Standards

**﻿Teacher Name:** Shelly Carius **Grade:** 2nd **Unit:** Animals Grow and Change **Lesson:** What are some animal life cycles? 1. Plants and animals have predictable life cycles. As a basis for understanding this concept: a. Students know that organisms reproduce offspring of their own kind and that the offspring resemble their parents and one another. b. Students know the sequential stages of life cycles are different for different animals, such as butterflies, frogs, and mice. 1.0 Students listen critically and respond appropriately to oral communication. They speak in a manner that guides the listener to understand important ideas by using proper phrasing, pitch, and modulation. 1.5 Organize presentations to maintain clear focus 1.6 Speak clearly and at an appropriate pace for the type of communication 1.7 Recount experiences in a logical sequence 1.9 Report on a topic with supportive facts and details 1.0 Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions appropriate to this grade level. 1.2 Recognize and use the correct word order in written sentences. 1.3 Identify and correctly use various parts of speech, including nouns and verbs, in writing and in speaking 1.6 Capitalize all proper nouns, words at the beginning of sentences and greetings, months, and days of the week, and titles and initials of people. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1.7 Spell frequently used, irregular words correctly (was, were, says, said, who, what, why). <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1.8 Spell basic short-vowel, long-vowel, r-controlled, and consonant-blend patterns correctly.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">California Content Standards: Grade Two **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Life Science **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">English Language Arts - Listening and Speaking **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">English Language Arts - Written and Oral English Language Conventions **

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