Winter Trimester

Math:

Measurement, Time, and Graphs

Understanding measurement and data to help us represent and solve problems in the real world.

Write Equations to Solve Word Problems

Using flexibility and models to support problem solving.

Polygons, Perimeter, and Area

Understanding shapes and their attributes to help determine perimeter and area.

Science:

Taking Up Space: Matter's Many Form

Discovering how matter changes from one state to another.

Social Studies:

People are Connected in the Economic Marketplace

Learning about how people are connected in the economic marketplace.

Reading:

Determining Main Ideas in Literature and Informational Texts

Learning how organizational features and structures help readers to understand explicit and implicit main ideas or central messages communicated by the author.

Reading and Researching a Variety of Sources

Readers analyze multiple pieces of informational texts written on similar topics.

Writing:

Informational: Writing about Research

Writers communicate what they learned from researching a topic of interest or studying specific content.

Opinion: Making My Voice Heard

Learning how to organize thoughts to form an opinion about a certain topic in order to communicate it to the audience in an organized, meaningful way.