November

Advanced Math

Students will be learning:

To evaluate algebraic expressions for given replacement values of the variables.
To solve two-step linear equations in one variable, including practical problems that require the solution of a two-step linear equation in one variable.
To solve one- and two-step linear inequalities in one variable, including practical problems, involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and graph the solution on a number line.

Students will continue to learn:

Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers.
Solve single-step and multistep practical problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions and mixed numbers.
Solve multistep practical problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals.

Students will learn to:

Students will learn to:

Adjust their thinking based on how the author presents and organizes information in order to understand the information and messages the author is communicating.
Evaluate their theories against other texts and media to create new understandings about the world and take action.
Consider the perspectives of others to broaden their own thinking through discussion.

Students will learn to:

Write a factual story in the form of a picture book, journal entries, or blog.
Use elaboration techniques (dialogue, character & setting description) to reveal the historical time period.
Use the narrative form to teach others.
Include an interesting lead to grab readers' attention.
Use subject specific vocabulary to show understanding of the topic.

American Indians

Students will learn to:

Describe how archeologists have recovered material evidence of ancient settlements, including Cactus Hill in Virginia.
Locate where different groups of American Indians live and lived, with emphasis on the Arctic (Inuit), Northwest (Kwaikiutl), Plains (Lakota), Southwest (Pueblo), and Eastern Woodlands (Iroquois).
Describe how the American Indians used the resources in their environment.

West African Empires

Students will learn to:

Identifying the location and describing the characteristics of West African societies (Ghana, Mali, and Songhai) and their interactions with traders.

Explorers

The student will learn to:

apply social science skills to understand European exploration in North America and West Africa by describing the motivations for, obstacles to, and accomplishments of the Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English explorations.
They will also learn about the cultural and economic interactions between Europeans and American Indians that led to cooperation and conflict, with emphasis on the American Indian and European concept of land.

Earth's Energy Budget

The student will investigate and understand that there are basic sources of energy and that energy can be transformed. Key ideas include

Students will investigate and understand that air has properties and that Earth’s atmosphere has structure and is dynamic. Key ideas include

the atmosphere has physical characteristics;
properties of the atmosphere change with altitude;
atmospheric measures are used to predict weather conditions; and
weather maps give basic information about fronts, systems, and weather measurements.

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