Schedule & Curriculum
Not knowing is NOT failure. It is the first step of understanding. Learning is a process!
Areas of Study:
Reading:
Unit 1: Building a Reading Life
Unit 2: Supporting Foundational Skills in Nonfiction Reading
Unit 3: Reading and Text-Based Evidence
Unit 4: Learning Through Reading
Unit 5: Comparing and Contrasting - Tackling Complex Text
Writing:
Unit 1: Narrative Writing - Revisiting Narratives and Realistic Fiction
Unit 2: Opinion Writing - Personal/Persuasive Essay
Unit 3: Opinion Writing - Literary Essay
Unit 4: Informational Writing - Growing as Writers
Unit 5: Narrative Writing - Narrative Craft
Unit 6: Testing as a Genre
Unit 7: Informational Writing - History Comes to Life
Math:
Applying Place Value Concepts in Addition and Subtraction
Exploring Factors & Multiples
Using Multiplication and Division Strategies
Composing and Decomposing Fractions for Addition and Subtraction
Recognizing & Analyzing Attributes of 2D Shapes
Understanding Fraction Equivalence & Comparison
Angle Measurement
Introducing Measurement Conversions
Solving Problems Using Multiplicative Comparison
Solving Measurement Problems Using Operations
Solving Addition & Subtraction Problems with Fractions
Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers
Comparing Decimal Fractions
Problem Solving with Whole Numbers
Science:
Forms of Energy - Light and Sound
Stars and the Solar System
Weather and Climate
Characteristics and Growth of Organisms
Social Studies:
Exploration and Native Americans
Settlement of the United States
Colonies United
A Nation Emerges
Motivations to Expand
Effects of Expansion
A Nation Divided
Rebuilding a Nation