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Girl Scouts Badges Grades: 2, 3 States: Wisconsin Model Academic Standards
Brownie: Legacy Badges Summary: As a Brownie, girls can earn seven Legacy badges: Painting, Fair Play, Celebrating Community, Snacks, Brownie First Aid, Brownie Girl Scout Way, and Bugs.
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards
Arts Education
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.A.
Art and Design: Knowing: Visual Memory and Knowledge: Students in Wisconsin will know and remember information and ideas about the art and design around them and throughout the world.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Students will develop a basic mental storehouse of images
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A.4.2. Students will learn basic vocabulary related to their study of art
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A.4.3. Students will learn about basic styles of art from their own and other parts of the world
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A.4.5. Students will know that art is one of the greatest achievements of human beings
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A.4.6. Students will know that art is a basic way of thinking and communicating about the world
DOMAIN WI.B.
Art and Design: Knowing: History, Citizenship, and Environment: Students in Wisconsin will understand the value and significance of the visual arts, media and design in relation to history, citizenship, the environment, and social development.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1. Students will understand that artists and cultures throughout history have used art to communicate ideas and to develop functions, structures, and designs
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B.4.2. Students will recognize that form, function, meaning, and expressive qualities of art and design change from culture to culture and artist to artist
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B.4.3. Students will know that works of art and designed objects relate to specific cultures, times, and places
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B.4.4. Students will know that art is influenced by artists, designers, and cultures
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B.4.5. Students will understand that their choices in art are shaped by their own culture and society
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B.4.6. Students will know basic ways to describe, analyze, interpret, and judge art images and objects from various cultures, artists, and designers
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B.4.7. Students will begin to understand environmental and aesthetic issues related to the design of packaging, industrial products, and cities
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B.4.8. Students will learn that art historians, cultural anthropologists, and philosophers of art contribute to an understanding of art and design
DOMAIN WI.C.
Art and Design: Doing: Visual Design and Production: Students in Wisconsin will design and produce quality original images and objects, such as paintings, sculptures, designed objects, photographs, graphic designs, videos, and computer images.
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C.4.5. Students will look at nature and works of art as visual resources
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C.4.7. Students will develop basic skills to produce quality art
DOMAIN WI.D. Art and Design: Doing: Practical Applications: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of people, places, ideas, and language of art and design to their daily lives.
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D.4.2. Students will know about artists and designers, such as architects, furniture designers, critics, preservationists, museum curators, and gallery owners, in their community
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D.4.3. Students will know that the environment influences the look and use of art, architecture, and design
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D.4.4. Students will learn about basic concepts in art, such as 'form follows function,' 'less is more,' balance, symmetry, and originality
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D.4.5. Students will learn basic language used in art
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D.4.6. Students will use problem-‐solving strategies that promote fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality
DOMAIN WI.E.
Art and Design: Communicating: Visual Communication and Expression: Students in Wisconsin will produce quality images and objects that effectively communicate and express ideas using varied media, techniques, and processes.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.1. Students will communicate basic ideas by producing studio art forms, such as drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, jewelry, fibers, and ceramics
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E.4.2.
Students will communicate basic ideas by producing design art forms, such as graphic design, product design, architecture, landscape, and media arts, such as film, photography, and multimedia
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E.4.3. Students will communicate basic ideas by producing popular images and objects, such as folk art, traditional arts and crafts, popular arts, mass media, and consumer products
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E.4.4. Students will communicate basic ideas by producing visual communication forms useful in everyday life, such as sketches,
diagrams, graphs, plans, and models
DOMAIN WI.F.
Art and Design: Communicating: Visual Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will understand the role of, and be able to use, computers, video, and other technological tools and equipment.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.2. Students will know that art techniques are used in mass media
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F.4.5. Students will know that production techniques affect viewers' perceptions
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F.4.6. Students will learn simple media techniques
DOMAIN WI.G.
Art and Design: Thinking: Art and Design Criticism: Students in Wisconsin will interpret visual experiences, such as artwork, designed objects, architecture, movies, television, and multimedia images, using a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.
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G.4.3. Students will talk and write about the meanings of artworks and design
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G.4.4. Students will know how to create works of art that have meanings
DOMAIN WI.H. Art and Design: Thinking: Visual Thinking: Students in Wisconsin will develop perception, visual discrimination, and media literacy skills to become visually educated people.
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H.4.1. Students will study the patterns and color in nature
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H.4.3. Students will show differences among colors, shapes, textures, and other qualities of objects in their artwork
DOMAIN WI.I.
Art and Design: Understanding: Personal and Social Development: Students in Wisconsin will use their senses and emotions through art and design to develop their minds and to improve social relationships.
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I.4.4. Students will recognize their own feelings when they look at work of art
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I.4.5. Students will understand that art is made by people from different times, places, and cultures
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I.4.6. Students will realize that creating or looking at art can bring out different feelings
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.7. Students will work alone and with others to develop visual ideas and objects
DOMAIN WI.J. Art and Design: Understanding: Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding: Students in Wisconsin will reflect upon the nature of art and design and meaning in art and culture.
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J.4.2. Students will understand that the choice of materials and techniques influences the expressive quality of art
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J.4.3. Students will learn that different cultures think about art differently
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J.4.4. Students will learn that philosophers think about art
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J.4.5. Students will begin to understand their own ideas about the purposes and meanings of art
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J.4.6. Students will begin learning the value of art as a basic part of being human
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J.4.7. Students will begin to understand and apply the role of art criticism and aesthetic knowledge in art and design
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J.4.8. Students will know that different cultures have different concepts of beauty
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J.4.9. Students will understand the difference between original artworks, reproductions, and copies
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J.4.10. Students will talk about art in basic terms
DOMAIN WI.K. Art and Design: Creating: Making Connections: Students in Wisconsin will make connections among the arts, other disciplines, other cultures, and the world of work.
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K.4.1. Students will connect their knowledge and skills in art to other areas, such as the humanities, sciences, social studies, and technology
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K.4.2. Students will invent new ways to communicate ideas and solutions to problems in art
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K.4.4.
Students will use a variety of tools, such as words, numbers, sounds, movements, images, objects, emotions, technology, and spaces, to help understand and communicate about the visual world
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K.4.5. Students will know art includes activities, such as museum curation, historic preservation, collecting, and writing about art and design
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K.4.6. Students will know about some of the similarities and differences of world cultures by studying their fine arts: music, dance, theatre, literature, and architecture
DOMAIN WI.L.
Art and Design: Creating: Visual Imagination and Creativity: Students in Wisconsin will use their imaginations and creativity to develop multiple solutions to problems, expand their minds, and create ideas for original works of art and design.
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L.4.2. Students will begin to develop a base of knowledge and skills from which to create new ideas
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L.4.4. Students will understand that art is created by people and changes our time and culture
CONTENT STANDARD
L.4.5. Students will explore nature and designs by artists as sources for new ideas for their artwork
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L.4.6. Students will understand that artists develop a personal style that reflects who they are
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L.4.7. Students will exhibit imagination by interpreting situations from more than one point of view
DOMAIN WI.A. Music: Music Performance: Singing: Students in Wisconsin will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
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A.4.6. Students in instrumental classes will sing on pitch using neutral syllables, note names, or solfege
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.7. Students in instrumental classes will sing with rhythmic accuracy
DOMAIN WI.D. Music: Music Creativity: Composition: Students in Wisconsin will compose and arrange music.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.1. Students in general music classes will create and arrange music to accompany readings and dramatizations
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.4. Students in instrumental classes will explore, in large group settings, compositional devices using sound effects
DOMAIN WI.F. Music: Music Response: Analysis: Students in Wisconsin will analyze and describe music.
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F.4.4. Students in general music classes will use appropriate terminology in explaining music, music notation, music instruments and voices, and music performances
DOMAIN WI.G. Music: Music Response: Evaluation: Students in Wisconsin will evaluate music and music performances.
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G.4.2. Students in general music classes will explain, using appropriate music terminology, personal preferences for specific musical works and styles
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G.4.3. Students in general music classes will evaluate the quality of their own and others' performances and offer constructive suggestions for improvement
DOMAIN WI.H. Music: Music Connections: The Arts: Students in Wisconsin will relate music to the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.1. Students in general music classes will identify similarities and differences in the meanings of common terms used in the various arts
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H.4.3. Students in instrumental classes will identify terms common in the arts, such as texture, color, form, and movement
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.A.
Art and Design: Knowing: Visual Memory and Knowledge: Students in Wisconsin will know and remember information and ideas about the art and design around them and throughout the world.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Students will develop a basic mental storehouse of images
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Students will learn basic vocabulary related to their study of art
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3. Students will learn about basic styles of art from their own and other parts of the world
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.5. Students will know that art is one of the greatest achievements of human beings
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.6. Students will know that art is a basic way of thinking and communicating about the world
DOMAIN WI.B.
Art and Design: Knowing: History, Citizenship, and Environment: Students in Wisconsin will understand the value and significance of the visual arts, media and design in relation to history, citizenship, the environment, and social development.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1. Students will understand that artists and cultures throughout history have used art to communicate ideas and to develop functions, structures, and designs
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.2. Students will recognize that form, function, meaning, and expressive qualities of art and design change from culture to culture and artist to artist
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.3. Students will know that works of art and designed objects relate to specific cultures, times, and places
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.4. Students will know that art is influenced by artists, designers, and cultures
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.5. Students will understand that their choices in art are shaped by their own culture and society
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.6. Students will know basic ways to describe, analyze, interpret, and judge art images and objects from various cultures, artists, and designers
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.7. Students will begin to understand environmental and aesthetic issues related to the design of packaging, industrial products, and cities
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.8. Students will learn that art historians, cultural anthropologists, and philosophers of art contribute to an understanding of art and design
DOMAIN WI.C.
Art and Design: Doing: Visual Design and Production: Students in Wisconsin will design and produce quality original images and objects, such as paintings, sculptures, designed objects, photographs, graphic designs, videos, and computer images.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.5. Students will look at nature and works of art as visual resources
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.7. Students will develop basic skills to produce quality art
DOMAIN WI.D. Art and Design: Doing: Practical Applications: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of people, places, ideas, and language of art and design to their daily lives.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.2. Students will know about artists and designers, such as architects, furniture designers, critics, preservationists, museum curators, and gallery owners, in their community
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.3. Students will know that the environment influences the look and use of art, architecture, and design
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.4. Students will learn about basic concepts in art, such as 'form follows function,' 'less is more,' balance, symmetry, and originality
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.5. Students will learn basic language used in art
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.6. Students will use problem-‐solving strategies that promote fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality
DOMAIN WI.E.
Art and Design: Communicating: Visual Communication and Expression: Students in Wisconsin will produce quality images and objects that effectively communicate and express ideas using varied media, techniques, and processes.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.1. Students will communicate basic ideas by producing studio art forms, such as drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, jewelry, fibers, and ceramics
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.2.
Students will communicate basic ideas by producing design art forms, such as graphic design, product design, architecture, landscape, and media arts, such as film, photography, and multimedia
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.3. Students will communicate basic ideas by producing popular images and objects, such as folk art, traditional arts and crafts, popular arts, mass media, and consumer products
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.4. Students will communicate basic ideas by producing visual communication forms useful in everyday life, such as sketches, diagrams, graphs, plans, and models
DOMAIN WI.F.
Art and Design: Communicating: Visual Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will understand the role of, and be able to use, computers, video, and other technological tools and equipment.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.2. Students will know that art techniques are used in mass media
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.5. Students will know that production techniques affect viewers' perceptions
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.6. Students will learn simple media techniques
DOMAIN WI.G.
Art and Design: Thinking: Art and Design Criticism: Students in Wisconsin will interpret visual experiences, such as artwork, designed objects, architecture, movies, television, and multimedia images, using a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.3. Students will talk and write about the meanings of artworks and design
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.4. Students will know how to create works of art that have meanings
DOMAIN WI.H. Art and Design: Thinking: Visual Thinking: Students in Wisconsin will develop perception, visual discrimination, and media literacy skills to become visually educated people.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.1. Students will study the patterns and color in nature
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.3. Students will show differences among colors, shapes, textures, and other qualities of objects in their artwork
DOMAIN WI.I.
Art and Design: Understanding: Personal and Social Development: Students in Wisconsin will use their senses and emotions through art and design to develop their minds and to improve social relationships.
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.4. Students will recognize their own feelings when they look at work of art
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.5. Students will understand that art is made by people from different times, places, and cultures
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.6. Students will realize that creating or looking at art can bring out different feelings
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.7. Students will work alone and with others to develop visual ideas and objects
DOMAIN WI.J. Art and Design: Understanding: Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding: Students in Wisconsin will reflect upon the nature of art and design and meaning in art and culture.
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.2. Students will understand that the choice of materials and techniques influences the expressive quality of art
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.3. Students will learn that different cultures think about art differently
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.4. Students will learn that philosophers think about art
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.5. Students will begin to understand their own ideas about the purposes and meanings of art
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.6. Students will begin learning the value of art as a basic part of being human
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.7. Students will begin to understand and apply the role of art criticism and aesthetic knowledge in art and design
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.8. Students will know that different cultures have different concepts of beauty
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.9. Students will understand the difference between original artworks, reproductions, and copies
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.10. Students will talk about art in basic terms
DOMAIN WI.K. Art and Design: Creating: Making Connections: Students in Wisconsin will make connections among the arts, other disciplines, other cultures, and the world of work.
CONTENT STANDARD
K.4.1. Students will connect their knowledge and skills in art to other areas, such as the humanities, sciences, social studies, and technology
CONTENT STANDARD
K.4.2. Students will invent new ways to communicate ideas and solutions to problems in art
CONTENT STANDARD
K.4.4.
Students will use a variety of tools, such as words, numbers, sounds, movements, images, objects, emotions, technology, and spaces, to help understand and communicate about the visual world
CONTENT STANDARD
K.4.5. Students will know art includes activities, such as museum curation, historic preservation, collecting, and writing about art and design
CONTENT STANDARD
K.4.6. Students will know about some of the similarities and differences of world cultures by studying their fine arts: music, dance, theatre, literature, and architecture
DOMAIN WI.L.
