Audubon Adventures

Standards Correlations

Audubon Adventures is correlated to the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and the Next Generation Science Standards for grades 3-5. Select your grade, then scroll down to see the correlations.

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GRADE 3

Common Core Standards for English Language Arts
Grade 3	Reading Standards for Informational Text (RIT)	Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (FS)	Writing Standards (W)	Speaking & Listening Standards (SL)
*Caretaking Our World’s Water*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 7	SL 1, 2, 6
Teacher-led Activities:
Map Your Watershed	RIT 1, 3, 4, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	SL 1, 2, 6
Design and Build a Birdbath	RIT 1, 2, 4, 7	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10	SL 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
*Plants Are for the Birds*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4		SL 1, 2
Teacher-led Activities:
Grow Bird Food	RIT 4, 10	FS 3, 4		SL 1, 2
My State Bird	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10	SL 1, 2, 6
Plants at Work	RIT 4, 7	FS 3, 4		SL 1, 2
*Let’s Change Climate Change*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4		SL 1, 2, 6
Teacher-led Activities
Energy Challenge	RIT 1, 3, 4, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	SL 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Replace and Avoid Challenge	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 7	SL 1, 4, 6
*Sharing Our Shores*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4	W 4, 7, 8, 9	SL 1
Teacher-led Activities:
Camo Egg Hunt
Step Up, Stewards!	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10	SL 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Shorebird vs. Inland Bird Comparison	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10	SL 1, 2, 4, 6
*Raptors! The Birds of Prey*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 7	SL 1
Teacher-led Activities:
Raptors 24/7	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10	SL 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Counting Hawks	RIT 2, 3, 4, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2	SL 1, 2, 4, 6
Eagle-Eyed Raptors	RIT 1, 2, 10	FS 3, 4		SL1
*Seabirds: Feathered Ocean Mariners*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4		SL 1
Teacher-led Activities:
Just Beak It!				SL 1, 4, 6
Getting the Message Out…	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 5, 6, 7	SL 1, 2, 3, 6
What Keeps Seabirds Frost-Free?	RIT 1, 3, 4, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 10	SL 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
*Get to Know Birds*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4		SL 1, 2
Teacher-led Activities:
Eating Like a Bird	RIT 1, 4, 5, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	SL 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Looking for Field Marks	RIT 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10	FS 3, 4	W 7, 8	SL 1, 6
Build a Bird and Wildlife Park	RIT 1, 4, 5, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 7, 8	SL 1, 6
How Birds Get Their Names	RIT 1, 4, 5, 7	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 7, 8	SL 1, 6
What a Difference a Beak Makes	RIT 2, 3, 4, 7	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 7, 8	SL 1, 2, 4, 6
*Hooray for Hummingbirds!*
Student Magazine	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4		SL 1
Teacher-led Activities:
Birdwatching, Scientifically	RIT 3, 4, 7	FS 3, 4	W 7, 8	SL 1, 2, 4, 6
Pollination Demonstration			W 2, 3, 4, 7, 8	SL 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Of Sabrewings, Sicklebills, …	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10	FS 3, 4	SL 1, 2, 6	SL 1, 2, 6
*Birds on the Move*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4	W 6, 7, 8	SL 1, 2
Teacher-led Activities:
North and South	RIT 5, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10	SL 1, 3, 2, 4, 6
Pen Pals for Birds	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10	SL 1, 6
For the Birds	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10	FS 3, 4	W 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10	SL 1, 2, 4, 6
*The Buzz About Native Bees*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4		SL 1, 2
Teacher-led Activities:
Pollination Demonstration	RIT 1, 3, 4	FS 3, 4	W 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	SL 1, 4
Bee Bundles	RIT 1, 4, 10	FS 3, 4		SL 1, 6
Native Bee Habitat Survey	RIT 1, 3, 4	FS 3, 4	W 2, 3, 7, 8
*Wading Birds*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4		SL 1, 2
Teacher-led Activities:
Adaptations: A Matter of Survival	RIT 1, 4	FS 3, 4
A Year in the Life	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	SL 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Signs for Life	RIT 5, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 5, 7	SL 1, 6
*Owl Prowl*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4		SL 1, 2
Teacher-led Activities:
You Finish the Story!	RIT 4, 10	FS 3, 4	W 3, 4, 5	SL 4, 6
*At Home in a Habitat*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4	W 1, 2	SL 1, 2
Teacher-led Activities:
Design and Build a Bird Feeder	RIT 1, 3, 4	FS 3, 4	W 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	SL 1, 2, 6
*City Life for Wildlife*
Student Magazine (PDF)	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4	W 7	SL 1, 2
Teacher-led Activities:
Nature’s Time Line	RIT 3, 5		W 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	SL 1, 2, 4, 6
Park It!	RIT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	SL 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Schoolyard Habitat Survey	RIT 1, 4, 5, 7, 10	FS 3, 4	W 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	SL 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Common Core Standards for English Language Arts

