Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards

Main Criteria: Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
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Subjects: Health and PE, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
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Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Health and PE
Grade: K - Adopted: 2016
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.K.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.K.4.1.Exhibits personal responsibility in physical activity settings.
INDICATOR PE.K.4.1.a.Follows directions in group settings (e.g., safe behaviors, following rules, taking turns). (E)

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Routine Strategy: Transition Timer
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.K.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.K.4.2.Accepts and responds to specific corrective feedback from teacher and peers.
INDICATOR PE.K.4.2.a.Follows instructions when prompted. (E)

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Routine Strategy: Transition Timer
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.K.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.K.4.4.Follows rules and demonstrates proper etiquette.
INDICATOR PE.K.4.4.a.Recognizes protocol for class activities. (E)

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Conversation Starters
Fishing for Tens
How do I get my child to______?
Red Light, Green Light
Routine Strategy: Transition Timer
Sink or Swim
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.K.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.K.4.5.Participates safely in physical activities.
INDICATOR PE.K.4.5.a.Follows teacher directions for safe participation and proper use of equipment with minimal reminders. (E)

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Routine Strategy: Transition Timer

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Health and PE
Grade: 1 - Adopted: 2016
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.1.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.1.4.1.Exhibits personal responsibility in physical activity settings.
INDICATOR PE.1.4.1.b.Follows the rules and procedures of the learning environment. (E)

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Conversation Starters
Fishing for Tens
How do I get my child to______?
Red Light, Green Light
Routine Strategy: Transition Timer
Sink or Swim
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.1.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.1.4.3.Exhibits responsible social behavior when working with others.
INDICATOR PE.1.4.3.a.Works with others in a variety of class environments (e.g., small and large groups). (E)

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Clap and Count
Folding a Blanket
Super Kindness
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.1.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.1.4.4.Follows rules and demonstrates proper etiquette.
INDICATOR PE.1.4.4.a.Displays the established protocol for class activities. (E)

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Conversation Starters
Fishing for Tens
How do I get my child to______?
Red Light, Green Light
Routine Strategy: Transition Timer
Sink or Swim
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.1.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.1.4.5.Participates safely in physical activities.
INDICATOR PE.1.4.5.a.Follows teacher directions for safe participation and proper use of equipment without reminders. (E)

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Routine Strategy: Transition Timer

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Health and PE
Grade: 2 - Adopted: 2016
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.2.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.2.4.1.Exhibits personal responsibility in physical activity settings.
INDICATOR PE.2.4.1.b.Accepts responsibility for class expectations with behavior and performance. (E)

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This Is Important
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.2.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.2.4.3.Exhibits responsible social behavior when working with others.
INDICATOR PE.2.4.3.a.Works with a partner with minimal teacher prompting. (E)

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Fair Share
Super Kindness
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.2.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.2.4.4.Follows rules and demonstrates proper etiquette.
INDICATOR PE.2.4.4.a.Recognizes the importance of rules and etiquette in teacher-designed physical activities. (E)

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Conversation Starters
How do I get my child to______?
Routine Strategy: Transition Timer
Subtraction War
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.2.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.2.4.5.Participates safely in physical activities.
INDICATOR PE.2.4.5.a.Works independently and safely with or without equipment. (E)

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Books on the Go
Routine Strategy: Transition Timer

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Health and PE
Grade: 3 - Adopted: 2016
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.3.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.3.4.1.Exhibits personal responsibility in physical activity settings.
INDICATOR PE.3.4.1.a.Exhibits personal responsibility in teacher-directed activities. (M)

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This Is Important
INDICATOR PE.3.4.1.b.Works independently for extended periods of time. (M)

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Books on the Go
Routine Strategy: Transition Timer
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.3.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.3.4.3.Exhibits responsible social behavior when working with others.
INDICATOR PE.3.4.3.a.Works cooperatively with others. (M)

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Fair Share
Super Kindness
INDICATOR PE.3.4.3.b.Praises others for their success in movement performance. (M)

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Conversation Starters
I Love My Family Because...
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.3.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.3.4.4.Follows rules and demonstrates proper etiquette.
INDICATOR PE.3.4.4.a.Practices adherence to rules and etiquette in physical activity with peers. (E)

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Conversation Starters
How do I get my child to______?
Routine Strategy: Transition Timer
CONTENT STANDARD NE.PE.3.4.Responsible Behavior
STRAND PE.3.4.5.Participates safely in physical activities.
INDICATOR PE.3.4.5.a.Works independently and safely in physical activity settings. (M)

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Books on the Go
Routine Strategy: Transition Timer

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Language Arts
Grade: K - Adopted: 2014
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 0.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 0.1.1.Concepts of Print: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of print.
INDICATOR LA 0.1.1.b.Identify punctuation (e.g., period, exclamation mark, question mark).

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Isn't That Bold?
INDICATOR LA 0.1.1.d.Demonstrate knowledge that print reads from left to right and top to bottom.

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Environmental Print
Reading Strategy: Using Your Reading Finger
INDICATOR LA 0.1.1.e.Explain that the purpose of print is to carry information (e.g., environmental print, nametags, street signs).

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Environmental Print
INDICATOR LA 0.1.1.f.Demonstrate voice to print match (e.g., student points to print while reading or as someone reads).

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Reading Strategy: Using Your Reading Finger
INDICATOR LA 0.1.1.g.Demonstrate understanding that words are made up of letters and sentences are made up of words.

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Reading Strategy: Using Your Reading Finger
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 0.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 0.1.2.Phonological Awareness: Students will demonstrate phonological awareness through oral activities.
INDICATOR LA 0.1.2.b.Segment spoken sentences into words.

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Reading Strategy: Using Your Reading Finger
INDICATOR LA 0.1.2.c.Identify and produce oral rhymes.

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Name Rhymes
Nursery Rhymes
Reading Rhymes
Silly Song Singing
Stinkle, Stinkle, Stittle Star
INDICATOR LA 0.1.2.e.Blend and segment spoken onsets and rimes to form simple words (e.g., v-an, gr-ab).

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Reading Strategy: Chunk the Word
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 0.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 0.1.3.Word Analysis: Students will acquire phonetic knowledge as they learn to read and write grade-level text.
INDICATOR LA 0.1.3.a.Match individual consonant and short vowel sounds to appropriate letters when reading, writing, and spelling grade-level text.

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All About My Family
Alphabet Dice Game
I Found This
Letters on My Back
Make a Card
Make a List
Make an Invitation
Matching Letters to Favorite Things
Race to the Letter Sound
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Super Hero Names
Word Man
Write a Letter
INDICATOR LA 0.1.3.b.Identify similarities and differences in written words (e.g., word endings, onsets, rimes).

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Reading Strategy: Chunk the Word
INDICATOR LA 0.1.3.c.Recognize and read grade-level (phonetic and non-phonetic) words in text.

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Reading Strategy: Give the Word
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 0.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 0.1.4.Fluency: Students will develop accuracy, phrasing, and expression during grade-level reading experiences to support comprehension.
INDICATOR LA 0.1.4.a.Listen to text of increasing length and/or complexity to develop stamina.

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Seeing the Story
INDICATOR LA 0.1.4.b.Use appropriate expression to reflect meaning while reading emergent-reader text.

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Building a Fort
Daily Reading Routines
I Read to You, You Read to Me
Read Like You Talk
Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 0.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 0.1.5.Vocabulary: Students will build and use conversational, academic, and content-specific grade-level vocabulary.
INDICATOR LA 0.1.5.b.Develop awareness of context clues (e.g., predictions, word and sentence clues) and text features that may be used to infer the meaning of unknown words.

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Reading Rhymes
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
INDICATOR LA 0.1.5.c.Acquire new academic and content-specific grade-level vocabulary, relate to prior knowledge, and apply in new situations.

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Feelings Charades
Nursery Rhymes
Reading Rhymes
Share Your Knowledge
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 0.1.5.d.Identify semantic relationships (e.g., conceptual categories) to determine word relationships.

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Speedy Synonyms
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 0.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 0.1.6.Comprehension: Students will construct meaning by using prior knowledge while reading emergent literary and informational text.
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.a.With adult guidance, identify author’s purpose (e.g., explain, entertain, inform).

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Is It Real?
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.b.Identify elements of literary text (e.g., characters, setting, events).

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Feelings Charades
Making Connections
Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.c.With adult guidance, identify an author's use of literary devices (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration).

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Family Alliteration Name Game
Tongue Twister Time
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.d.With adult guidance, retell major events and key details from a literary text and/or media.

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20 Questions Draw
A Memorable Story
Book Cover Conversations
Family Movie Night
Is It Real?
Retelling the Story
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
Who Am I?
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.e.With adult guidance, retell main ideas from informational text and/or media.

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20 Questions Draw
A Memorable Story
Book Cover Conversations
Family Movie Night
Is It Real?
Retelling the Story
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
Who Am I?
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.f.Identify text features in print and digital informational text.

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Family Movie Night
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.g.Identify the basic characteristics of literary and informational text.

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What Do I Like?
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.i.Construct and/or answer clarifying questions (who, what, when, where, why, how) and support answers with evidence from the text or additional sources.

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Isn't That Bold?
Making Connections
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading and Making Connections
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.k.Identify different purposes for reading (e.g., inform, enjoy).

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Daily Reading Routines
Making Connections
My Library List
Reading Strategy: Choral Reading
Reading Strategy: Echo Reading
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Seeing the Story
What Do I Like?
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.l.Build background knowledge and activate prior knowledge to identify text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.

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I Read to You, You Read to Me
Making Connections
Read a Little, Think a Little
Seeing the Story
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Makes a Good Storyteller
Wordless Picture Books
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.m.With adult guidance, monitor comprehension by recognizing when meaning is disrupted.

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Daily Reading Routines
Making Connections
Pattern Books
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategy: Choral Reading
Reading Strategy: Echo Reading
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
Reading and Making Connections
Seeing the Story
What Do I Like?
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.n.Make predictions about a text using prior knowledge, pictures, illustrations, and titles.

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Book Cover Conversations
Books I Like
Cover the Ending
How Far Does It Fly?
Isn't That Bold?
Making Connections
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Retelling the Story
Seeing the Story
Wordless Picture Books
INDICATOR LA 0.1.6.o.Respond to text (e.g., verbally, in writing, or artistically).