Art and Design: Creating: Visual Imagination and Creativity: Students in Wisconsin will use their imaginations and creativity to develop multiple solutions to problems, expand their minds, and create ideas for original works of art and design.
CONTENT STANDARD
L.4.2. Students will begin to develop a base of knowledge and skills from which to create new ideas
CONTENT STANDARD
L.4.4. Students will understand that art is created by people and changes our time and culture
CONTENT STANDARD
L.4.5. Students will explore nature and designs by artists as sources for new ideas for their artwork
CONTENT STANDARD
L.4.6. Students will understand that artists develop a personal style that reflects who they are
CONTENT STANDARD
L.4.7. Students will exhibit imagination by interpreting situations from more than one point of view
DOMAIN WI.A. Music: Music Performance: Singing: Students in Wisconsin will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.6. Students in instrumental classes will sing on pitch using neutral syllables, note names, or solfege
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.7. Students in instrumental classes will sing with rhythmic accuracy
DOMAIN WI.D. Music: Music Creativity: Composition: Students in Wisconsin will compose and arrange music.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.1. Students in general music classes will create and arrange music to accompany readings and dramatizations
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.4. Students in instrumental classes will explore, in large group settings, compositional devices using sound effects
DOMAIN WI.F. Music: Music Response: Analysis: Students in Wisconsin will analyze and describe music.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.4. Students in general music classes will use appropriate terminology in explaining music, music notation, music instruments and voices, and music performances
DOMAIN WI.G. Music: Music Response: Evaluation: Students in Wisconsin will evaluate music and music performances.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.2. Students in general music classes will explain, using appropriate music terminology, personal preferences for specific musical works and styles
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.3. Students in general music classes will evaluate the quality of their own and others' performances and offer constructive suggestions for improvement
DOMAIN WI.H. Music: Music Connections: The Arts: Students in Wisconsin will relate music to the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.1. Students in general music classes will identify similarities and differences in the meanings of common terms used in the various arts
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.3. Students in instrumental classes will identify terms common in the arts, such as texture, color, form, and movement
Health and PE
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
1.1. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develops a basic cognitive understanding of health promotion concepts to improve health behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
1.1.A. Understand healthy behaviors.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:1:A1. Identify ways to prevent common childhood accidents and injuries.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:1:A2. Describe healthy behaviors that impact personal health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:1:A3. List ways to prevent communicable disease.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
1.1. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develops a basic cognitive understanding of health promotion concepts to improve health behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
1.1.B. Apply knowledge of healthy behaviors.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:1:B1. Describe why it is important to seek health care.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:1:B2. Describe why it is important to participate in healthy behaviors.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
2.1. Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Know what an influence is and how it could affect behavior.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
2.1.B. Analyze various influences on health behavior.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
2:1:B1. Describe how family, peers, and emotions can influence health behaviors.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
3.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Identify individuals who provide valid health information to enhance health behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
3.1.B. Determine key people in helping promote health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
3:1:B2. Identify adults at school that provide information to promote health.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Identify and apply effective interpersonal communication skills.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.1.A. Identify communication skills that can improve health and reduce health risks.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:1:A1. Identify ways to communicate.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:1:A2. List ways to express needs, wants, and feelings.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:1:A3. List ways to respond when in an unwanted, threatening, or dangerous situation.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Identify and apply effective interpersonal communication skills.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.1.B. Apply communication skills that can improve health and reduce health risks.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:1:B1. Describe healthy ways to express needs, wants, and feelings.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:1:B2. Describe ways to respond when in an unwanted, threatening, or dangerous situation.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
5.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-‐making skills to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Identify when a decision-‐making process is needed to choose a healthy option.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.1.A. List health situations where a decision-‐making process could be used.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:1:A1. Identify steps in the decision-‐making process.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
5.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-‐making skills to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Identify when a decision-‐making process is needed to choose a healthy option.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.1.B. Apply a decision-‐making process to various situations to enhance health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:1:B1. Give an example of when a health-‐related decision can be made individually.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:1:B2. Give an example of when assistance is needed to make a health related decision.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
7.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use health-‐enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: List healthy practices.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
7.1.A. Identify healthy practices.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:1:A1.
Identify healthy behaviors. These may include but are not limited to: refraining from alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use; engaging in physical activity; demonstrating healthy eating; applying social behaviors to prevent or reduce violence; safety and related behaviors.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:1:A2. Discuss healthy behaviors with family members or trusted adults.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
7.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use health-‐enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: List healthy practices.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
7.1.B. Describe health-‐enhancing behaviors.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:1:B1. Describe healthy practices and behaviors that help maintain or improve personal health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:1:B2. Describe healthy behaviors to family members or trusted adults.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
8.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develop an understanding of differences between personal health needs and wants.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
8.1.A. Identify ways to compare personal health needs and wants.
LEARNING 8:1:A1. Define personal health needs and wants.
CONTINUUM
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
2.1. Demonstrates understanding of movement concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics as they apply to the learning and performance of physical activities.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develops a cognitive understanding of a skill so as to improve performance.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
2.1.A. Demonstrates cognitive understanding.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
2.1.A2. Recognizes appropriate safety practices with and without physical education equipment.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
2.1.A6. States the short-‐term effects of physical activity on the heart, lungs, and muscles.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.1. Achieves and maintains a health enhancing level of physical fitness.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develops knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward achieving physical fitness.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.1.A. Chooses to be physically active.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.1.A3. Sustains activity for increasingly longer periods of time while participating in various activities in physical education.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.1. Achieves and maintains a health enhancing level of physical fitness.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develops knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward achieving physical fitness.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.1.B. Manages healthy physical activity.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.1.B2. Participates in a variety of activities and games that increase breathing and heart rate.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.1.B3. Recognizes that health-‐related physical fitness consists of several different components.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
5.1. Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Applies safe practices, adherence to rules and procedures, etiquette, cooperation and teamwork, ethical behavior, and positive social interaction.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.1.A. Incorporates safe practices and adherence to rules and procedures.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5.1.A3. Uses safety procedures.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
5.1. Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Applies safe practices, adherence to rules and procedures, etiquette, cooperation and teamwork, ethical behavior, and positive social interaction.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.1.B. Demonstrates teamwork, ethics, and positive social interaction.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5.1.B5. Demonstrates the elements of socially acceptable conflict resolution during class activity.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5.1.B6. Regularly encourages others and refrains from negative statements.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
6.1. Values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-‐expression, and/or social interaction.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Participates in new movements and skills for enjoyment.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
6.1.A. Engages in physical activity.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
6.1.A2. Attempts new movements and skills willingly.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
6.1.A4. Identifies several activities that are enjoyable.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
1.2. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develop a cognitive understanding of health promotion concepts to improve health behaviors and prevent disease.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
1.2.A. Understand basic concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:2:A1.
Describe ways to prevent common childhood accidents, injuries, and communicable and chronic diseases. These may include but are not limited to: refraining from alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use; engaging in physical activity; demonstrating healthy eating; sexual behaviors; applying social behaviors to prevent or reduce violence; safety and related behaviors.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:2:A2. Describe the relationships among environment, healthy behaviors, and personal health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:2:A3. Explain ways to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
1.2. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develop a cognitive understanding of health promotion concepts to improve health behaviors and prevent disease.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
1.2.B. Apply health knowledge to health-‐related situations.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:2:B1. Describe when it is important to seek health care.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
3.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Apply valid information to enhance health behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
3.2.A. List sources of valid health information.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
3:2:A2. Discuss ways to locate valid health information.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
3.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Apply valid information to enhance health behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
3.2.B. Identify valid health information to promote health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
3:2:B1. Identify various valid sources of health information.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.2.A. Demonstrate communication skills that can improve health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:2:A1. Demonstrate effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to enhance health.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.2.B. Demonstrate communication skills that prevent, resolve, or reduce health risks.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:2:B1. Demonstrate ways to prevent health risks and conflict through communications.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:2:B3. Discuss nonviolent strategies to reduce, manage, or resolve conflict.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
5.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-‐making skills to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Apply a decision-‐making process to evaluate health options.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.2.A. Continue to identify health-‐related situations that require a decision.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:2:A1. Identify situations that require a thoughtful decision.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:2:A2. List healthy options to health-‐related issues or problems.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:2:A3. Choose the healthiest option when making a decision.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
5.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-‐making skills to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Apply a decision-‐making process to evaluate health options.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.2.B. Examine and apply how a decision-‐making process can enhance health status.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:2:B2. Examine the potential outcomes of each option when making a health-‐related decision.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
7.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-‐enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Demonstrate health-‐enhancing behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
7.2.B. Demonstrate health-‐enhancing practices.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:2:B1.
Demonstrate healthy behaviors that will maintain or improve the health of self and others. These may include but are not limited to: refraining from alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use; engaging in physical activity; demonstrating healthy eating; applying social behaviors to prevent or reduce violence; safety and related behaviors.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
3.2. Participates regularly in physical activity.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Regularly participates in activities that provide enjoyment and health benefits.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
3.2.A. Chooses to be physically active.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
3.2.A1. Identifies physical and psychological benefits that result from long-‐term participation in physical education.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
3.2. Participates regularly in physical activity.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Regularly participates in activities that provide enjoyment and health benefits.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
3.2.B. Sets goals for a physically active lifestyle.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
3.2.B2. Identifies two personal fitness goals to improve personal fitness.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.2. Achieves and maintains a health enhancing level of physical fitness.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develops healthy habits that address the various components of physical fitness.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.2.A. Understands health benefits of being physically active.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.2.A1. Participates in selected activities that develop and maintain each component of physical fitness.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.2.A2. Recognizes that physiological responses to exercise are associated with their own levels of fitness.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.2.A4.
Describes the five health-‐related fitness components (cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility, body composition), what they measure, and at least one benefit of each.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
5.2. Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Applies safe practices, adherence to rules and procedures, etiquette, cooperation and teamwork, ethical behavior, and positive social interaction.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.2.A. Demonstrates safe practices and adherence to rules and procedures.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5.2.A3. Demonstrates safe control of body and equipment.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
5.2. Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Applies safe practices, adherence to rules and procedures, etiquette, cooperation and teamwork, ethical behavior, and positive social interaction.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.2.B. Demonstrates a commitment to teamwork, ethics, and positive social interaction.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5.2.B8. Regularly encourages others and refrains from negative statements.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
6.2. Values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-‐expression, and/or social interaction.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Demonstrates an awareness of the intrinsic values and benefits of participation in physical activity that provides personal meaning.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
6.2.A. Applies intrinsic values to physical activity.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
6.2.A5. Explains that skill competency leads to enjoyment of movement and physical activity.
Language Arts
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Use a variety of strategies and word recognition skills, including rereading, finding context clues, applying their knowledge of letter-‐sound relationships, and analyzing word structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words in the context of a passage by examining known words, phrases and structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4.
Comprehend reading by using strategies such as activating prior knowledge, establishing purpose, self-‐correcting and self-‐monitoring, rereading, making predictions, finding context clues, developing visual images, applying knowledge of text structures, and adjusting reading rate according to purpose and difficulty.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Discern how written texts and accompanying illustrations connect to convey meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.8. Identify a purpose for reading, such as gaining information, learning about a viewpoint, and appreciating literature.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Recognize and recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot, and setting, in order to reflect on meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.3.
Draw upon a reservoir of reading materials, including fairy tales, fables, and narratives from the United States and cultures worldwide, to understand plots, make predictions, and relate reading to prior knowledge and experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Extend the literal meaning of a text by making inferences, and evaluate the significance and validity of texts in light of prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3. Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Demonstrate the ability to integrate general knowledge about the world and familiarity with literary and nonliterary texts when reflecting upon life's experiences.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.4. Select a variety of materials to read for discovery, appreciation, and enjoyment, summarize the readings, and connect them to prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.4. Read to acquire information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.4.2. Identify a topic of interest then seek information by investigating available text resources.
DOMAIN WI.B. Writing: Students in Wisconsin will write clearly and effectively to share information and knowledge, to influence and persuade, to create and entertain.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1. Create or produce writing to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.5. Use a variety of writing technologies, including pen and paper as well as computers.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Listen to and comprehend oral communications.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.4. Follow sequence in plot and character development, predict outcomes, and draw conclusions.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Recall the content of stories after hearing them, relate the content to prior knowledge, and answer various types of factual and interpretive questions about the stories.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Participate effectively in discussion.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Volunteer relevant information, ask relevant questions, and answer questions directly.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.3. Use appropriate strategies to keep a discussion going.
DOMAIN WI.D. Language: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of the nature, grammar, and variations of American English.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.2. Recognize and interpret various uses and adaptations of language in social, cultural, regional, and professional situations, and learn to be flexible and responsive in their use of English.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Identify various styles and purposes of oral and written language and learn to communicate effectively in commonly occurring situations.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.2. Describe and give examples of variations in American English that appear in different social, cultural, regional, and professional environments.
DOMAIN WI.E.
Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will use media and technology critically and creatively to obtain, organize, prepare and share information; to influence and persuade; and to entertain and be entertained.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.1. Use computers to acquire, organize, analyze, and communicate information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD /
4.1.1. Operate common computer hardware and software.
LEARNING PRIORITY
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Use basic word-‐processing, graphics, and drawing programs.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.3. Create, store, and retrieve electronic files.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4. Access information using electronic reference resources, such as library catalog, encyclopedias, almanacs, and indexes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.5. Generate, send, and retrieve electronic messages.
DOMAIN WI.F. Research and Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will locate, use, and communicate information from a variety of print and nonprint materials.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. Conduct research and inquiry on self-‐selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Propose research by formulating initial questions, narrowing the focus of a topic, identifying prior knowledge, and developing a basic plan for gathering information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Conduct research by identifying, locating, exploring, and effectively using multiple sources of information appropriate to the inquiry, including print, nonprint, and electronic sources.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Use a variety of strategies and word recognition skills, including rereading, finding context clues, applying their knowledge of letter-‐sound relationships, and analyzing word structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4.
