• Journal Writing and Reader Response
• Independent Reading (25 book requirement)
• Poetry
• Guided Reading (novels to be selected by teacher)
• Reading Material
  • Newspaper study
  • Biographies
  • Journals
  • Folktales
  • Novels
• Writing
  • Autobiographical sketch/Personal narratives
  • Content reports
  • News articles
  • Persuasive letter
  • Advertisement/Commercial
  • Short story
  • Writing directions
  • Feature article about a person
• Writing Conventions and Grammar
  • Uses appropriate grammatical construction adjectives, adverbs, verb tense
  • Varies vocabulary choices
  • Adds descriptive language
  • Includes appropriate punctuation
  • Uses correct spelling
  • Uses writing process effectively
  • Uses revision skills
  • Note-taking for listening comprehension
    

Math

• Evaluating and Explaining Data Using Graphs
• Whole Number Theory
• Decimals
• (+, -, X, /)
• Multi Digit Division
• Geometry
• Division
• Geometry
• Fractions and Mixed Numbers
• Length, Perimeter and Area
• Measurement
• Ratio, Percent, Probability
• Word Problems with Real World Applications
  

Social Studies

• The First Americans
• Indians of North America
• Europeans Reach America
• French and English Come to America
• Settlement of the Atlantic Coast
• New England Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• Geography
• Research Report
• Research Skills
• Citizenship
• Map Skills
• Time Lines
• Presidents
• Geographic Terms
• Study Skills
• Advanced Organizers
• Writing
• Summarize
• Review
• Continent

• The Changing Earth
• Earth’s layers
• Atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere
• Crust, mantle, cave
• The Earth’s Resources
  • Earth’s resources
  • Renewable resources
  • Nonrenewable resources, fossil fuels
  • Water resources, ground water
  • Water conservation and pollution
• Climate
  • Water cycle
  • Water vapor and humidity
  • Evaporation and condensation
  • Precipitation
  • Runoff
• Astronomy
  • Composition of the solar system
  • Ptolemy’s and Copernicus’s Models of the solar system
  • The Planets
  • Asteroids, meteoroids, meteors, and comets
  • The sun
  • Light year
  • Properties of stars
  • Constellations and galaxies
  • Spectroscopes
  • Telescopes

Other

• Art
• Club Program
• Computers
• Cumulative Writers Portfolio
• Father/Son Learning Program
• Health Fair
• Intergenerational Program
• Music
• Phys. Ed.