Grade 3 Reading Standards for Informational Text
RIT-1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
RIT-2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
RIT-3. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
RIT-4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
RIT-5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
RIT-6. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
RIT-7. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
RIT-8. Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
RIT-9. Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
RIT-10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Grade 3 Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
FS-3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
FS-4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Grade 3 Writing Standards
W-1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
W-2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
W-3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
W-4. With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
W-5. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
W-6. With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
W-7. Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
W-8. Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
W-9. (Begins in grade 4)
W-10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Grade 3 Speaking and Listening Standards
SL-1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
SL-2. Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
SL-3. Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
SL-4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
SL-5. Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.
SL-6. Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.

Next Generation Science Standards
Grade 3	Life Science	Earth’s Systems	Disciplinary Core Ideas	Science & Engineering Practices	Nature of Science
*Caretaking Our World’s Water*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS4.3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D	SE3.1, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Map Your Watershed	LS4-3		LS4.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Design and Build a Birdbath				SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
*Plants Are for the Birds*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D		NS3.a, NS3.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Grow Bird Food	LS1-1		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
My State Bird	LS1-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D, ESS2.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Plants at Work	LS1-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D	SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
*Let’s Change Climate Change*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1, LS2-1, LS4-3	ESS2-2, ESS2.D	LS1.B, LS2.C, LS2.D, LS3.B, LS4.C, LS4.D		NS3.a, NS3.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Energy Challenge				SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Replace and Avoid Challenge				SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
*Sharing Our Shores*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1, LS2-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS3.B, LS4.C, LS4.D		NS3.a, NS3.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Camo Egg Hunt			LS1.B, LS4.C	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Step Up, Stewards!…	LS4-3		LS1.B, LS 2.C, LS3.A, LS3.B	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.5, SE3.6
Shorebird vs. Inland Bird Comparison	LS1-1, LS3-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS3.B, LS4.C, LS4.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.4, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
*Raptors! The Birds of Prey*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS3-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS3.A, LS3.B, LS4.C, LS4.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Raptors 24/7	LS3-1, LS4-3		LS3.A, LS3.B, LS4.C	SE3.1, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Counting Hawks	LS1-1		LS4.C	SE3.1, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Eagle-Eyed Raptors			LS4.C	SE3.1, SE3.3, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
*Seabirds: Feathered Ocean Mariners*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1, LS2-1, LS3-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS2.D, LS3.A, LS4.C, LS4.D, ESS2.D	SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Just Beak It!	LS3-1		L3.A, LS4.C	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Getting the Message Out…	LS1-1, LS2-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS2.D, LS4.C, LS4.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.5, SE3.6
What Keeps Seabirds Frost-Free?	LS4-3		LS3.A, LS4.C	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
*Get to Know Birds*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1, LS4-3		LS2.C, LS3.B, LS4.C		NS3.a
Teacher-led Activities:
Eating Like a Bird	LS1-1			SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Looking for Field Marks	LS3-1		LS3.A, LS3.B, LS4.C	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Build a Bird and Wildlife Park	LS1-1		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS4.C	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
How Birds Get Their Names	LS3-1		LS3.A, LS3.B, LS4.C	SE3.1, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
What a Difference a Beak Makes	LS4-3		LS3.A, LS3.B, LS4.C	SE3.1, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
*Hooray for Hummingbirds!*
Student Magazine	LS3-1, LS3-2	ESS2.D	LS1.B, LS4.D, ESS2.D	SL 1	NS3.a, NS3.b,
Teacher-led Activities:
Birdwatching, Scientifically			LS3.B	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Pollination Demonstration	LS1-1		LS1.B	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Of Sabrewings, Sicklebills, …	LS3-1		LS1.B, LS3.A, LS3.B	SE3.1, SE3.6
*Birds on the Move*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1, LS4-3	ESS2-2	LS1.B, LS2.C, LS3.A, LS3.B, LS4.C, LS4.D, ESS2.D		NS3.a, NS3.b
Teacher-led Activities:
North and South	LS1-1, LS4-3	ESS2-2	LS1.B, LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D, ESS2.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Pen Pals for Birds	LS1-1, LS4-3	ESS2-2	LS1.B, LS4.C, LS4.D, ESS2.D	SE3.1, SE3.6
For the Birds	LS1-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D, ESS2.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
*The Buzz About Native Bees*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1, LS2-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS2.D, LS3.B, LS4.C, LS4.D		NS3.a,
Teacher-led Activities:
Pollination Demonstration	LS1-1		LS1.B	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Bee Bundles	LS3-1		LS1.B, LS4.C	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE 3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Native Bee Habitat Survey	LS1-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D, ESS2.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE 3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
*Wading Birds*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1, LS2-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS2.D, LS3.B, LS4.C, LS4.D		NS3.a, NS3.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Adaptations: A Matter of Survival			LS3.B, LS4.C		NS3.a
A Year in the Life	LS1-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.D, LS3.A, LS4.C, LS4.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Signs for Life				SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.b
*Owl Prowl*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS3.B, LS4.C, LS4.D	SE3.4, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Teacher-led Activities:
You Finish the Story!				SE3.6	NS3.a
*At Home in a Habitat*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1, LS2-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS2.D, LS3.B, LS4.C, LS4.D		NS3.a, NS3.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Design and Build a Bird Feeder				SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
*City Life for Wildlife*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS3.A, LS4.C, LS4.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Nature’s Time Line			ESS2.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Park It!	LS4-3		LS1.B, LS 2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE 3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b
Schoolyard Habitat Survey	LS1-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D	SE3.1, SE3.2, SE3.3, SE3.4, SE 3.5, SE3.6	NS3.a, NS3.b