Comprehend reading by using strategies such as activating prior knowledge, establishing purpose, self-‐correcting and self-‐monitoring, rereading, making predictions, finding context clues, developing visual images, applying knowledge of text structures,
and adjusting reading rate according to purpose and difficulty.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Discern how written texts and accompanying illustrations connect to convey meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.8. Identify a purpose for reading, such as gaining information, learning about a viewpoint, and appreciating literature.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Recognize and recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot, and setting, in order to reflect on meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.3.
Draw upon a reservoir of reading materials, including fairy tales, fables, and narratives from the United States and cultures worldwide, to understand plots, make predictions, and relate reading to prior knowledge and experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Extend the literal meaning of a text by making inferences, and evaluate the significance and validity of texts in light of prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3. Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Demonstrate the ability to integrate general knowledge about the world and familiarity with literary and nonliterary texts when reflecting upon life's experiences.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.4. Select a variety of materials to read for discovery, appreciation, and enjoyment, summarize the readings, and connect them to prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.4. Read to acquire information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.4.2. Identify a topic of interest then seek information by investigating available text resources.
DOMAIN WI.B. Writing: Students in Wisconsin will write clearly and effectively to share information and knowledge, to influence and persuade, to create and entertain.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1. Create or produce writing to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.5. Use a variety of writing technologies, including pen and paper as well as computers.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Listen to and comprehend oral communications.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.4. Follow sequence in plot and character development, predict outcomes, and draw conclusions.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Recall the content of stories after hearing them, relate the content to prior knowledge, and answer various types of factual and interpretive questions about the stories.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Participate effectively in discussion.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Volunteer relevant information, ask relevant questions, and answer questions directly.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.3. Use appropriate strategies to keep a discussion going.
DOMAIN WI.D. Language: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of the nature, grammar, and variations of American English.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.2. Recognize and interpret various uses and adaptations of language in social, cultural, regional, and professional situations, and learn to be flexible and responsive in their use of English.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Identify various styles and purposes of oral and written language and learn to communicate effectively in commonly occurring situations.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.2. Describe and give examples of variations in American English that appear in different social, cultural, regional, and professional environments.
DOMAIN WI.E.
Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will use media and technology critically and creatively to obtain, organize, prepare and share information; to influence and persuade; and to entertain and be entertained.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.1. Use computers to acquire, organize, analyze, and communicate information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Operate common computer hardware and software.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Use basic word-‐processing, graphics, and drawing programs.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.3. Create, store, and retrieve electronic files.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4. Access information using electronic reference resources, such as library catalog, encyclopedias, almanacs, and indexes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.5. Generate, send, and retrieve electronic messages.
DOMAIN WI.F. Research and Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will locate, use, and communicate information from a variety of print and nonprint materials.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. Conduct research and inquiry on self-‐selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Propose research by formulating initial questions, narrowing the focus of a topic, identifying prior knowledge, and developing a basic plan for gathering information.
Science
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.C.
Science Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will investigate questions using scientific methods and tools, revise their personal understanding to accommodate knowledge, and communicate these understandings to others.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan investigations, make observations, make predictions, and offer explanations.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.6.
Communicate the results of their investigations in ways their audiences will understand by using charts, graphs, drawings, written descriptions, and various other means, to display their answers.
DOMAIN WI.F.
Life and Environmental Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and structures of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with one another and their environment.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. The Characteristics of Organisms: Discover how each organism meets its basic needs for water, nutrients, protection, and energy in order to survive.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.2. The Characteristics of Organisms: Investigate how organisms, especially plants, respond to both internal cues (the need for water) and external cues (changes in the environment).
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.4. Organisms and Their Environment: Using the science themes, develop explanations for the connections among living and non-‐living things in various environments.
DOMAIN WI.G.
Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between science and technology and the ways in which that relationship influences human activities.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.2. Discover what changes in technology have occurred in a career chosen by a parent, grandparent, or an adult friend over a long period of time.
DOMAIN WI.H. Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will use scientific information and skills to make decisions about themselves, Wisconsin, and the world in which they live.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.3. Show how science has contributed to meeting personal needs, including hygiene, nutrition, exercise, safety, and health care.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.4. Develop a list of issues that citizens must make decisions about and describe a strategy for becoming informed about the science behind these issues.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.C. Science Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will investigate questions using scientific methods and tools, revise their personal understanding to accommodate knowledge, and communicate
these understandings to others.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan investigations, make observations, make predictions, and offer explanations.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.6.
Communicate the results of their investigations in ways their audiences will understand by using charts, graphs, drawings, written descriptions, and various other means, to display their answers.
DOMAIN WI.F.
Life and Environmental Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and structures of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with one another and their environment.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. The Characteristics of Organisms: Discover how each organism meets its basic needs for water, nutrients, protection, and energy in order to survive.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.2. The Characteristics of Organisms: Investigate how organisms, especially plants, respond to both internal cues (the need for water) and external cues (changes in the environment).
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.4. Organisms and Their Environment: Using the science themes, develop explanations for the connections among living and non-‐living things in various environments.
DOMAIN WI.G.
Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between science and technology and the ways in which that relationship influences human activities.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.2. Discover what changes in technology have occurred in a career chosen by a parent, grandparent, or an adult friend over a long period of time.
DOMAIN WI.H. Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will use scientific information and skills to make decisions about themselves, Wisconsin, and the world in which they live.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.3. Show how science has contributed to meeting personal needs, including hygiene, nutrition, exercise, safety, and health care.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.4. Develop a list of issues that citizens must make decisions about and describe a strategy for becoming informed about the science behind these issues.
Social Studies
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.B.
History: Time, Continuity, and Change: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the history of Wisconsin, the United States, and the world, examining change and continuity over time in order to develop historical perspective, explain historical relationships, and analyze issues that affect the present and the future.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.6.
Explain the significance of national and state holidays, such as Independence Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and national and state symbols, such as the United States flag and the state flags.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Political Science and Citizenship: Power, Authority, Governance, and Responsibility: Students in Wisconsin will learn about political science and acquire the knowledge of political systems necessary for developing individual civic responsibility by studying the history and contemporary uses of power, authority, and governance.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Explain how families, schools, and other groups develop, enforce, and change rules of behavior and explain how various behaviors promote or hinder cooperation.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.6. Locate, organize, and use relevant information to understand an issue in the classroom or school, while taking into account the viewpoints and interests of different groups and individuals.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.B.
History: Time, Continuity, and Change: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the history of Wisconsin, the United States, and the world, examining change and continuity over time in order to develop historical perspective, explain historical relationships, and analyze issues that affect the present and the future.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.6.
Explain the significance of national and state holidays, such as Independence Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and national and state symbols, such as the United States flag and the state flags.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Political Science and Citizenship: Power, Authority, Governance, and Responsibility: Students in Wisconsin will learn about political science and acquire the knowledge of political systems necessary for developing individual civic responsibility by studying the history and contemporary uses of power, authority, and governance.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Explain how families, schools, and other groups develop, enforce, and change rules of behavior and explain how various behaviors promote or hinder cooperation.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.6. Locate, organize, and use relevant information to understand an issue in the classroom or school, while taking into account the viewpoints and interests of different groups and individuals.
Brownie: It’s Your Planet Journey -‐ Skill Building Badges Summary: Brownies can earn five badges connected to WOW! Wonders of Water National Leadership Journey. The badges are: Potter, Household Elf, Senses, Hiker, and My Great Day.
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards
Arts Education
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.A.
Art and Design: Knowing: Visual Memory and Knowledge: Students in Wisconsin will know and remember information and ideas about the art and design around them and throughout the world.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Students will develop a basic mental storehouse of images
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Students will learn basic vocabulary related to their study of art
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.5. Students will know that art is one of the greatest achievements of human beings
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.6. Students will know that art is a basic way of thinking and communicating about the world
DOMAIN WI.B.
Art and Design: Knowing: History, Citizenship, and Environment: Students in Wisconsin will understand the value and significance of the visual arts, media and design in relation to history, citizenship, the environment, and social development.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.6. Students will know basic ways to describe, analyze, interpret, and judge art images and objects from various cultures, artists, and designers
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.7. Students will begin to understand environmental and aesthetic issues related to the design of packaging, industrial products, and cities
DOMAIN WI.C.
Art and Design: Doing: Visual Design and Production: Students in Wisconsin will design and produce quality original images and objects, such as paintings, sculptures, designed objects, photographs, graphic designs, videos, and computer images.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.7. Students will develop basic skills to produce quality art
DOMAIN WI.D. Art and Design: Doing: Practical Applications: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of people, places, ideas, and language of art and design to their daily lives.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.4. Students will learn about basic concepts in art, such as 'form follows function,' 'less is more,' balance, symmetry, and originality
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.5. Students will learn basic language used in art
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.6. Students will use problem-‐solving strategies that promote fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality
DOMAIN WI.E.
Art and Design: Communicating: Visual Communication and Expression: Students in Wisconsin will produce quality images and objects that effectively communicate and express ideas using varied media, techniques, and processes.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.1. Students will communicate basic ideas by producing studio art forms, such as drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, jewelry, fibers, and ceramics
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.2.
Students will communicate basic ideas by producing design art forms, such as graphic design, product design, architecture, landscape, and media arts, such as film, photography, and multimedia
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.3. Students will communicate basic ideas by producing popular images and objects, such as folk art, traditional arts and crafts, popular arts, mass media, and consumer products
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.4. Students will communicate basic ideas by producing visual communication forms useful in everyday life, such as sketches, diagrams, graphs, plans, and models
DOMAIN WI.F.
Art and Design: Communicating: Visual Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will understand the role of, and be able to use, computers, video, and other technological tools and equipment.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.2. Students will know that art techniques are used in mass media
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.6. Students will learn simple media techniques
DOMAIN WI.G.
Art and Design: Thinking: Art and Design Criticism: Students in Wisconsin will interpret visual experiences, such as artwork, designed objects, architecture, movies, television, and multimedia images, using a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.4. Students will know how to create works of art that have meanings
DOMAIN WI.H. Art and Design: Thinking: Visual Thinking: Students in Wisconsin will develop perception, visual discrimination, and media literacy skills to become visually educated people.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.3. Students will show differences among colors, shapes, textures, and other qualities of objects in their artwork
DOMAIN WI.I.
Art and Design: Understanding: Personal and Social Development: Students in Wisconsin will use their senses and emotions through art and design to develop their minds and to improve social relationships.
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.6. Students will realize that creating or looking at art can bring out different feelings
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.7. Students will work alone and with others to develop visual ideas and objects
DOMAIN WI.J. Art and Design: Understanding: Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding: Students in Wisconsin will reflect upon the nature of art and design and meaning in art and culture.
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.2. Students will understand that the choice of materials and techniques influences the expressive quality of art
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.7. Students will begin to understand and apply the role of art criticism and aesthetic knowledge in art and design
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.8. Students will know that different cultures have different concepts of beauty
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.9. Students will understand the difference between original artworks, reproductions, and copies
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.10. Students will talk about art in basic terms
DOMAIN WI.K. Art and Design: Creating: Making Connections: Students in Wisconsin will make connections among the arts, other disciplines, other cultures, and the world of work.
CONTENT STANDARD
K.4.1. Students will connect their knowledge and skills in art to other areas, such as the humanities, sciences, social studies, and technology
CONTENT STANDARD
K.4.2. Students will invent new ways to communicate ideas and solutions to problems in art
CONTENT STANDARD
K.4.4.
Students will use a variety of tools, such as words, numbers, sounds, movements, images, objects, emotions, technology, and spaces, to help understand and communicate about the visual world
DOMAIN WI.L.
Art and Design: Creating: Visual Imagination and Creativity: Students in Wisconsin will use their imaginations and creativity to develop multiple solutions to problems, expand their minds, and create ideas for original works of art and design.
CONTENT STANDARD
L.4.2. Students will begin to develop a base of knowledge and skills from which to create new ideas
CONTENT STANDARD
L.4.7. Students will exhibit imagination by interpreting situations from more than one point of view
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.A.
Art and Design: Knowing: Visual Memory and Knowledge: Students in Wisconsin will know and remember information and ideas about the art and design around them and throughout the world.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Students will develop a basic mental storehouse of images
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Students will learn basic vocabulary related to their study of art
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.5. Students will know that art is one of the greatest achievements of human beings
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.6. Students will know that art is a basic way of thinking and communicating about the world
DOMAIN WI.B.
Art and Design: Knowing: History, Citizenship, and Environment: Students in Wisconsin will understand the value and significance of the visual arts, media and design in relation to history, citizenship, the environment, and social development.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.6. Students will know basic ways to describe, analyze, interpret, and judge art images and objects from various cultures, artists, and designers
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.7. Students will begin to understand environmental and aesthetic issues related to the design of packaging, industrial products, and cities
DOMAIN WI.C.
Art and Design: Doing: Visual Design and Production: Students in Wisconsin will design and produce quality original images and objects, such as paintings, sculptures, designed objects, photographs, graphic designs, videos, and computer images.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.7. Students will develop basic skills to produce quality art
DOMAIN WI.D. Art and Design: Doing: Practical Applications: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of people, places, ideas, and language of art and design to their daily lives.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.4. Students will learn about basic concepts in art, such as 'form follows function,' 'less is more,' balance, symmetry, and originality
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.5. Students will learn basic language used in art
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.6. Students will use problem-‐solving strategies that promote fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality
DOMAIN WI.E.
Art and Design: Communicating: Visual Communication and Expression: Students in Wisconsin will produce quality images and objects that effectively communicate and express ideas using varied media, techniques, and processes.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.1. Students will communicate basic ideas by producing studio art forms, such as drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, jewelry, fibers, and ceramics
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.2.
