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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">ELA&nbsp; (consists of Reading, Writing, and Language Arts) Reading</DIV>
<UL><LI>Reader's Workshop Model</LI><LI>Includes independent/self-selected reading, leveled reading, and guided reading </LI><LI>Reader's response notebooks, written critical thinking/comprehension activities, projects</LI><LI>Incorporates texts, trade books, literature circles, book projects, reading across curriculum.</LI><LI>Benchmarks, various forms of assessment used to track student reading levels during the year. </LI></UL>
<DIV>Writing</DIV>
<UL><LI>Write Traits Curriculum used in combination with our Writer's Workshop Model</LI><LI>6+1 Traits of Writing: Idea Development, Organization, Sentence Fluency, Word Choice, Voice, and Conventions will be worked on throughout the year. </LI><LI>Developing writer's craft, Journal Writing and Conferencing</LI><LI>Writing across curriculum</LI><LI>Multi-paragraph essay through writing process independently</LI><LI>Genres:&nbsp;&nbsp;Expository, Narrative, Persuasive, Descriptive, Poetry, Research Reports, On-demand Writing (i.e. MCAS standardized testing prompts)</LI></UL>
<DIV>Word Study/Spelling</DIV>
<UL><LI>Zaner-Bloser Spelling Connections Curriculum </LI><LI>Phonics Patterns</LI><LI>Language Usage</LI><LI>Steck Vaughn Elements of Reading Curriculum Vocabulary</LI></UL>
<DIV>Math</DIV>
<UL><LI>A combination of ThinkMath curriculum, supplemental material, and direct instruction for real life connections and challenge. </LI><LI>Spiral approach&nbsp;- skills revisited throughout the year for mastery.</LI><LI>Number Sense &amp; Operations - number theory, place value, problem solving, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division&nbsp;, fractions, decimals, &amp; percents</LI><LI>Patterns, Relations &amp; Algebra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</LI><LI>Geometry &amp; Spatial Sense</LI><LI>Measurement</LI><LI>Data, Analysis, Graphing&nbsp;&amp; Probability </LI></UL>
<DIV>Science&nbsp; Grade 4: Physical Science:&nbsp; Light Energy Earth &amp; Space:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rocks, Minerals,Soil , Earth's History&nbsp;- Erosion, Weathering, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Weather &amp; Water: Global Patterns, Climate vs. Weather, Jet Stream, Gulf Stream &nbsp;Life Science:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Variation &amp; Adaptation Technology, Engineering &amp; Design:&nbsp; Scientific Method,&nbsp; Problem solving via Design </DIV>
<UL></UL>Science&nbsp; Grade 5: Physical Science:&nbsp; Models of Matter &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Energy:&nbsp; Sound &amp; Heat, Electricity, Magnets, Electro-Magnets, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Simple &amp; Compound Machines Earth &amp; Space:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Solar System - Planets &amp; Moons Life Science:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aquatic Ecosystems &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Life Structures: Plant &amp; Animal Classification &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adaptive, Instinctive, and Learned Behaviors &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Technology, Engineering &amp; Design:&nbsp; Scientific Method, Problem solving via&nbsp; Design Projects &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
<DIV>Social Studies&nbsp;&nbsp; Grade 4</DIV>
<UL><LI>Geography:&nbsp;&nbsp;Map &amp; Globe Skills</LI><LI>Economics: U.S. Natural Resources</LI><LI>Symbols of America</LI><LI>Civics &amp; Government:&nbsp; Immigration &amp; Citizenship</LI><LI>Native Americans</LI><LI>Regions of the United States</LI><LI>Canada &amp; Mexico </LI></UL>Social Studies Grade 5: Ancient Civilizations (Maya, Aztec, Inca) Explorers Early Colonization American Revolution U.S. Constitution 
*&nbsp;Technology will be intergrated across the curriculum for instruction, student practice, and projects. **&nbsp;Refer to Watertown Public Schools Website for specific standard-based mastery&nbsp;outcomes.
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