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READING and LANGUAGE ARTS
Use effective reading strategies to interpret and critically analyze literature
Use main ideas and supporting details to draw conclusions and create inferences
Use context clues to comprehend text
Identify author’s purpose in a variety of text
Establish connections to texts using background knowledge
Read to acquire and apply information
Compare/contrast, identify, and explain information, main ideas, and organization of a text
Read for enjoyment
Orally communicate information, opinions, and ideas to a variety of audiences
Engage effectively in classroom discussion
WRITING SKILLSPlan/research, revise, edit, and publish clear and effective writing as a part of the writing process
Create informative, narrative, and persuasive writing pieces
Write a 5 paragraph essay that includes an introduction, body, and conclusion
Understand and use parts of speech effectively, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives
Use punctuation and capitalization consistently in daily writing
Use and spell grade level words accurately in daily writing
SOCIAL STUDIESEarly migration to America
Native Americans of North America
European explorers and colonization
Life in the 13 colonies
French and Indian War
American Revolution
Forming our first government
Geography of the world
Current events
ARTRecognize a variety of art terms using the word wall.
Recognize Dali, Margrette, Moore, Michelangelo, and their works.
Recognize art from the Surrealism Movement
Use a variety of media to create a 2-D and 3-D art work.
MATHMastery of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts
Use place value to order and compare numbers
Use estimation skills to solve problems
Divide by 1 and 2 digit divisors
Use fractions, decimals, and percents to analyze numbers
Identify and analyze number patterns
Use and understand the orders of operation
Create graphs on a coordinate plane
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions
Understand and apply the concepts of fractional numbers
Measure using metric and standard units
Identify and classify 2 and 3 dimensional spaces
Identify and measure different types of angles
Calculate perimeter, area, and volume
Solve real world problems using higher order thinking skills and defend solution orally and in writing
SCIENCE and HEALTHSound and light energy
Earth and it’s resources
Properties of matter and energy
Newton’s Laws of Motion
Human body systems, components and growth
DARE Program
Observe, classify, measure, design, collect and organize data
Use scientific method to analyze data
PHYSICAL EDUCATIONActivities that improve sports specific skills
Rules and strategies to game situations
Activities to improve physical fitness levels
Understand and demonstrate good sportsmanship
Cooperative and positive participation in all activities
GUIDANCEIdentify the unique qualities of their classmates
List positive qualities about themselves
Demonstrate conflict resolution skills
Demonstrate how people cooperate with one another to reach goals in the classroom, home, and community
Understand the roles that ability and effort play in the achievement of career goals
Take and interpret a Career Clusters Interest Inventory
Interview a worker about their job and present the information about that job
Analyze and list the effect of bullies
Analyze and discuss online safety
COMPUTERSUse formal keyboarding skills to learn letter, number, and symbol key positions
Use application software including standard word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database applications
MUSICSing with proper breathing and improved vocal technique
Read and understand musical notation
Sing in unison with pitch and vocal technique
Identify meter in 2 versus meter in 3
Identify orchestral instruments and how they are played
Recognize composers of the classical era and their music
Identify form in music: AB, ABA, and rondo
Discuss and appreciate the various aspects of musical theater and ballet
Create a project demonstrating a knowledge of instruments and music of other cultures
BANDPerform on one instrument accurately, alone and with others
Perform second-year notes and rhythms as appropriate for their instrument
Sight read beginning-level music with accuracy
Demonstrate proper posture, breathing techniques and hand position
Perform music from different cultures and time periods
Perform two scales and arpeggios accurately for one octave
Improvise rhythmic variations
Perform beginning alternate fingerings and positions
CHORUSLearn and use proper posture for efficient vocal production
Utilize good breathing technique for well-supported vocal tone
Sing a variety of easy choral literature in both 2-part and 3-part mixed format
Learn about using “head voice” and “chest voice” to maintain healthy vocal production
Read, understand, and sing using musical notation specifically written for chorus
Learn about and utilize proper technique in forming vowels
Learn how and why to watch the conductor for entrance, cutoffs, dynamics, tempo, and expression
LIBRARYReview figurative language in texts
Identify author’s purpose
Review using dictionaries, thesaurus, and encyclopedia
Complete multiple research projects on chosen topics