Activities in these areas will include:

 • Identifying the theme or main idea of a story, play, or poem

 •  Comparing stories from different cultures 

•  Explaining how an author uses facts, details, and evidence to support their points 

•  Reading and understanding information presented in charts, graphs, timelines, and other illustrations 

•  Learning the rules of spoken and written English 

•  Learning and using new words, including words related to specific subjects (such as science words) 

•  Participating in class discussions by listening, asking questions, sharing ideas, and building on the ideas of others

 •  Giving a class presentation on a topic or telling a story using relevant, organized facts and details and speaking clearly

 •  Writing stories with dialogue and descriptions of character’s actions, thoughts, and feelings 

•  Taking notes and organizing information from books, articles, and online sources to learn more about a topic 

•  Writing research or opinion papers over extended periods of time

Words Their Way™ is a curricular approach to phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The program is implemented as a supplemental curriculum in the district and aims to provide a practical way to study words with students. The purpose of word study (which involves examining, manipulating, comparing, and categorizing words) is to reveal logic and consistencies within written language and to help students achieve mastery in recognizing, spelling, and defining specific words.

Wonders, a comprehensive literacy curriculum, is designed to meet the challenges of today’s classroom and reach all learners. A wealth of research-based print and digital resources provide unmatched support for building strong literacy foundations, accessing complex fiction and nonfiction texts, writing to sources, and building social emotional learning skills. Whether in the core classroom, an English language learner, or benefiting from intervention support, Wonders provides students equity of access to rich texts and rigorous instruction.

Activities in these areas will include:

•  Adding and subtracting whole numbers up to 1 million quickly and accurately 

•  Solving multi-step word problems, including problems involving measurement and converting measurements from larger to smaller units 

•  Multiplying and dividing multi-digit numbers 

•  Extending understanding of fractions by comparing the size of two fractions with different numerators (top numbers) and different denominators (bottom numbers) 

•  Creating equal fractions  (3⁄4 =  3 x 2⁄4 x 2 = 6⁄ 8) 

•  Adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator 

•  Building fractions from smaller fractions (3⁄ 8 = 1⁄ 8+1⁄ 8+1⁄ 8) 

•  Connecting addition and subtraction of whole numbers to multiplying fractions by whole numbers 

•  Connecting addition of fractions to the concept of angle measurement 

•  Representing and interpreting data 

•  Converting fractions with denominators of 10 or 100 into decimals 

•  Locating decimals on a number line

•  Comparing decimals and fractions using the symbols > (more than),  = (equal to), and < (less than)

Students will experience activities that ensure a progression of knowledge in McGraw-Hill My Math curriculum materials throughout kindergarten to fifth grade.  This framework is a foundation for rigorous standards, resulting in a program that provides the conceptual understanding, key areas of focus, and connection to prior concepts and skills for each grade.

Students will learn:

• distinguish the responsibilities and powers of government officials at the local, state and national levels

• explain how a democracy relies on people’s responsible participation

• identify core civic virtues like honesty and mutual respect, as well as democratic principles like equality and respect for individual rights

• explain how rules and laws change society and how people change rules and laws in IL

• construct and interpret maps of IL and the United States using various media

• analyze how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places in IL change over time

• describe some of the current movements of goods, people, jobs and information within IL

• explain how profits reward and influence sellers

• describe how goods and services are produced using different types of resources

• analyze how spending choices are influenced by price as well as many other factors

• explain that income can be saved or spent on services, or used to pay taxes

• explain connections among historical contexts and why individuals and groups differed in perspectives

• explain probable causes and effects of events and developments in IL history

To pursue a lifetime of healthful physical activity, a physically literate individual: 

• Has learned the skills necessary to participate in a variety of physical activities. 

• Knows the implications and the benefits of involvement in various types of physical activities.

• Participates regularly in physical activity. 

• Is physically fit. 

• Values physical activity and its contributions to a healthful lifestyle

Physical Development and Health standards are embedded into the following 3rd-5th grade band of expectations: 

• Acquire movement and motor skills and understand concepts necessary to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity.

• Achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness based upon continual self-assessment.

• Develop skills necessary to become a successful member of a team by working with others during physical activity.

• Understand principles of health promotion and the prevention and treatment of illness and injury.

• Understand human body systems and factors that influence growth and development.

• Promote and enhance health and well-being through the use of effective communication and decision-making skills.