Common Core Reading (CCSS):

• Informational/NonFiction Standards R.I 1-10 for grades K-2.
• Writing Standards W1,2,4,5,6,7,9 for grades K-2.
• Listening and Speaking Standards SL1-SL6. 

NGSS Standards:

• K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. 
• K-ESS2-2: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
• K-ESS3-1: Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
• K-ESS3-3: Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
• 1-LS1-2: Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
• 1-LS3-1: Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
• 2-LS4-1: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
• NGSS SEP: Asking questions, developing models, obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information.