Units+of+Study

Below you will find the unit themes for each subject area and the dates which we will be covering these themes. Tests will be given at the end of each chapter/theme.

Reading Language Math Social Studies (Aug. 22-Sept. 16) Science
 * People and Places
 * Community Spirit (Aug. 22-Sept. 2)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Make Connections (This is when a reader connects what they are reading to other texts they have read, their own life, or the world around them.)
 * Spelling Patterns: short vowels & initial consonants
 * Vocabulary Words: arrive, develop, establish, appeal, celebrate, decision, household, lifestyle, protect, comfort
 * Life in Many Places (Sept. 5-16)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Ask Questions
 * Spelling Patterns: consonant blends (br, cr, gr, dr)& using word families (-an, -at)
 * Vocabulary Words: anxiously, distinguish, location, popular, breathe, voyage, landform, architecture, coast, creek
 * Thinking Like a Scientist
 * What Is Light? (Sept. 19- Sept. 30)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Infer (This is when a reader reads between the lines. They use the text and their own ideas to understand what the author is trying to say.)
 * Spelling Patterns: Long Vowels (a_e, i_e, o_e, u_e, e_e) & Diagraphs (ch, sh, th, wh)
 * Vocabulary: monitor, pattern, projected, beam, absorption, lens, function, focus, filament, demonstrate
 * How Does Electricity Work? (Oct. 3- Oct. 14)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Synthesize
 * Spelling patterns: Long //a// (ay, ai) and //e// (ea, ee) and Long //i// (ie, igh) and //o// (oa, ow)
 * Vocabulary: power, electricity, glistening, crackling, automatic, advance, appliance, alternative, circuit, benefits
 * Then and Now
 * Theme 5: Times Have Changed (Oct. 24-Nov. 4)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Monitor Understanding (This is when a reader periodically stops to make sure they are understanding what they are reading. If they are not, they are to use various strategies, such as reflect on their purpose for reading, think about meaning, ask questions, use genre knowledge, and use other known strategies.)
 * Spelling Pattern: Dipthongs (ou, ow) and Dipthongs (oy, oi)
 * Vocabulary: diversity, languages, neighboring, settlement, territory, expand, shift, time line, appreciate, factory
 * Theme 6: Roads to Travel On (Nov. 7- Nov. 18)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Create Images (This is when a reader imagines what is going on in the text in their mind. They think about their five sense (smell, taste, touch, hear, and see) to help create mental pictures.)
 * Spelling Pattern: Silent Consonants (w, h, b) and Silent Consonants (b, g, gh)
 * Vocabulary: frontier, transit, elegant, technology, construction, agriculture, explore, fuel, adventure, aviation
 * Forces of Nature
 * Theme 7: On Moving Ground (Nov. 28-Dec. 9)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Use Fix-Up Strategies
 * Spelling Pattern: Synonyms & Antonyms and Multiple-Meaning Words
 * Vocabulary: anticipate, realize, favorite, surface, volcano, demolish, repair, alert, earthquake, landslide
 * Theme 8: Predicting Nature's Hazards (Dec. 12-20, Jan. 4-13)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Determine Importance
 * Spelling Pattern: Homonyms and Word endings (-ed, -ing, -s)
 * Vocabulary: warning, curiosity, flight, caution, concern, accurate, evaluate, forecaset, advantage, aid
 * Taking Care of Business
 * Theme 9: From Factory to You (Jan. 17- Jan. 27)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Make Connections: Compare/Contrast
 * Spelling Pattern: Nouns and Proper Nouns
 * Vocabulary: abundant, halt, scrap, production, distribution; import, industry, scarcity, goods, site
 * Theme 10: Money Matters (Jan. 30- Feb. 10)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Ask Questions: Author's Purpose
 * Spelling Pattern: Reference Materials and Action Verbs
 * Vocabulary: strategy, decorate, income, payment, errand; fee, invest, personal, borrow, budget
 * Shoot for the Stars
 * Theme 11: Our Solar System (Feb. 13-24)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Infer: Conclusions
 * Spelling Pattern: adjectives, Prefix un-
 * Vocabulary: crater, speck, perceive, planet, telescope, expert, appear, asteroid, image, satellite
 * Theme 12: Explorers in Space (Feb. 27-March 9)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Synthesize: Classify/Categorize Information
 * Spelling Pattern: Prefixes non-, in-, dis-; re-, pre-
