INNOVATOR’S
WORKSHOP
SCIENCE
LIGHTNOOK
LAB
STORY
SCIENCE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & READING
LET’S GROW-FRESH!
FARMERS MARKET
SCIENCE
CURRENTS
SCIENCE
LIGHT LAB
MATHEMATICS
SPARK SHOP
SCIENCE
112.11 (b) (6) (B)
112.11
110.11 (b) (6)
(4) (A)
(A)
112.11 (b) (2) (C)
112.11 (b) (7) (B)
111.2 (b) (6) (A)
112.11 (b) (5) (B)
Explore interactions between magnets
and various materials.
Use
the what
five senses
explore
different
Predict
might to
happen
next
in
forms
of energy
as light,
heat, and
text based
on thesuch
cover,
title, and
sound
illustrations.
Collect data and make observations
using simple equipment such as hand
lenses, primary balances, and nonstandard measurement tools.
Observe and describe physical
properties of natural sources of water,
including color and clarity.
Identify two-dimensional shapes,
including circles, triangles, rectangles,
and squares as special rectangles.
Observe, record, and discuss how
materials can be changed by heating or
cooling.
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FINE
ARTS
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ARTS & READING
HEALTH EDUCATION
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
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112.11 (b) (2) (C)
117.4
110.11(b)
(b)(1)
(4)(B)
(B)
115.2 (b) (3) (B)
112.11 (b) (7) (C)
112.11 (b) (6) (A)
112.11 (b) (6) (D)
Collect data and make observations
using simple equipment such as hand
lenses, primary balances, and nonstandard measurement tools.
Axplore
using
expressive
Ask and space,
respond
to questions
about
movement
texts read aloud.
Plan a healthy meal and/or snack.
Give examples of ways rocks, soil, and
water are useful.
Use the five senses to explore different
forms of energy such as light, heat, and
sound.
Observe and describe the ways that
objects can move such as in a straight
line, zigzag, up and down, back and
forth, round and round, fast and slow.
SCIENCE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & READING
HEALTH EDUCATION
SCIENCE
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
SCIENCE
112.11 (b) (5) (A)
110.11 (b) (8) (A)
115.2 (b) (1) (B)
112.11 (b) (4) (B)
116.2 (b) (7) (C)
112.11 (b) (2) (E)
Observe and record properties of
objects, including relative size and
mass, such as bigger or smaller and
heavier or lighter, shape, color, and
texture.
Retell a main event from a story read
aloud.
Identify types of foods that help the
body grow such as healthy breakfast
foods and snacks.
Use senses as a tool of observation
to identify properties and patterns of
organisms, objects, and events in the
environment.
Share space and equipment with others.
Communicate observations with others
about simple descriptive investigation.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
FINE ARTS
FINE ARTS
SCIENCE
112.11 (b) (2) (B)
116.2 (b) (2) (A)
117.102 (b) (1) (B)
117.103 (b) (4) (B)
117.102 (b) (1) (B)
112.11 (b) (6) (B)
Plan and conduct simple descriptive
investigations such as ways objects
move.
Follow rules, procedures, and safe
practices. Identify selected body parts
such as head, back, chest, waist, hips,
arms, elbows, wrists, hands, fingers,
legs, knees, ankles, feet, and toes.
Identify the elements of art, including
line, shape, color, texture, and form,
and the principals of design, including
repetition/pattern and balance, in the
environment.
Identify higher/lower, louder/softer,
faster/slower, and same/different in
musical performances.
Identify colors, textures, forms, and
subjects in the environment.
Explore interactions between magnets
and various materials.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PRE-K
FINE ARTS
SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
126.6 (b) (1) (B)
Create original products using a variety
of resources.
FINE ARTS
116.2 (b) (7) (A)
V.E.1
117.104 (b) (1) (B)
112.11 (b) (1) (C)
Follow rules, procedures, and safe
practices.
Child sorts objects that are the same
and different into groups and uses
language to describe how the groups
are similar and different.
Explore space, using expressive
movement.
Demonstrate how to use, conserve,
and dispose of natural resources and
materials such as conserving water and
reusing or recycling paper, plastic, and
metal.
THINKERY TEKS TABLE | PRE-K – KINDERGARTEN
INNOVATOR’S
WORKSHOP
SPARK SHOP
CURRENTS
STORY NOOK
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112.12 (b) (2) (B)
112.12 (b) (6) (B)
112.12 (b) (2) (B)
Plan and conduct simple descriptive
investigations such as ways objects
move.
Predict and describe how a magnet can
be used to push or pull an object.
