Module 1- This module uses literature and informational text to introduce students to what inspires people to write. It is intentionally designed to encourage students to embrace a love of literacy and writing. Students will read the novel in verse Love That Dog by Sharon Creech and explore it in depth. They will read and write various types of poetry and learn what different elements of poetry are as well as how to identify those elements.
Module 2- In this module, students explore animal defense mechanisms. They build proficiency in writing an informative piece, examining the defense mechanisms of one specific animal about which they build expertise. Students also build proficiency in writing a narrative piece about this animal.
Module 3- During module 3, students examine the question, "How does one's perspective influence his or her opinion?" Students consider the answer to this question through the lens of the American Revolution by building background knowledge about the Revolutionary War and the different perspectives of colonists. They will read about different groups within the Loyalists and Patriots, reading informational texts to determine the main idea, analyze the overall structure of the text, and summarize the texts. Students read the historical fiction play Divided Loyalties to deepen their understanding of the Patriot and Loyalist perspectives and will write opinion pieces from the Patriot and Loyalist perspectives in the form of broadsides.
Module 4- This module uses literature and informational texts to introduce students to gender and racial inequality issues in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, and to recognize how the process of ratifying the 19th Amendment can teach us about how people were responding to gender and racial inequality at that time. Students will read The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach. As they read about events in The Hope Chest, they also read informational firsthand and secondhand accounts of real-life responses to inequality and compare and contrast the information in both. Students will be identifying themes in each chapter and summarizing events that show evidence of a theme. They also analyze the meaning of similes, metaphors, idioms, adages, and proverbs.
Quarter 1- Place Value to Add & Subtract, Data, Comparisons, Area & Perimeter and Factors & Multiples
Unit 1: Building a Math Community Through Real Data
Unit 2: Explore Multiplicative Comparison, Area & Perimeter, Factors & Multiples
Unit 3: Use Place Value Strategies to Add & Subtract Whole Numbers
Quarter 2- Multiplication & Division and Fractions
Unit 4: Develop Multiplication & Division Strategies
Unit 5: Extend the Understanding of Fractions
Quarter 3- Decimals & Fractions cont...
Unit 6: Making Connections to Decimal Notation
Unit 7: Understanding Operations of Fractions & Decimals
Quarter 4- Geometry, Place Value & Metric Measurement
Unit 8: Applying Geometric Concepts
Unit 9: Using Place Value to Understand Metric Measurement
Quarter 1: Energy & Waves and their Application
Quarter 2: From Molecules to Organisms & Earth and Human Activity
Quarter 3: Earth's Systems & Biological Evolution
Quarter 4: Motion and Stability & Earth's Place in the Universe
Quarter 1- We are all NC (mini unit) & Personal Financial Decisions
Quarter 2- Impacts of the people in NC
Quarter 3- The History of NC
Quarter 4- Citizenship in NC