sun safety alliance


Standard	Benchmark	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4
LANGUAGE ARTS: WRITING Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process	Uses prewriting strategies to plan written work	•	•	•

	Uses strategies to draft and revise written work		•	•

	Uses strategies to edit and publish written work	•	•	•

	Evaluates own and others' writing	•	•	•

	Writes in a variety of forms or genres	•	•	•

Gathers and uses information for research purposes	Uses a variety of strategies to plan research		•	•

	Uses a variety of sources to gather information	•

	Uses encyclopedias to gather information for research topics		•	•

	Uses electronic media to gather information		•	•

	Uses strategies to compile information into written reports or summaries		•	•

LANGUAGE ARTS: READING Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process	Previews text		•	•

	Establishes a purpose for reading		•	•

	Understands how print is organized and read	•

Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts	Uses reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational texts	•	•	•

	Knows the defining characteristics of a variety of informational texts		•	•

	Uses new information to adjust and extend personal knowledge base		•	•

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES Understands atmospheric processes and the water cycle	Knows that the sun provides the light and heat necessary to maintain the temperature of the earth		•	•

	Knows that air is a substance that surrounds us, takes up space, and moves around us as wind		•	•

	Knows that short-term weather conditions can change daily, and weather patterns change over the seasons	•

Understands the composition and structure of the universe and the earths place in it	Knows basic patterns of the sun and moon	•

PHYSICAL SCIENCES Understands the sources and properties of energy	Knows that light can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed		•	•

	Knows that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object	•

	Knows that the sun supplies heat and light to earth	•

NATURE OF SCIENCE Understands the nature of scientific inquiry	Plans and conducts simple investigations		•	•

	Uses appropriate tools and simple equipment to gather scientific data and extend the senses		•	•

	Knows that learning can come from careful observations and simple experiments	•

HEALTH Knows environmental and external factors that affect individual and community health	Knows how the physical environment can impact personal health		•	•

	Knows how individuals, communities, and states cooperate to control environmental problems and maintain a healthy environment		•	•

	Knows how personal health can be influenced by society and science		•	•

Knows how to maintain and promote personal health	Knows behaviors that are safe, risky, or harmful to self and others		•	•

	Knows basic personal hygiene habits required to maintain health	•

Knows essential concepts about the prevention and control of disease	Knows ways in which a person can prevent or reduce the risk of disease and disability		•	•

National Curriculum