Plan and conduct simple descriptive
investigations such as ways objects
move.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & READING
KITCHEN LAB
LIGHT LAB
MATHEMATICS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & READING
SCIENCE
110.12 (b) (14) (A)
112.12 (a) (4) (B)
111.3 (b) (6) (B)
Restate the main idea, heard or read.
Matter is described in terms of its
physical properties, including relative
size and mass, shape, color, and texture.
Distinguish between attributes that
define a two-dimensional or threedimensional figure and attributes that
do not define the shape.
SCIENCE
112.12 (b) (6) (C)
112.12 (b) (5) (B)
112.12 (b) (7) (B)
110.12 (b) (14) (B)
Describe the change in the location of
an object such as closer to, nearer to,
and farther from.
Predict and identify changes in
materials caused by heating and cooling
such as ice melting, water freezing, and
water evaporating.
Observe and describe physical
properties of natural sources of water,
including color and clarity.
Identify important facts or details in
text, heard or read.
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SCIENCE
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & READING
112.12 (b) (2) (D)
Record and organize data using
pictures, numbers, and words.
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SCIENCE
112.12 (b) (6) (A)
Identify and discuss how different forms
of energy such as light, heat, and sound
are important to everyday life.
112.12 (b) (5) (A)
112.12 (b) (2) (C)
112.12 (b) (6) (D)
112.12 (b) (7) (C
110.12 (b) (27) (A)
Collect data and make observations
using simple equipment such as hand
lenses, primary balances, and nonstandard measurement tools.
Observe and describe the ways that
objects can move such as in a straight
line, zigzag, up and down, back and
forth, round and round, fast and slow.
Give examples of ways rocks, soil, and
water are useful.
Listen attentively to speakers and
ask relevant questions to clarify
information.
Classify objects by observable
properties of the materials from which
they are made such as larger and
smaller, heavier and lighter, shape,
color, and texture.
SCIENCE
112.12 (b) (2) (B)
Plan and conduct simple descriptive
investigations such as ways objects
move.
HEALTHY EDUCATION
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & READING
112.13 (b) (4) (A)
112.13 (b) (5) (D)
112.12 (b) (8) (D)
112.13 (b) (8) (C)
110.13 (b) (3) (A)
Identify and demonstrate use of the
five senses.
Explore the processes in the water
cycle, including evaporation,
condensation, and precipitation, as
connected to weather conditions.
Use ideas (e.g., illustrations, titles,
topic sentences, key words, and
foreshadowing) to make and confirm
predictions.
Combine materials that when put
together can do things that they cannot
do by themselves such as building
a tower or a bridge and justify the
selection of those materials based on
their physical properties.
Demonstrate that air is all around us
and observe that wind is moving air.
SCIENCE
FINE ARTS
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
SCIENCE
112.13 (b) (5) (A)
117.106 (b) (4) (A)
116.3 (b) (7) (A)
112.13 (b) (6) (D)
Classify matter by physical properties,
including shape, relative mass, relative
temperature, texture, flexibility, and
whether material is a solid or liquid.
Create short rhythmic patterns.
Follow directions and apply safe
movement practices.
Compare patterns of movement of
objects such as sliding, rolling, and
spinning.
SCIENCE
112.13 (b) (2) (D)
Within the physical environment,
students expand their understanding
of the properties of objects such as
shape, mass, temperature, and flexibility
then use those properties to compare,
classify.
SCIENCE
112.13 (b) (29)
TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
SCIENCE
126.6 (b) (1) (B)
112.13 (b) (5) (B)
Create original products using a variety
of resources.
Compare changes in materials caused
by heating and cooling.
THINKERY TEKS TABLE | 1ST– 2ND GRADE
Classify matter by physical properties,
including shape, relative mass, relative
temperature, texture, flexibility, and
whether material is a solid or liquid.
SCIENCE
112.13 (b) (6) (A)
Investigate the effects on an object
by increasing or decreasing amount
of light, heat, and sound energy such
as how the color of an object appears
different in dimmer light or how heat
melts butter.
FINE ARTS
117.105 (b) (1) (B)
Identify color, texture, form, line, and
emphasis in nature and in the humanmade environment.
INNOVATOR’S
WORKSHOP
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SPACE 8
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CURRENTS
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SPARK SHOP
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KITCHEN LAB
LIGHT LAB
MATHEMATICS
SCIENCE
112.14 (b) (6) (B)
112.14 (b) (2) (B)
112.15 (b) (7) (B)
112.14 (b) (1) (B)
111.5 (b) (6) (A)
112.14 (b) (2) (F)
Demonstrate and observe how position
and motion can be changed by pushing
and pulling objects to show work being
done such as swings, balls, pulleys, and
wagons.
Collect data by observing and
measuring using the metric system.