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Captioning Your Childhood
My First Journal
Tips for helping your child love reading
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 0.2.Writing: Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate.
STRAND LA 0.2.1.Writing Process: Students will apply the writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing using correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and other conventions of standard English appropriate for grade-level.
INDICATOR LA 0.2.1.a.Use prewriting activities and inquiry tools to generate ideas.

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Color Poem
Make an Invitation
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
INDICATOR LA 0.2.1.b.Generate representations of ideas (e.g., pictures, labels, letter strings, words, simple sentences) and organize ideas relevant to a topic.

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All About Me
All About My Family
Here Are the Facts
I Know All About
Labeling Your Story
Make a Card
My Family Journal
Nature Journaling
Write About a Family Tradition
INDICATOR LA 0.2.1.c.With adult guidance, use relevant information and evidence to support ideas.

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Labeling Your Story
Nature Journaling
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
INDICATOR LA 0.2.1.d.Compose simple, grammatically correct sentences.

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Captioning Your Childhood
Make a Card
INDICATOR LA 0.2.1.f.Provide oral descriptive feedback to other writers.

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All About Me
INDICATOR LA 0.2.1.g.With adult guidance, persevere in writing tasks.

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Make a Card
Make a List
Math Journal Walk
Nature Journaling
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 0.2.Writing: Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate.
STRAND LA 0.2.2.Writing Modes: Student will write in multiple modes for a variety of purposes and audiences across disciplines.
INDICATOR LA 0.2.2.a.Communicate information and ideas effectively in analytic, descriptive, informative, narrative, poetic, persuasive, and reflective modes to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

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A Memorable Story
All About Me
All About My Family
Captioning Your Childhood
Color Poem
Create a Crazy Character
Family Adventure List
Family Poem
Favorite People Place Cards
Here Are the Facts
I Found This
I Know All About
Labeling Your Story
Make a Card
Make a List
Make an Invitation
Math Journal Walk
My Family Journal
My First Journal
Nature Journaling
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Storytelling Together
Tips for storytelling: Using gestures
Why is storytelling important?
Why should we tell family stories?
Write About a Family Tradition
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 0.3.Speaking and Listening: Students will develop and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate for a variety of purposes.
STRAND LA 0.3.1.Speaking: Students will develop, apply and refine speaking skills and strategies to communicate key ideas in a variety of situations.
INDICATOR LA 0.3.1.a.Communicate ideas clearly to others within structured classroom activities and routines using appropriate word choice, proper grammar, and complete sentences.

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A Memorable Story
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Know All About
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story of Your Name
Storytelling Together
When I Grow Up
Where Would You Go?
Who Am I?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 0.3.1.b.Demonstrate appropriate speaking techniques (e.g., appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, clear pronunciation) for a variety of purposes and situations.

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A Memorable Story
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
Here Are the Facts
I Know All About
Share Your Knowledge
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story of Your Name
Storytelling Together
When I Grow Up
Where Would You Go?
Who Am I?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 0.3.1.c.Utilize appropriate visual and/or digital tools to support verbal communication.

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Here Are the Facts
INDICATOR LA 0.3.1.d.Convey a personal perspective with clear reasons.

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A Memorable Story
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Know All About
My Library List
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story of Your Name
Storytelling Together
When I Grow Up
Where Would You Go?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 0.3.1.e.Ask pertinent questions to acquire or confirm information.

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20 Questions Draw
A Memorable Story
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Know All About
I Spy
Library Visit
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story of Your Name
Storytelling Together
When I Grow Up
Where Would You Go?
Who Am I?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 0.3.Speaking and Listening: Students will develop and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate for a variety of purposes.
STRAND LA 0.3.2.Listening: Students will develop and demonstrate active listening skills across a variety of situations.
INDICATOR LA 0.3.2.a.Develop active and attentive listening skills (e.g., eye contact, nonverbal cues, recalling) for multiple situations and modalities.

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A Memorable Story
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Sensory Walk
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Know All About
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story of Your Name
Storytelling Together
When I Grow Up
Where Would You Go?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 0.3.2.b.With adult guidance, discuss the purpose and credibility of information being presented in diverse media and formats.

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20 Questions Draw
A Memorable Story
Family Movie Night
I Went to the Zoo and Saw
INDICATOR LA 0.3.2.c.Complete a task following one/two-step directions.

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Freeze Dance
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 0.3.Speaking and Listening: Students will develop and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate for a variety of purposes.
STRAND LA 0.3.3.Reciprocal Communication: Students will develop, apply, and adapt reciprocal communication skills.
INDICATOR LA 0.3.3.a.Practice appropriate classroom etiquette and recognize social cues when communicating.

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Conversations in the Car
INDICATOR LA 0.3.3.b.Demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to the appropriate use of words (e.g., helpful/hurtful words) in conversation.

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Conversations in the Car
INDICATOR LA 0.3.3.c.Apply conversation strategies to recognize new information presented by others in relationship to one's own ideas.

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A Memorable Story
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Know All About
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story of Your Name
Storytelling Together
When I Grow Up
Where Would You Go?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 0.3.3.d.Listen, ask clarifying questions, and respond to information being communicated about a topic, text, or issue under study.

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20 Questions Draw
A Memorable Story
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Know All About
I Spy
Library Visit
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story of Your Name
Storytelling Together
When I Grow Up
Where Would You Go?
Who Am I?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 0.3.3.e.Collaboratively converse with peers and adults on grade-appropriate topics and texts, building on others' ideas to clearly express one's own views while respecting diverse perspectives.

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A Memorable Story
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Know All About
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story of Your Name
Storytelling Together
When I Grow Up
Where Would You Go?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 0.4.Multiple Literacies: Students will apply information fluency and practice digital citizenship.
STRAND LA 0.4.1.Information Fluency: Students will evaluate, create, and communicate information in a variety of media and formats (textual, visual, and digital).
INDICATOR LA 0.4.1.a.With guidance, use provided print and digital resources to gather information, answer questions, and demonstrate understanding of valid information (e.g., fiction vs. nonfiction, real vs. not real).

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Let's Explore

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Language Arts
Grade: 1 - Adopted: 2014
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 1.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 1.1.1.Concepts of Print: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of print.
INDICATOR LA 1.1.1.a.Identify variations in text (e.g., font, size, bold, italic, upper/lower case).

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Getting Into Information
How To
What's Up with That?
INDICATOR LA 1.1.1.b.Identify punctuation (e.g., period, exclamation mark, question mark, quotation marks).

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Magical Creature Writing
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 1.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 1.1.3.Word Analysis: Students will use phonetic analysis to read and write grade-level text.
INDICATOR LA 1.1.3.a.Know and apply common letter-sound correspondences (e.g., consonant blends, long and short vowel patterns, digraphs, inflectional endings) when reading, writing, and spelling grade-level text.

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All About My Family
Change One Letter
I Found This
Letters on My Back
Looking for Chunks
Magical Creature Writing
Make a Card
Make a List
Make an Invitation
Race to the Letter Sound
Reading Strategy: Chunk the Word
Thinking About Word Chunks
Word Challenge
Word Man
Write a Letter
INDICATOR LA 1.1.3.b.Use word structure to read words (e.g., onsets, rimes, digraphs, contractions, common compound words).

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Looking for Chunks
Reading Strategy: Chunk the Word
Word Man
INDICATOR LA 1.1.3.c.Recognize and read grade-level (phonetic and non-phonetic) words in text.

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Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Thinking About Word Chunks
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 1.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 1.1.4.Fluency: Students will develop accuracy, phrasing, and expression while reading a variety of grade-level print/digital text to support comprehension.
INDICATOR LA 1.1.4.a.Listen to and read text of increasing length and/or complexity to support reader stamina.

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Seeing the Story
INDICATOR LA 1.1.4.b.Use appropriate pace, expression, and intonation to reflect the meaning of text (e.g., character voices, emotions).

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Books on the Go
Building a Fort
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Five Finger Rule
I Read to You, You Read to Me
Read Like You Talk
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 1.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 1.1.5.Vocabulary: Students will build and use conversational, academic, and content-specific grade-level vocabulary.
INDICATOR LA 1.1.5.a.Use word structure elements, known words, and word patterns to determine meaning (e.g., plural forms, simple compounds, base words).

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Noun Charades
Picture Talk
INDICATOR LA 1.1.5.b.Demonstrate understanding that context clues (e.g., word and sentence clues), and text features exist and may be used to help infer the meaning of unknown words.

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Reading Rhymes
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
What Does It Mean?
Wondering About Words
INDICATOR LA 1.1.5.c.Acquire new academic and content-specific grade-level vocabulary, relate to prior knowledge, and apply in new situations.

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Feelings Charades
Nursery Rhymes
Reading Rhymes
Share Your Knowledge
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Makes a Good Storyteller
Wondering About Words
INDICATOR LA 1.1.5.d.Identify semantic relationships (e.g., conceptual categories, synonyms, antonyms) to determine word relationships.

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Speedy Synonyms
Words to Chew On
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 1.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 1.1.6.Comprehension: Students will construct meaning by using prior knowledge and text information while reading grade-level literary and informational text.
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.a.Identify author’s purpose (e.g., explain, entertain, inform).

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Is It Real?
What Was That For?
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.b.Identify elements of literary text (e.g., characters, setting, events).

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Chapter Books
Character Connection
Feelings Charades
Funny Pictures
Inside Outside Traits
Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
Story Train
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.c.Identify an author's use of literary devices (e.g., simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, rhythm, personification).

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Family Alliteration Name Game
Let's Look Closer
Tongue Twister Time
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.d.Retell major events and key details from a literary text and/or media.

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20 Questions Draw
Chapter Books
Family Movie Night
Funny Pictures
Story Train
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.e.Retell main ideas and supporting details from informational text and/or media.

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20 Questions Draw
Family Movie Night
How To
Is It Real?
What Do You Want to Know?
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.f.Identify text features in print and digital informational text.

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Getting Into Information
How To
What's Up with That?
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.g.Identify the basic characteristics of a variety of literary and informational texts.

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Chapter Books
What Do I Like?
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.i.Construct and/or answer clarifying questions (who, what, when, where, why, how) and support answers with evidence from the text or additional sources.

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Chapter Books
Funny Pictures
How To
Reading and Making Connections
Story Train
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.k.Identify and explain purpose for reading (e.g., answer a question, enjoy).

