Standard 1.2

All students will refine perceptual, physical, and technical skills through creating dance, music, theater, and/or visual arts.

.3

Demonstrate technical skills in dance, music, theater, or visual arts, appropriate to students; developmental level.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
Family Fun

Standard 1.3

All students will utilize arts elements and arts media to produce artistic products and performances.

.1

Apply elements and media common to the arts to produce a work of art.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
Family Tradition

Standard 3.3

All students will write in clear, concise, organized language that varies in content and form for different audiences and purposes.

.3

Use writing to extend experience.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
Create Your Own History

.7

Use a variety of strategies and activities, such as brainstorming, listing, discussion, drawing, role playing, note-taking and journal writing, for finding and developing ideas about which to write.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
Jersey Fresh Real Tree
Create Your Own History

Standard 3.4

All students will read various materials and texts with comprehension and critical analysis.

.4

Use reading for different purposes, such as enjoyment, learning, and problem solving.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
Jersey Fresh Real Tree
Tree Match
The Benefits of Trees
All In A Day's Work
I'd Like To Buy A Vowel

.7

Use print concepts in developmentally appropriate ways.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
Family Fun
Tree Match

.9

Use prior knowledge to extend reading ability and comprehension and to link aspects of the text with experiences and people in their own lives.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
History In A Tree

.15

Expand vocabulary using appropriate strategies and techniques, such as word analysis and context clues.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
Jersey Fresh Real Tree
I'd Like To Buy A Vowel
The Real Tree Tradition Crossword Puzzle

Standard 5.1

All students will learn to identify systems of interacting components and understand how their interactions combine to produce the overall behavior of the system.

.1

Recognize that most things are made of components that, when assembled, can do things they could not do separately.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
Tree Life Cycle

.2

Recognize that since the components of a system usually influence one another, a system may not work if a component is missing.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
Tree Life Cycle

.3

Diagram the components of a system.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
Tree Life Cycle

Standard 5.5

All students will integrate mathematics as a tool for problem- solving in science, and as a means of expressing and/or modeling scientific theories.

.3

Use mathematical skills and concepts in ordering, counting, identifying, measuring, and describing.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
History In A Tree
What Kind Of Tree Is Your Tree?

Standard 5.6

All students will gain an understanding of the structure, characteristics, and basic needs of organisms.

.2

Determine the basic needs of organisms.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
The Benefits of Trees

.4

Show that plants and animals are composed of different parts serving different purposes and working together for the well-being of the organism.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
History In A Tree

.5

Describe the life cycles of organisms.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
Tree Life Cycle

Standard 5.7

All students will investigate the diversity of life.

.1

Recognize the diversity of plants and animals on earth.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
What Kind Of Tree Is Your Tree?

Standard 6.5

All students will acquire historical understanding of varying cultures throughout the history of New Jersey, the United States and the World.

.3

Describe the customs of people from different geographic, cultural, racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
The Real Tree Tradition Crossword Puzzle

.6

Examine particular events, and identify reasons why individuals from different cultures might respond to them in different ways.

Christmas Tree Activity name:
The Real Tree Tradition Crossword Puzzle