•  MOTHER EARTH

    High School 

    Story:  All Kinds of Farms
    Reading A-Z, Level E | posted 12/14/2015
     
    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: The health of all living things is directly related to the quality of the environment.
    CCELA: Effective readers use appropriate strategies to construct meaning.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    what*+  on*+  comes*+  make*+  that*+  things*+  live *  farm*  from*  people*  cheese*  eggs*  grow(s)*  are*  many*  of*  the*  we*  use*  cows  milk  sheep  wool  clothes  chickens  apples  eat  fruits  sugar  cotton 
    Story:  Animals, Animals
    Reading A-Z, Level H  | posted 11/19/2015 
     
    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: 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): 
    there*  are*  many*  kind* (s)  of*  animals  the*  elk  is*  in*+  deer  family*  male  have*  large*  antlers  can*  swim*  well*  run*  very*  fast*  giraffes  tall*  with*  long*  necks  spot* (s)  all*+  over*  their*  bodies  short*  horns  on*+  head*(s)  elephants  largest  land  trunks  live*  they*  grasslands  forests  snow  leopards  cold*  mountains  thick*  fur  to*  keep*  them*  without  food*  water*  fox  dog*  family*  holes  ground  eat*+  small*  insects  fruits  egg*(s)  zebra  horse*  white*  black*  stripes  hair*  necks  stand*(s)  straight  up*+  great*  gray  kangaroo  has*  pouch  it*+  use*(s)  strong  back*  legs  hop  grass  other  plant*(s)  hippopotamus  spends  most*  time*  polar  bear*(s)  warm*  seals  fish*
    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 Love the Earth
    Download: I Love the Earth
    Reading A-Z, Level B
     
    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: All living things are made of parts that have specific function.
    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.

    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    I*+  love*  tall*  bright*  flower(s)*  green*  hill(s) *  high*  long*  deep*  big*  because*  does*  earth  trees  mountains  rivers  lakes  oceans  dry  deserts
    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:  Sharks
    Download: Sharks
    Reading A-Z, Levels J, M, and Q
     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education):
    CCELA: Critical thinkers actively and skillfully interpret, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information.
    SCIENCE: All living things are made of parts that have specific functions.
    SCIENCE: Different characteristics of plants and animals help some populations survive and reproduce in greater numbers.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    live(d)*  have*  before*  walk(ed)*  there*  more*  kind(s)*  they*  can*  found*  all*  over*  world*  fish*  give(s)*  swim*  make(s)*  take*  place*  hold*  tiny*  egg(s)*  people*  behind*  most*  smell*  good*+  see*  well*  light*  hurt*  move(ing)*  water*  few*  long*  large(est)*  long*  thin*  fast*  food*  eat*  help*  catch*  near*  enough*  head*  number*  right*  out*  sharks  oceans  dinosaurs  skeletons  cartilage  bones  human  ears  shape  rough  skin  sense  poor  animals  pointed  noses  bodies  dark  bottom  color  pattern  harder  tails  side to side  dorsal fins  sticks  shape  teeth rows  shellfish  flat  swallows  birth  pups  hatch  adult  afraid  attack  dangerous  bite  scared  surprised  confuse  normally hammerhead  strange  unusual  far  around  oil  meat  popular  soups  danger  completely  killed 
    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:  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:  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 
    Story:  Whose Eggs Are These?
    Reading A-Z, Level G 
     
    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: All living things are made of parts that have specific functions..
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary): 
    egg(s)*  are*  these*  and*  many*  in*+  a*  they*  sky*  you*+  know*  help*  them*  warm*  tiny*  bottom*  of*  a*  can*  be*  round*  like*  there*  look(s)*  brown*  near*  large*  cold*  inside*  small*  fish*  thing(s)*  frog*  nest  aren't  case  do  nest  whose  animals  lay  strange  beautiful  twigs  soft  robin  pearls  spiny  butterfly  cotton  rocks  feet  candy  silk  spider  webs  feathers  penguins  floats  ocean  tough  shark  float  shaped