Students will communicate basic ideas by producing design art forms, such as graphic design, product design, architecture, landscape, and media arts, such as film, photography, and multimedia
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.3. Students will communicate basic ideas by producing popular images and objects, such as folk art, traditional arts and crafts, popular arts, mass media, and consumer products
CONTENT E.4.4. Students will communicate basic ideas by producing visual
STANDARD communication forms useful in everyday life, such as sketches, diagrams, graphs, plans, and models
DOMAIN WI.F.
Art and Design: Communicating: Visual Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will understand the role of, and be able to use, computers, video, and other technological tools and equipment.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.2. Students will know that art techniques are used in mass media
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.6. Students will learn simple media techniques
DOMAIN WI.G.
Art and Design: Thinking: Art and Design Criticism: Students in Wisconsin will interpret visual experiences, such as artwork, designed objects, architecture, movies, television, and multimedia images, using a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.4. Students will know how to create works of art that have meanings
DOMAIN WI.H. Art and Design: Thinking: Visual Thinking: Students in Wisconsin will develop perception, visual discrimination, and media literacy skills to become visually educated people.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.3. Students will show differences among colors, shapes, textures, and other qualities of objects in their artwork
DOMAIN WI.I.
Art and Design: Understanding: Personal and Social Development: Students in Wisconsin will use their senses and emotions through art and design to develop their minds and to improve social relationships.
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.6. Students will realize that creating or looking at art can bring out different feelings
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.7. Students will work alone and with others to develop visual ideas and objects
DOMAIN WI.J. Art and Design: Understanding: Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding: Students in Wisconsin will reflect upon the nature of art and design and meaning in art and culture.
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.2. Students will understand that the choice of materials and techniques influences the expressive quality of art
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.7. Students will begin to understand and apply the role of art criticism and aesthetic knowledge in art and design
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.8. Students will know that different cultures have different concepts of beauty
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.9. Students will understand the difference between original artworks, reproductions, and copies
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.10. Students will talk about art in basic terms
DOMAIN WI.K. Art and Design: Creating: Making Connections: Students in
Wisconsin will make connections among the arts, other disciplines, other cultures, and the world of work.
CONTENT STANDARD
K.4.1. Students will connect their knowledge and skills in art to other areas, such as the humanities, sciences, social studies, and technology
CONTENT STANDARD
K.4.2. Students will invent new ways to communicate ideas and solutions to problems in art
CONTENT STANDARD
K.4.4.
Students will use a variety of tools, such as words, numbers, sounds, movements, images, objects, emotions, technology, and spaces, to help understand and communicate about the visual world
DOMAIN WI.L.
Art and Design: Creating: Visual Imagination and Creativity: Students in Wisconsin will use their imaginations and creativity to develop multiple solutions to problems, expand their minds, and create ideas for original works of art and design.
CONTENT STANDARD
L.4.2. Students will begin to develop a base of knowledge and skills from which to create new ideas
CONTENT STANDARD
L.4.7. Students will exhibit imagination by interpreting situations from more than one point of view
Health and PE
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
2.1. Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Know what an influence is and how it could affect behavior.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
2.1.B. Analyze various influences on health behavior.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
2:1:B1. Describe how family, peers, and emotions can influence health behaviors.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
7.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use health-‐enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: List healthy practices.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
7.1.A. Identify healthy practices.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:1:A1.
Identify healthy behaviors. These may include but are not limited to: refraining from alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use; engaging in physical activity; demonstrating healthy eating; applying social behaviors to prevent or reduce violence; safety and related behaviors.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
7.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use health-‐enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: List healthy practices.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
7.1.B. Describe health-‐enhancing behaviors.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:1:B1. Describe healthy practices and behaviors that help maintain or improve personal health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:1:B2. Describe healthy behaviors to family members or trusted adults.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
1.2. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develop a cognitive understanding of health promotion concepts to improve health behaviors and prevent disease.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
1.2.A. Understand basic concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:2:A1.
Describe ways to prevent common childhood accidents, injuries, and communicable and chronic diseases. These may include but are not limited to: refraining from alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use; engaging in physical activity; demonstrating healthy eating; sexual behaviors; applying social behaviors to prevent or reduce violence; safety and related behaviors.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
5.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-‐making skills to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Apply a decision-‐making process to evaluate health options.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.2.A. Continue to identify health-‐related situations that require a decision.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:2:A2. List healthy options to health-‐related issues or problems.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:2:A3. Choose the healthiest option when making a decision.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
7.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-‐enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Demonstrate health-‐enhancing behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
7.2.B. Demonstrate health-‐enhancing practices.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:2:B1.
Demonstrate healthy behaviors that will maintain or improve the health of self and others. These may include but are not limited to: refraining from alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use; engaging in physical activity; demonstrating healthy eating; applying social behaviors to prevent or reduce violence; safety and related behaviors.
Language Arts
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Use a variety of strategies and word recognition skills, including rereading, finding context clues, applying their knowledge of letter-‐sound relationships, and analyzing word structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words in the context of a passage by examining known words, phrases and structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4.
Comprehend reading by using strategies such as activating prior knowledge, establishing purpose, self-‐correcting and self-‐monitoring, rereading, making predictions, finding context clues, developing visual images, applying knowledge of text structures, and adjusting reading rate according to purpose and difficulty.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Discern how written texts and accompanying illustrations connect to convey meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.8. Identify a purpose for reading, such as gaining information, learning about a viewpoint, and appreciating literature.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Recognize and recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot, and setting, in order to reflect on meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.3.
Draw upon a reservoir of reading materials, including fairy tales, fables, and narratives from the United States and cultures worldwide, to understand plots, make predictions, and relate reading to prior knowledge and experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Extend the literal meaning of a text by making inferences, and evaluate the significance and validity of texts in light of prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3. Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Demonstrate the ability to integrate general knowledge about the world and familiarity with literary and nonliterary texts when reflecting upon life's experiences.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.4. Select a variety of materials to read for discovery, appreciation, and enjoyment, summarize the readings, and connect them to prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.4. Read to acquire information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.4.2. Identify a topic of interest then seek information by investigating available text resources.
DOMAIN WI.B. Writing: Students in Wisconsin will write clearly and effectively to share information and knowledge, to influence and persuade, to create and entertain.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1. Create or produce writing to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Write for a variety of readers, including peers, teachers, and other adults, adapting content, style, and structure to audience and situation.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Listen to and comprehend oral communications.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.4. Follow sequence in plot and character development, predict outcomes, and draw conclusions.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Recall the content of stories after hearing them, relate the content to prior knowledge, and answer various types of factual and interpretive questions about the stories.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Participate effectively in discussion.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Volunteer relevant information, ask relevant questions, and answer questions directly.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.3. Use appropriate strategies to keep a discussion going.
DOMAIN WI.D. Language: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of the nature, grammar, and variations of American English.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.2. Recognize and interpret various uses and adaptations of language in social, cultural, regional, and professional situations, and learn to be flexible and responsive in their use of English.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Identify various styles and purposes of oral and written language and learn to communicate effectively in commonly occurring situations.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.2. Describe and give examples of variations in American English that appear in different social, cultural, regional, and professional environments.
DOMAIN WI.F. Research and Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will locate, use, and communicate information from a variety of print and nonprint
materials.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. Conduct research and inquiry on self-‐selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Propose research by formulating initial questions, narrowing the focus of a topic, identifying prior knowledge, and developing a basic plan for gathering information.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Use a variety of strategies and word recognition skills, including rereading, finding context clues, applying their knowledge of letter-‐sound relationships, and analyzing word structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4.
Comprehend reading by using strategies such as activating prior knowledge, establishing purpose, self-‐correcting and self-‐monitoring, rereading, making predictions, finding context clues, developing visual images, applying knowledge of text structures, and adjusting reading rate according to purpose and difficulty.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Discern how written texts and accompanying illustrations connect to convey meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.8. Identify a purpose for reading, such as gaining information, learning about a viewpoint, and appreciating literature.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Recognize and recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot, and setting, in order to reflect on meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.3.
Draw upon a reservoir of reading materials, including fairy tales, fables, and narratives from the United States and cultures worldwide, to understand plots, make predictions, and relate reading to prior knowledge and experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Extend the literal meaning of a text by making inferences, and evaluate the significance and validity of texts in light of prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3. Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Demonstrate the ability to integrate general knowledge about the world and familiarity with literary and nonliterary texts when reflecting upon life's experiences.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.4. Select a variety of materials to read for discovery, appreciation, and enjoyment, summarize the readings, and connect them to prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.4. Read to acquire information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.4.2. Identify a topic of interest then seek information by investigating available text resources.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Listen to and comprehend oral communications.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.4. Follow sequence in plot and character development, predict outcomes, and draw conclusions.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Recall the content of stories after hearing them, relate the content to prior knowledge, and answer various types of factual and interpretive questions about the stories.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Participate effectively in discussion.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING
4.3.1. Volunteer relevant information, ask relevant questions, and answer questions directly.
PRIORITY
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.3. Use appropriate strategies to keep a discussion going.
DOMAIN WI.D. Language: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of the nature, grammar, and variations of American English.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.2. Recognize and interpret various uses and adaptations of language in social, cultural, regional, and professional situations, and learn to be flexible and responsive in their use of English.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Identify various styles and purposes of oral and written language and learn to communicate effectively in commonly occurring situations.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.2. Describe and give examples of variations in American English that appear in different social, cultural, regional, and professional environments.
DOMAIN WI.F. Research and Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will locate, use, and communicate information from a variety of print and nonprint materials.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. Conduct research and inquiry on self-‐selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Propose research by formulating initial questions, narrowing the focus of a topic, identifying prior knowledge, and developing a basic plan for gathering information.
Science
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.A.
Science Connections: Students in Wisconsin will understand that there are unifying themes: systems, order, organization, and interactions; evidence, models, and explanations; constancy, change, and measurement; evolution, equilibrium, and energy; form and function among scientific disciplines.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. When faced with a science-‐related problem, decide what evidence, models, or explanations previously studied can be used to better understand what is happening now.
DOMAIN WI.B.
Nature of Science: Students in Wisconsin will understand that science is ongoing and inventive, and that scientific understandings have changed over time as new evidence is found.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1. Use encyclopedias, source books, texts, computers, teachers, parents, other adults, journals, popular press, and various other
sources, to help answer science-‐related questions and plan investigations.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Science Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will investigate questions using scientific methods and tools, revise their personal understanding to accommodate knowledge, and communicate these understandings to others.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.1. Use the vocabulary of the unifying themes to ask questions about objects, organisms, and events being studied.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan investigations, make observations, make predictions, and offer explanations.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Select multiple sources of information to help answer questions selected for classroom investigations.
DOMAIN WI.E. Earth and Space Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and systems of earth and other bodies in the universe and of their interactions.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.2. Properties of Earth Materials: Show that earth materials have different physical and chemical properties, including the properties of soils found in Wisconsin.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.7. Changes in The Earth and Sky: Using the science themes, describe resources used in the home, community, and nation as a whole.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.8. Changes in The Earth and Sky: Illustrate human resources use in mining, forestry, farming, and manufacturing in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the world.
DOMAIN WI.F.
Life and Environmental Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and structures of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with one another and their environment.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.2. The Characteristics of Organisms: Investigate how organisms, especially plants, respond to both internal cues (the need for water) and external cues (changes in the environment).
DOMAIN WI.H. Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will use scientific information and skills to make decisions about themselves, Wisconsin, and the world in which they live.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.3. Show how science has contributed to meeting personal needs, including hygiene, nutrition, exercise, safety, and health care.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.4. Develop a list of issues that citizens must make decisions about and describe a strategy for becoming informed about the science behind these issues.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.A.
Science Connections: Students in Wisconsin will understand that there are unifying themes: systems, order, organization, and interactions; evidence, models, and explanations; constancy, change, and measurement; evolution, equilibrium, and energy; form and function among scientific disciplines.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. When faced with a science-‐related problem, decide what evidence, models, or explanations previously studied can be used to better understand what is happening now.
DOMAIN WI.B.
Nature of Science: Students in Wisconsin will understand that science is ongoing and inventive, and that scientific understandings have changed over time as new evidence is found.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1.
Use encyclopedias, source books, texts, computers, teachers, parents, other adults, journals, popular press, and various other sources, to help answer science-‐related questions and plan investigations.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Science Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will investigate questions using scientific methods and tools, revise their personal understanding to accommodate knowledge, and communicate these understandings to others.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.1. Use the vocabulary of the unifying themes to ask questions about objects, organisms, and events being studied.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan investigations, make observations, make predictions, and offer explanations.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Select multiple sources of information to help answer questions selected for classroom investigations.
DOMAIN WI.E. Earth and Space Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and systems of earth and other bodies in the universe and of their interactions.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.2. Properties of Earth Materials: Show that earth materials have different physical and chemical properties, including the properties of soils found in Wisconsin.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.7. Changes in The Earth and Sky: Using the science themes, describe resources used in the home, community, and nation as a whole.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.8. Changes in The Earth and Sky: Illustrate human resources use in mining, forestry, farming, and manufacturing in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the world.
DOMAIN WI.F.
Life and Environmental Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and structures of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with one another and their environment.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.2. The Characteristics of Organisms: Investigate how organisms, especially plants, respond to both internal cues (the need for water) and external cues (changes in the environment).
DOMAIN WI.H. Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will use scientific information and skills to make decisions about themselves, Wisconsin, and the world in which they live.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.3. Show how science has contributed to meeting personal needs, including hygiene, nutrition, exercise, safety, and health care.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.4. Develop a list of issues that citizens must make decisions about and describe a strategy for becoming informed about the science behind these issues.
Social Studies
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.C.
Political Science and Citizenship: Power, Authority, Governance, and Responsibility: Students in Wisconsin will learn about political science and acquire the knowledge of political systems necessary for developing individual civic responsibility by studying the history and contemporary uses of power, authority, and governance.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.6. Locate, organize, and use relevant information to understand an issue in the classroom or school, while taking into account the viewpoints and interests of different groups and individuals.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.C.
