2nd Nine Weeks

Reading

Traditional Literature

• Structure

·         Theme

·         Elements

·         Identifies Speaker

·         Details and Language

• Strategies

·         Connections

·         Inferences/Text Evidence

·         Foreshadowing Clues

·         Sensory Details/Figurative Language

·         Identifies Similarities and Differences in a Literary Work

• Vocabulary

·         Word Origin

·         Figurative Language

·         Multiple Meanings

Writing

Response to Literature

• Organizational Structure

·         Central Question

·         Organizational Structure

·         Appropriate Facts & Details

·         Extraneous Details

·         Summarizing

·         Sense of Closure

• Writer’s Craft

·         Engages Reader

·         Advances a judgment

·         Supports judgment with text evidence

·         Demonstrates understanding of literary work

• Conventions

·         Word Origins

·         Syllabication

• Speaking, Listening, Viewing

·         Initiates and Responds

·         Language Cues

·         Demonstrates, Evaluates, and Judges Media

·         Turn-taking Behaviors

Math

Multiplication and Extending Division

• Solve problems involving multiplication of 2- and 3-digit numbers by 1– and 2-digit numbers
• Know the division facts with understanding and fluency (Division facts 1 through 10 e.g. 100 ÷ 10 = 10)
• Solve problems involving division by a 2-digit divisor with and without remainders
• Understand the relationship between the dividend, divisor, quotient, and remainder
• Understand and explain the effect on the quotient of multiplying or dividing both the divisor and the dividend by the same number (e.g. 2050 ÷ 50 = 205 ÷ 5)
• Describe situations in which the four operations may be used and the relationships among them
• Compute using the order of operations, including parentheses
• Compute using the commutative, associative, and distributive properties.
• Use mental math and estimation strategies to compute and then determine the reasonableness of the answer
• Apply patterns and rules to describe relationships and solve problems
• Represent unknowns using symbols such as ¨ and ∆
• Write and evaluate mathematical expressions using symbols and different values

Measuring Angles & Analyzing 2-D Figures

• Measuring Angles

·         Use tools such as a protractor or angle ruler, and other methods such as paper folding, drawing a diagonal in a square to measure angles

·         Understand  the meaning and measure of a half rotation (180°)

·         and a full rotation (360˚)

·         Determine that the sum of the three angles of a triangle is always 180°

• Analyzing 2-D Figures

·         Examine and compare angles in order to classify and identify triangles by their angles

·         Describe parallel and perpendicular lines in plane figures

·         Examine and classify quadrilaterals including parallelograms, squares, rectangles, trapezoids, rhombi

·         Compare and contrast relationships among quadrilaterals

·         Understand and apply ordered pairs in the first quadrant of the coordinate system

·         Locate a point in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane and name the ordered pair

·         Graph ordered pairs in the first quadrant

Social Studies

Early Explorers

• The student will describe European exploration in North America.
• Describe the reasons for, obstacles to, and accomplishments of the Spanish, French, and English explorations of John Cabot, Vasco Nunez Balboa, Juan Ponce de Leon, Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, and Jacques Cartier.
• Describe examples of cooperation and conflict between Europeans and Native Americans.

Colonization

• The student will explain the factors that shaped British colonial America.
• Compare and contrast life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies.
• Describe colonial life in America as experienced by various people, including large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants, slaves, and Native Americans.

American Revolution

• The student will explain the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution.
• Trace the events that shaped the revolutionary movement in America, including the French and Indian War, British Imperial Policy that led to the 1765 Stamp Act, the slogan "no taxation without representation," the activities of the Sons of Liberty, and the Boston Tea Party.
• Explain the writing of the Declaration of Independence; include who wrote it, how it was written, why it was necessary, and how it was a response to tyranny and the abuse of power.
• Describe the major events of the Revolution and explain the factors leading to American victory and British defeat; include the Battles of Lexington and Concord and Yorktown.
• Describe key individuals in the American Revolution with emphasis on King George III, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Benedict Arnold, Patrick Henry, and John Adams.

Science

Force & Motion

• Simple Machines

·         List and identify the six simple machines – lever, inclined plane, wheel & axle, pulley, wedge, and screw.

·         Explain the uses of the six simple machines; and

·         Describe and / or demonstrate the use of the six simple machines.

• Force & Motion

·         Observe how force affects speed and motion;

·         Explain what happens to the speed or direction of an object when a greater force than the initial one is applied;

·         Describe and/or demonstrate how a force affects speed, motion, direction, and position

·         Demonstrate the effect of gravitational force on the motion of an object;

·         Predict the force needed to moved different objects; and

·         Demonstrate how a force can change the direction of an object already in motion.

Light

• Properties of Light

·         Identify objects that are transparent, opaque, and translucent.

·         Investigate how light passes through different objects.

·         Describe the properties of light.

• Movement of Light

·         Recognize that light travels in a straight line.

·         Identify sources of light

·         Observe the changes of the direction of light when using a mirror.

·         Investigate reflections & refractions of light

·         Use mirrors to reflect (bounce) light

• Lenses and Prisms

·         Compare and contrast convex and concave lenses.

·         Recognize that convex lenses magnify and concave lenses make things smaller.

·         Recognize that a prism bends/refracts light separating it into colors or visible spectrum – ROYGBIV

·         Use prisms & lenses to refract (bend) light

Sound

• Characteristics of Sound

·         Recognize vibrations cause sound

·         Recognize sounds travel at different speeds through different media (solids, liquids, gases);

·         Manipulate a variety of objects to produce vibrations and create sounds

• Sound Changes

·         Recognize that fast vibrations create a high pitch; and slow vibrations create a low pitch.

·         Identify conditions which cause changes in pitch, volume, and loudness.

·         Demonstrate how to change the pitch of a vibrating object.