Common Core

Teaching Standards

• Ice Cream Factory is a STEM program with a unique curriculum. The curriculum is aligned with State and National Academic Standards.
• Arizona Anchor Standards
• K-2 AZCCRS Mathematics Standards
• (K-2 Math Standards have been provided to give you a broader range to accommodate all learners in your classroom.)
• K.MD.A.1: Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.
• K.MD.A.2: Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/”less of” the attribute, and describe the difference.
• K.MD.B.3: Classify objects or people into given categories; count the numbers in each category and sort the categories by count.
• 1.MD.C.4: Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
• 2.MD.D.10: Draw a picture graph and a bar graph to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph.
• College and Career Readiness: Anchor Standards for Language
• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
• 6. Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
• Science Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas
• (Aligned with NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education)
• Practices:
  • 1. Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
  • 2. Developing and using models
  • 3. Planning and carrying out investigations
  • 4. Analyzing and interpreting data
  • 5. Using mathematics and computational thinking
  • 6. Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)
  • 7. Engaging in argument from evidence
  • 8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
• Crosscutting Concepts:
  • 1. Patterns. Observed patterns of forms and events guide organization and classification, and they prompt questions about relationships and the factors that influence them.
  • 2. Cause and effect: Mechanism and explanation. Events have causes, sometimes simple, sometimes multifaceted. A major activity of science is investigating and explaining causal relationships and the mechanisms by which they are mediated. Such mechanisms can then be tested across given contexts and used to predict and explain events in new contexts.
  • 3. Scale, proportion, and quantity. In considering phenomena, it is critical to recognize what is relevant at different measures of size, time, and energy to recognize how changes in scale, proportion, or quantity affect a system’s structure or performance.
  • 4. Systems and system models. Defining the system under study – specifying its boundaries and making explicit a model of that system – provides tools for understanding and testing ideas that are applicable throughout science and engineering.
  • 6. Structure and function. The way in which an object or living thing is shaped and its substructure determine many of its properties and functions.
• Core Ideas
  • (Grade Band Endpoints for By the end of grade 2)
  • LS1. A: Structure and Function
  • LS1. B: Growth and Development of Organisms
  • LS1. C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
  • LS2. A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
  • LS2. B: Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
  • LS3. B: Variation of Traits
  • ETS1. A: Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem
  • ETS1. B: Developing Possible Solutions
  • ETS1. C: Optimizing the Design Solution
  • ETS2. A: Interdependence of Science, Engineering, and Technology
  • ETS2. B: Influence of Engineering, Technology, and Science on Society and the Natural World
• Grade 1 AZCCRS ELA/Literacy Standards
  • 1.RI.1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • 1.RI.2: Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
  • 1.RI.4: Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
  • 1.RI.7: Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
  • AZ.1.W.4: With guidance and support from adults, produce functional writing (e.g., classroom rules, experiments, notes/messages, friendly letters, labels, graphs/tables, directions, posters) in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
  • 1.W.8: With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
  • 1.SL.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • 1.SL.2: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • 1.SL.3: Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
  • 1.SL.4: Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
  • 1.SL.6: Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.
• Stage II AZ ELP Standards
  • 11-LS-1:HI-2: Summarizing main ideas and supporting details from read-alouds (fiction and nonfiction) in complete sentences.
  • 11-LS-1:HI-3: Sequencing a series of events from read-alouds, presentations, and conversations using transition words/phrases in complete sentences.
  • 11-LS-1:HI-4: Summarizing main idea and key points/details of a presentation using complete sentences.
  • 11-LS-1:HI-5: Responding to social conversations by rephrasing and repeating information, asking questions, and expressing one’s thoughts.
  • 11-LS-1:HI-7: Responding to academic discussions by sharing one’s view on facts, ideas, and/or events using academic vocabulary.
  • 11-LS-2:HI-5: Asking and responding to academic questions using complete sentences (e.g., expressing probabilities, and hypothetical questions, etc.).
  • 11-R-4:HI-3: Locating facts and answering questions about a text.
  • 11-R-4:HI-4: Asking questions to clarify a text.
  • 11-R-4:HI-7: Summarizing the main idea and details from text, using complete sentences.
  • 11-W-4:HI-5: Organizing a student generated text in a selected format (e.g., friendly letter, narrative, expository text, etc.).
  • Speaking & Listening: Anchor Standards 1^st - 5^th
  • Comprehension and Collaboration
  • 1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and express their own clearly and persuasively.
  • 2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
  • 3. Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
  • Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
  • 4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
  • 5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
  • 6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.