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 4

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

Common Core Standards for English Language Arts

Grade 4 Reading Standards for Informational Text
RIT-1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RIT-2. Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
RIT-3. Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
RIT-4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
RIT-5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
RIT-6. Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
RIT-7. Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
RIT-8. Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
RIT-9. Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
RIT-10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

Grade 4 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 4 Writing Standards
W-1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
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. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (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 some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.
W-7. Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
W-8. Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.
W-9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
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 4 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 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
SL-2. Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
SL-3. Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
SL-4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
SL-5. Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
SL-6. Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small-group discussion); use formal English when appropriate to task and situation.

Next Generation Science Standards
Grade 4	Life Science	Earth’s Systems	Disciplinary Core Ideas	Science & Engineering Practices	Nature of Science
*Caretaking Our World’s Water*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Map Your Watershed		ESS-2	LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
Design and Build a Birdbath			LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
*Plants Are for the Birds*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.3, SE4.6	NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Grow Bird Food	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.b
My State Bird	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.b
Plants at Work	LS1-2		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.4, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
*Let’s Change Climate Change*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1	ESS2.D	LS1.A	SE4.4, SE4.6	NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Energy Challenge				SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.b
Replace and Avoid Challenge				SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
*Sharing Our Shores*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1		LS1.A, LS1.D	SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Camo Egg Hunt			LS1.B, LS4.C	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
Step Up, Stewards!…	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.6	NS4.b
Shorebird vs. Inland Bird Comparison	LS1-1		LS1.A, LS1.D	SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.5, SE4.6
*Raptors! The Birds of Prey*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS3-1, LS4-3		LS1.B, LS2.C, LS3.A, LS3.B, LS4.C, LS4.D	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Raptors 24/7	LS1-1, SL1-2		LS1.A, LS1.D	SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.5, SE4.6
Counting Hawks	LS1-1		LS1.A, SL1.D	SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
Eagle-Eyed Raptors
*Seabirds: Feathered Ocean Mariners*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1		LS1.A, LS1.D		NS4.a, NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Just Beak It!	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6
Getting the Message Out…				SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.b
What Keeps Seabirds Frost-Free?	LS1-1		LS1.AC	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
*Get to Know Birds*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.4, SE4.6	NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Eating Like a Bird	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
Looking for Field Marks	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
Build a Bird and Wildlife Park			LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
How Birds Get Their Names	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.6
What a Difference a Beak Makes	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.6
*Hooray for Hummingbirds!*
Student Magazine	LS3-1, LS3-2		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.4	NS4.a, NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Birdwatching, Scientifically	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
Pollination Demonstration	LS1-1, LS1-2		LS1.A, LS1.D	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6
Of Sabrewings, Sicklebills, …	LS3-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a
*Birds on the Move*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1, LS2		LS1.A, LS1.D		NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
North and South	LS1-1		LS1.A, LS1.D	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.b
Pen Pals for Birds		ESS-2	LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.6	NS4.b
For the Birds	LS1-2	ESS-2		SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
*The Buzz About Native Bees*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1		LS1.A, LS1.D	SE4.1, SE4.4, SE4.6	NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Pollination Demonstration	LS1-1		LS1.A, LS1.D	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
Bee Bundles	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
Native Bee Habitat Survey			LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
*Wading Birds*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1		LS1.A		NS4.a, NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Adaptations: A Matter of Survival	LS1-1		LS1.A
A Year in the Life	LS1-1		LS1.A, LS1.D	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.6	NS4.b
Signs for Life				SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
*Owl Prowl*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1		LS1.A, LS1.D	SE4.4, SE4.6	NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
You Finish the Story!	LS1-1		LS1.A
*At Home in a Habitat*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1		LS1.A
Teacher-led Activities:
Design and Build a Bird Feeder				SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
*City Life for Wildlife*
Student Magazine (PDF)	LS1-1		LS1.A, LS1.D	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.b
Teacher-led Activities:
Nature’s Time Line	LS1-1			SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
Park It!	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b
Schoolyard Habitat Survey	LS1-1		LS1.A	SE4.1, SE4.2, SE4.3, SE4.4, SE4.5, SE4.6	NS4.a, NS4.b

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade 4 Life Science
LS1-1. From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes. Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
LS1-2. Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain and respond to the information in different ways.

Grade 4 Earth’s Systems
ESS2-1. Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
ESS-2. Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.

Grade 4 Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS1.A: Structure and Function. Plants and animals have both internal and external structures that serve various functions in growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction.
LS1.D: Information Processing. Different sense receptors are specialized for particular kinds of information, which may be then processed by the animal’s brain. Animals are able to use their perceptions and memories to guide their actions.

Grade 4 Science & Engineering Practices
SE4.1. Asking questions and defining problems
SE4.2. Planning and carrying out investigations
SE4.3. Engaging in argument from evidence
SE4.4. Analyzing and interpreting data
SE4.5. Constructing explanations and designing solutions
SE4.6. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Grade 4 Nature of Science
NS4.a. Most scientists and engineers work in teams.
NS4.b. Science affects everyday life.