Unit
Lesson
September
(assessment
ongoing)
Intro.
Lesson
What is a Scientist?
• Page 26-27
• What is a
Scientist?
• Camera
•Observe and ask
questions about the
natural environment.
•Take pictures of
the students
being scientists.
•Display pictures.
September
(assessment
ongoing)
Growing
and
Changing
Height and Weight
Landmarks
• Page 32 & 34
• Timelines
• Parent Letter
(Page 32)
• Star of the week?
(optional)
• Record sheet of
Height and Weight
Sept/May
•Living things are
different from nonliving
things (living things
grow and produce)
• Timelines/Star
of week Pictures
– Kids present to
class
• Completed
Weight/Height
sheet
September
Weather
Seasonal
Change
•Define sunny, cloudy,
rainy, snowy, windy
•Observe and record
weather daily
•Identify and describe
the new season
• Weather calendar
and graphs
•Books about Fall
•Smart Board
Presentation
•Weather changes are
long term and short
term.
•Weather graphs
•Discussions
(Not in Science
Companion
Book)
Materials
Content Statement
Time
Frame
KINDER_WEATHER
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Assessment
Materials
Content Statement
Time
Frame
Unit
Lesson
October
My Body
What’s Inside?
• Page 166-167
•Butcher paper
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
•Observation
October
My Body
My Five Senses
• Page 168-174
• Smelly Candle (smell)
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
•Objects and materials
can be sorted and
described by their
properties (people use
their senses to find out
about their surroundings
and themselves).
• Observation
• Discussion
• Recording
Sheets
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
•Observation
•Discussion
•Body model on
chart paper
• Feather in a bag (touch)
• Picture of somewhere
familiar –school,classroom,etc
(see)
• Salt, Sugar (taste)
• Stuff in a container to shake
& guess (hearing)
•Clipboard & Recording
sheets
•197-198 Brain cut outs
October
My Body
How Blood Moves: The
Circulatory System
*Basic: function of heart
is to pump blood*
•Page 175-176
•Balloon, tape,
stethoscope (optional)
•My First Body book
•Heart template to
cut/glue onto body cut
out page 201
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Assessment
Materials
Content Statement
Time
Frame
Unit
Lesson
October
My Body
Breathing In and Out:
The Respiratory System
*Basic: function of lungs
is to breath air*
•Page 177-178
•Straw, plastic bag, tape
•Lung templates to
cut/glue onto body cut
out page 205-207
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
•Observation
•Discussion
•Body model on
chart paper
October
My Body
Follow Your Food:
The Digestive System
*Basic: function of
digestive system to
process food*
•Page 179-180
•Crackers
•My First Body book
•Digestive templates to
cut/glue onto body cut
out page 209-213
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
•Observation
•Discussion
•Body model on
chart paper
October
My Body
Built of Bones: The
Skeletal System
*Basic: function of
bones is to hold up the
body and give it shape*
•Page 181-183
•My First Body book
•Bones template to
cut/glue onto body cut
out page 215-217
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
•Observation
•Discussion
•Body model on
chart paper
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Assessment
Time
Frame
Unit
Lesson
Materials
October
My Body
Muscles Move Bones:
The Muscular System
*Basic: function of
muscles is to move our
body*
•Page 184-185
•Cardboard or tag board,
tape, wide rubber band,
•My First Body book
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Content Statement
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
Assessment
•Observation
•Discussion
•Body model on
chart paper
Time
Frame
Unit
November
Collections
from Nature
November
Collections
from Nature
Lesson
•Seek, Find & Share (71)
• Think & Wonder (72)
• Explore Form & Texture (73)
• Sort & Classify (77)
• Weigh & Measure (78)
Materials
Content
Statement
•Large bin to hold nature
items from home
• Going on a Leaf Hunt
(optional – extra) –Kids do
nature walk at home or
school – collect items
• Parent Letter – Collect
Leaves
• (see material options on
pg 73-74)
• Camera
• Magnifying glasses
•Objects and
materials can
be sorted and
described by
their
properties
• Balance, connecting
cubes
• Record sheet
•Magnifying glasses
•Objects and
materials can
be sorted and
described by
their
properties
(color, shape,
size, texture,
weight, length,
etc)
(color, shape,
size, texture,
weight, length,
etc)
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Assessment
• Center
Exploration
with Nature
Collection
(sort and
classify)
• Display
picture of
students
explorations
with nature
• Record
Sheet
•Center
Exploration
with Nature
Collection
Time Frame
Unit
December
Weather
Seasonal Change
(Not in Science
Companion Book)
Lesson
•Observe and
record weather
daily
•Measure
precipitation and
temperature
Materials
• Weather calendar and
graphs
•Smart Board
Presentation
KINDER_WEATHER
Indicators
Assessment
•Weather
changes
are long
term and
short term.
