Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

Knowledge Standards

2.3A identify and use information on maps and globes using basic map elements such as title, cardinal directions, and legend;
2.3B create maps to show places and routes within the home, school, and community.
2.4A identify major landforms and bodies of water, including each of the seven continents and each of the oceans, on maps and globes;
2.4B locate places, including the local community, Texas, the United States, the state capital, the U.S. capital, and the bordering countries of Canada and Mexico on maps and globes.

Skills Standards

2.15A gather information about a topic using a variety of valid oral and visual sources such as interviews, music, pictures, maps, and artifacts;
2.15B interpret oral, visual, and print material by sequencing, categorizing, identifying the main idea, predicting, comparing, and contrasting.
2.16A describe the order of events by using designations of time periods such as historical and present times;
2.16B apply vocabulary related to chronology, including past, present, and future;
2.16C create and interpret timelines for events in the past and present;
2.16D use social studies terminology correctly;
2.16E express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences;
2.16F create written and visual material such as stories, maps, and graphic organizers to express ideas.
2.17A use problem-solving and decision-making processes to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution.

English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS)

use visual, contextual, and linguistic support to enhance and confirm understanding of increasingly complex and elaborated spoken language.[2E]

share information in cooperative learning interactions.[3E]

demonstrate English comprehension and expand reading skills by employing inferential skills such as predicting, making connections between ideas, drawing inferences and conclusions from text and graphic sources, and finding supporting text evidence commensurate with content area needs.[4J]

write using newly acquired basic vocabulary and content-based grade-level vocabulary.[5B]

write using a variety of grade-appropriate sentence lengths, patterns, and connecting words to combine phrases, clauses, and sentences in increasingly accurate ways as more English is acquired.[5F]