• MOTHER EARTH

    Primary / Elementary

    Story:  Animals Can Be Helpers

     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Effective readers use appropriate strategies to construct meaning. 
    CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one's ability to express ideas and information..
    SCIENCE: Living things depend on their habitat to meet their basic needs.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    be*  better*  fun*  help*  people*  can*  see*  have*  feel*  friend*  us*  animals  helpers  jobs  for
     

    Story:  Hibernation

    Download: Hibernation 
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Effective readers use appropriate strategies to construct meaning.
    SCIENCE: The survival of living things is dependent upon their adaptations and ability to respond to natural changes in and human influences on the environment..
    SCIENCE: Living things depend on their habitat to meet their basic needs.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    no*  food*  in*+  what*+  is*  how*  they*  live*  off*+  place*  to*  cold*  from*  all*+  up*+  some*+  can't*  find*  the*  these*  of*  like*  a*  sleep*  deep*  can*  last*  when*  they*  their*  not*+  eat*+  lot(s)*  before*  as*  I*+  frog(s)*  turtle(s)*  fat  weeks  bodies  also  need  safe  while  stay  alive  animals  do  winter  mice  hibernating  hibernation  hibernate  breathe  slowly  hearts  beat  slower  squirrels  bats  raccoons  skunks  spring  wake
     

    Story:  I Like Fall

    Download: I Like Fall
    Posted 12/14/2015 
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Effective readers use appropriate strategies to construct meaning.
    CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one's ability to express ideas and information.
    SOCIAL: Recognizing thoughts, feelings and perspectives of self and others enables one to cooperate, communicate, and constructively interact with others.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    in*+  the*+  fall+  I*+  like*+  grow*  is*  to*  eat*+  see*  turn*+  brown*  sun*  goes*  down*  what*+  pumpkins  corn  sweet  scarecrow  leaves
     

    Story:  Places People Live

    Reading A-Z, Level G
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding and evaluating.
    SCIENCE: Living things depend on their habitat to meet their basic needs.
    SCIENCE: Aquatic, terrestrial and human-made ecosystems consist of diverse living and non-living components that change over time and across geographical areas.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    place(s)*  people*  live*  many*  different+  where*  cold*  hot*  it*  is*  some*+  like*  high*  up*+  way*  down*  low*  below*  kind(s)*  house(s)*  made*  above*  below*  water*  move*  thing(s)*  home*  dry  wet  ground  stone  grass  sticks  glass  caves  cliffs  wheels  float  strange  shapes  no   matter
     

    Story:  The Food Chain

    Download: The Food Chain
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding and evaluating.
    SCIENCE: All living things are made of parts that have specific functions.
    SCIENCE: Living things depend on their habitat to meet their basic needs.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    all*+  plant(s)*  food*  in*+  to*+  live*  green*  make*+  food*  they*  water*  most*  too*  are*  these*  eat*+  animals  call(ed)*  a*  most*  with*  let('s)*  look*  frog*  fish*  small*  bear*  five*  what*+  parts  at  begin  chain  part  other  order  eaters  animals  soil  air  order  grasshopper  leaves  of  bigger  need  sunlight
     

    Story:  The Ocean

    Download: The Ocean 
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding and evaluating.
    SCIENCE: Aquatic, terrestrial and human-made ecosystems consist of diverse living and non-living components that change over time and across geographic areas.
    SCIENCE: Living things depend on their habitat to meet their basic needs.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    the*  water*  coral  crab  fish  sand  seaweed  starfish
     

    Story:  The Sun

    Download: The Sun 
    Posted 12/15/2015 
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one's ability to express ideas and information.
    SCIENCE: The earth system changes constantly as air, water, soil and rock interact, and the earth is a part of a larger sun, earth and moon system.
    CCELA: Critical thinkers actively and skillfully interpret, analyze, evaluate and synthesize information.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    the*  sun*  I*+  see*  is*  up*+  in*+  sky*  big*  and*  bright*  a*  very*  it*+  hot*  give*  light*  to*  where*+  we*  live*  help*  star  earth  bigger  than
     

    Story:  Water All Around

    posted 11/19/2015 (revised from previously posted story)
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding and evaluating.
    CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one's ability to express ideas and information.
    SCIENCE: Living things depend on their habitat to meet their basic needs.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    water*  all*+  is*+  make(s)*+  made*  small+   smaller+  we  need  live  us  drink  around  oceans  rivers  lakes  ponds  flow 
     

    Story:  Welcome Back, Butterflies

    Reading A-Z, Level D 
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    SCIENCE: All living things are made of parts that have specific functions.
    CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one's ability to express ideas and information.
    SCIENCE: Living things depend on their habitat to meet their basic needs.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    back*  love*  I*+  orange*  and*  black*  one(s)*  in*+  the*  fall*  they*  fly*  my*+  right*  now*+   back*  fly*  away*+  from*  me*+  back*  to*  me*  their*  right*  plant(s)*  egg(s)*  water*  welcome  butterflies  seeds  yard  sprout  watch  south  spring  north  lay  need

    Story:  What is at the Zoo?

    Reading A-Z, Level C 
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding and evaluating.
    CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one's ability to express ideas and information.
    SCIENCE: Living things depend on their habitat to meet their basic needs.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    who+  is*  at  the*  zoo  are*  there*  bear(s)*  yes*  and*  no*  not*+  monkeys  elephants  giraffes  lions  tigers  hippos  sea  lions  dinosaurs
     

    Story:  What Makes a Shadow

    Download:   What Makes a Shadow
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one’s ability to express ideas and information. 
    SCIENCE: The earth system changes constantly as air, water, soil, and rock interact, and the earth is a part of a larger sun, earth, moon system.
    CCELA: Critical thinkers actively and skillfully interpret, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information. 
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    The* Sun* I*+ See* Is* In*+ A* Give* Light* To* Where*+ What*+ Make*+ On*+ Front* Of+ Me*+ Look* My*+ Behind* When* Go* Goes* Stop* Jump* Run* Has* Spot* Where*+

    Story:  Where Plants Grow

    Reading A-Z, Level D 
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Critical thinkers actively and skillfully interpret, analyze, evaluate and synthesize information.
    SCIENCE: Different characteristics of plants and animals help some populations survive and reproduce in greater numbers.
    SCIENCE: Living things depend on their habitat to meet their basic needs.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    where*+  plant*  grow*  in*+  place*  outside*  inside*  most*  some*+  there*  water*  three*  thing*+  sail  pots  sand  rock  air  sunlight  cactus
     

    Story:  Who Runs Faster

    Download: Who Runs Faster
    Reading A-Z, Level D 
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Critical thinkers actively and skillfully interpret, analyze, evaluate and synthesize information.
    CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one's ability to express ideas and information.
    SCIENCE: Living things depend on their habitat to meet their basic needs.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    who+  run(s)*  fast(er)*  this*  is*  a*  can*  girl*  lion*  an*  nothing*  tortoise  squirrel  than  giraffe  zebra  antelope  cheetah