•Weather graphs
•Discussions
•Weather
changes
are long
term and
short term.
•Journal the new
weather changes
coming this
season
•Outside thermometer
•Dowel Rod/Yard stick (to
measure snow)
•www.weather.com to view
temp. changes
December
Weather
Seasonal Change
(Not in Science
Companion Book)
•Identify and
describe the new
season
• Books about Winter
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Content
Statement
Assessment
Time Frame
Unit
Lesson
Materials
January
Sound
•What is Sound?
How do you think
sound is made?
Introduce vocab:
vibration, tap,
blow, touch,
sound, etc
•Explore sound
website
• Explore making
sounds by
blowing into the
tops of bottles
•Empty plastic water
bottles – one per student
•Look for books on the
topic of Sound Vibrations
•http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoo
ls/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sou
nd_hearing.shtml
•Some
objects and
materials
produce
sound
•Observe
•Discussion
•Science
Journal –
record
observations
•Explore making
sounds by tapping
a cymbal or
triangle in the
water and tapping
it
•Cymbal
•Triangle
See music room
•Tub of water
•Some
objects and
materials
produce
sound
•Observe
•Discussion
•Science
Journal –
record
observations
•Explore making
sounds by placing
rice on top of a
drum and
observing what
happens to the
rice
•Rice
•Drum
See music room
•Some
objects and
materials
produce
sound
•Observe
•Discussion
•Science
Journal –
record
observations
(Not in Science
Companion Book)
January
Sound
(Not in Science
Companion Book)
January
Sound
(Not in Science
Companion Book)
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Lesson
Materials
Content Statement
Assessment
Time
Frame
Unit
February
Dirt, Sand
& Water
• Water: A
Closer Look
• Page 137
• Container of water
• Chart paper - KWL
• Water table/large containers
for tables
• KWL Signs (optional)
•Plan and conduct
simple investigations
(Inquiry)
• Chart
Paper- KWL
•Science
Journals
February
Dirt, Sand
& Water
• Water: How It
Changes
• Page 139
• Ice Cubes, snow (optional)
• Containers
• Water
• Thermometer
• Chart Paper
•Plan and conduct
simple investigations
(Inquiry)
•Weather changes are
long term and short
term (measure
precipitation)
• Chart
Paper- KWL
•Science
Journals
February
Dirt, Sand
& Water
• Mixing and
Unmixing
•Make KoolAid to
demonstrate
dissolve and
mixing
• Page 143
•Chart Paper
•Pitcher, spoon
•Kool-Aid
•Sugar
•Food Coloring
•Plan and conduct
simple investigations
(Inquiry)
•Observation
•Discussion
•Science
Journal
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Time
Frame
Unit
February
Dirt, Sand
& Water
Lesson
• Sinking and
Floating
• (Extra Prep Time
needed)
Materials
Content
Statement
• Page 145
• See Materials on Page 145
• For Center Exploration: marbles,
sponge, coins, bar of soap, paper
clips, small paper cup
• Sand/water table or Big tubs
• Chart Paper
• Record Sheet –Copy double
sided
• Plan and
conduct simple
investigations
(Inquiry)
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Assessment
•Chart Paper –
KWL
• Center
Exploration
•Sink/Float
Prediction
Record Sheet
Time
Frame
Unit
March
Weather
Seasonal
Change
(Not in Science
Companion
Book)
March
Weather
Seasonal
Change
Materials
Content
Statement
•Observe and record
weather daily
•Measure temperature
•Measure wind
• Weather calendar and
graphs
•Smart Board Presentation
•Weather
changes are
long term
and short
term.
•Weather
graphs
•Discussions
•Identify and describe the
new season
• Books about Spring
•Weather
changes are
long term
and short
term.
•Journal the
new weather
changes coming
this season
• Observing the Sky
during the day. Record the
different positions of the
sun in the sky throughout
the school day.
•Discuss how the sun is
only visible during the day.
•Virtually watch the
position of the rising sun
change over the seasons
•Journals
•Google “sunrise to sunset
time lapse videos” and
show a few to demonstrate
the sun’s change in position
•http://www.schooltube.com
/video/90ee5f8207ce59324
072/Position-of-the-Sunrise
•The moon,
sun and
stars can be
observed at
different
times of the
day or night
•Journals
•Discussion
Lesson
KINDER_WEATHER
•Outside thermometer
•www.weather.com to view
temp. changes
•Windsock
(Not in Science
Companion
Book)
March
Sun, Moon,
Stars
(Not in Science
Companion
Book)
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Assessment
Time
Frame
Unit
Lesson
Materials
Content
Statement
March
Sun, Moon,
Stars
• Observe the phases of the
moon virtually with video (do
not need to know the names of
the moon phases)
•Observe the moon at night
(home)
•Discuss how the moon is
visible during the day and night
at times.