Political Science and Citizenship: Power, Authority, Governance, and Responsibility: Students in Wisconsin will learn about political science and acquire the knowledge of political systems necessary for developing individual civic responsibility by studying the history and contemporary uses of power, authority, and governance.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.6. Locate, organize, and use relevant information to understand an issue in the classroom or school, while taking into account the viewpoints and interests of different groups and individuals.
Brownie: It’s Your Story Journey -‐ Skill Building Badges Summary: Brownies can earn five badges connected to A World of Girls National Leadership Journey. The badges are: Letterboxer, Pets, Making Games, Inventor, and Making Friends.
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards
Health and PE
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.2.B. Demonstrate communication skills that prevent, resolve, or reduce health risks.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:2:B1. Demonstrate ways to prevent health risks and conflict through communications.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:2:B3. Discuss nonviolent strategies to reduce, manage, or resolve conflict.
Language Arts
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Use a variety of strategies and word recognition skills, including rereading, finding context clues, applying their knowledge of letter-‐sound relationships, and analyzing word structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words in the context of a passage by examining known words, phrases and structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4.
Comprehend reading by using strategies such as activating prior knowledge, establishing purpose, self-‐correcting and self-‐monitoring, rereading, making predictions, finding context clues, developing visual images, applying knowledge of text structures, and adjusting reading rate according to purpose and difficulty.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Discern how written texts and accompanying illustrations connect to convey meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.8. Identify a purpose for reading, such as gaining information, learning about a viewpoint, and appreciating literature.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Recognize and recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot, and setting, in order to reflect on meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING
4.2.3. Draw upon a reservoir of reading materials, including fairy tales, fables, and narratives from the United States and cultures worldwide, to understand plots, make predictions, and relate
PRIORITY reading to prior knowledge and experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Extend the literal meaning of a text by making inferences, and evaluate the significance and validity of texts in light of prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3. Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Demonstrate the ability to integrate general knowledge about the world and familiarity with literary and nonliterary texts when reflecting upon life's experiences.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.4. Select a variety of materials to read for discovery, appreciation, and enjoyment, summarize the readings, and connect them to prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.4. Read to acquire information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.4.2. Identify a topic of interest then seek information by investigating available text resources.
DOMAIN WI.B. Writing: Students in Wisconsin will write clearly and effectively to share information and knowledge, to influence and persuade, to create and entertain.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1. Create or produce writing to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Write for a variety of readers, including peers, teachers, and other adults, adapting content, style, and structure to audience and situation.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Listen to and comprehend oral communications.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.4. Follow sequence in plot and character development, predict outcomes, and draw conclusions.
PERFORMANCE 4.2.5. Recall the content of stories after hearing them, relate the
STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
content to prior knowledge, and answer various types of factual and interpretive questions about the stories.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Participate effectively in discussion.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Volunteer relevant information, ask relevant questions, and answer questions directly.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.3. Use appropriate strategies to keep a discussion going.
DOMAIN WI.D. Language: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of the nature, grammar, and variations of American English.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.2. Recognize and interpret various uses and adaptations of language in social, cultural, regional, and professional situations, and learn to be flexible and responsive in their use of English.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Identify various styles and purposes of oral and written language and learn to communicate effectively in commonly occurring situations.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.2. Describe and give examples of variations in American English that appear in different social, cultural, regional, and professional environments.
DOMAIN WI.F. Research and Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will locate, use, and communicate information from a variety of print and nonprint materials.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. Conduct research and inquiry on self-‐selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Propose research by formulating initial questions, narrowing the focus of a topic, identifying prior knowledge, and developing a basic plan for gathering information.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Use a variety of strategies and word recognition skills, including rereading, finding context clues, applying their knowledge of letter-‐sound relationships, and analyzing word structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4.
Comprehend reading by using strategies such as activating prior knowledge, establishing purpose, self-‐correcting and self-‐monitoring, rereading, making predictions, finding context clues, developing visual images, applying knowledge of text structures, and adjusting reading rate according to purpose and difficulty.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Discern how written texts and accompanying illustrations connect to convey meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.8. Identify a purpose for reading, such as gaining information, learning about a viewpoint, and appreciating literature.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Recognize and recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot, and setting, in order to reflect on meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.3.
Draw upon a reservoir of reading materials, including fairy tales, fables, and narratives from the United States and cultures worldwide, to understand plots, make predictions, and relate reading to prior knowledge and experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Extend the literal meaning of a text by making inferences, and evaluate the significance and validity of texts in light of prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3. Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Demonstrate the ability to integrate general knowledge about the world and familiarity with literary and nonliterary texts when reflecting upon life's experiences.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.4. Select a variety of materials to read for discovery, appreciation, and enjoyment, summarize the readings, and connect them to prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.4. Read to acquire information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.4.2. Identify a topic of interest then seek information by investigating available text resources.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Listen to and comprehend oral communications.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.4. Follow sequence in plot and character development, predict outcomes, and draw conclusions.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Recall the content of stories after hearing them, relate the content to prior knowledge, and answer various types of factual and interpretive questions about the stories.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Participate effectively in discussion.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Volunteer relevant information, ask relevant questions, and answer questions directly.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.3. Use appropriate strategies to keep a discussion going.
DOMAIN WI.D. Language: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of the nature, grammar, and variations of American English.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.2. Recognize and interpret various uses and adaptations of language in social, cultural, regional, and professional situations, and learn to be flexible and responsive in their use of English.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING
4.2.1. Identify various styles and purposes of oral and written language and learn to communicate effectively in commonly occurring situations.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.2. Describe and give examples of variations in American English that appear in different social, cultural, regional, and professional environments.
DOMAIN WI.F. Research and Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will locate, use, and communicate information from a variety of print and nonprint materials.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. Conduct research and inquiry on self-‐selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Propose research by formulating initial questions, narrowing the focus of a topic, identifying prior knowledge, and developing a basic plan for gathering information.
Science
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.B.
Nature of Science: Students in Wisconsin will understand that science is ongoing and inventive, and that scientific understandings have changed over time as new evidence is found.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.3. Show how the major developments of scientific knowledge in the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences have changed over time.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Science Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will investigate questions using scientific methods and tools, revise their personal understanding to accommodate knowledge, and communicate these understandings to others.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.1. Use the vocabulary of the unifying themes to ask questions about objects, organisms, and events being studied.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan investigations, make observations, make predictions, and offer explanations.
DOMAIN WI.F.
Life and Environmental Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and structures of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with one another and their environment.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. The Characteristics of Organisms: Discover how each organism meets its basic needs for water, nutrients, protection, and energy in order to survive.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.2. The Characteristics of Organisms: Investigate how organisms, especially plants, respond to both internal cues (the need for water) and external cues (changes in the environment).
DOMAIN WI.G. Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between science and
technology and the ways in which that relationship influences human activities.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.1. Identify the technology used by someone employed in a job or position in Wisconsin and explain how the technology helps.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.2. Discover what changes in technology have occurred in a career chosen by a parent, grandparent, or an adult friend over a long period of time.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.5. Ask questions to find answers about how devices and machines were invented and produced.
DOMAIN WI.H. Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will use scientific information and skills to make decisions about themselves, Wisconsin, and the world in which they live.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.1.
Describe how science and technology have helped, and in some cases hindered, progress in providing better food, more rapid information, quicker and safer transportation, and more effective health care.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.2. Using the science themes, identify local and state issues that are helped by science and technology and explain how science and technology can also cause a problem.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.B.
Nature of Science: Students in Wisconsin will understand that science is ongoing and inventive, and that scientific understandings have changed over time as new evidence is found.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.3. Show how the major developments of scientific knowledge in the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences have changed over time.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Science Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will investigate questions using scientific methods and tools, revise their personal understanding to accommodate knowledge, and communicate these understandings to others.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.1. Use the vocabulary of the unifying themes to ask questions about objects, organisms, and events being studied.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan investigations, make observations, make predictions, and offer explanations.
DOMAIN WI.F.
Life and Environmental Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and structures of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with one another and their environment.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. The Characteristics of Organisms: Discover how each organism meets its basic needs for water, nutrients, protection, and energy in order to survive.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.2. The Characteristics of Organisms: Investigate how organisms, especially plants, respond to both internal cues (the need for
water) and external cues (changes in the environment).
DOMAIN WI.G.
Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between science and technology and the ways in which that relationship influences human activities.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.1. Identify the technology used by someone employed in a job or position in Wisconsin and explain how the technology helps.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.2. Discover what changes in technology have occurred in a career chosen by a parent, grandparent, or an adult friend over a long period of time.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.5. Ask questions to find answers about how devices and machines were invented and produced.
DOMAIN WI.H. Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will use scientific information and skills to make decisions about themselves, Wisconsin, and the world in which they live.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.1.
Describe how science and technology have helped, and in some cases hindered, progress in providing better food, more rapid information, quicker and safer transportation, and more effective health care.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.2. Using the science themes, identify local and state issues that are helped by science and technology and explain how science and technology can also cause a problem.
Social Studies
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.B.
History: Time, Continuity, and Change: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the history of Wisconsin, the United States, and the world, examining change and continuity over time in order to develop historical perspective, explain historical relationships, and analyze issues that affect the present and the future.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.4. Compare and contrast changes in contemporary life with life in the past by looking at social, economic, political, and cultural roles played by individuals and groups.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.7. Identify and describe important events and famous people in Wisconsin and United States history.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.9. Describe examples of cooperation and interdependence among individuals, groups, and nations.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Political Science and Citizenship: Power, Authority, Governance, and Responsibility: Students in Wisconsin will learn about political science and acquire the knowledge of political systems necessary for developing individual civic responsibility by studying the history and contemporary uses of power, authority, and governance.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.1. Identify and explain the individual's responsibilities to family, peers, and the community, including the need for civility and respect for diversity.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Explain how families, schools, and other groups develop, enforce, and change rules of behavior and explain how various behaviors promote or hinder cooperation.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.6. Locate, organize, and use relevant information to understand an issue in the classroom or school, while taking into account the viewpoints and interests of different groups and individuals.
DOMAIN WI.E.
The Behavioral Sciences: Individuals, Institutions, and Society: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the behavioral sciences by exploring concepts from the discipline of sociology, the study of the interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions; the discipline of psychology, the study of factors that influence individual identity and learning; and the discipline of anthropology, the study of cultures in various times and settings.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.2. Explain the influence of factors such as family, neighborhood, personal interests, language, likes and dislikes, and accomplishments on individual identity and development.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.4. Describe the ways in which ethnic cultures influence the daily lives of people.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.6. Give examples of group and institutional influences such as laws, rules, and peer pressure on people, events, and culture.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.7. Explain the reasons why individuals respond in different ways to a particular event and the ways in which interactions among individuals influence behavior.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.12. Give examples of important contributions made by Wisconsin citizens, United States citizens, and world citizens.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.14. Describe how differences in cultures may lead to understanding or misunderstanding among people.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.B.
History: Time, Continuity, and Change: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the history of Wisconsin, the United States, and the world, examining change and continuity over time in order to develop historical perspective, explain historical relationships, and analyze issues that affect the present and the future.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.4. Compare and contrast changes in contemporary life with life in the past by looking at social, economic, political, and cultural roles played by individuals and groups.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.7. Identify and describe important events and famous people in Wisconsin and United States history.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.9. Describe examples of cooperation and interdependence among individuals, groups, and nations.
DOMAIN WI.C. Political Science and Citizenship: Power, Authority, Governance, and Responsibility: Students in Wisconsin will learn about
political science and acquire the knowledge of political systems necessary for developing individual civic responsibility by studying the history and contemporary uses of power, authority, and governance.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.1. Identify and explain the individual's responsibilities to family, peers, and the community, including the need for civility and respect for diversity.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Explain how families, schools, and other groups develop, enforce, and change rules of behavior and explain how various behaviors promote or hinder cooperation.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.6. Locate, organize, and use relevant information to understand an issue in the classroom or school, while taking into account the viewpoints and interests of different groups and individuals.
DOMAIN WI.E.
The Behavioral Sciences: Individuals, Institutions, and Society: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the behavioral sciences by exploring concepts from the discipline of sociology, the study of the interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions; the discipline of psychology, the study of factors that influence individual identity and learning; and the discipline of anthropology, the study of cultures in various times and settings.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.2. Explain the influence of factors such as family, neighborhood, personal interests, language, likes and dislikes, and accomplishments on individual identity and development.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.4. Describe the ways in which ethnic cultures influence the daily lives of people.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.6. Give examples of group and institutional influences such as laws, rules, and peer pressure on people, events, and culture.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.7. Explain the reasons why individuals respond in different ways to a particular event and the ways in which interactions among individuals influence behavior.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.12. Give examples of important contributions made by Wisconsin citizens, United States citizens, and world citizens.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.14. Describe how differences in cultures may lead to understanding or misunderstanding among people.
Brownie: It’s Your World Journey -‐ Skill Building Badges Summary: Brownies can earn five badges connected to Brownie Quest National Leadership Journey. The badges are: Computer Expert, My Best Self, Dancer, Home Scientist, and My Family Story.
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards
Arts Education
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.A. Dance: Motor Learning: Students in Wisconsin will recognize, understand, and demonstrate movement elements and skills in dance.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Students will recognize and explore space, time, and force as the three elements of dance
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Students will define and maintain personal space and move safely in groups throughout the general space
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.13. Students will observe and describe movement elements in creative dance studies using appropriate movement/dance vocabulary
DOMAIN WI.B. Dance: Kinesthetic Awareness: Students in Wisconsin will use the body as the instrument of expression and use movement as the medium to develop kinesthetic awareness.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.5. Students will develop and value a positive body image
DOMAIN WI.D. Dance: Choreography: Students in Wisconsin will create movement compositions based on choreographic principles, processes, and forms.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.4. Students will integrate the basic compositional elements of unity, contrast, repetition, and variety into dances
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.5. Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively alone, cooperatively with a partner, and in small groups
DOMAIN WI.E. Dance: Critical Thinking: Students in Wisconsin will develop critical and creative thinking through their dance experience.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.3. Students will identify the movement elements in creative movement studies
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.4. Students will select and use basic compositional elements to create a short dance study
DOMAIN WI.G. Dance: Appreciation: Students in Wisconsin will reflect upon and appreciate dance as an art form past and present.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.1. Students will study influential dancers and choreographers
DOMAIN WI.H. Dance: Making Connections: Students in Wisconsin will dance to build bridges to other disciplines and cultures.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.1. Students will perform folk dances from various cultures within a historical and cultural context
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.5. Students will create a dance project that illustrates a concept shared with another discipline (such as the idea of positive and negative space, a concept shared by art and dance)
DOMAIN WI.I. Dance: Healthful Living: Students in Wisconsin will make connections between dance and healthful living.