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Books on the Go
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Five Finger Rule
My Library List
Preview & Predict
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategy: Choral Reading
Reading Strategy: Echo Reading
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Seeing the Story
What Do I Like?
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.l.Build background knowledge and activate prior knowledge to identify text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.

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I Read to You, You Read to Me
Preview & Predict
Read a Little, Think a Little
Seeing the Story
Storytelling with a Picture Book
What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.m.Self-monitor comprehension by recognizing when meaning is disrupted and apply strategies to clarify, confirm, or correct.

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Books on the Go
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Five Finger Rule
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategy: Choral Reading
Reading Strategy: Echo Reading
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
Reading and Making Connections
Seeing the Story
What Do I Like?
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.n.Make predictions about literary, informational, digital text, and/or media using prior knowledge, pictures, illustrations and titles.

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Cover the Ending
Favorite Illustrators
How Far Does It Fly?
How To
Preview & Predict
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Strategies: Look at the Picture
Seeing the Story
INDICATOR LA 1.1.6.o.Demonstrate an understanding of text via multiple mediums (e.g., writing, artistic representation, video, other media).

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Chapter Books
Funny Pictures
How To
Story Train
Storytelling with a Picture Book
Tips for helping your child love reading
What Do I Like?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
What's Cool About Nonfiction?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 1.2.Writing: Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate.
STRAND LA 1.2.1.Writing Process: Students will apply the writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing using correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and other conventions of standard English appropriate for grade-level.
INDICATOR LA 1.2.1.a.Use prewriting activities and inquiry tools to generate ideas.

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Color Poem
Describe It
Make an Invitation
Remember The Story
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
INDICATOR LA 1.2.1.b.Generate a draft that selects and organizes ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and audience, including a clear beginning, middle, and end.

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All About My Family
I'd Really Like
Labeling Your Story
Magical Creature Writing
Make a Card
Nature Journaling
Tell Me How
Write About a Family Tradition
INDICATOR LA 1.2.1.c.Gather and use relevant information and evidence to support ideas.

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Let's Explore
INDICATOR LA 1.2.1.d.Compose simple paragraphs with grammatically correct sentences of varying length, complexity, and type.

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Captioning Your Childhood
Magical Creature Writing
Make a Card
INDICATOR LA 1.2.1.f.Provide oral descriptive feedback to other writers.

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I'd Really Like
Magical Creature Writing
INDICATOR LA 1.2.1.g.Persevere in writing tasks of various length and complexity.

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I'd Really Like
Make a Card
Make a List
Math Journal Walk
Nature Journaling
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 1.2.Writing: Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate.
STRAND LA 1.2.2.Writing Modes: Student will write in multiple modes for a variety of purposes and audiences across disciplines.
INDICATOR LA 1.2.2.a.Communicate information and ideas effectively in analytic, descriptive, informative, narrative, poetic, persuasive, and reflective modes to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

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All About My Family
Captioning Your Childhood
Color Poem
Create a Crazy Character
Describe It
Family Adventure List
Family Poem
I Found This
I Love My Family Because...
I'd Really Like
I'm An Expert
Labeling Your Story
Make a Card
Make a List
Make an Invitation
Math Journal Walk
My First Journal
Nature Journaling
Remember The Story
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Tell Me How
Tips for storytelling: Using gestures
Why is storytelling important?
Why should we tell family stories?
Write About a Family Tradition
Write Around
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
Write to the Tooth Fairy
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 1.3.Speaking and Listening: Students will develop and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate for a variety of purposes.
STRAND LA 1.3.1.Speaking: Students will develop, apply, and refine speaking skills and strategies to communicate key ideas in a variety of situations.
INDICATOR LA 1.3.1.a.Communicate ideas clearly in a manner suited to the purpose and setting, using appropriate word choice, proper grammar, and complete sentences.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Making Playdough Together
Noun Charades
Share Your Knowledge
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
What I Like About Me
When I Grow Up
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 1.3.1.b.Demonstrate appropriate speaking techniques (e.g., appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, clear pronunciation) for a variety of purposes and situations, including interpreting text.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Making Playdough Together
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
What I Like About Me
When I Grow Up
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 1.3.1.d.Convey a personal perspective with clear reasons.

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20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Making Playdough Together
My Library List
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
What I Like About Me
When I Grow Up
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 1.3.1.e.Ask pertinent questions to acquire or confirm information.

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20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Library Visit
Making Playdough Together
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
What I Like About Me
When I Grow Up
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 1.3.Speaking and Listening: Students will develop and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate for a variety of purposes.
STRAND LA 1.3.2.Listening: Students will develop and demonstrate active listening skills across a variety of situations.
INDICATOR LA 1.3.2.a.Develop active and attentive listening skills (e.g., eye contact, nonverbal cues, recalling) for multiple situations and modalities.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Sensory Walk
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Making Playdough Together
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
What I Like About Me
When I Grow Up
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 1.3.2.b.With adult guidance, discuss the purpose and credibility of information being presented in diverse media and formats.

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20 Questions Draw
Family Movie Night
I Went to the Zoo and Saw
INDICATOR LA 1.3.2.c.Complete a task following one/two-step directions.

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Freeze Dance
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 1.3.Speaking and Listening: Students will develop and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate for a variety of purposes.
STRAND LA 1.3.3.Reciprocal Communication: Students will develop, apply, and adapt reciprocal communication skills.
INDICATOR LA 1.3.3.a.Practice appropriate classroom etiquette and recognize social cues when communicating.

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Conversations in the Car
INDICATOR LA 1.3.3.b.Demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to the appropriate use of words (e.g., helpful/hurtful words) in conversation.

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Conversations in the Car
INDICATOR LA 1.3.3.c.Apply conversation strategies to recognize new information presented by others in relationship to one's own ideas.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Making Playdough Together
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
What I Like About Me
When I Grow Up
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 1.3.3.d.Listen, ask clarifying questions, and respond to information being communicated about a topic, text, or issue under study.

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20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Library Visit
Making Playdough Together
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
What I Like About Me
When I Grow Up
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 1.3.3.e.Collaboratively converse with peers and adults on grade-appropriate topics and texts, building on others' ideas to clearly express one's own views while respecting diverse perspectives.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
I'd Really Like
Making Playdough Together
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
What I Like About Me
When I Grow Up
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 1.4.Multiple Literacies: Students will apply information fluency and practice digital citizenship.
STRAND LA 1.4.1.Information Fluency: Students will evaluate, create, and communicate information in a variety of media and formats (textual, visual, and digital).
INDICATOR LA 1.4.1.a.Use provided print and digital resources to gather information, answer questions, and demonstrate understanding of valid information (e.g., fiction vs. nonfiction, real vs. not real).

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Let's Explore

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Language Arts
Grade: 2 - Adopted: 2014
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 2.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 2.1.3.Word Analysis: Students will use phonetic analysis to read and write grade-level text.
INDICATOR LA 2.1.3.a.Know and apply letter/sound correspondence and spelling patterns (e.g., consonant and vowel digraphs, diphthongs) when reading, writing, and spelling grade-level text.

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Change One Letter
Magical Creature Writing
Reading Strategy: Chunk the Word
Shopping for Syllables
Spelling Pattern Game
Thinking About Word Chunks
Word Challenge
Write a Letter
INDICATOR LA 2.1.3.b.Use word structure to read text (e.g., prefixes/suffixes, compound words, contractions, syllabication, derivation).

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Reading Strategy: Cover the Suffix
Rhyming Hand Game
Shopping for Syllables
Understanding Big Words
Unpacking Prefixes
INDICATOR LA 2.1.3.c.Recognize and read grade-level (phonetic and non-phonetic) words in text.

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Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Thinking About Word Chunks
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 2.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 2.1.4.Fluency: Students will develop accuracy, phrasing, and expression while reading a variety of grade-level print/digital text to support comprehension.
INDICATOR LA 2.1.4.a.Listen to and read text of increasing length and/or complexity to increase reader stamina.

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Random, Bizarre Facts
INDICATOR LA 2.1.4.b.Use varied pace, expression, and intonation to reflect meaning of text (e.g., mood, events, emotions).

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Books on the Go
Building a Fort
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Five Finger Rule
I Read to You, You Read to Me
Pow Wow Crunch
Reading Dialogue
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
What Do You Wonder?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 2.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 2.1.5.Vocabulary: Students will build and use conversational, academic, and content-specific grade-level vocabulary.
INDICATOR LA 2.1.5.a.Use word structure elements, known words, and word patterns to determine meaning (e.g., contractions, plurals, possessives, basic parts of speech, compounds, syllables).

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Noun Charades
Picture Talk
Playground Compounds
Rhyming Hand Game
INDICATOR LA 2.1.5.b.Identify and use context clues (e.g., word and sentence clues) and text features to help infer meaning of unknown words.

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Reading Strategies: Slow Down, Reread
Wondering About Words
INDICATOR LA 2.1.5.c.Acquire new academic and content-specific grade-level vocabulary, relate to prior knowledge, and apply in new situations.

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Feelings Charades
Share Your Knowledge
What Makes a Good Storyteller
Wondering About Words
INDICATOR LA 2.1.5.d.Identify semantic relationships (e.g., conceptual categories, synonyms, antonyms, multiple meanings) to determine the meaning of words, aid in comprehension, and improve writing.

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Hink Pink
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 2.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 2.1.6.Comprehension: Students will construct meaning by using prior knowledge and text information while reading grade-level literary and informational text.
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.a.Identify author’s purpose(s) (e.g., explain, entertain, inform, persuade) to support text comprehension.

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Random, Bizarre Facts
Reading Recipes
That's So Cool
What Do You Wonder?
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.b.Identify elements of literary text (e.g., characters, setting, plot).

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Can You See It?
Chapter Books
Character Chat
Character Comparison
Feelings Charades
Funny Pictures
Inside Outside Traits
Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
Story Train
Summarizing the Story
What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.c.Identify and explain why authors use literary devices (e.g., simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, rhythm, personification).

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Family Rap
Let's Look Closer
My Turn, Your Turn Poetry
Tongue Twister Time
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.d.Retell major events and key details from a literary text and/or media and support a prompted theme.

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20 Questions Draw
Can You See It?
Chapter Books
Family Movie Night
Funny Pictures
Story Train
What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.e.Retell main ideas and supporting details from informational text and/or media.