•http://www.schooltube.c
om/video/bf0e5ada3fb0e
a880ecb/Phases-of-theMoon-a-kids-funkyversion
•At home observation
sheet
•Books about the moon
•The moon,
sun and
stars can be
observed at
different
times of the
day or night
•Journals
•Discussion
•Observation
sheet
• Observe the position of the
stars virtually with video (do
not need to know the names of
the constellations)
•Observe the stars at night
(home)
•Discuss how the stars are
visible during the day and night
at times.
•http://www.schooltube.c
om/video/c3eecb8290a7
e518ba17/Elapsed-TimeStars
•The moon,
sun and
stars can be
observed at
different
times of the
day or night
•Journals
•Discussion
•Observation
sheet
•Participate in Starlab, if
possible.
•Observe the sun, moon and
stars changing position in the
sky
•Starlab
•The moon,
sun and
stars can be
observed at
different
times of the
day or night
•Journals
•Discussion
(Not in Science
Companion
Book)
March
Sun, Moon,
Stars
(Not in Science
Companion
Book)
March
*Or
whenever
Starlab is
offered
Sun, Moon,
Stars
(Not in Science
Companion
Book)
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Assessment
Time
Frame
Unit
April
&
May
Plants
April
&
May
April
&
May
(Not in
Science
Companion
Book)
Plants
(Not in
Science
Companion
Book)
Plants
(Not in
Science
Companion
Book)
Materials
Content Statement
• Grow a plant (perhaps
for Mother’s Day)
•Discuss what a plant
need to live and grow.
•Seeds/seedlings
•Dirt
•Mini greenhouse (plant
pods) available at Wal*Mart
• Living things are
different from nonliving
things
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
•Journals
•Discussions
• Conduct experiments to
observe how the plant
responds to various
stimuli (too much water,
no water, sun, no sun, etc)
•Plants
•Journals or Growth
Observation Log
• Living things are
different from nonliving
things
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
• Journals
•Discussion
•Observe the plants grow
and change.
•Plants
•Journals or Growth
Observation Log
• Living things are
different from nonliving
things
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
•Journals
•Discussion
Lesson
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Assessment
Time
Frame
Unit
Lesson
Materials
Content
Statements
April
&
May
Class
Pet
•Initial Encounter
• Observational Drawing
•(optional class
research project about
the pet – kids do at
home and present to
the class)
• Page 46 & 49
• THE PET- Let your SEEDS
Building Rep know a few weeks
ahead of time when you need it!
• Observation Log – copy cover
– staple like a book onto blank
pages
• KWL Chart Paper about Class
Pet
•Living things
are different
from nonliving
things
•Living things
have physical
traits and
behaviors,
which influence
their survival
• Class Pet
Observation
Log
• KWL Chart
Paper
• Optional –
Research
Project
April
&
May
Class
Pet
•Daily Pet Care
• Page 47
• Pet material – food, etc
•See above
• Observation
April
&
May
Class
Pet
•Weigh and Measure
the Class Pet
• Growth and Change
• Page 50
• Non-Standard Units of
Measurement
• Balance
• Growth Chart Record Sheet –
make own on chart paper
• A House for a Hermit Crab (if
pet is Hermit Crab) - optional
•See above
•Growth Chart
Record Sheet
(chart paper w/
header)
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Assessment
Content Statement
Assessment
• Page 58
• Chart Paper for Venn
Diagram –
compare/contrast
animal & human
characteristics
• Non-fiction books
about class pet
• Living things are
different from nonliving
things
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
• Venn Diagram
• Related Animals
• Page 56
• Chart Paper for Venn
Diagram –
compare/contrast
animal characteristics
• Non-fiction books
about class pet
• Living things are
different from nonliving
things
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
• Venn Diagram
•Pets in the Wild
• Page 57
• Books, magazines,
maps
•Field Trip Information
• Living things are
different from nonliving
things
•Living things have
physical traits and
behaviors, which
influence their survival
•Journals
Time
Frame
Unit
Lesson
Materials
April
&
May
Class Pet
• Body Form and Function
April
&
May
Class Pet
April
&
May
Class Pet
Kindergarten Pacing Guide
2011-2012