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LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
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3-LS4-2. Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
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3-LS4-3. Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