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.1. Students will understand how dancing influences healthy living choices
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.5. Students will recognize dance's potential to foster physical and emotional well-‐being
DOMAIN WI.J. Dance: Dance and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will expand dance horizons through the use of technology.
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.5. Students will use the computer to note or describe a simple dance sequence or composition
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.A. Dance: Motor Learning: Students in Wisconsin will recognize, understand, and demonstrate movement elements and skills in dance.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Students will recognize and explore space, time, and force as the three elements of dance
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Students will define and maintain personal space and move safely in groups throughout the general space
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.13. Students will observe and describe movement elements in creative dance studies using appropriate movement/dance vocabulary
DOMAIN WI.B. Dance: Kinesthetic Awareness: Students in Wisconsin will use the body as the instrument of expression and use movement as the medium to develop kinesthetic awareness.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.5. Students will develop and value a positive body image
DOMAIN WI.D. Dance: Choreography: Students in Wisconsin will create movement compositions based on choreographic principles, processes, and forms.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.4. Students will integrate the basic compositional elements of unity, contrast, repetition, and variety into dances
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.5. Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively alone, cooperatively with a partner, and in small groups
DOMAIN WI.E. Dance: Critical Thinking: Students in Wisconsin will develop critical and creative thinking through their dance experience.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.3. Students will identify the movement elements in creative movement studies
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.4. Students will select and use basic compositional elements to create a short dance study
DOMAIN WI.G. Dance: Appreciation: Students in Wisconsin will reflect upon and appreciate dance as an art form past and present.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.1. Students will study influential dancers and choreographers
DOMAIN WI.H. Dance: Making Connections: Students in Wisconsin will dance to build bridges to other disciplines and cultures.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.1. Students will perform folk dances from various cultures within a historical and cultural context
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.5. Students will create a dance project that illustrates a concept shared with another discipline (such as the idea of positive and negative space, a concept shared by art and dance)
DOMAIN WI.I. Dance: Healthful Living: Students in Wisconsin will make connections between dance and healthful living.
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.1. Students will understand how dancing influences healthy living choices
CONTENT STANDARD
I.4.5. Students will recognize dance's potential to foster physical and emotional well-‐being
DOMAIN WI.J. Dance: Dance and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will expand dance horizons through the use of technology.
CONTENT STANDARD
J.4.5. Students will use the computer to note or describe a simple dance sequence or composition
Health and PE
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
1.1. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develops a basic cognitive understanding of health promotion concepts to improve health behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
1.1.A. Understand healthy behaviors.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:1:A1. Identify ways to prevent common childhood accidents and injuries.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:1:A2. Describe healthy behaviors that impact personal health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:1:A3. List ways to prevent communicable disease.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
1.1. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develops a basic cognitive understanding of health promotion concepts to improve health behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
1.1.B. Apply knowledge of healthy behaviors.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:1:B1. Describe why it is important to seek health care.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:1:B2. Describe why it is important to participate in healthy behaviors.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
2.1. Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Know what an influence is and how it could affect behavior.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
2.1.B. Analyze various influences on health behavior.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
2:1:B1. Describe how family, peers, and emotions can influence health behaviors.
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CONTENT STANDARD
3.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Identify individuals who provide valid health information to enhance health behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
3.1.B. Determine key people in helping promote health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
3:1:B2. Identify adults at school that provide information to promote health.
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CONTENT STANDARD
5.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-‐making skills to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING
Learning Priority: Identify when a decision-‐making process is needed to choose a healthy option.
PRIORITY
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.1.A. List health situations where a decision-‐making process could be used.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:1:A1. Identify steps in the decision-‐making process.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
5.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-‐making skills to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Identify when a decision-‐making process is needed to choose a healthy option.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.1.B. Apply a decision-‐making process to various situations to enhance health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:1:B1. Give an example of when a health-‐related decision can be made individually.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:1:B2. Give an example of when assistance is needed to make a health related decision.
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CONTENT STANDARD
6.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-‐setting skills to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Know the parts of a personal health goal.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
6.1.A. List personal health goals.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
6:1:A1. Identify a personal health goal.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
6:1:A2. Identify the ways to set a goal.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
6:1:A3. Discuss a health goal with a family member or trusted adult.
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CONTENT STANDARD
7.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use health-‐enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: List healthy practices.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
7.1.A. Identify healthy practices.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:1:A1.
Identify healthy behaviors. These may include but are not limited to: refraining from alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use; engaging in physical activity; demonstrating healthy eating; applying social behaviors to prevent or reduce violence; safety and related behaviors.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:1:A2. Discuss healthy behaviors with family members or trusted adults.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
7.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use health-‐enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: List healthy practices.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
7.1.B. Describe health-‐enhancing behaviors.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:1:B1. Describe healthy practices and behaviors that help maintain or improve personal health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:1:B2. Describe healthy behaviors to family members or trusted adults.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
8.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develop an understanding of differences between personal health needs and wants.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
8.1.A. Identify ways to compare personal health needs and wants.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
8:1:A1. Define personal health needs and wants.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
2.1. Demonstrates understanding of movement concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics as they apply to the learning and performance of physical activities.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develops a cognitive understanding of a skill so as to improve performance.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
2.1.A. Demonstrates cognitive understanding.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
2.1.A6. States the short-‐term effects of physical activity on the heart, lungs, and muscles.
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CONTENT STANDARD
4.1. Achieves and maintains a health enhancing level of physical fitness.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develops knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward achieving physical fitness.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.1.A. Chooses to be physically active.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.1.A1.
Participates in muscular strength activities to improve upper body strength to participate in activities such as climbing, hanging, momentary body support on the hands, horizontal ladder, monkey bars, or traverse wall.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.1.A3. Sustains activity for increasingly longer periods of time while participating in various activities in physical education.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.1. Achieves and maintains a health enhancing level of physical fitness.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develops knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward achieving physical fitness.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.1.B. Manages healthy physical activity.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.1.B2. Participates in a variety of activities and games that increase breathing and heart rate.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.1.B3. Recognizes that health-‐related physical fitness consists of several different components.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
6.1. Values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-‐expression, and/or social interaction.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Participates in new movements and skills for enjoyment.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
6.1.A. Engages in physical activity.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
6.1.A2. Attempts new movements and skills willingly.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
6.1.A4. Identifies several activities that are enjoyable.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
1.2. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develop a cognitive understanding of health promotion concepts to improve health behaviors and prevent disease.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
1.2.A. Understand basic concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:2:A1.
Describe ways to prevent common childhood accidents, injuries, and communicable and chronic diseases. These may include but are not limited to: refraining from alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use; engaging in physical activity; demonstrating healthy eating; sexual behaviors; applying social behaviors to prevent or reduce violence; safety and related behaviors.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:2:A2. Describe the relationships among environment, healthy behaviors, and personal health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:2:A3. Explain ways to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
1.2. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develop a cognitive understanding of health promotion concepts to improve health behaviors and prevent disease.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
1.2.B. Apply health knowledge to health-‐related situations.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1:2:B1. Describe when it is important to seek health care.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
3.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Apply valid information to enhance health behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
3.2.A. List sources of valid health information.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
3:2:A2. Discuss ways to locate valid health information.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
3.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Apply valid information to enhance health behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
3.2.B. Identify valid health information to promote health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
3:2:B1. Identify various valid sources of health information.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
5.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-‐making skills to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Apply a decision-‐making process to evaluate health options.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.2.A. Continue to identify health-‐related situations that require a decision.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:2:A1. Identify situations that require a thoughtful decision.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:2:A2. List healthy options to health-‐related issues or problems.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:2:A3. Choose the healthiest option when making a decision.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
5.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-‐making skills to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Apply a decision-‐making process to evaluate health options.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
5.2.B. Examine and apply how a decision-‐making process can enhance health status.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
5:2:B2. Examine the potential outcomes of each option when making a health-‐related decision.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
6.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-‐setting skills to enhance health.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Apply goal-‐setting skills to improving health.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
6.2.B. Practice appropriate goal-‐setting skills to achieve a personal health goal.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
6:2:B1. Choose a personal health goal.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
6:2:B2. Identify the steps needed to achieve that goal.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
6:2:B3. Track progress towards goal achievement.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
7.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-‐enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Demonstrate health-‐enhancing behaviors.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
7.2.B. Demonstrate health-‐enhancing practices.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
7:2:B1.
Demonstrate healthy behaviors that will maintain or improve the health of self and others. These may include but are not limited to: refraining from alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use; engaging in physical activity; demonstrating healthy eating; applying social behaviors to prevent or reduce violence; safety and related behaviors.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
1.2. Demonstrates competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Refines, combines, and varies motor skills.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
1.2.A. Refines skill development.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1.2.A5. Balances while moving in control through locomotor and non-‐locomotor skills.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
1.2.A6. Balances with control on a variety of objects.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
3.2. Participates regularly in physical activity.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Regularly participates in activities that provide enjoyment and health benefits.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
3.2.A. Chooses to be physically active.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
3.2.A1. Identifies physical and psychological benefits that result from long-‐term participation in physical education.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
3.2. Participates regularly in physical activity.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Regularly participates in activities that provide enjoyment and health benefits.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
3.2.B. Sets goals for a physically active lifestyle.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
3.2.B2. Identifies two personal fitness goals to improve personal fitness.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.2. Achieves and maintains a health enhancing level of physical fitness.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Develops healthy habits that address the various components of physical fitness.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.2.A. Understands health benefits of being physically active.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.2.A1. Participates in selected activities that develop and maintain each component of physical fitness.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.2.A2. Recognizes that physiological responses to exercise are associated with their own levels of fitness.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.2.A3. Identifies at least one muscle for each physical fitness test (such as FitnessGram) used.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4.2.A4.
Describes the five health-‐related fitness components (cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility, body composition), what they measure, and at least one benefit of each.
DOMAIN WI.PE. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
6.2. Values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-‐expression, and/or social interaction.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Demonstrates an awareness of the intrinsic values and benefits of participation in physical activity that provides personal meaning.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
6.2.A. Applies intrinsic values to physical activity.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
6.2.A5. Explains that skill competency leads to enjoyment of movement and physical activity.
Language Arts
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Use a variety of strategies and word recognition skills, including rereading, finding context clues, applying their knowledge of letter-‐sound relationships, and analyzing word structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words in the context of a passage by examining known words, phrases and structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4.
Comprehend reading by using strategies such as activating prior knowledge, establishing purpose, self-‐correcting and self-‐monitoring, rereading, making predictions, finding context clues, developing visual images, applying knowledge of text structures, and adjusting reading rate according to purpose and difficulty.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Discern how written texts and accompanying illustrations connect to convey meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.8. Identify a purpose for reading, such as gaining information, learning about a viewpoint, and appreciating literature.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Recognize and recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot, and setting, in order to reflect on meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.3.
Draw upon a reservoir of reading materials, including fairy tales, fables, and narratives from the United States and cultures worldwide, to understand plots, make predictions, and relate reading to prior knowledge and experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Extend the literal meaning of a text by making inferences, and evaluate the significance and validity of texts in light of prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3. Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Demonstrate the ability to integrate general knowledge about the world and familiarity with literary and nonliterary texts when reflecting upon life's experiences.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.4. Select a variety of materials to read for discovery, appreciation, and enjoyment, summarize the readings, and connect them to prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.4. Read to acquire information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.4.2. Identify a topic of interest then seek information by investigating available text resources.
DOMAIN WI.B. Writing: Students in Wisconsin will write clearly and effectively to share information and knowledge, to influence and persuade, to create and entertain.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1. Create or produce writing to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.5. Use a variety of writing technologies, including pen and paper as well as computers.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Write for a variety of readers, including peers, teachers, and other adults, adapting content, style, and structure to audience and situation.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Listen to and comprehend oral communications.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.4. Follow sequence in plot and character development, predict outcomes, and draw conclusions.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Recall the content of stories after hearing them, relate the content to prior knowledge, and answer various types of factual and interpretive questions about the stories.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Participate effectively in discussion.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Volunteer relevant information, ask relevant questions, and answer questions directly.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.3. Use appropriate strategies to keep a discussion going.
DOMAIN WI.D. Language: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of the nature, grammar, and variations of American English.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.2. Recognize and interpret various uses and adaptations of language in social, cultural, regional, and professional situations, and learn to be flexible and responsive in their use of English.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Identify various styles and purposes of oral and written language and learn to communicate effectively in commonly occurring situations.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.2. Describe and give examples of variations in American English that appear in different social, cultural, regional, and professional environments.
DOMAIN WI.E.
Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will use media and technology critically and creatively to obtain, organize, prepare and share information; to influence and persuade; and to entertain and be entertained.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.1. Use computers to acquire, organize, analyze, and communicate information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Operate common computer hardware and software.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING
4.1.2. Use basic word-‐processing, graphics, and drawing programs.
PRIORITY
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.3. Create, store, and retrieve electronic files.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4. Access information using electronic reference resources, such as library catalog, encyclopedias, almanacs, and indexes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.5. Generate, send, and retrieve electronic messages.
