Language ArtsReading

• Comprehend using vocabulary skills and

word attack skills on unknown words

• Apply reading strategies to improve

understanding and fluency (inferences,

predicting, compare and contrast, cause

and effect, sequence of events,

facts and opinion, main ideas,

and connecting prior knowledge)

• Understand how literary elements contribute to stories

(theme, character, setting, plot, conflict, climax, and solution)

• Read and respond to a variety of literary works (realistic and

historical fiction, fantasy, nonfiction, biography, and poetry)

• Accelerated Reader

Writing/Grammar

• Use correct grammar, punctuation, spelling,

capitalization, and sentence structure

• Develop well-organized and coherent writing

• Write and edit compositions and essays to accomplish a variety

of purposes, such as persuasive, narrative, and expository

• Use resources to gather, analyze, and evaluate information

Oral Language

• Listen in formal and informal situations

• Listen and follow oral instructions

• Use speaking skills effectively using language appropriate to the

situation and audience

• Use information to communicate in oral and written form

Science

Life Science

• Understand the life processes

• Learn the parts of plant and animal cells • Learn the five kingdoms and how to divide them

• Classify animals - vertebrates vs. invertebrates; classify plants • Identify and observe simple life cycles

• Describe and compare offspring with their parents

Physical Science

Classifying Matter and Kitchen Chemistry Kit • Observe, collect data, hypothesize, and deduct

• Make generalizations about observations

• Accurately report and display results of an investigation

• Explore atoms, elements, molecules, compounds, and mixtures

• Identify physical and chemical properties and changes • Know the differences between solids, liquids, and gases

• Use appropriate science safety procedures

Electrical Energy and Get a Charge Kit • Investigate electrons, electric currents, and circuits

• Explore relationship between electricity and magnetism • Understand the function of generators • Distinguish between conductors and insulators

Earth Science

• Know the layers of the Earth • Know the atmospheric systems • Learn about weathering and erosion

• Learn how rocks change and fossils form

The Earth’s Resources

• Explain renewable and nonrenewable resources • Learn how water, land, & air resources can be conserved

• Realize the effect of reducing, reusing, and recycling

Scientific Method

• Know & apply the concepts & processes of scientific inquiry

• Note that similar investigations may not produce similar results Social Science

Political Systems

• Constitution

• Branches of the federal government

• Democracy

• Causes of the American Revolution

• Causes of the Civil War

Economics

• Trade.

• Early life on our continent

• Supply and demand

• Goods and services

Math

Whole Numbers

• Convert whole numbers to word,

standard, and expanded form

• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers

Decimals and Fractions

• Identify and compare decimals

• Add, subtract, and multiply decimals

• Compare and order fractions and mixed numbers

• Add, subtract, and multiply fractions

Geometry

• Find the perimeter, circumference, area, and volume of geometric

figures

• Measure, identify, and draw angles

• Identify and describe geometric shapes

• Identify congruent figures and lines of symmetry

Graphing, Probability, and Ratios/Percents

• Organize, display, and evaluate data using a variety of graphs

• Explore and understand probability

• Explore ratios, percentages, and decimal relationships

Measurement

• Measure using customary and metric units

• Convert within the metric and U.S. customary system

• Compare differences in degrees of temperature

Problem-solving

• Solve problems that are related to real situations

Ecology and CARE Kit

• Learn about the parts of an ecosystem

• Producer and Consumer roles in an ecosystem

• Predator/Prey relationships

• Construct and describe a food chain • Learn how water cycles through an ecosystem

History

• Explorers of the new world

• Colonial America

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• Early Westward Expansion

• Read and understand timelines

Geography

• Read and utilize maps, charts, and graphs

• Latitude and longitude

• Routes of important U.S. explorers

Health

Growing Up Well

• Bullying

• Relationships with friends

• Peer pressure

• Assertive behavior

• Alcohol

• Alcoholism

• Smokeless tobacco

Promoting Health and Preventing Illness and Injury

• Eye and dental care

• First aid and fire safety

• Analyzing media influence through advertising

• Effects of depleting ozone layer and sun exposure

• Environmental effects on health

Understand Human Body Systems and Factors That

Influence Growth and Development

• Recognize the parts and describe the function of the

skeletal, muscular, digestive, circulatory, respiratory,

and nervous systems

• Identify what gives the body its size and shape

• Define calorie and identify foods with high caloric content

• Recognize positive/negative affects of physical activity

• Classify foods by nutrient contribution

• Recognize reliable sources of food and dietary information

• Define puberty and its characteristics

• Recognize behaviors and choices that reduce health risks

• Interpret food label information

Mental and Social Health Sk

• illsCommunication skills and conflict in relationships

• Media influence on choices and behavior

• Decision-making and problem-solving

• Personal hygiene

• Identify safe/unsafe situations and place