Virginia Standards of Learning

Strand: Earth Patterns, Cycles and Change


Kindergarten


Books To Read
Activities To Do
ClassroomResources
  • Investigating Science; Weather Watch; Creative Teaching Press
  • Science by the Season; Carson Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc.
  • The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
  • Literature Based Science Activities, An Integrated Approach by Audrey Brainard and Denise Wrubel; Scholastic Professional Books
  • Science Anytime, Harcourt Brace
  • Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak 
  • Hands on Science Activities by Christine Economos; Troll Teacher Ideas
  • Science Anytime, Harcourt Brace
  • The Busy Year by Leo Lionni



Grade 1

Books To Read
Activities To Do
Classroom Resources
  • The Cloud Book by Tomie DePaola
  • Chipmunk's Song by Joanne Ryder
  • A Busy Year by Leo Lionni





  • Grade 2

    Books To Read
    Activities To Do
    Classroom Resources

    Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens by Louise Borden, Scholastic
    Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons, Voyager
    Molly's Seasons by Ellen Kandoin, Cobblehill
    A Busy Year by Leo Lionni, Alfred A. Knopf
    Why Do Leaves Change Color? Betsy Maestro, Harper Collins
    Pond Year by Kathryn Lasky, Candlewick
    Chipmunk Song by Joanne Ryder, Lodestar/Dutton
    Under Your Feet by Joanne Ryder, Four Winds/Macmillan
    Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft and Richard Van Gelder, Scholastic
    Mousekin's Woodland Sleepers by Edna Miller, Prentice-Hall
    How to Hide a Butterfly by Ruth Heller, Platt & Munk
    Hiding Out, Camouflage in the Wild by James Martin, Crown
    Animals in Disguise by Martin Duprezm Charlesbridge
    Song of the Swallows by
    Leo Politti, Aladdin/Macmillan
    A Caribou Journey by Debbie Miller, Little, Brown
    This Way Home by Lisa Westberg Peters, Holt
    Serengeti Migration Africa's Animals on the Move by Lisa Lindbald, Hyperion
    Monarch Butterflies by Bianca Lavies, Dutton
    The Snail's Spell by Joanne Ryder, Scholastic





    Grade 3
    Books To Read
    Activities to Go
    Classroom Resources
    • Chipmunk's Song by Joanne Ryder
    • A Busy Year by Leo Lionni
    • The Year at Maple Hill Farm, Alice and Martin Provensen
    • Dirt-Cheap Science - Scholastic
    • The Cloud Book - Tommy de Paola


    the Water Cycle



    Grade 4
    Books To Read
    Activities To Do
    Classroom Resources
    • Why Doesn't The Earth Fall Up? And 
                Other Not Such Dumb Questions About Motion by Vicki Cobb
    • Tell Me About: Sun, Stars, And Planets by Tom Stacy
    • Wings: The Last Book Of The Bromeliad by Terry Pratchett
    • Voyager: An Adventure To The Edge Of The Solar System by Sally Ride and Tom O'shaughnessy
    • The Big Dipper And You by E. C. Krupp
    • Could You Ever Meet An Alien by David Darling
    • Galileo And The Universe by Steve Parker
    • Raven's Light: A Myth From The People Of The Northwest Coast by Susan Hand Shietterly
    • How The Stars Fell Into The Sky: A Navajo Legend Retold by Jerri Oughton
    • Post Cards From Pluto: A Tour Of The Solar System by Loreen Leedy
    • The Space Atlas by Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest
    • Unlocking The Universe: Stephen Hawking by Sheridan Simon
    • Quasars, Pulsars, And Black Holes by Isaac Asimov
    • To Space and Back by Sally Ride with Susan Okie



       


    Grade 5


    Grade 6