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20 Questions Draw
Family Movie Night
How To
That's So Cool
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.f.Use text features to locate information and gain meaning from print and digital text.

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Comprehension Clues
How To
Reading Recipes
What's Up with That?
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.g.Compare and contrast the basic characteristics of a variety of literary and informational texts.

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Chapter Books
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.h.Identify topics and/or patterns across multiple literary and informational texts to develop a multicultural perspective.

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What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.i.Construct and/or answer literal and inferential questions and support answers with specific evidence from the text or additional sources.

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20 Questions
Can You See It?
Chapter Books
Funny Pictures
How To
Pow Wow Crunch
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Recipes
Reading is Thinking
Story Train
That's So Cool
What Do You Wonder?
What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.k.Select text and explain the purpose (e.g., answer a question, solve problems, enjoy, form an opinion, predict outcomes, accomplish a task).

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Books on the Go
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Five Finger Rule
My Library List
Pow Wow Crunch
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
What Do You Wonder?
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.l.Build background knowledge and activate prior knowledge to identify text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections before, during, and after reading.

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Can You See It?
I Read to You, You Read to Me
Random, Bizarre Facts
Read a Little, Think a Little
What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.m.Self-monitor comprehension by recognizing when meaning is disrupted and apply strategies to clarify, confirm, or correct.

ReadyRosie
Books on the Go
Can You See It?
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Five Finger Rule
My Turn, Your Turn
Pow Wow Crunch
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Dialogue
Reading Strategies: Punctuation Expression
Reading Strategy: Give the Word
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
That's So Cool
What Do You Wonder?
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.n.Make predictions and inferences about a text before, during, and after reading literary, informational, digital text, and/or media.

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Daily Conclusions
Family Movie Night
Read a Little, Think a Little
Using Clues to Figure it Out
Who's Been Here?
INDICATOR LA 2.1.6.o.Demonstrate an understanding of text via multiple mediums (e.g., writing, artistic representation, video, other media).

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Can You See It?
Chapter Books
Funny Pictures
How To
Pow Wow Crunch
Song Lyrics
Story Train
That's So Cool
Tips for helping your child love reading
What Makes a Good Storyteller
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 2.2.Writing: Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate.
STRAND LA 2.2.1.Writing Process: Students will apply the writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing using correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and other conventions of standard English appropriate for grade-level.
INDICATOR LA 2.2.1.a.Use prewriting activities and inquiry tools to generate ideas.

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Acrostic Poem
Color Poem
Create a Song
Describe It
Please Can I?
Sketching the Story
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
INDICATOR LA 2.2.1.b.Generate a draft that develops a clear topic suited to the purpose and intended audience and organizational pattern, including a clear beginning, middle, and end.

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Color Poem Free Verse
Create a Song
Family Journaling
I'd Really Like
Magical Creature Writing
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
Please Can I?
Take a Stand
Tell Me How
This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
Write About a Family Tradition
INDICATOR LA 2.2.1.c.Gather and use relevant information and evidence from one or more print and/or digital sources to support ideas.

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Let's Explore
Who Are Your Heroes?
INDICATOR LA 2.2.1.d.Compose paragraphs with grammatically correct sentences of varying length, complexity, and type.

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Hidden Messages
Magical Creature Writing
Writing Telephone Game
INDICATOR LA 2.2.1.e.Revise to improve and clarify writing through self-monitoring strategies and feedback from others.

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This Is Important
INDICATOR LA 2.2.1.f.Provide oral and/or written descriptive feedback to other writers.

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I'd Really Like
Magical Creature Writing
This Is Important
INDICATOR LA 2.2.1.g.Persevere in writing tasks of various length and complexity.

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I'd Really Like
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
INDICATOR LA 2.2.1.h.Proofread and edit writing recursively for format and conventions of standard English (e.g., spelling, capitalization, grammar, punctuation, syntax, semantics).

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This Is Important
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 2.2.Writing: Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate.
STRAND LA 2.2.2.Writing Modes: Student will write in multiple modes for a variety of purposes and audiences across disciplines.
INDICATOR LA 2.2.2.a.Communicate information and ideas effectively in analytic, descriptive, informative, narrative, poetic, persuasive, and reflective modes to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

ReadyRosie
Acrostic Poem
Color Poem
Color Poem Free Verse
Create a Song
Describe It
Family Adventure List
Family Journaling
Family Poem
Family Rap
I Love My Family Because...
I'd Really Like
Interview an Expert
Make a Neighborhood Map
My Family Comic Strip
Nature Journaling
Please Can I?
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Take a Stand
Tell Me How
This Is Important
Tips for storytelling: Using gestures
Why is storytelling important?
Why should we tell family stories?
Write About a Family Tradition
Write Around
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
Write to the Tooth Fairy
INDICATOR LA 2.2.2.d.Use precise word choice and domain-specific vocabulary to write in a variety of modes.

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Acrostic Poem
Create a Song
Please Can I?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 2.3.Speaking and Listening: Students will develop and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate for a variety of purposes.
STRAND LA 2.3.1.Speaking: Students will develop, apply, and refine speaking skills and strategies to communicate key ideas in a variety of situations.
INDICATOR LA 2.3.1.a.Communicate ideas and information in a clear and concise manner suited to the purpose, setting, and audience (formal voice or informal voice), using appropriate word choice, grammar, and sentence structure.

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20 Questions
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Create a Song
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Share Your Knowledge
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
What Do You Wonder?
What I Like About Me
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 2.3.1.b.Demonstrate appropriate speaking techniques (e.g., appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, clear pronunciation) for a variety of purposes and situations, including interpreting text.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Create a Song
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
What Do You Wonder?
What I Like About Me
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 2.3.1.d.Convey a personal perspective with clear reasons.

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
My Library List
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
What Do You Wonder?
What I Like About Me
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 2.3.1.e.Ask pertinent questions to acquire or confirm information

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Interview an Expert
Kitchen Conversations
Library Visit
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
This Is Important
What Do You Wonder?
What I Like About Me
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 2.3.Speaking and Listening: Students will develop and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate for a variety of purposes.
STRAND LA 2.3.2.Listening: Students will develop and demonstrate active listening skills across a variety of situations.
INDICATOR LA 2.3.2.a.Develop active and attentive listening skills (e.g., eye contact, nonverbal cues, recalling) for multiple situations and modalities.

ReadyRosie
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
What Do You Wonder?
What I Like About Me
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 2.3.2.b.With adult guidance, discuss the purpose and credibility of information being presented in diverse media and formats.

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20 Questions Draw
Family Movie Night
I Went to the Zoo and Saw
INDICATOR LA 2.3.2.c.Complete a task following multi-step directions.

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Freeze Dance
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 2.3.Speaking and Listening: Students will develop and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate for a variety of purposes.
STRAND LA 2.3.3.Reciprocal Communication: Students will develop, apply, and adapt reciprocal communication skills.
INDICATOR LA 2.3.3.a.Demonstrate appropriate classroom etiquette and recognize social cues when communicating.

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Conversations in the Car
INDICATOR LA 2.3.3.b.Demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to the appropriate use of words (e.g., helpful/hurtful words) in conversation.

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Conversations in the Car
INDICATOR LA 2.3.3.c.Apply conversation strategies to recognize and consider new information presented by others in relationship to one's own ideas.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
What Do You Wonder?
What I Like About Me
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 2.3.3.d.Listen, ask clarifying questions, and respond to information being communicated about a topic, text, or issue under study.

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Interview an Expert
Kitchen Conversations
Library Visit
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
This Is Important
What Do You Wonder?
What I Like About Me
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 2.3.3.e.Collaboratively converse with peers and adults on grade-appropriate topics and texts, building on others' ideas to clearly express one's own views while respecting diverse perspectives.

ReadyRosie
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
I'd Really Like
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Please Can I?
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
What Do You Wonder?
What I Like About Me
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 2.4.Multiple Literacies: Students will apply information fluency and practice digital citizenship.
STRAND LA 2.4.1.Information Fluency: Students will evaluate, create, and communicate information in a variety of media and formats (textual, visual, and digital).
INDICATOR LA 2.4.1.a.With guidance, locate, organize, and evaluate information from print and digital resources to generate and answer questions and create new understandings.

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20 Questions Draw
Family Movie Night
Guess Who
How To
I Went to the Zoo and Saw
Let's Explore
Reading Recipes
That's So Cool
What Do You Wonder?

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Language Arts
Grade: 3 - Adopted: 2014
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 3.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 3.1.3.Word Analysis: Students will use phonetic analysis to read and write grade-level text.
INDICATOR LA 3.1.3.a.Know and apply advanced sound/spelling patterns (e.g., Anglo-Saxon common roots and affixes, special vowel spellings [ough, ion], multi-syllable words) when reading, writing, and spelling grade-level text.

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Change One Letter
Digging Into Roots
Magical Creature Writing
Shopping for Syllables
Spelling Pattern Game
Thinking About Word Chunks
Word Challenge
Write a Letter
INDICATOR LA 3.1.3.b.Use word structure to read text (e.g., prefixes/suffixes contractions, syllabication, derivation).

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Shopping for Syllables
Understanding Big Words
Unpacking Prefixes
INDICATOR LA 3.1.3.c.Recognize and read grade-level (phonetic and non-phonetic) words in text.

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Thinking About Word Chunks
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 3.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 3.1.4.Fluency: Students will develop accuracy, phrasing, and expression while reading a variety of grade-level print/digital text to support comprehension.
INDICATOR LA 3.1.4.a.Listen to and read text of increasing length and/or complexity to increase reader stamina.

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Random, Bizarre Facts
INDICATOR LA 3.1.4.b.Use context to adjust pace and prosody based on purpose, text complexity, form, and style.

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Books on the Go
Building a Fort
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Favorite Genres
Five Finger Rule
Pow Wow Crunch
Reading Dialogue
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 3.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 3.1.5.Vocabulary: Students will build and use conversational, academic, and content-specific grade-level vocabulary.
INDICATOR LA 3.1.5.a.Determine meaning of words through the knowledge of word structure elements, known words, and word patterns (e.g., contractions, plurals, possessives, parts of speech, syllables, affixes, base and root words, abbreviations).

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Digging Into Roots
Noun Charades
Shopping for Syllables
INDICATOR LA 3.1.5.b.Apply context clues (e.g., word, phrase, and sentence clues) and text features to help infer meaning of unknown words.