 * Vocabulary: challenge, pressure, immense, occupation, astronaut; avoid, launch, process, atmosphere, astronomy
 * We, the People
 * Theme 13: Making Laws (March 19-30)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Monitor Understanding: Strategic Reading
 * Spelling Pattern: Contractions, Compound Words
 * Vocabulary: debatek, granting, officials, representation, legal; justice, govern, candidate, politics, authority
 * Theme 14: Every Vote Counts (April 2-20)
 * Comprehension Strategy: Create Images: Revise
 * Spellign Pattern: adverbs, suffixes -ful, -able, -less
 * Vocabulary: encourage, protest, speech, civic, crowd; announce, opportunity, approximate, approve, deadline
 * People and Places
 * Community Spirit (Aug. 22-Sept. 2 )
 * Writing Introduction: Writing Process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing)
 * Writing Form: Story
 * Grammar: Subjects/Predicates & Subject-Verb Agreement
 * Life in Many Places (Sept. 5-16)
 * Writing Trait: Introduction to the Traits
 * Organizational Pattern: Sequence
 * Grammar: Simple/Compound Sentences & Compound Subjects/Predicates
 * Thinking Like a Scientist
 * What Is Light? (Sept. 19-Sept. 30)
 * Writing Trait: Ideas
 * Writing Form: Problem and Solution
 * Grammar: Sentence Structure & Declarative/Interrogative Sentences
 * How Does Electricity Work (Oct. 3- Oct. 14)
 * Writing Process: Pre-writing
 * Organizational Pattern: Report
 * Grammar: Imperative/Exclamatory Sentences & Review Sentence Type
 * Then and Now (Oct. 24- Nov. 4)
 * Times Have Changed
 * Writing Process: Drafting
 * Writing Form: Poetry
 * Grammar: Compound Sentences and Sentence Combining
 * Roads to Travel On (Nov. 7- Nov. 18)
 * Writing Trait: Organization
 * Organizational Pattern: Main Idea and Detail
 * Grammar: Sentence Combining
 * Forces of Natures
 * Theme 7: On Moving Ground (Nov. 28-Dec.9)
 * Writing Trait: Voice
 * Organizational Pattern: Cause and Effect
 * Grammar: Common Nouns & Proper Nouns
 * Theme 8: Predicting Nature's Hazards (Dec. 12-Dec. 20, Jan. 4-13)
 * Writing Process: Revising
 * Writing Form: Observation Log
 * Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns & Singular/Plural Possessive Nouns
 * Taking Care of Business
 * Theme 9: From Factory to You (Jan. 17- Jan. 27)
 * Writing Process: Editing
 * Organizational Pattern: Sequence
 * Grammar: Contractions and Pronouns/antecedents
 * Theme 10: Money Matters (Jan. 30- Feb. 10)
 * Writing Trait: Word Choice
 * Writing Form: Procedural
 * Grammar: Singular and Plural Pronouns, and Subject/Object Pronouns
 * Shoot for the Stars
 * Theme 11: Our Solar System
 * Writing Trait: Sentence Fluency
 * Writing Form: Story
 * Grammar: adjectives, comparative and superlative
 * Theme 12: Explorers in Space
 * Writing Process: Publishing
 * Organizational Pattern: Compare and Constrast
 * Grammar: articles, review adjectives
 * We, the People
 * Theme 13: Making Laws (March 19-30)
 * Writing Process: Prewriting
 * Organizational Pattern: Problem and Solution
 * Grammar: action and linking verbs, main and helping verbs
 * Theme 14: Every Vote Counts (April 2-20)
 * Writing Trait: Conventions
 * Writing Form: Personal Narrative
 * Grammar: present and past tense, future tense
 * Chapter 1: Addition & Subtraction Concepts (Aug. 18-Aug. 26)
 * Fact Families
 * Missing Addend
 * Properties
 * Two-digit Addition
 * Two-digit Subtraction
 * Problem Solving: Choose the Operation
 * Chapter 2: Place Value & Number Sense (Aug. 29- Sept. 12)
 * Even and Odd
 * Place Value: 3-digit Numbers
 * Place Value: 4-digit Numbers
 * Problem Solving: Use Logical Reasoning
 * Algebra: Number Pattersn
 * Place Value: 5 & 6-digit Numbers
 * Chapter 3: Compare, Order and Round Numbers (Sept. 13-Sept. 22)
 * Benchmarking Numbers
 * Algebra: Compare Numbers
 * Order Numbers
 * Problem Solving: Use a Bar Graph
 * Round to Nearest 10 & 100
 * Round to Nearest 1,000
 * Chapter 4: Addition (Sept. 26- Oct. 5)
 * Estimate Sums
 * Addition with Regrouping
 * Add 3- and 4-digit Numbers
 * Problem Solving: Predict and Test
 * Choose a Method
 * Algebra: Expressions and Number Sentences
 * Chapter 5: Subtraction (Oct. 6- Oct. 25)
 * Estimate Difference
 * Subtraction with Regrouping
 * Subtraction Across Zeros
 * Subtract 3- and 4-digit Numbers
 * Choose a Method
 * Problem Solving: Estimate or Exact Answer
 * Chapter 6: Money (Oct. 26-Nov. 7)
 * Count Bills and Coins
 * Make a Table (equivalent sets)
 * Compare Money Amounts
 * Make Change
 * Add & Subtract Money
 * Chapter 7: Time (Nov. 8-Nov.22)
 * Time to the hour, half hour
 * Time to the quarter hour, fives and tens
 * Time to the minute
 * Telling time by A.M. and P.M.
