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Grade 2 Focus Statement: Students will analyze the characteristics of plants and animals to determine how they adapt and survive in their environment. They will order and compare planets in the solar system.


 * Month || High Achievement Outcome || “I Can” statement || Assessments || Resources ||  ||
 * || **L.S.2.1 Students will classify animals according to their characteristics and how they change as they grow. ** || L.S.2.1.1 Identify and describe the basic characteristics of vertebrate groups. || FA 1.1 ||  ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || L.S.2.1.2 Compare and contrast mammals, birds, and fish. || FA 1.2 ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || L.S.2.1.3 Predict specific environments that do and do not support life. || FA 1.3 ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || L.S.2.1.4 Illustrate and label the life cycle of a butterfly. || FA 1.4 ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || L.S.2.1.5 Recognize that offspring have characteristics that are similar to but not exactly like their parents. || FA 1.5 ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || L.S.2.1.6 List the basic characteristics of living and non-living organisms. || FA 1.6 ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   ||   || SUM 1 ||   ||   ||
 * || ** L.S.2.2 Students will identify the main parts of plants and describe their structural importance. ** || L.S.2.2.1 Identify and describe the basic characteristics of plants. || FA 2.1 ||  ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || L.S.2.2.2 Label the parts of plants. || FA 2.2 ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || L.S.2.2.3 Describe the basic needs of plants. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || L.S.2.2.4 Explain the significance of specific plant parts. (roots, stems) || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || L.S.2.2.5 Illustrate the life cycle of a plant. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || L.S.2.3.6 Recognize that offspring have the characteristics that are similar to but not exactly like their parents. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   ||   || SUM ||   ||   ||
 * || ** E.S. 2.3 Students will order and compare the planets in the solar system and explain the relationship of the sun to the earth. ** || E.S.2.3.1 Order the planets out from the sun. || FA ||  ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || E.S.2.3.2 Compare and contrast the planets and the sun according to their characteristics. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || E.S.2.3.3 Explain the benefits the sun gives the earth. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || E.S.2.3.4 Identify objects that can be readily observed in the daytime and nighttime. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   ||   || SUM ||   ||   ||
 * || ** P.S.2.4 Students will demonstrate the pushes and pulls of magnets, describe their poles, and compare their strengths. ** || P.S.2.4.1 Demonstrate how magnets push or pull other objects with and/or without being touched. || FA ||  ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || P.S.2.4.2 Identify the poles of a magnet and show what magnets can do to other objects. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || P.S.2.4.3 Compare a mixture of objects (buttons, marbles, metal paper clips, et.) and use a magnet to separate. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   ||   || SUM ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || E.S.2.3.2 Compare and contrast the planets and the sun according to their characteristics. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || E.S.2.3.3 Explain the benefits the sun gives the earth. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || E.S.2.3.4 Identify objects that can be readily observed in the daytime and nighttime. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   ||   || SUM ||   ||   ||
 * || ** P.S.2.4 Students will demonstrate the pushes and pulls of magnets, describe their poles, and compare their strengths. ** || P.S.2.4.1 Demonstrate how magnets push or pull other objects with and/or without being touched. || FA ||  ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || P.S.2.4.2 Identify the poles of a magnet and show what magnets can do to other objects. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || P.S.2.4.3 Compare a mixture of objects (buttons, marbles, metal paper clips, et.) and use a magnet to separate. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   ||   || SUM ||   ||   ||
 * || ** P.S.2.4 Students will demonstrate the pushes and pulls of magnets, describe their poles, and compare their strengths. ** || P.S.2.4.1 Demonstrate how magnets push or pull other objects with and/or without being touched. || FA ||  ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || P.S.2.4.2 Identify the poles of a magnet and show what magnets can do to other objects. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || P.S.2.4.3 Compare a mixture of objects (buttons, marbles, metal paper clips, et.) and use a magnet to separate. || FA ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   ||   || SUM ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   ||   || SUM ||   ||   ||

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