Observe and identify slow changes to
Earth’s surface caused by weathering,
erosion, and deposition from water,
wind, and ice.
Make informed choices in the use and
conservation of natural resources by
recycling or reusing materials such as
paper, aluminum cans, and plastic.
Classify and sort two- and threedimensional figures, including cones,
cylinders, spheres, triangular and
rectangular prisms, and cubes, based
on attributes using formal geometric
language.
Communicate valid conclusions
supported by data in writing, by drawing
pictures, and through verbal discussion.
SCIENCE
Measure, test, and record physical
properties of matter.
SCIENCE
112.14 (b) (6) (C)
Observe forces such as magnetism and
gravity acting on objects.
SCIENCE
112.14 (b) (2) (F)
Communicate valid conclusions
supported by data in writing, by drawing
pictures, and through verbal discussion.
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112.15 (b) (6) (B)
Differentiate between conductors and
insulators.
112.15 (b) (2) (B)
Collect and record data by observing
and measuring, using the metric,
system, and using descriptive words
and numerals such as labeled drawings,
writing, and concept maps.
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112.15 (b) (2) (F)
112.15 (b) (6) (C)
Communicate valid oral and written
results supported by data.
Demonstrate that electricity travels in
a closed path, creating an electrical
circuit, and explore an electromagnetic
field.
SCIENCE
112.15 (b) (6) (D)
Design an experiment to test the effect
of force on an object such as a push or
a pull, gravity, friction, or magnetism.
SCIENCE
112.15 (b) (7) (C)
Identify and classify Earth’s renewable
resources, including air, plants, water,
and animals; and nonrenewable
resources, including coal, oil, and
natural gas; and the importance of
conservation.
SCIENCE
112.14 (b) (5) (C)
Predict, observe, and record changes in
the state of matter caused by heating or
cooling.
SCIENCE
126.7 (b) (1) (B)
Create original products using a variety
of resources.
SCIENCE
112.16 (b) (7) (B)
112.15 (b) (5) (A)
Explain how the Sun and the ocean
interact in the water cycle.
Measure, compare, and contrast
physical properties of matter, including
size, mass, volume, states (solid, liquid,
gas), temperature, magnetism, and the
ability to sink or float.
112.16 (b) (2) (D)
FINE ARTS
SCIENCE
117.105 (b) (4) (A)
112.16 (b) (2) (A)
Create rhythmic and melodic phrases.
ELAR
Students work productively with
others in teams. Students continue to
apply earlier standards with greater
complexity. Students are expected to
participate in teacher- and student-led
discussions by eliciting and considering
suggestions from other group members
and by identifying points of agreement
and disagreement.
THINKERY TEKS TABLE | 3RD – 5TH GRADE
112.14 (b) (6) (A)
Explore different forms of energy,
including mechanical, light, sound, and
heat/thermal in everyday life.
SCIENCE
112.15 (b) (8) (B)
110.16 (b)(29)
TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
112.14 (b) (5) (B)
Describe and classify samples of
matter as solids, liquids, and gases and
demonstrate that solids have a definite
shape and that liquids and gases take
the shape of their container.
Describe and illustrate the continuous
movement of water above and on the
surface of Earth through the water cycle
and explain the role of the Sun as a
major source of energy in this process.
SCIENCE
Analyze and interpret information to
construct reasonable explanations
from direct (observable) and indirect
(inferred) evidence.
SCIENCE
Describe, plan, and implement simple
experimental investigations testing one
variable.
SCIENCE
112.16 (b) (6) (D)
Design an experiment that tests the
effect of force on an object.
SCIENCE
112.16 (b) (6) (C)
Demonstrate that light travels in a
straight line until it strikes an object or
travels through one medium to another
and demonstrate that light can be
reflected such as the use of mirrors or
other shiny surfaces and refracted such
as the appearance of an object when
observed through water.
SCIENCE
112.14 (b) (5) (A)
SCIENCE
112.15 (b)(2)(B)
Collect and record data by observing
and measuring, using the metric,
system, and using descriptive words
and numerals such as labeled drawings,
writing, and concept maps.
ELAR
112.14 (b)(31)
126.7 (b) (1) (B)
Students work productively with
others in teams. Students continue to
apply earlier standards with greater
complexity. Students are expected to
participate in teacher- and student-led
discussions by posing and answering
questions with appropriate detail and by
providing suggestions that build upon
the ideas of others.
Create original products using a variety
of resources.
SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
112.16 (b) (2) (C)
Collect information by detailed
observations and accurate measuring.
SCIENCE
112.16 (b) (3) (C)
Draw or develop a model that
represents how something works or
looks that cannot be seen such as how a
soda dispensing machine works.