 * Elapsed time
 * Calendars and Schedules
 * Chapter 8: Understand Multiplication (Nov. 28- Dec.2)
 * Algebra: Connect addition to multiplication
 * Multiply 2 & 5
 * Hands On: Arrays
 * Multiply with 3
 * Problem Solving: Too Much/Too Little Information
 * Chapter 9: Multiplication Facts Through 5 (Dec. 5- Dec. 8)
 * Multiply with 1 and 0
 * Multiply with 4 on a Multiplication Table
 * Problem Solving: Find a Pattern
 * Practice Multiplication
 * Missing Factor
 * Chapter 10: Multiplication Facts and Strategies (Dec. 9- Dec. 16)
 * Multiply with 6
 * Multiply with 8
 * Problem Solving: Use a Pictograph
 * Multiply with 7
 * Algebra: Practice the Facts
 * Chapter 11: Multiplication Facts and Patterns (Dec. 19, Jan. 5-9)
 * Multiply with 9 and 10
 * Algebra: Find a rule
 * Algebra: Multiply 3 factors
 * Problem solving: Multistep problems
 * Chapter 15: Collect and Record Data (Jan. 10-20)
 * Collect Data
 * Use Data from a Survey
 * Classify Data
 * Problem Solving: Make a Table
 * Line Plots
 * Mean and Median
 * Chapter 16: Analyze and Graph Data (Jan. 23-30)
 * Problem Solving Strategy: Make a Graph
 * Bar Graphs
 * Algebra: Ordered Pairs
 * Line Plots
 * Chapter 17: Customary Units (Jan. 31- Feb. 8)
 * Length
 * Inch, Foot, Yard, and Mile
 * Capacity
 * Weight
 * Ways to Change Units
 * Problem Solving Skill: Estimate or Measure
 * Chapter 18: Metric Units (Feb. 9- 16)
 * Length
 * Capacity
 * Mass
 * Temperature (Fahreheit and Celcius)
 * Chapter 21: Solid and Plane Figures (Feb. 6-13)
 * Solid Figures
 * Combining Solid Figures
 * Tesselations
 * Draw Figures
 * Identify Relationships
 * Chapter 19: Geometric Figures (Feb. 17-28)
 * Line Segments and Angles
 * Types of Lines
 * Plane FIgures
 * Triangles
 * Quadrilaterals
 * Chapter 20: Congruence and Symmetry (Feb. 29-March
 * Congruent Figures
 * Symmetry
 * Similar Figures
 * Slides, Flips, and Turns
 * Chapter 22: Perimeter, Area, and Volume (March 7-12)
 * Perimeter
 * Area
 * Volume
 * Chapter 12: Understand Division (March 13-14)
 * The meaning of divison
 * Fact families
 * Chapter 13: Division Facts Through 5 (March 19-23)
 * Divide by 2 and 5
 * Divide by 3 and 4
 * Divide by 1 and 0
 * Algerbra: Expressions and Equations
 * Problem Solving: Choose the Operation
 * Chapter 14: Division Facts Through 10 (March 26- April 4)
 * Divide by 6, 7, 8
 * Divide by 9 and 10
 * Practice Division Facts
 * Algebra: Find the Cost
 * Problem Solving: Work Backward
 * Chapter 25: Understand Fractions (April 16-23)
 * Parts of a Whole & Parts of a Group
 * Equivalent Fractions
 * Compare and Order Fractions
 * Make a Model
 * Mixed Number Fractions
 * Chapter 26: Add and Subtract Like Fractions (April 24-May 2)
 * Add Fractions
 * Subtract Fractions
 * Problem Solving: Reasonable Answer
 * Chapter 27: Fractions and Decimals (May 3-14)
 * Fractions and Decimals
 * Tenths
 * Hundredths
 * Decimals greater than one
 * Compare and Order Decimals
 * Unit 1: Understanding Communities
 * Chapter 1: What is a community?