DOMAIN WI.F. Research and Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will locate, use, and communicate information from a variety of print and nonprint materials.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. Conduct research and inquiry on self-‐selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Propose research by formulating initial questions, narrowing the focus of a topic, identifying prior knowledge, and developing a basic plan for gathering information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Conduct research by identifying, locating, exploring, and effectively using multiple sources of information appropriate to the inquiry, including print, nonprint, and electronic sources.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Use a variety of strategies and word recognition skills, including rereading, finding context clues, applying their knowledge of letter-‐sound relationships, and analyzing word structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4.
Comprehend reading by using strategies such as activating prior knowledge, establishing purpose, self-‐correcting and self-‐monitoring, rereading, making predictions, finding context clues, developing visual images, applying knowledge of text structures, and adjusting reading rate according to purpose and difficulty.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Discern how written texts and accompanying illustrations connect to convey meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.8. Identify a purpose for reading, such as gaining information, learning about a viewpoint, and appreciating literature.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Recognize and recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot, and setting, in order to reflect on meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.3.
Draw upon a reservoir of reading materials, including fairy tales, fables, and narratives from the United States and cultures worldwide, to understand plots, make predictions, and relate reading to prior knowledge and experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Extend the literal meaning of a text by making inferences, and evaluate the significance and validity of texts in light of prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3. Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Demonstrate the ability to integrate general knowledge about the world and familiarity with literary and nonliterary texts when reflecting upon life's experiences.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.4. Select a variety of materials to read for discovery, appreciation, and enjoyment, summarize the readings, and connect them to prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.4. Read to acquire information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.4.2. Identify a topic of interest then seek information by investigating available text resources.
DOMAIN WI.B. Writing: Students in Wisconsin will write clearly and effectively to share information and knowledge, to influence and persuade, to create and entertain.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1. Create or produce writing to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.5. Use a variety of writing technologies, including pen and paper as well as computers.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Listen to and comprehend oral communications.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.4. Follow sequence in plot and character development, predict outcomes, and draw conclusions.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Recall the content of stories after hearing them, relate the content to prior knowledge, and answer various types of factual and interpretive questions about the stories.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Participate effectively in discussion.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Volunteer relevant information, ask relevant questions, and answer questions directly.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.3. Use appropriate strategies to keep a discussion going.
DOMAIN WI.D. Language: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of the nature, grammar, and variations of American English.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.2. Recognize and interpret various uses and adaptations of language in social, cultural, regional, and professional situations, and learn to be flexible and responsive in their use of English.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Identify various styles and purposes of oral and written language and learn to communicate effectively in commonly occurring situations.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.2. Describe and give examples of variations in American English that appear in different social, cultural, regional, and professional environments.
DOMAIN WI.E. Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will use media and technology critically and creatively to obtain, organize, prepare
and share information; to influence and persuade; and to entertain and be entertained.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.1. Use computers to acquire, organize, analyze, and communicate information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Operate common computer hardware and software.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Use basic word-‐processing, graphics, and drawing programs.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.3. Create, store, and retrieve electronic files.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4. Access information using electronic reference resources, such as library catalog, encyclopedias, almanacs, and indexes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.5. Generate, send, and retrieve electronic messages.
DOMAIN WI.F. Research and Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will locate, use, and communicate information from a variety of print and nonprint materials.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. Conduct research and inquiry on self-‐selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Propose research by formulating initial questions, narrowing the focus of a topic, identifying prior knowledge, and developing a basic plan for gathering information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Conduct research by identifying, locating, exploring, and effectively using multiple sources of information appropriate to the inquiry, including print, nonprint, and electronic sources.
Science
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.A.
Science Connections: Students in Wisconsin will understand that there are unifying themes: systems, order, organization, and interactions; evidence, models, and explanations; constancy, change, and measurement; evolution, equilibrium, and energy; form and function among scientific disciplines.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. When faced with a science-‐related problem, decide what evidence, models, or explanations previously studied can be used to better understand what is happening now.
DOMAIN WI.B.
Nature of Science: Students in Wisconsin will understand that science is ongoing and inventive, and that scientific understandings have changed over time as new evidence is found.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1.
Use encyclopedias, source books, texts, computers, teachers, parents, other adults, journals, popular press, and various other sources, to help answer science-‐related questions and plan investigations.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.2. Acquire information about people who have contributed to the development of major ideas in the sciences and learn about the cultures in which these people lived and worked.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Science Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will investigate questions using scientific methods and tools, revise their personal understanding to accommodate knowledge, and communicate these understandings to others.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.1. Use the vocabulary of the unifying themes to ask questions about objects, organisms, and events being studied.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan investigations, make observations, make predictions, and offer explanations.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Select multiple sources of information to help answer questions selected for classroom investigations.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.4.
Use simple science equipment safely and effectively, including rulers, balances, graduated cylinders, hand lenses, thermometers, and computers, to collect data relevant to questions and investigations.
DOMAIN WI.D.
Physical Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the physical and chemical properties of matter, the forms and properties of energy, and the ways in which matter and energy interact.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.1.
Properties of Earth Materials: Understand that objects are made of more than one substance, by observing, describing and measuring the properties of earth materials, including properties of size, weight, shape, color, temperature, and the ability to react with other substances.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.4. Properties of Earth Materials: Observe and describe changes in form, temperature, color, speed, and direction of objects and construct explanations for the changes.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.5. Properties of Earth Materials: Construct simple models of what is happening to materials and substances undergoing change, using simple instruments or tools to aid observations and collect data.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.8. Light, Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism: Ask questions and make observations to discover the differences between substances
that can be touched (matter) and substances that cannot be touched (forms of energy, light, heat, electricity, sound, and magnetism).
DOMAIN WI.G.
Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between science and technology and the ways in which that relationship influences human activities.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.2. Discover what changes in technology have occurred in a career chosen by a parent, grandparent, or an adult friend over a long period of time.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.5. Ask questions to find answers about how devices and machines were invented and produced.
DOMAIN WI.H. Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will use scientific information and skills to make decisions about themselves, Wisconsin, and the world in which they live.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.1.
Describe how science and technology have helped, and in some cases hindered, progress in providing better food, more rapid information, quicker and safer transportation, and more effective health care.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.3. Show how science has contributed to meeting personal needs, including hygiene, nutrition, exercise, safety, and health care.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.A.
Science Connections: Students in Wisconsin will understand that there are unifying themes: systems, order, organization, and interactions; evidence, models, and explanations; constancy, change, and measurement; evolution, equilibrium, and energy; form and function among scientific disciplines.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. When faced with a science-‐related problem, decide what evidence, models, or explanations previously studied can be used to better understand what is happening now.
DOMAIN WI.B.
Nature of Science: Students in Wisconsin will understand that science is ongoing and inventive, and that scientific understandings have changed over time as new evidence is found.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1.
Use encyclopedias, source books, texts, computers, teachers, parents, other adults, journals, popular press, and various other sources, to help answer science-‐related questions and plan investigations.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.2. Acquire information about people who have contributed to the development of major ideas in the sciences and learn about the cultures in which these people lived and worked.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Science Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will investigate questions using scientific methods and tools, revise their personal understanding to accommodate knowledge, and communicate these understandings to others.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.1. Use the vocabulary of the unifying themes to ask questions about objects, organisms, and events being studied.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan investigations, make observations, make predictions, and offer explanations.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Select multiple sources of information to help answer questions selected for classroom investigations.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.4.
Use simple science equipment safely and effectively, including rulers, balances, graduated cylinders, hand lenses, thermometers, and computers, to collect data relevant to questions and investigations.
DOMAIN WI.D.
Physical Science: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the physical and chemical properties of matter, the forms and properties of energy, and the ways in which matter and energy interact.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.1.
Properties of Earth Materials: Understand that objects are made of more than one substance, by observing, describing and measuring the properties of earth materials, including properties of size, weight, shape, color, temperature, and the ability to react with other substances.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.4. Properties of Earth Materials: Observe and describe changes in form, temperature, color, speed, and direction of objects and construct explanations for the changes.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.5. Properties of Earth Materials: Construct simple models of what is happening to materials and substances undergoing change, using simple instruments or tools to aid observations and collect data.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.8.
Light, Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism: Ask questions and make observations to discover the differences between substances that can be touched (matter) and substances that cannot be touched (forms of energy, light, heat, electricity, sound, and magnetism).
DOMAIN WI.G.
Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between science and technology and the ways in which that relationship influences human activities.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.2. Discover what changes in technology have occurred in a career chosen by a parent, grandparent, or an adult friend over a long period of time.
CONTENT STANDARD
G.4.5. Ask questions to find answers about how devices and machines were invented and produced.
DOMAIN WI.H. Science Applications: Students in Wisconsin will use scientific information and skills to make decisions about themselves, Wisconsin, and the world in which they live.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.1. Describe how science and technology have helped, and in some cases hindered, progress in providing better food, more rapid information, quicker and safer transportation, and more effective
health care.
CONTENT STANDARD
H.4.3. Show how science has contributed to meeting personal needs, including hygiene, nutrition, exercise, safety, and health care.
Social Studies
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.B.
History: Time, Continuity, and Change: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the history of Wisconsin, the United States, and the world, examining change and continuity over time in order to develop historical perspective, explain historical relationships, and analyze issues that affect the present and the future.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1.
Identify and examine various sources of information that are used for constructing an understanding of the past, such as artifacts, documents, letters, diaries, maps, textbooks, photos, paintings, architecture, oral presentations, graphs, and charts.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.3.
Examine biographies, stories, narratives, and folk tales to understand the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people, place them in time and context, and explain their relationship to important historical events.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.4. Compare and contrast changes in contemporary life with life in the past by looking at social, economic, political, and cultural roles played by individuals and groups.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.7. Identify and describe important events and famous people in Wisconsin and United States history.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Political Science and Citizenship: Power, Authority, Governance, and Responsibility: Students in Wisconsin will learn about political science and acquire the knowledge of political systems necessary for developing individual civic responsibility by studying the history and contemporary uses of power, authority, and governance.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.6. Locate, organize, and use relevant information to understand an issue in the classroom or school, while taking into account the viewpoints and interests of different groups and individuals.
DOMAIN WI.E.
The Behavioral Sciences: Individuals, Institutions, and Society: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the behavioral sciences by exploring concepts from the discipline of sociology, the study of the interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions; the discipline of psychology, the study of factors that influence individual identity and learning; and the discipline of anthropology, the study of cultures in various times and settings.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.2. Explain the influence of factors such as family, neighborhood, personal interests, language, likes and dislikes, and accomplishments on individual identity and development.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.3. Describe how families are alike and different, comparing characteristics such as size, hobbies, celebrations, where families live, and how they make a living.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.6. Give examples of group and institutional influences such as laws, rules, and peer pressure on people, events, and culture.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.7. Explain the reasons why individuals respond in different ways to a particular event and the ways in which interactions among individuals influence behavior.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.12. Give examples of important contributions made by Wisconsin citizens, United States citizens, and world citizens.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.B.
History: Time, Continuity, and Change: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the history of Wisconsin, the United States, and the world, examining change and continuity over time in order to develop historical perspective, explain historical relationships, and analyze issues that affect the present and the future.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1.
Identify and examine various sources of information that are used for constructing an understanding of the past, such as artifacts, documents, letters, diaries, maps, textbooks, photos, paintings, architecture, oral presentations, graphs, and charts.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.3.
Examine biographies, stories, narratives, and folk tales to understand the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people, place them in time and context, and explain their relationship to important historical events.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.4. Compare and contrast changes in contemporary life with life in the past by looking at social, economic, political, and cultural roles played by individuals and groups.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.7. Identify and describe important events and famous people in Wisconsin and United States history.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Political Science and Citizenship: Power, Authority, Governance, and Responsibility: Students in Wisconsin will learn about political science and acquire the knowledge of political systems necessary for developing individual civic responsibility by studying the history and contemporary uses of power, authority, and governance.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.6. Locate, organize, and use relevant information to understand an issue in the classroom or school, while taking into account the viewpoints and interests of different groups and individuals.
DOMAIN WI.E.
The Behavioral Sciences: Individuals, Institutions, and Society: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the behavioral sciences by exploring concepts from the discipline of sociology, the study of the interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions; the discipline of psychology, the study of factors that influence individual identity and learning; and the discipline of anthropology, the study of cultures in various times and settings.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.2. Explain the influence of factors such as family, neighborhood, personal interests, language, likes and dislikes, and accomplishments on individual identity and development.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.3. Describe how families are alike and different, comparing characteristics such as size, hobbies, celebrations, where families live, and how they make a living.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.6. Give examples of group and institutional influences such as laws, rules, and peer pressure on people, events, and culture.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.7. Explain the reasons why individuals respond in different ways to a particular event and the ways in which interactions among individuals influence behavior.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.12. Give examples of important contributions made by Wisconsin citizens, United States citizens, and world citizens.
Brownie: Financial Literacy & Cookie Business Badges Summary: Brownies can earn two additional badges each year to support entrepreneurship. Financial Literacy badges are: Money Manager and Philanthropist. Cookie Business badges are: Meet My Customer and Give Back.
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards
Health and PE
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Identify and apply effective interpersonal communication skills.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.1.A. Identify communication skills that can improve health and reduce health risks.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:1:A1. Identify ways to communicate.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:1:A2. List ways to express needs, wants, and feelings.
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Identify and apply effective interpersonal communication skills.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.1.B. Apply communication skills that can improve health and reduce health risks.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:1:B1. Describe healthy ways to express needs, wants, and feelings.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.HE. HEALTH EDUCATION
CONTENT STANDARD
4.2. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
Learning Priority: Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills.
DESCRIPTOR / FOCUS AREA
4.2.A. Demonstrate communication skills that can improve health.
LEARNING CONTINUUM
4:2:A1. Demonstrate effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to enhance health.
Language Arts
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Use a variety of strategies and word recognition skills, including rereading, finding context clues, applying their knowledge of letter-‐sound relationships, and analyzing word structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words in the context of a passage by examining known words, phrases and structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4.