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade 3 Life Science
LS1-1. From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes. Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
LS2-1. Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics. Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
LS3-1. Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
LS4-3. Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity. Construct an argument that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

Grade 3 Earth’s Systems
ESS2-2. Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
ESS2.D. Weather and Climate. Climate describes a range of an area's typical weather conditions and the extent to which those conditions vary over years.

Grade 3 Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms. Reproduction is essential to the continued existence of every kind of organism. Plants and animals have unique and diverse life cycles.
LS2.C. Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience. When the environment changes in ways that affect a place’s physical characteristics, temperature, or availability of resources, some organisms survive and reproduce, others move to new locations, yet others move into the transformed environment, and some die.
LS2.D: Social Interactions and Group Behavior. Being part of a group helps animals obtain food, defend themselves, and cope with changes. Groups may serve different functions and vary dramatically in size
LS3.A: Inheritance of Traits. Many characteristics of organisms are inherited from their parents. Other characteristics result from individuals’ interactions with the environment, which can range from diet to learning.
LS3.B. Variation of Traits. Different organisms vary in how they look and function because they have different inherited information.
LS4.C. Adaptation. For any particular environment, some kinds of organisms survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
LS4.D. Biodiversity and Humans. Populations live in a variety of habitats, and change in those habitats affects the organisms living there.

Grade 3 Science & Engineering Practices
SE3.1. Asking questions and defining problems
SE3.2. Planning and carrying out investigations
SE3.3. Engaging in argument from evidence
SE3.4. Analyzing and interpreting data
SE3.5. Constructing explanations and designing solutions
SE3.6. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Grade 3 Nature of Science
NS3.a. Science knowledge is based on empirical evidence
NS3.b. Scientific investigations use a variety of methods