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Wondering About Words
Word Detective
INDICATOR LA 3.1.5.c.Acquire new academic and content-specific grade-level vocabulary, relate to prior knowledge, and apply in new situations.

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Feelings Charades
Share Your Knowledge
What Makes a Good Storyteller
Wondering About Words
INDICATOR LA 3.1.5.d.Identify semantic relationships (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs, homophones, multiple-meaning words) to determine the meaning of words, aid in comprehension, and improve writing.

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Hinky Pinky and Hinketty Pinketty
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 3.1.Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.
STRAND LA 3.1.6.Comprehension: Students will construct meaning by using prior knowledge and text information while reading grade-level literary and informational text.
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.a.Identify author’s purpose(s) (e.g., explain, entertain, inform, persuade) to support text comprehension.

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Random, Bizarre Facts
Reading Recipes
That's So Cool
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.b.Identify and describe elements of literary text (e.g., characters, setting, plot, point of view).

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Chapter Books
Character Chat
Feelings Charades
Inside Outside Traits
Reading Strategy: Reading and Making Connections
Story Train
Talking About Books
What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.c.Identify and explain why authors use literary devices (e.g., simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, rhythm, personification, hyperbole, idioms).

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Family Rap
Let's Look Closer
My Turn, Your Turn Poetry
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.d.Summarize a literary text and/or media, using key details to identify the theme.

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Chapter Books
Sequence and Summarize
Story Train
Talking About Books
What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.e.Determine main ideas and supporting details from informational text and/or media.

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20 Questions Draw
That's So Cool
What Will You Learn?
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.f.Use text features to locate information and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of print and digital text.

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Comprehension Clues
Reading Recipes
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.g.Compare and contrast the characteristics that distinguish a variety of literary and informational texts.

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Chapter Books
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.i.Construct and/or answer literal and inferential questions and support answers with specific evidence from the text or additional sources.

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20 Questions
Chapter Books
It's All In Your Head
Pow Wow Crunch
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Recipes
Story Train
Talking About Books
That's So Cool
What Makes a Good Storyteller
What Will You Learn?
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.k.Select text and explain the purpose (e.g., answer a question, solve problems, enjoy, form an opinion, understand a specific viewpoint, predict outcomes, discover models for own writing, accomplish a task).

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Books on the Go
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Favorite Genres
Five Finger Rule
My Library List
Pow Wow Crunch
What Will You Learn?
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.l.Build background knowledge and activate prior knowledge to identify text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections before, during, and after reading.

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It's All In Your Head
Random, Bizarre Facts
Read a Little, Think a Little
What Makes a Good Storyteller
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.m.Self-monitor comprehension by recognizing when meaning is disrupted and apply strategies to clarify, confirm, or correct.

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Books on the Go
Chapter Books
Daily Reading Routines
Favorite Genres
Five Finger Rule
It's All In Your Head
My Turn, Your Turn
Pow Wow Crunch
Read a Little, Think a Little
Reading Dialogue
Reading Strategy: Model Expressive Reading
That's So Cool
What Will You Learn?
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.n.Make and confirm/modify predictions and inferences before, during, and after reading literary, informational, digital text, and/or media.

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Daily Conclusions
Family Movie Night
Read a Little, Think a Little
Using Clues to Figure it Out
Who's Been Here?
INDICATOR LA 3.1.6.o.Demonstrate an understanding of text via multiple mediums (e.g., writing, artistic representation, video, other media).

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Chapter Books
Pow Wow Crunch
Song Lyrics
Story Train
Talking About Books
That's So Cool
Tips for helping your child love reading
What Makes a Good Storyteller
What Will You Learn?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 3.2.Writing: Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate.
STRAND LA 3.2.1.Writing Process: Students will apply the writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing using correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and other conventions of standard English appropriate for grade-level.
INDICATOR LA 3.2.1.a.Use prewriting activities and inquiry tools to generate ideas and organize information.

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A Really Good Story
Acrostic Poem
Create a Song
Hinky Pinky and Hinketty Pinketty
Please Can I?
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
INDICATOR LA 3.2.1.b.Generate a draft that develops a clear topic suited to the purpose and intended audience and organizational pattern, including a clear introduction, body, and conclusion with appropriate transitions.

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Create a Song
Family Journaling
Magical Creature Writing
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
Please Can I?
Take a Stand
This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
Write About a Family Tradition
INDICATOR LA 3.2.1.c.Gather and use relevant information and evidence from one or more authoritative print and/or digital sources to support claims or theses.

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Who Are Your Heroes?
INDICATOR LA 3.2.1.d.Compose paragraphs with grammatically correct sentences of varying length, complexity, and type.

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Magical Creature Writing
Writing Telephone Game
INDICATOR LA 3.2.1.e.Revise to improve and clarify writing through self-monitoring strategies and feedback from others.

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This Is Important
INDICATOR LA 3.2.1.f.Provide oral and/or written descriptive feedback to other writers.

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Magical Creature Writing
This Is Important
INDICATOR LA 3.2.1.g.Adjust writing processes to persevere in short and long-term writing tasks of increasing length and complexity.

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A Really Good Story
Family Journaling
Make a Neighborhood Map
Nature Journaling
This Is Important
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
INDICATOR LA 3.2.1.h.Proofread and edit writing recursively for format and conventions of standard English (e.g., spelling, capitalization, grammar, punctuation, syntax, semantics).

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This Is Important
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 3.2.Writing: Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate.
STRAND LA 3.2.2.Writing Modes: Student will write in multiple modes for a variety of purposes and audiences across disciplines.
INDICATOR LA 3.2.2.a.Communicate information and ideas effectively in analytic, descriptive, informative, narrative, poetic, persuasive, and reflective modes to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

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Acrostic Poem
Create a Song
Family Adventure List
Family Journaling
Family Poem
Family Rap
I Love My Family Because...
Interview an Expert
Make a Neighborhood Map
My Family Comic Strip
Nature Journaling
Please Can I?
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Take a Stand
This Is Important
Tips for storytelling: Using gestures
Why is storytelling important?
Why should we tell family stories?
Write About a Family Tradition
Write Around
Write a Favorite Family Recipe
INDICATOR LA 3.2.2.d.Use precise word choice and domain-specific vocabulary to write in a variety of modes.

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Acrostic Poem
Create a Song
Hinky Pinky and Hinketty Pinketty
Please Can I?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 3.3.Speaking and Listening: Students will develop and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate for a variety of purposes.
STRAND LA 3.3.1.Speaking: Students will develop, apply, and refine speaking skills and strategies to communicate key ideas in a variety of situations.
INDICATOR LA 3.3.1.a.Communicate ideas and information in a clear and concise manner suited to the purpose, setting, and audience (formal voice or informal voice), using appropriate word choice, grammar, and sentence structure.

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20 Questions
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Create a Song
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Share Your Knowledge
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 3.3.1.b.Demonstrate appropriate speaking techniques (e.g., appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, clear pronunciation) for a variety of purposes and situations, including interpreting text.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Create a Song
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 3.3.1.d.Convey a perspective with clear reasoning and support.

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
My Library List
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 3.3.1.e.Ask pertinent questions to acquire or confirm information.

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Interview an Expert
Kitchen Conversations
Library Visit
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 3.3.Speaking and Listening: Students will develop and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate for a variety of purposes.
STRAND LA 3.3.2.Listening: Students will develop and demonstrate active listening skills across a variety of situations.
INDICATOR LA 3.3.2.a.Demonstrate active and attentive listening skills (e.g., eye contact, nonverbal cues, recalling, questioning) for multiple situations and modalities.

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Interview an Expert
Kitchen Conversations
Library Visit
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 3.3.2.b.Identify the purpose and credibility of information being presented in diverse media and formats.

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20 Questions Draw
Family Movie Night
INDICATOR LA 3.3.2.c.Complete a task following multi-step directions.

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Freeze Dance
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 3.3.Speaking and Listening: Students will develop and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate for a variety of purposes.
STRAND LA 3.3.3.Reciprocal Communication: Students will develop, apply, and adapt reciprocal communication skills.
INDICATOR LA 3.3.3.a.Demonstrate appropriate social etiquette and apply social cues when communicating.

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Conversations in the Car
INDICATOR LA 3.3.3.b.Demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to the appropriate use of words (e.g., stereotypes, multiple meanings of words) in conversation.

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Conversations in the Car
INDICATOR LA 3.3.3.c.Apply conversation strategies to recognize and consider new information presented by others in relationship to one's own ideas.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 3.3.3.d.Listen, ask clarifying questions, summarize, and respond to information being communicated and consider its contribution to a topic, text, or issue under study.

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20 Questions
20 Questions Draw
Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Freeze Dance
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Interview an Expert
Kitchen Conversations
Library Visit
Noun Charades
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
This Is Important
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
INDICATOR LA 3.3.3.e.Collaboratively converse with peers and adults on grade-appropriate topics and texts, building on others' ideas to clearly express one's own views while respecting diverse perspectives.

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Conversation Starters
Conversations in the Car
Family Interview
Guess Who
I Love My Family Because...
Kitchen Conversations
Noun Charades
Please Can I?
Sharing Chores and Your Day
Simon Says
Story Train
Story of Your Name
Take a Stand
Who Are Your Heroes?
Who's Coming to Dinner?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.LA 3.4.Multiple Literacies: Students will apply information fluency and practice digital citizenship.
STRAND LA 3.4.1.Information Fluency: Students will evaluate, create, and communicate information in a variety of media and formats (textual, visual, and digital).
INDICATOR LA 3.4.1.a.Locate, organize, and evaluate information from print and digital resources to generate and answer questions and create new understandings.

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20 Questions Draw
Family Movie Night
Guess Who
Reading Recipes
That's So Cool
What Will You Learn?

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Mathematics
Grade: K - Adopted: 2015
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.MP.NEBRASKA MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES
STRAND MP.1.Solves mathematical problems. Through the use of appropriate academic and technical tools, students will make sense of mathematical problems and persevere in solving them. Students will draw upon their prior knowledge in order to employ critical thinking skills, reasoning skills, creativity, and innovative ability. Additionally, students will compute accurately and determine the reasonableness of solutions.

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Building a Fort
Car Time Math
Family Math Book
How Many Legs?
STRAND MP.2.Models and represents mathematical problems. Students will analyze relationships in order to create mathematical models given a real-world situation or scenario. Conversely, students will describe situations or scenarios given a mathematical model.

