Curriculum 

Reading & Language Arts: 

• I can apply critical thinking skills when reading "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury.

• I can evaluate specific elements of a short story through an annotating activity.

• I can synthesize my understanding of "There Will Come Soft Rains" through my chosen project.

• I can apply my knowledge about poetry through a Power of Poetry activity.

5th Grade Math: 

• I can review graphing skills I’ve learned in this unit in order to prepare for the test.

• I can do my best on the unit 7 data analysis test in order to show how much I’ve grown this unit.

• I can do my best on the coordinate plane pre assessment in order to obtain my appropriate challenge level. 

• I can identify parts of a coordinate graph, identify a specific ordered pair on a coordinate graph, and plot an ordered pair on a coordinate graph. 

Science: 

• I can use what I know about structures and functions to analyze fossils and give a hypothesis about the ecosystem from which they came.

• I can create and defend an initial argument about what type of ecosystem was in Darmstadt, Germany 49 million years ago.

• I can use the arguments of my group and other groups as well as new information about Darmstadt, Germany to begin to determine a final hypothesis for the type of ecosystem there 49 million years ago.

Social Studies:

• I can apply my knowledge about the Midwest States and Capitals through a test.

• I can determine the differences between the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution.

• I can summarize the first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution.

• I can synthesize my knowledge about the Declaration of Independence and the U. S. Constitution through my choices for this project.