 * Chapter 2: Communities Are Different and Alike
 * Unit 2: American Communities in History
 * Chapter 3: Early America
 * Unit 2 Continued: American Communities in History (Oct. 31-Nov. 9)
 * Chapter 4: A Growing America
 * Lesson 1: Native Americans and Newcomers
 * Lesson 2: From Farms to Factories
 * Lesson 3: A Wave of Immigrants
 * Lesson 4: The Age of the Automobile
 * Unit 3: Communities and Their Geography (Nov. 10- Nov. 22)
 * Chapter 5: Using America's Resources
 * Lesson 1: A City and Its Forrest
 * Lesson 2: A River Community
 * Chapter 6: Our North American Neighbors
 * Lesson 1: A Community by the Ocean
 * Lesson 2: A City Near the Mountains
 * Unit 4: Earning a Living (Jan. 23- Jan. 31)
 * Chapter 7: Americans Working Together
 * Lesson 1: Oil Makes Jobs
 * Lesson 2: History Makes Jobs
 * Chapter 8: Goods and Services in the Americas
 * Lesson 1: A Global Market
 * Lesson 2: An Island Economy
 * Unit 6: Governing Ourselves (Feb. 27- April 5)
 * Chapter 11: Government in the United States
 * Lesson 1: Our Local Government
 * Lesson 2: Our County Goverment
 * Lesson 3: Our State Government
 * Lesson 4: Our National Government
 * Chapter 12: Our Nation and the World
 * Lesson 1: Looking at Governments
 * Lesson 2: Working Across Borders
 * This unit will go beyond the text book in order to help students better understand the three branches of government.
 * Magnetism and Electricity(Sept. 19- Oct. 28)
 * Investigation 1: The Force
 * Investigation 2: Making Connections
 * Investigation 3: Advanced Connections
 * Investigation 4: Current Attractions
 * Rocks, Minerals, and Land Changes
 * FOSS Earth Materials Kit (Nov. 28- Dec. 19)
 * Investigation 1: Mock Rocks: Identify minerals in rocks
 * Investigation 2: Scratch Test: Identify properties of minerals
 * Scott Foresman Science Text (Jan. 4- 20)
 * Chapter 7: Rocks and Soil
 * Lesson 1: How do rocks form?
 * Lesson 2: What are minerals?
 * Chapter 8: Changes on Earth
 * Lesson 1: What are Earth's layers?
 * Lesson 2: What are volcanoes and earthquakes?
 * Lesson 3: What are weathering and erosion?
 * Simple Machines (February 2-24)
 * Scott Foresman Science Text
 * Lesson 1: What is a machine?
 * 6 types of simple machines
 * Construct simple machines using Legos
 * Lesson 2: How can machines work together
 * Compound machines
 * Construct a compound machine using Legos
 * Plants and Bees (April 16- May 18)
 * National Science Resources Center Plant Growth and Development
 * Lesson 1: What do you know about Plants?
 * Lesson 2: What is inside a seed?
 * Lesson 3: Planting the seeds
 * Lesson 4: Thinning and Transplanting
 * Lesson 5: How does your plant grow?
 * Lesson 6: Observing: Leaves and Flower buds
 * Lesson 7: Observing the growth spurt
 * Lesson 8: Why are bees important?
 * Lesson 9: Getting a handle on your bee
 * Lesson 10: Looking at flowers
 * Lesson 11: Pollinating flowers
 * Lesson 12: Observing pods
 * Lesson 13: Harvesting and threshing the seeds