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Family Math Book
When Five is Big
Would It Work?
STRAND MP.3.Communicates mathematical ideas effectively. Students will communicate mathematical ideas effectively and precisely. Students will critique the reasoning of others as well as provide mathematical justifications. Students will utilize appropriate communication approaches individually and collectively and through multiple methods, including writing, speaking, and listening.

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Building a Fort
More or Less
Salty Numbers
Would It Work?
STRAND MP.4.Makes mathematical connections. Students will connect mathematical knowledge, ideas, and skills beyond the math classroom. This includes the connection of mathematical ideas to other topics within mathematics and to other content areas. Additionally, students will be able to describe the connection of mathematical knowledge and skills to their career interest as well as within authentic/real-world contexts.

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Building a Fort
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.0.1.NUMBER: Students will communicate number sense concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.0.1.1.Numeric Relationships: Students will demonstrate, represent, and show relationships among whole numbers within the base-ten number system.
INDICATOR MA.0.1.1.a.Perform the counting sequence by counting forward from any given number to 100, by ones. Count by tens to 100 starting at any decade number.

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Add One
Card Sequencing and Counting
My Favorite Things
Number Lookout
Salty Numbers
Ten in a Row
What Am I Counting?
What Comes Next?
INDICATOR MA.0.1.1.c.Use one-to-one correspondence (pairing each object with one and only one spoken number name, and each spoken number name with one and only one object) when counting objects to show the relationship between numbers and quantities of 0 to 20.

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Count with Your Eyes
I See Three
In Ten Seconds
Pairs of Socks
Spill the Beans
What Am I Counting?
INDICATOR MA.0.1.1.d.Demonstrate the relationship between whole numbers, knowing each sequential number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.

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Numbers on My Back
Sneaky Math Note
INDICATOR MA.0.1.1.e.Count up to 20 objects arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle. Count up to 10 objects in a scattered configuration. Count out the number of objects, given a number from 1 to 20.

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Car Race
I See Three
In Ten Seconds
Sneaky Math Note
Spill the Beans
What Am I Counting?
What Do I Have?
INDICATOR MA.0.1.1.f.Write numbers 0 to 20 and represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0 to 20.

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Go Fish
My Favorite Things
Numbers on My Back
Sneaky Math Note
INDICATOR MA.0.1.1.g.Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some more ones by a drawing, model, or equation (e.g., 14 = 10 + 4) to record each composition and decomposition.

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Fishing for Tens
Give Me Five
Make Ten
Sneaky Math Note
What Do I Have?
What's Left?
INDICATOR MA.0.1.1.h.Compare the number of objects in two groups by identifying the comparison as greater than, less than, or equal to by using strategies of matching and counting.

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More or Less
The Biggest Number
INDICATOR MA.0.1.1.i.Compare the value of two written numerals between 1 and 10.

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Ten in a Row
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.0.1.NUMBER: Students will communicate number sense concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.0.1.2.Operations: Students will demonstrate the meaning of addition and subtraction with whole numbers and compute accurately.
INDICATOR MA.0.1.2.a.Fluently (i.e. automatic recall based on understanding) add and subtract within 5.

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Car Race
Math Fact Memory
Roll the Difference
Spill the Beans
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.0.2.ALGEBRA: Students will communicate algebraic concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.0.2.1.Algebraic Relationships: Students will demonstrate, represent, and show relationships with expressions and equations.
INDICATOR MA.0.2.1.a.Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, showing each decomposition with a model, drawing, or equation (e.g., 7 = 4 + 3 and 7 = 1 + 6).

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Fishing for Tens
Give Me Five
Make Ten
Sneaky Math Note
What Do I Have?
What's Left?
INDICATOR MA.0.2.1.b.For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, showing the answer with a model, drawing, or equation.

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Fishing for Tens
Give Me Five
Make Ten
Sneaky Math Note
What Do I Have?
What's Left?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.0.2.ALGEBRA: Students will communicate algebraic concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.0.2.3.Applications: Students will solve real-world problems involving addition and subtraction.
INDICATOR MA.0.2.3.a.Solve real-world problems that involve addition and subtraction within 10 (e.g., by using objects, drawings or equations to represent the problem).

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Car Race
Math Fact Memory
Roll the Difference
Spill the Beans
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.0.3.GEOMETRY: Students will communicate geometric concepts and measurement concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.0.3.1.Characteristics: Students will identify and describe geometric characteristics and create two- and three-dimensional shapes.
INDICATOR MA.0.3.1.a.Describe real-world objects using names of shapes, regardless of their orientation or size (e.g., squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, spheres, and cylinders).

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Canned
Is it a Triangle?
Shape Scavenger Hunt
INDICATOR MA.0.3.1.b.Identify shapes as two-dimensional (“flat”) or three-dimensional (“solid”).

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Shape Scavenger Hunt
INDICATOR MA.0.3.1.d.Model shapes found in the real world by building shapes from materials (e.g., clay and pipe cleaners) and drawing shapes.

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Is it a Triangle?
INDICATOR MA.0.3.1.e.Combine simple shapes to compose larger shapes (e.g., use triangle pattern blocks to build a hexagon).

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Is it a Triangle?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.0.3.GEOMETRY: Students will communicate geometric concepts and measurement concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.0.3.2.Coordinate Geometry: Students will determine location, orientation, and relationships on the coordinate plane.
INDICATOR MA.0.3.2.a.Describe the relative positions of objects (e.g., above, below, beside, in front of, behind, next to, between).

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Pattern Walk
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.0.3.GEOMETRY: Students will communicate geometric concepts and measurement concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.0.3.3.Measurement: Students will perform and compare measurements and apply formulas.
INDICATOR MA.0.3.3.a.Describe measurable attributes of real-world objects (e.g., length or weight).

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Blow Your House Down!
Hunt and Measure
Measurable Me
INDICATOR MA.0.3.3.b.Compare length and weight of two objects (e.g., longer/shorter, heavier/lighter).

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Blow Your House Down!
How Far Does It Fly?
Hunt and Measure
Measurable Me
Measure your Steps
Ramp Car Racing
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.0.4.DATA: Students will communicate data analysis/probability concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.0.4.2.Analysis & Applications: Students will analyze data to address the situation.
INDICATOR MA.0.4.2.a.Identify, sort, and classify objects by size, shape, color, and other attributes. Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning used.

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Card Sorting
I Spy a Coin
Toy Organization

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Mathematics
Grade: 1 - Adopted: 2015
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.MP.NEBRASKA MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES
STRAND MP.1.Solves mathematical problems. Through the use of appropriate academic and technical tools, students will make sense of mathematical problems and persevere in solving them. Students will draw upon their prior knowledge in order to employ critical thinking skills, reasoning skills, creativity, and innovative ability. Additionally, students will compute accurately and determine the reasonableness of solutions.

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Building a Fort
Car Time Math
Family Math Book
STRAND MP.2.Models and represents mathematical problems. Students will analyze relationships in order to create mathematical models given a real-world situation or scenario. Conversely, students will describe situations or scenarios given a mathematical model.

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Family Math Book
When Five is Big
Would It Work?
STRAND MP.3.Communicates mathematical ideas effectively. Students will communicate mathematical ideas effectively and precisely. Students will critique the reasoning of others as well as provide mathematical justifications. Students will utilize appropriate communication approaches individually and collectively and through multiple methods, including writing, speaking, and listening.

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Building a Fort
Category Hunt
One of These Is Not Like the Other
Would It Work?
STRAND MP.4.Makes mathematical connections. Students will connect mathematical knowledge, ideas, and skills beyond the math classroom. This includes the connection of mathematical ideas to other topics within mathematics and to other content areas. Additionally, students will be able to describe the connection of mathematical knowledge and skills to their career interest as well as within authentic/real-world contexts.

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Building a Fort
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.1.1.NUMBER: Students will communicate number sense concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.1.1.1.Numeric Relationships: Students will demonstrate, represent, and show relationships among whole numbers within the base-ten number system.
INDICATOR MA.1.1.1.a.Count to 120 by ones and tens, starting at any given number.

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I Can Make You Say 21
Ten in a Row
INDICATOR MA.1.1.1.b.Read and write numerals within the range of 0 – 120.

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Sneaky Math Note
Ten in a Row
INDICATOR MA.1.1.1.c.Write numerals to match a representation of a given set of objects for numbers up to 120.

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Sneaky Math Note
INDICATOR MA.1.1.1.d.Demonstrate that each digit of a two-digit number represents amounts of tens and ones, knowing 10 can be considered as one unit made of ten ones which is called a “ten” and any two-digit number can be composed of some tens and some ones (e.g., 19 is one ten and nine ones, 83 is eight tens and three ones) and can be recorded as an equation (e.g., 19 = 10 + 9).

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How Many Fingers?
How Many Tens in 50?
Location Guess My Number
Stacking Pennies
Ten Dimes
INDICATOR MA.1.1.1.e.Demonstrate that decade numbers represent a number of tens and 0 ones (e.g., 50 = 5 tens and 0 ones).

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How Many Fingers?
How Many Tens in 50?
Location Guess My Number
Stacking Pennies
Ten Dimes
INDICATOR MA.1.1.1.f.Compare two two-digit numbers by using symbols <, =, and > and justify the comparison based on the number of tens and ones.

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Greater Than
I'm Thinking of a Number
Location Guess My Number
Ten in a Row
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.1.1.NUMBER: Students will communicate number sense concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.1.1.2.Operations: Students will demonstrate the meaning of addition and subtraction with whole numbers and compute accurately.
INDICATOR MA.1.1.2.a.Fluently (i.e., automatic recall based on understanding) add and subtract within 10.

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Addition War
Can you Make 21?
Car Race
Dice Knockout
Domino Addition
Domino Subtraction
Fifteen Fact Memory
Fishing for Doubles
Math Fact Memory
Roll the Difference
Spill the Beans
Ten Scoops
INDICATOR MA.1.1.2.b.Add and subtract within 20, using a variety of strategies (e.g., count on to make a ten).

