LANGUAGE ARTS

Reading / Literature

·         Read to analyze story elements in a given fictional selection

·         Analyze selections to identify the author’s purpose

·         Use fictional & non-fictional genre

·         Reading fluency

·         Use word study/content clues to determine meanings

·         Correctly spell a selected list of high frequency words and frequently misspelled words

·         Use the writing process for narrative, persuasive, and descriptive/expository selections

·         The process of writing reports incorporating appropriate reference sources

·         Become familiar with diagrams, charts, etc.

 

MATHEMATICS

   Note:  Automatic application of basic factsis essential.  Regular practice at  home is expected.             

 

·         Number Theory:  Read and write decimals and order a list of decimals to the thousandths

·         Estimation/Calculation:  Review addition and subtraction of whole numbers, multiplication of 2 and 3 digit whole numbers, place value

·         Geometry:  Volume, property of polygons, angles, coordinate graphing, and areas of shapes

·         Measurement of metric units, volume conversion of measurements: customary and metric

·         Fractions and Decimals:  Fraction wholes and parts, compare fractions, greatest common factor, least common multiple; equivalent fractions, convert fractions to decimals; add, subtract and multiply, divide fractions, one prime factorization of whole numbers

·         Data Collection:  Mean, mode, organizing data (tables), gathering and analyzing - construct and interpret line graph

·         Division:  Divide using a two-digit divisor and a four-digit

 

 

dividend to find the estimated and actual quotients

·         Algebra Concepts and Skills:  Algebraic expressions

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

Students will focus primarily on the study of the early history of the United States, through the Westward Expansion.  Geography, economics, and civic responsibility are included in this study.

 

·         Core Democratic Values

·         People of the Americas

·         North America Explorers

·         Colonization and Conflict

·         American Revolution - Independence

·         Structure of the U.S. Government

·         Westward Expansion

·         Current Events - Time for Kids

·         New Nation - Industrial Revolution

·         Slavery and Emancipation

·         Civil War and Reconstruction

 

 

 

SCIENCE

·         Classifying Animals

                Invertebrates/vertebrates

                Animal kingdom

·         Earth Science 

                Water cycle and waves

                 Pollution:  land, air, water and recycling,

                Atmosphere

                Weather:  air masses, clouds, fronts, weather  maps

·         Electricity

                Static and current electricity

                Series/parallel circuit

                Production of electricity

·         Physical Science

                Physical and chemical changes

                Mixtures

                Parts of an atom

                Molecules

                Compounds

·         Human Body

                  Skeletal  System

                  Respiratory System

                  Circulatory System

                  Excretion System

·         Sounds

                Vibration, pitch and sound waves

·         Simple Machines

                Inclined  plane

                Wedge

                Wheel                                                                    

                Screw

                Pulley

                Axle