Comprehend reading by using strategies such as activating prior knowledge, establishing purpose, self-‐correcting and self-‐monitoring, rereading, making predictions, finding context clues, developing visual images, applying knowledge of text structures, and adjusting reading rate according to purpose and difficulty.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Discern how written texts and accompanying illustrations connect to convey meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.8. Identify a purpose for reading, such as gaining information, learning about a viewpoint, and appreciating literature.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Recognize and recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot, and setting, in order to reflect on meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.3.
Draw upon a reservoir of reading materials, including fairy tales, fables, and narratives from the United States and cultures worldwide, to understand plots, make predictions, and relate reading to prior knowledge and experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Extend the literal meaning of a text by making inferences, and evaluate the significance and validity of texts in light of prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3. Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Demonstrate the ability to integrate general knowledge about the world and familiarity with literary and nonliterary texts when reflecting upon life's experiences.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.4. Select a variety of materials to read for discovery, appreciation, and enjoyment, summarize the readings, and connect them to prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.4. Read to acquire information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.4.2. Identify a topic of interest then seek information by investigating available text resources.
DOMAIN WI.B. Writing: Students in Wisconsin will write clearly and effectively to share information and knowledge, to influence and persuade, to create and entertain.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1. Create or produce writing to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.5. Use a variety of writing technologies, including pen and paper as well as computers.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Write for a variety of readers, including peers, teachers, and other adults, adapting content, style, and structure to audience and situation.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Listen to and comprehend oral communications.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.4. Follow sequence in plot and character development, predict outcomes, and draw conclusions.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Recall the content of stories after hearing them, relate the content to prior knowledge, and answer various types of factual and interpretive questions about the stories.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Participate effectively in discussion.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Volunteer relevant information, ask relevant questions, and answer questions directly.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.3. Use appropriate strategies to keep a discussion going.
DOMAIN WI.D. Language: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of the nature, grammar, and variations of American English.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.2. Recognize and interpret various uses and adaptations of language in social, cultural, regional, and professional situations, and learn to be flexible and responsive in their use of English.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Identify various styles and purposes of oral and written language and learn to communicate effectively in commonly occurring situations.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.2. Describe and give examples of variations in American English that appear in different social, cultural, regional, and professional environments.
DOMAIN WI.E.
Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will use media and technology critically and creatively to obtain, organize, prepare and share information; to influence and persuade; and to entertain and be entertained.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.1. Use computers to acquire, organize, analyze, and communicate information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Operate common computer hardware and software.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Use basic word-‐processing, graphics, and drawing programs.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.3. Create, store, and retrieve electronic files.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4. Access information using electronic reference resources, such as library catalog, encyclopedias, almanacs, and indexes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.5. Generate, send, and retrieve electronic messages.
DOMAIN WI.F. Research and Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will locate, use, and communicate information from a variety of print and nonprint materials.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. Conduct research and inquiry on self-‐selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Propose research by formulating initial questions, narrowing the focus of a topic, identifying prior knowledge, and developing a basic plan for gathering information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Conduct research by identifying, locating, exploring, and effectively using multiple sources of information appropriate to the inquiry, including print, nonprint, and electronic sources.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4. Present the results of inquiry, reporting and commenting on the substance and process of learning, orally and in writing, using appropriate visual aids.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.1. Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Use a variety of strategies and word recognition skills, including rereading, finding context clues, applying their knowledge of letter-‐sound relationships, and analyzing word structures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4.
Comprehend reading by using strategies such as activating prior knowledge, establishing purpose, self-‐correcting and self-‐monitoring, rereading, making predictions, finding context clues, developing visual images, applying knowledge of text structures, and adjusting reading rate according to purpose and difficulty.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.6. Discern how written texts and accompanying illustrations connect to convey meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.8. Identify a purpose for reading, such as gaining information, learning about a viewpoint, and appreciating literature.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Recognize and recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot, and setting, in order to reflect on meaning.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.3.
Draw upon a reservoir of reading materials, including fairy tales, fables, and narratives from the United States and cultures worldwide, to understand plots, make predictions, and relate reading to prior knowledge and experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Extend the literal meaning of a text by making inferences, and evaluate the significance and validity of texts in light of prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written
materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3. Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Demonstrate the ability to integrate general knowledge about the world and familiarity with literary and nonliterary texts when reflecting upon life's experiences.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.4. Select a variety of materials to read for discovery, appreciation, and enjoyment, summarize the readings, and connect them to prior knowledge and experience.
DOMAIN WI.A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.4. Read to acquire information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.4.2. Identify a topic of interest then seek information by investigating available text resources.
DOMAIN WI.B. Writing: Students in Wisconsin will write clearly and effectively to share information and knowledge, to influence and persuade, to create and entertain.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1. Create or produce writing to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.5. Use a variety of writing technologies, including pen and paper as well as computers.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.2. Listen to and comprehend oral communications.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.4. Follow sequence in plot and character development, predict outcomes, and draw conclusions.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.5. Recall the content of stories after hearing them, relate the content to prior knowledge, and answer various types of factual and interpretive questions about the stories.
DOMAIN WI.C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.3. Participate effectively in discussion.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.1. Volunteer relevant information, ask relevant questions, and answer questions directly.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.3.3. Use appropriate strategies to keep a discussion going.
DOMAIN WI.D. Language: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of the nature, grammar, and variations of American English.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.2. Recognize and interpret various uses and adaptations of language in social, cultural, regional, and professional situations, and learn to be flexible and responsive in their use of English.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.1. Identify various styles and purposes of oral and written language and learn to communicate effectively in commonly occurring situations.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.2.2. Describe and give examples of variations in American English that appear in different social, cultural, regional, and professional environments.
DOMAIN WI.E.
Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will use media and technology critically and creatively to obtain, organize, prepare and share information; to influence and persuade; and to entertain and be entertained.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.1. Use computers to acquire, organize, analyze, and communicate information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Operate common computer hardware and software.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Use basic word-‐processing, graphics, and drawing programs.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.3. Create, store, and retrieve electronic files.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4. Access information using electronic reference resources, such as library catalog, encyclopedias, almanacs, and indexes.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.5. Generate, send, and retrieve electronic messages.
DOMAIN WI.F. Research and Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will locate, use, and communicate information from a variety of print and nonprint materials.
CONTENT STANDARD
F.4.1. Conduct research and inquiry on self-‐selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.1. Propose research by formulating initial questions, narrowing the focus of a topic, identifying prior knowledge, and developing a basic plan for gathering information.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.2. Conduct research by identifying, locating, exploring, and effectively using multiple sources of information appropriate to the inquiry, including print, nonprint, and electronic sources.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / LEARNING PRIORITY
4.1.4. Present the results of inquiry, reporting and commenting on the substance and process of learning, orally and in writing, using appropriate visual aids.
Mathematics
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.A.
Mathematical Processes: Students in Wisconsin will draw on a broad body of mathematical knowledge and apply a variety of mathematical skills and strategies, including reasoning, oral and written communication, and the use of appropriate technology, when solving mathematical, real-‐world and non-‐routine problems.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Communicate mathematical ideas in a variety of ways, including words, numbers, symbols, pictures, charts, graphs, tables, diagrams, and models.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3.
Connect mathematical learning with other subjects, personal experiences, current events, and personal interests see relationships between various kinds of problems and actual events; use mathematics as a way to understand other areas of the curriculum (e.g., measurement in science, map skills in social studies).
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.4. Use appropriate mathematical vocabulary, symbols, and notation with understanding based on prior conceptual work.
DOMAIN WI.B. Number Operations and Relationships: Students in Wisconsin will use numbers effectively for various purposes, such as counting, measuring, estimating, and problem solving.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.3. Read, write, and order whole numbers, simple fractions (e.g., halves, fourths, tenths, unit fractions) and commonly-‐used decimals (monetary units).
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.7. In problem-‐solving situations involving money, add and subtract decimals.
DOMAIN WI.D.
Measurement: Students in Wisconsin will select and use appropriate tools (including technology) and techniques to measure things to a specified degree of accuracy. They will use measurements in problem-‐solving situations.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.4.
Determine measurements directly by using standard tools to these suggested degrees of accuracy length to the nearest half-‐inch or nearest cm; weight (mass) to the nearest ounce or nearest 5 grams; temperature to the nearest 5; time to the nearest minute; monetary value to dollars and cents; liquid capacity to the nearest fluid ounce.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.A.
Mathematical Processes: Students in Wisconsin will draw on a broad body of mathematical knowledge and apply a variety of mathematical skills and strategies, including reasoning, oral and written communication, and the use of appropriate technology, when solving mathematical, real-‐world and non-‐routine problems.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.2. Communicate mathematical ideas in a variety of ways, including words, numbers, symbols, pictures, charts, graphs, tables, diagrams, and models.
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.3.
Connect mathematical learning with other subjects, personal experiences, current events, and personal interests see relationships between various kinds of problems and actual events; use mathematics as a way to understand other areas of the curriculum (e.g., measurement in science, map skills in social studies).
CONTENT STANDARD
A.4.4. Use appropriate mathematical vocabulary, symbols, and notation with understanding based on prior conceptual work.
DOMAIN WI.B. Number Operations and Relationships: Students in Wisconsin will use numbers effectively for various purposes, such as counting, measuring, estimating, and problem solving.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.3. Read, write, and order whole numbers, simple fractions (e.g., halves, fourths, tenths, unit fractions) and commonly-‐used decimals (monetary units).
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.7. In problem-‐solving situations involving money, add and subtract decimals.
DOMAIN WI.D.
Measurement: Students in Wisconsin will select and use appropriate tools (including technology) and techniques to measure things to a specified degree of accuracy. They will use measurements in problem-‐solving situations.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.4.
Determine measurements directly by using standard tools to these suggested degrees of accuracy length to the nearest half-‐inch or nearest cm; weight (mass) to the nearest ounce or nearest 5 grams; temperature to the nearest 5; time to the nearest minute; monetary value to dollars and cents; liquid capacity to the nearest fluid ounce.
Social Studies
Grade: 2
DOMAIN WI.B.
History: Time, Continuity, and Change: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the history of Wisconsin, the United States, and the world, examining change and continuity over time in order to develop historical perspective, explain historical relationships, and analyze issues that affect the present and the future.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1.
Identify and examine various sources of information that are used for constructing an understanding of the past, such as artifacts, documents, letters, diaries, maps, textbooks, photos, paintings, architecture, oral presentations, graphs, and charts.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Political Science and Citizenship: Power, Authority, Governance, and Responsibility: Students in Wisconsin will learn about political science and acquire the knowledge of political systems necessary for developing individual civic responsibility by studying the history and contemporary uses of power, authority, and governance.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.6. Locate, organize, and use relevant information to understand an issue in the classroom or school, while taking into account the viewpoints and interests of different groups and individuals.
DOMAIN WI.D.
Economics: Production, Distribution, Exchange, Consumption: Students in Wisconsin will learn about production, distribution, exchange, and consumption so that they can make informed economic decisions.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.1. Describe and explain of the role of money, banking, and savings in everyday life.
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D.4.3. Identify local goods and services that are part of the global economy and explain their use in Wisconsin.
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D.4.5.
Distinguish between private goods and services (for example, the family car or a local restaurant) and public goods and services (for example, the interstate highway system or the United States Postal Service).
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D.4.7.
Describe how personal economic decisions, such as deciding what to buy, what to recycle, or how much to contribute to people in need, can affect the lives of people in Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.
DOMAIN WI.E. The Behavioral Sciences: Individuals, Institutions, and Society: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the behavioral sciences by exploring concepts from the discipline of sociology, the study of
the interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions; the discipline of psychology, the study of factors that influence individual identity and learning; and the discipline of anthropology, the study of cultures in various times and settings.
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E.4.5. Identify and describe institutions such as school, church, police, and family and describe their contributions to the well being of the community, state, nation, and global society.
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E.4.13. Investigate and explain similarities and differences in ways that cultures meet human needs.
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E.4.15. Describe instances of cooperation and interdependence among individuals, groups, and nations, such as helping others in famines and disasters.
Grade: 3
DOMAIN WI.B.
History: Time, Continuity, and Change: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the history of Wisconsin, the United States, and the world, examining change and continuity over time in order to develop historical perspective, explain historical relationships, and analyze issues that affect the present and the future.
CONTENT STANDARD
B.4.1.
Identify and examine various sources of information that are used for constructing an understanding of the past, such as artifacts, documents, letters, diaries, maps, textbooks, photos, paintings, architecture, oral presentations, graphs, and charts.
DOMAIN WI.C.
Political Science and Citizenship: Power, Authority, Governance, and Responsibility: Students in Wisconsin will learn about political science and acquire the knowledge of political systems necessary for developing individual civic responsibility by studying the history and contemporary uses of power, authority, and governance.
CONTENT STANDARD
C.4.6. Locate, organize, and use relevant information to understand an issue in the classroom or school, while taking into account the viewpoints and interests of different groups and individuals.
DOMAIN WI.D.
Economics: Production, Distribution, Exchange, Consumption: Students in Wisconsin will learn about production, distribution, exchange, and consumption so that they can make informed economic decisions.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.1. Describe and explain of the role of money, banking, and savings in everyday life.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.3. Identify local goods and services that are part of the global economy and explain their use in Wisconsin.
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.5.
Distinguish between private goods and services (for example, the family car or a local restaurant) and public goods and services (for example, the interstate highway system or the United States Postal Service).
CONTENT STANDARD
D.4.7.
Describe how personal economic decisions, such as deciding what to buy, what to recycle, or how much to contribute to people in need, can affect the lives of people in Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.
DOMAIN WI.E.
The Behavioral Sciences: Individuals, Institutions, and Society: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the behavioral sciences by exploring concepts from the discipline of sociology, the study of the interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions; the discipline of psychology, the study of factors that influence individual identity and learning; and the discipline of anthropology, the study of cultures in various times and settings.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.5. Identify and describe institutions such as school, church, police, and family and describe their contributions to the well being of the community, state, nation, and global society.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.13. Investigate and explain similarities and differences in ways that cultures meet human needs.
CONTENT STANDARD
E.4.15. Describe instances of cooperation and interdependence among individuals, groups, and nations, such as helping others in famines and disasters.