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Addition War
Broken Calculator Keys
Can you Make 21?
Car Race
Dice Knockout
Domino Addition
Domino Subtraction
Fifteen Fact Memory
Fishing for Doubles
Math Fact Memory
Roll the Difference
Spill the Beans
Ten Scoops
INDICATOR MA.1.1.2.c.Find the difference between two numbers that are multiples of 10, ranging from 10 – 90 using concrete models, drawings or strategies, and write the corresponding equation (e.g., 90 – 70 = 20).

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Broken Calculator Keys
Family Math Book
Math Journal Walk
INDICATOR MA.1.1.2.d.Mentally find 10 more or 10 less than a two-digit number without having to count and explain the reasoning used (e.g., 33 is 10 less than 43).

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Broken Calculator Keys
Ten Dimes
Ten More
INDICATOR MA.1.1.2.e.Add within 100, which may include adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of ten using concrete models, drawings, and strategies which reflect understanding of place value.

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Broken Calculator Keys
Ten Dimes
Ten More
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.1.2.ALGEBRA: Students will communicate algebraic concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.1.2.1.Algebraic Relationships: Students will demonstrate, represent, and show relationships with expressions and equations.
INDICATOR MA.1.2.1.a.Use the meaning of the equal sign to determine if equations are true and give examples of equations that are true (e.g., 4 = 4, 6 = 7 – 1, 6 + 3 = 3 + 6, and 7 + 2 = 5 + 4).

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Family Math Book
Math Journal Walk
INDICATOR MA.1.2.1.b.Use the relationship of addition and subtraction to solve subtraction problems (e.g., find 12 – 9 = ___, using the addition fact 9 + 3 = 12).

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Ten Dimes
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.1.2.ALGEBRA: Students will communicate algebraic concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.1.2.2.Algebraic Processes: Students will apply the operational properties when adding and subtracting.
INDICATOR MA.1.2.2.a.Decompose numbers and use the commutative and associative properties of addition to develop addition and subtraction strategies including (making 10’s and counting on from the larger number) to add and subtract basic facts within 20 (e.g., decomposing to make 10, 7 + 5 = 7 + 3 + 2 = 10 + 2 = 12; using the commutative property to count on 2 + 6 = 6 + 2; and using the associative property to make 10, 5 + 3 + 7 = 5 + (3 + 7) = 5 + 10).

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Fishing for Doubles
Fishing for Tens
Make Ten
Sneaky Math Note
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.1.2.ALGEBRA: Students will communicate algebraic concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.1.2.3.Applications: Students will solve real-world problems involving addition and subtraction.
INDICATOR MA.1.2.3.a.Solve real-world problems involving addition and subtraction within 20 in situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all parts of the addition or subtraction problem (e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem).

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Addition War
Bedtime Math Story
Broken Calculator Keys
Can you Make 21?
Car Race
Car Time Math
Dice Knockout
Domino Addition
Domino Subtraction
Family Math Book
Fishing for Doubles
Fishing for Tens
Input Output
Math Journal Walk
Restaurant Story Problems
Roll the Difference
Spill the Beans
Ten Scoops
The Final Price Is...
INDICATOR MA.1.2.3.b.Solve real-world problems that include addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20 by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol to represent the unknown number in the problem.

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Bedtime Math Story
Car Time Math
Domino Subtraction
Family Math Book
Fishing for Tens
Input Output
Math Journal Walk
Restaurant Story Problems
Spill the Beans
Ten Scoops
The Final Price Is...
INDICATOR MA.1.2.3.c.Create a real-world problem to represent a given equation involving addition and subtraction within 20.

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Bedtime Math Story
Family Math Book
Math Journal Walk
What's the Question?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.1.3.GEOMETRY: Students will communicate geometric concepts and measurement concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.1.3.1.Characteristics: Students will identify and describe geometric characteristics and create two- and three-dimensional shapes.
INDICATOR MA.1.3.1.a.Determine defining and non-defining attributes of two-dimensional shapes; build and draw shapes that match the given definition.

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Folding a Blanket
Mystery Shape
Paper Airplane Geometry
INDICATOR MA.1.3.1.b.Decompose circles and rectangles into two and four equal parts, using the terms “halves”, “fourths” and “quarters”, and use the phrases “half of”, “fourths of”, and “quarter of”.

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Folding Napkins
Folding a Blanket
Paper Airplane Geometry
INDICATOR MA.1.3.1.c.Use two-dimensional shapes (e.g., rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) and three-dimensional shapes (e.g., cubes, rectangular prisms, cones, and cylinders) to compose and describe new shapes.

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Folding a Blanket
Paper Airplane Geometry
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.1.3.GEOMETRY: Students will communicate geometric concepts and measurement concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.1.3.3.Measurement: Students will perform and compare measurements and apply formulas.
INDICATOR MA.1.3.3.a.Identify, name, and understand the value of dimes and pennies (e.g., a dime is equal to ten pennies) relating to tens and ones, and solve real-world problems involving dimes and pennies, using ¢ symbol appropriately (e.g., If you have four dimes and two pennies, how many cents do you have?).

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Counting Coins
INDICATOR MA.1.3.3.b.Tell and write time to the half hour and hour using analog and digital clocks.

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Body Clock
INDICATOR MA.1.3.3.c.Measure objects by using a shorter object end-to-end and know that the length of the object is the amount of same-size objects that span it lined up end-to-end.

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Hunt and Measure
INDICATOR MA.1.3.3.d.Order three objects by directly comparing their lengths, or indirectly by using a third object.

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How Far Does It Fly?
Hunt and Measure
Measurable Me
Ramp Car Racing

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Mathematics
Grade: 2 - Adopted: 2015
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.MP.NEBRASKA MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES
STRAND MP.1.Solves mathematical problems. Through the use of appropriate academic and technical tools, students will make sense of mathematical problems and persevere in solving them. Students will draw upon their prior knowledge in order to employ critical thinking skills, reasoning skills, creativity, and innovative ability. Additionally, students will compute accurately and determine the reasonableness of solutions.

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Building a Fort
Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
STRAND MP.2.Models and represents mathematical problems. Students will analyze relationships in order to create mathematical models given a real-world situation or scenario. Conversely, students will describe situations or scenarios given a mathematical model.

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Family Math Book
Is it Reasonable?
When Five is Big
STRAND MP.3.Communicates mathematical ideas effectively. Students will communicate mathematical ideas effectively and precisely. Students will critique the reasoning of others as well as provide mathematical justifications. Students will utilize appropriate communication approaches individually and collectively and through multiple methods, including writing, speaking, and listening.

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Building a Fort
Category Hunt
One of These Is Not Like the Other
STRAND MP.4.Makes mathematical connections. Students will connect mathematical knowledge, ideas, and skills beyond the math classroom. This includes the connection of mathematical ideas to other topics within mathematics and to other content areas. Additionally, students will be able to describe the connection of mathematical knowledge and skills to their career interest as well as within authentic/real-world contexts.

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Building a Fort
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.2.1.NUMBER: Students will communicate number sense concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.2.1.1.Numeric Relationships: Students will demonstrate, represent, and show relationships among whole numbers within the base-ten number system.
INDICATOR MA.2.1.1.a.Count within 1000, including skip-counting by 5s, 10s, and 100s starting at a variety of multiples of 5, 10 or 100.

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Buzz on 3
Dollars and Dice
One Hundred More
INDICATOR MA.2.1.1.b.Read and write numbers within the range of 0 – 1,000 using standard, word, and expanded forms.

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All About My Number
Dollars and Dice
Place Value Dice
Sneaky Math Note
Thousand More
INDICATOR MA.2.1.1.c.Demonstrate that each digit of a three-digit number represents amounts of hundreds, tens and ones (e.g., 387 is 3 hundreds, 8 tens, 7 ones).

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All About My Number
How Much to 1,000?
Less Than
Place Value Battle
Place Value Dice
INDICATOR MA.2.1.1.d.Demonstrate that 100 represents a group of ten tens.

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All About My Number
How Much to 1,000?
Location Guess My Number
Place Value Dice
INDICATOR MA.2.1.1.e.Compare two three-digit numbers by using symbols <, =, and > and justify the comparison based on the meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones.

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Greater Than
Is it Reasonable?
Less Than
Location Guess My Number
Place Value Battle
The Greater Number
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.2.1.NUMBER: Students will communicate number sense concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.2.1.2.Operations: Students will demonstrate the meaning of addition and subtraction with whole numbers and compute accurately.
INDICATOR MA.2.1.2.a.Fluently (i.e. automatic recall based on understanding) add and subtract within 20.

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Addition War
Can you Make 21?
Fifteen Fact Memory
Fishing for Doubles
Subtraction War
INDICATOR MA.2.1.2.b.Add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, including the standard algorithm, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

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2-Digit Addition War
Addition War
Broken Calculator Keys
Can I Stump You?
Can you Make 21?
Close Call
Coupon Savings
Dollars and Dice
Fishing for Doubles
How Much to 1,000?
Race to Zero
Skunk Addition
Subtraction Switch
The Answer Is
Thousand More
What's the Difference?
INDICATOR MA.2.1.2.c.Mentally add or subtract 10 or 100 to/from a given number 100-900.

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Addition War
Can you Make 21?
Dollars and Dice
Fifteen Fact Memory
Fishing for Doubles
Subtraction War
INDICATOR MA.2.1.2.d.Add up to three two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and understanding of properties.

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2-Digit Addition War
Broken Calculator Keys
Can I Stump You?
Close Call
Coupon Savings
Dollars and Dice
How Much to 1,000?
Skunk Addition
The Answer Is
Thousand More
INDICATOR MA.2.1.2.e.Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models, drawings, and strategies, which reflect understanding of place value and properties of operations.

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2-Digit Addition War
Addition War
Broken Calculator Keys
Can I Stump You?
Can you Make 21?
Close Call
Coupon Savings
Dollars and Dice
Fishing for Doubles
How Much to 1,000?
Race to Zero
Skunk Addition
Subtraction Switch
The Answer Is
Thousand More
What's the Difference?
INDICATOR MA.2.1.2.f.Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in an array no larger than five rows and five columns and write an equation to express the total (e.g., 3 + 3 + 3 = 9).

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An Array of Brownies
Family Math Book
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.2.2.ALGEBRA: Students will communicate algebraic concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.2.2.3.Applications: Students will solve real-world problems involving addition and subtraction.
INDICATOR MA.2.2.3.a.Solve real-world problems involving addition and subtraction within 100 in situations of addition and subtraction, including adding to, subtracting from, joining and separating, and comparing situations with unknowns in all positions using objects, models, drawings, verbal explanations, expressions and equations.

