Reading:

▪Building a Reading Life and Fiction Analysis

▪Reading Informational and Literary Non-fiction Closely

▪Interpretation and Analysis Across Texts

▪Reading and Research in the Content Area

Historical Fiction Book Clubs (and Related Informational Texts)

▪Reading Poetry

Skills will be reinforced through Guided Reading groups, read–alouds, independent reading

Writing:

▪Launching a writing community & realistic fiction

▪Opinion essay

▪Historical fiction

▪Literary essay

▪Informational Writing – Research and Writing in the Content

▪Exploring Poetry

Grammar & Word Study – integrated throughout the  year in writing and across the curriculum

Science:

▪Scientific Method

▪Molecules to Organisms

▪Body Systems

▪Forces, Energy & Waves

▪The Changing Earth- Weather & Erosion

* Note: Will we do a great deal of hands-on STEAM activities and

     experiments 

Social Studies: Understanding Where We Live 

• Unit 1: USA Mapping  -In this unit, students will learn the U.S. capitals and states, location of each state within the regional framework, and the basic features of a map.
• Unit 2: Regions of the USA    
• Unit 3: Structure of the United States Government  

MATH

▪Number Sense

• Addition/Subtraction and Problem Solving
• understanding multiplication & division, multiplication (area and perimeter),
• fractions
• decimals
• measurement and data-customary and metric
• patterns
• geometry

▪Resources: 

▪Basic facts:  proficiency in all operations