KINDERGARTEN

Essential Standard and Clarifying Objectives / Formative Assessment Probe volume, title and page number / Description of probe
K.E.1 Understand change and observable patterns of weather that occur from day to day and throughout the year.
K.E.1.1 Infer that change is something that happens to many things in the environment based on observations made using one or more of their senses.
K.E.1.2 Summarize daily weather conditions noting changes that occur throughout the year.
K.E.1.3 Compare weather patterns that occur from season to season. / Added probe
Dress Me Up!
Attachment 1 / Elicits student ideas about weather and how it impacts daily life.

GRADE 1

Essential Standard and Clarifying Objectives / Formative Assessment Probe volume, title and page number / Description of probe
1.P.1 Understand how forces (pushes and pulls) affect the motion of an object.
1.P.1.1 Explain the importance of a push or pull to changing the motion of an object.
1. P.1.2 Explain how some forces (pushes and pulls) can be used to make things move without touching them, such as magnets.
1.P.1.3 Predict the effect of a given force on the motion of an object, including balanced forces. / Added Probe
Make me go!
Attachment 2 / Elicits student ideas about force and motion.

GRADE 2

Essential Standard and Clarifying Objectives / Formative Assessment Probe volume, title and page number / Description of probe
2.L.2 Remember that organisms differ from or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism.
2.L.2.1 Identify ways in which many plants and animals closely resemble their parents in observed appearance and ways they are different.
2.L.2.2 Recognize that there is variation among individual organisms of a particular kind within a population. / Added probe
Like and Not Like
Attachment 3 / Elicits student ideas about how parents and offspring are alike and not alike.

Attachment 1 K.E.1

How would you dress Thomas for a sunny day at the beach?

Circle each thing that you think Thomas should wear.

North Carolina Essential Standards K-5 Guide to Keeley’s Formative Probes

Explain what you think Thomas should wear to the beach and some things that you think he should not.

Can you make up one or two rules about dressing for warm weather?

Attachment 2 1.P.1

How could you make the barbell move?

Circle each thing that you think might work.

yell kick push

pull lift

Explain the ways you think you might be able to make the barbell move.

Attachment 3 2.L.2

How is the tiger cub like its parents?

In the pictures above, you can see a tiger family. The father tiger is on the top, while the mother is in the picture below with their cubs.

Tell how a young tiger cub is like and not like each of its parents. Explain your thinking.

North Carolina Essential Standards K-5 Guide to Keeley’s Formative Probes