Utah’s Early Childhood Core Standard’s Lesson
Alignment
How Does Your
Garden Grow?
Approaches to Learning and Science
Standard 2: Students will gain an understanding of earth and space science
Preschool Foundational Standards
Kindergarten Readiness Standards
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Use senses to explore objects and the environment.
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Actively explore/experiment with objects and the environment.
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Attend to colors and textures in the natural environment.
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Show interest and curiosity in indoor and outdoor environments.
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Show interest and curiosity in indoor and outdoor
environments.
Standard 4: Students will gain an understanding of life science through the study of changes in organisms over time and the nature of living
things.
Preschool Foundational Standards

Identify objects that are part of the living world, such as
Kindergarten Readiness Standards
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Actively explore living things.
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Describe the needs of plants and animals and how to keep them
animals, insects, plants, and humans.
alive.

Actively explore and discuss major parts of plants (e.g., roots,
stems, leaf, flower, trunk, branches).
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Eating
Plants
Approaches to Learning and Science
Standard 4: Students will gain an understanding of life science through the study of changes in organisms over time and the nature of living
things.
Preschool Foundational Standards

Identify objects that are part of the living world, such as
Kindergarten Readiness Standards

Actively explore living things.

Describe the needs of plants and animals and how to keep them
animals, insects, plants, and humans.
alive.

Actively explore and discuss major parts of plants (e.g., roots,
stems, leaf, flower, trunk, branches).
Physical/Health and Safety
Standard 2: The child develops an understanding of health and safety.
Preschool Foundational Standards

Participates in self-selected or organized activities that enhance
physical fitness. Eats food from a variety of food groups.
Kindergarten Readiness Standards

Participates in self-selected or organized activities that enhance
physical fitness. Eats food from a variety of food groups.
3
A is for
Apples
Approaches to Learning and Science
Standard 4: Students will gain an understanding of life science through the study of changes in organisms over time and the nature of living
things.
Preschool Foundational Standards

Identify objects that are part of the living world, such as
Kindergarten Readiness Standards

Actively explore living things.

Describe the needs of plants and animals and how to keep them
animals, insects, plants, and humans.
alive.

Actively explore and discuss major parts of plants (e.g., roots, stems,
leaf, flower, trunk, branches).
Physical/Health and Safety
Preschool Foundational Standards

Participates in self-selected or organized activities that enhance
Kindergarten Readiness Standards

Participates in self-selected or organized
physical fitness. Eats from a variety of food groups.
Animal
Names
Approaches to Learning and Science
Standard 4: Students will gain an understanding of life science through the study of changes in organisms over time and the nature of living
things.
Preschool Foundational Standards

Watch intently and say names and sounds of animals at a zoo
or farm.
Kindergarten Readiness Standards

Actively explore living things.
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Identify objects that are part of the living world, such as

animals, insects, plants, and humans.

Identify animals within their common living environment.
Describe the needs of plants and animals and how to keep them
alive.
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Explore the parts of different animals (e.g., skin, fur, feathers,
scales; hand, wing, flipper, fin).
Little Red
Hen
Approaches to Learning and Science
Standard 4: Students will gain an understanding of life science through the study of changes in organisms over time and the nature of living
things.
Preschool Foundational Standards

Identify objects that are part of the living world, such as
Kindergarten Readiness Standards

Actively explore living things.

Describe the needs of plants and animals and how to keep them
animals, insects, plants, and humans.
alive.
Physical/Health and Safety
Preschool Foundational Standards

Participates in self-selected or organized activities that enhance
physical fitness. Eats from a variety of food groups.
Kindergarten Readiness Standards

Participates in self-selected or organized
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Baa, Ram,
Ewe…
Sheep Tales
Approaches to Learning and Science
Standard 4: Students will gain an understanding of life science through the study of changes in organisms over time and the nature of living
things.
Preschool Foundational Standards

Watch intently and say names and sounds of animals at a zoo
Kindergarten Readiness Standards

Actively explore living things.

Describe the needs of plants and animals and how to keep them
or farm.

Identify objects that are part of the living world, such as
animals, insects, plants, and humans.

Identify animals within their common living environment.
alive.

Explore the parts of different animals (e.g., skin, fur, feathers,
scales; hand, wing, flipper, fin).
Hatching
Science
Approaches to Learning and Science
Standard 4: Students will gain an understanding of life science through the study of changes in organisms over time and the nature of living
things.
Preschool Foundational Standards

Watch intently and say names and sounds of animals at a zoo
Kindergarten Readiness Standards

Actively explore living things.

Describe the needs of plants and animals and how to keep them
or farm.

Identify objects that are part of the living world, such as
animals, insects, plants, and humans.

Identify animals within their common living environment.
alive.

Explore the parts of different animals (e.g., skin, fur, feathers,
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scales; hand, wing, flipper, fin).
Pre-K
Appetizer
Physical/Health and Safety
Standard 2: The child develops an understanding of health and safety.
Preschool Foundational Standards

Participates in self-selected or organized activities that enhance
physical fitness. Eats food from a variety of food groups.
Kindergarten Readiness Standards

Participates in self-selected or organized activities that enhance
physical fitness. Eats food from a variety of food groups.