Virginia SOL K.1.f

ScienceKindergartenScientific and Engineering Practices

SOL Standard (Key Ideas Cluster)

obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Virginia Standards of Learning for Science · The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific and engineering practices by

Cluster contents

K.1.f is a Standards of Learning science standard. These are the key ideas and practices under it.

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students observe two objects or conditions and tell how they compare. They share what they notice through speech, pictures, or labeled drawings.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students choose an accurate comparison word and identify the evidence they observed. Their picture or explanation clearly shows which item has more, less, greater length, weight, or temperature.
Common Misconceptions: Students may assume the larger object is always heavier. They may reverse comparison words or compare different features, such as calling a taller object heavier. Drawings may omit the detail being compared.
How to Assess It: Give each student a pencil and a crayon. Ask, “Which is longer?” then have the student draw both objects and explain the comparison aloud.

Lesson moves

Place classroom objects on a balance scale, then have students draw which object is heavier and which is lighter.
Show two containers with different amounts of water and ask, “What do you notice, and what evidence supports your comparison?”
Play Comparison Match by pairing object cards with word cards such as longer, shorter, more, and less.
Compare today’s outdoor temperature with yesterday’s temperature, then record whether today feels hotter or colder using a picture and sentence stem.

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