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Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
Input Output
Make One Up
Restaurant Story Problems
INDICATOR MA.2.2.3.b.Create real-world problems to represent one- and two-step addition and subtraction within 100, with unknowns in all positions.

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Family Math Book
Make One Up
What's the Question?
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.2.3.GEOMETRY: Students will communicate geometric concepts and measurement concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.2.3.1.Characteristics: Students will identify and describe geometric characteristics and create two- and three-dimensional shapes.
INDICATOR MA.2.3.1.a.Recognize and draw shapes having a specific number of angles, faces, or other attributes, including triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons.

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Mystery Shape
Paper Airplane Geometry
INDICATOR MA.2.3.1.c.Divide circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal parts. Describe the parts using the language of halves, thirds, fourths, half of, a third of, a fourth of.

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Counting Fractions
Paper Airplane Geometry
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.2.3.GEOMETRY: Students will communicate geometric concepts and measurement concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.2.3.3.Measurement: Students will perform and compare measurements and apply formulas.
INDICATOR MA.2.3.3.a.Solve real-world problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.

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Coupon Savings
Dollars and Dice
What's in a Dollar?
INDICATOR MA.2.3.3.c.Identify and use appropriate tools for measuring length (e.g., ruler, yardstick, meter stick, and measuring tape).

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Three Questions
INDICATOR MA.2.3.3.e.Measure and estimate lengths using inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.

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How Far Does It Fly?
Ramp Car Racing
Three Questions
INDICATOR MA.2.3.3.f.Compare the difference in length of objects using inches and feet or centimeters and meters.

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How Far Does It Fly?
Ramp Car Racing

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Mathematics
Grade: 3 - Adopted: 2015
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.MP.NEBRASKA MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES
STRAND MP.1.Solves mathematical problems. Through the use of appropriate academic and technical tools, students will make sense of mathematical problems and persevere in solving them. Students will draw upon their prior knowledge in order to employ critical thinking skills, reasoning skills, creativity, and innovative ability. Additionally, students will compute accurately and determine the reasonableness of solutions.

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Building a Fort
Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
STRAND MP.2.Models and represents mathematical problems. Students will analyze relationships in order to create mathematical models given a real-world situation or scenario. Conversely, students will describe situations or scenarios given a mathematical model.

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Family Math Book
That's Crazy!
When Five is Big
STRAND MP.3.Communicates mathematical ideas effectively. Students will communicate mathematical ideas effectively and precisely. Students will critique the reasoning of others as well as provide mathematical justifications. Students will utilize appropriate communication approaches individually and collectively and through multiple methods, including writing, speaking, and listening.

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Building a Fort
Category Hunt
STRAND MP.4.Makes mathematical connections. Students will connect mathematical knowledge, ideas, and skills beyond the math classroom. This includes the connection of mathematical ideas to other topics within mathematics and to other content areas. Additionally, students will be able to describe the connection of mathematical knowledge and skills to their career interest as well as within authentic/real-world contexts.

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Building a Fort
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.3.1.NUMBER: Students will communicate number sense concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.3.1.1.Numeric Relationships: Students will demonstrate, represent, and show relationships among whole numbers and simple fractions within the base-ten number system.
INDICATOR MA.3.1.1.a.Read, write and demonstrate multiple equivalent representations for numbers up to 100,000 using objects, visual representations, including standard form, word form, expanded form, and expanded notation.

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Dollars and Dice
Place Value Dice
Thousand More
INDICATOR MA.3.1.1.b.Compare whole numbers through the hundred thousands and represent the comparisons using the symbols >, < or =.

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Place Value Battle
The Greater Number
INDICATOR MA.3.1.1.c.Round a whole number to the tens or hundreds place, using place value understanding or a visual representation.

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Round Showdown
The Greater Number
INDICATOR MA.3.1.1.f.Show and identify equivalent fractions using visual representations including pictures, manipulatives, and number lines.

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Counting Fractions
Shape Up!
Sharing an Apple
INDICATOR MA.3.1.1.g.Find parts of a whole and parts of a set using visual representations.

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Counting Fractions
Shape Up!
INDICATOR MA.3.1.1.h.Explain and demonstrate how fractions ¼, ½, ¾ and a whole relate to time, measurement, and money, and demonstrate using visual representation.

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Counting Fractions
Shape Up!
INDICATOR MA.3.1.1.i.Compare and order fractions having the same numerators or denominators using visual representations, comparison symbols, and verbal reasoning.

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Fractions on a Number Line
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.3.1.NUMBER: Students will communicate number sense concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.3.1.2.Operations: Students will demonstrate the meaning of multiplication and division with whole numbers and compute accurately.
INDICATOR MA.3.1.2.a.Add and subtract within 1,000 with or without regrouping.

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2-Digit Addition War
Broken Calculator Keys
Can I Stump You?
Close Call
Coupon Savings
Dollars and Dice
How Much to 1,000?
Race to Zero
Skunk Addition
The Answer Is
Thousand More
What's the Difference?
INDICATOR MA.3.1.2.b.Select and apply the appropriate methods of computation when solving one- and two- step addition and subtraction problems with four-digit whole numbers through the thousands (e.g., visual representations, mental computation, paper-pencil).

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2-Digit Addition War
Broken Calculator Keys
Can I Stump You?
Can you Make 21?
Close Call
Coupon Savings
Dollars and Dice
How Much to 1,000?
Race to Zero
Skunk Addition
The Answer Is
Thousand More
What's the Difference?
INDICATOR MA.3.1.2.c.Use drawings, words, arrays, symbols, repeated addition, equal groups, and number lines to explain the meaning of multiplication.

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I Spy Sums and Products
Table Times
INDICATOR MA.3.1.2.e.Multiply one digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range of 10 to 90.

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Domino Division
I Spy Sums and Products
Let's Go to 100
Math Mind Reading
Multiplication War
Over Under
Product Practice
INDICATOR MA.3.1.2.f.Use objects, drawings, arrays, words and symbols to explain the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., if 3 x 4 = 12 then 12 ÷ 3 = 4).

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Domino Division
Fair Share
I Spy Sums and Products
Let's Go to 100
Math Mind Reading
Product Practice
INDICATOR MA.3.1.2.h.Determine the reasonableness of whole number sums and differences in real-world problems using estimation, compatible numbers, mental computations, or other strategies.

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Can I Stump You?
Family Math Book
Input Output
Let's Go to 100
Make One Up
Restaurant Story Problems
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.3.2.ALGEBRA: Students will communicate algebraic concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.3.2.1.Algebraic Relationships: Students will demonstrate, represent, and show relationships with expressions and equations.
INDICATOR MA.3.2.1.b.Interpret a multiplication equation as equal groups (e.g., interpret 4 × 6 as the total number of objects in four groups of six objects each). Represent verbal statements of equal groups as multiplication equations.

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I Spy Sums and Products
Table Times
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.3.2.ALGEBRA: Students will communicate algebraic concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.3.2.2.Algebraic Processes: Student will apply the operational properties when multiplying and dividing.
INDICATOR MA.3.2.2.a.Apply the commutative, associative, and distributive properties as strategies to multiply and divide.

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I Spy Sums and Products
Multiplication War
INDICATOR MA.3.2.2.b.Solve one-step whole number equations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, including the use of a letter to represent the unknown quantity.

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Math Mind Reading
Parts Unknown
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.3.3.GEOMETRY: Students will communicate geometric concepts and measurement concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.3.3.1.Characteristics: Students will identify and describe geometric characteristics and create two- and three-dimensional shapes.
INDICATOR MA.3.3.1.c.Draw lines to separate two-dimensional figures into equal areas, and express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole.

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Counting Fractions
Shape Up!
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.3.3.GEOMETRY: Students will communicate geometric concepts and measurement concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.3.3.3.Measurement: Students will perform and compare measurements and apply formulas.
INDICATOR MA.3.3.3.a.Find the perimeter of polygons given the side lengths, and find an unknown side length.

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Cracker Perimeter & Area
INDICATOR MA.3.3.3.b.Tell and write time to the minute using both analog and digital clocks.

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Now is the Time
INDICATOR MA.3.3.3.c.Solve real-world problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals and find elapsed time.

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Now is the Time
INDICATOR MA.3.3.3.d.Identify and use the appropriate tools and units of measurement, both customary and metric, to solve real-world problems involving length, weight, mass, liquid volume, and capacity (within the same system and unit).

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Cooking Estimation
Double the Recipe
Reading Recipes
INDICATOR MA.3.3.3.e.Estimate and measure length to the nearest half inch, quarter inch, and centimeter.

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How Far Does It Fly?
Ramp Car Racing
INDICATOR MA.3.3.3.f.Use concrete and pictorial models to measure areas in square units by counting square units.

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Cracker Perimeter & Area
INDICATOR MA.3.3.3.g.Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by modeling with unit squares, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.

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Cracker Perimeter & Area
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.3.4.DATA: Students will communicate data analysis/probability concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.3.4.1.Representations: Students will create displays that represent data.
INDICATOR MA.3.4.1.a.Create scaled pictographs and scaled bar graphs to represent a data set—including data collected through observations, surveys, and experiments—with several categories.

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Graphing Walking Goals
CONTENT STANDARD NE.MA.3.4.DATA: Students will communicate data analysis/probability concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
STRAND MA.3.4.2.Analysis & Applications: Students will analyze data to address the situation.
INDICATOR MA.3.4.2.a.Solve problems and make simple statements about quantity differences (e.g., how many more and how many less) using information represented in pictographs and bar graphs.

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Graphing Walking Goals

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Science
Grade: K - Adopted: 2017
CONTENT STANDARD NE.SC.K.7.Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment
STRAND SC.K.7.2.Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of interdependent relationships in ecosystems.
INDICATOR SC.K.7.2.A.Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

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Family Sensory Walk
INDICATOR SC.K.7.2.C.Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.

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Family Sensory Walk

Nebraska Core Academic Content Standards
Science
Grade: 1 - Adopted: 2017
CONTENT STANDARD NE.SC.1.6.Structure, Function, and Information Processing
STRAND SC.1.6.2.Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence to show the relationship between structure and function in living things.
INDICATOR SC.1.6.2.D.Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

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Family Sensory Walk