Social Studies:
- Time, Continuity, and Change: History
- (5.1) The learner will demonstrate an understanding of the way individuals, families, and communities live and work together now and in the past. The student should be able to
- (5.1.1) investigate how peer groups influence personal development.
- (5.2) The learner will demonstrate an understanding of the major developments in the United States from the end of Reconstruction through World War II. The student should be able to
- (5.2.1) describe the role of various ethnic and cultural groups in the western expansion of the United States.
- People, Places, and Environments: Geography
- (5.9) The learner will demonstrate an understanding of the world in spatial terms. The student should be able to
i) (5.9.1) describe the purposes and characteristics of geographic representations such as maps, globes, graphs, diagrams, photographs, and satellite-produced images.
- (5.10) The learner will demonstrate an understanding of places and regions. The student should be able to
- (5.10.2) explain how people perceive places and regions differently.
- (5.12) The learner will demonstrate an understanding of the role of human systems in the United States. The student should be able to
i) (5.12.1) compare and contrast the causes and effects of human migration.
Mathematics:
- Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them.
- Represent data using concrete objects, pictures, and graphs.
- 1. Use organized data to create charts, graphs, and tables.
- Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data.
a) Describe parts of the data and the set of data as a whole to determine what the data show.
English Language Arts:
- Writing
- The student will write for a variety of purposes: to describe, to inform, to entertain, and to explain.
- Choose planning strategies for various writing purposes.
- Organize information.
- Use vocabulary effectively.
- Vary sentence structure.
- Revise writing for clarity.
- Write several related paragraphs using an effective introduction, body of the paper, and conclusion.
- Edit final copies for grammar, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation, especially the use of possessives and quotation marks.
- Write legibly.
- Use available technology.
- The student will evaluate and revise writing for audience; purpose; and adequate, relevant detail through self-evaluation and conferring with others.
- The student will use the writing process to record information accurately and to research and report information.
- Make judgments using evidence to support decisions.
- Compose compositions appropriate to audience and purpose exhibiting the effective flow of ideas and a cohesive structure.
- Show evidence of editing writing.
- Research
- The student will synthesize information from a variety of appropriately selected resources.
- Formulate questions to be answered.
- Skim materials to develop a general overview of content or to locate specific information.
- Develop notes that include important concepts, paraphrases, summaries, and identification of information sources.
- Organize and record information on charts, maps, and graphs.
- Use available electronic databases to access information.
- Cite reference sources.
- Continue to communicate the information and findings in written and oral forms.
- Listening
- The student will listen, draw conclusions, and share responses in subject-related group learning activities.
- Participate in and contribute to discussions across content areas.
- Organize information to present reports of group activities.
- Summarize information gathered in-group activities.
- Follow multi-step oral directions.
- The student will use appropriate listening skills to conduct and interpret surveys and interviews, to listen critically and record information accurately, and to research and report information.
i) Make judgments using evidence to support decisions.
- Computer/Technology Standards
- The student will develop basic technology skills.
- Develop a basic technology vocabulary that includes cursor, software, memory, disk drive, hard drive, and CD-ROM.
- Select and use technology appropriate to tasks.
- Develop basic keyboarding skills.
- Operate peripheral devices.
- Apply technologies to strategies for problem solving and critical thinking.
- The student will communicate through application software.
- Create a 1-2 page document using word processing skills, writing process steps, and publishing programs.
- Use simple computer graphics and integrate graphics into word-processed documents.
- Create simple databases and spreadsheets to manage information and create reports.
- Use local and worldwide network communication systems.
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