For the featured breakout Make Some Noise! and the Grade 2 idea set — aligned to the 2021 Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science (§112.4). Pitched to early readers: observe, sort, sequence, and name.
Recurring themes: patterns, cause & effect, forms of energy, systems.
| Lock | Skill / thinking move | TEKS (aligned to) | Teacher move |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 · Sequence Hear the drum | Order how a vibration becomes a sound you hear. | 2.8(A) sound is made by vibrating matter; 2.5(A) patterns. | Feel a drum or a tuning fork vibrate |
| L2 · Multiple choice What makes sound | Choose vibration as the cause of sound. | 2.8(A) vibrations cause sound. | Hum with a hand on your throat |
| L3 · Picture sort Things that vibrate | Pick the real sound-makers; leave out a true-but-silly fact. | 2.8(A) sound sources; 2.1(B) use evidence. | Sort picture cards together |
| L4 · Word Name it | Name what a sound-maker does. | 2.8(A) / 2.3(A) observe & describe. | Say it, then type it (help as needed) |
Pair the breakout with the hands-on String Phone challenge — build a cup-and-string telephone to send your voice across the room, then make it work even better. Anchored in 2.8(A) and 2.8(C) (design a device that uses sound to communicate over a distance) plus engineering practices 2.1(B), 2.1(G), 2.2(D).
The More Grade 2 breakouts add one short activity per big idea: solids & liquids (2.6A), changing matter (2.6B), pushes & collisions (2.7), Sun & Moon (2.9), wind & water moving Earth (2.10A), measuring & wild weather (2.10B/C), resources & recycling (2.11), producers & consumers (2.12B), moving pollen & seeds (2.12C), and growing up different / metamorphosis (2.13D).
Design every lesson for all learners: UDL supports (CAST v3.0), ELPS supports for emergent bilingual students, and a lesson-plan guide — each in all seven languages. See also the full standards correlation.
Standards are aligned to, not reproduced from, the official TEKS.