Read and identify varying genres of
literature: poetry, fiction, non-fiction, biography, and drama.
1.Use novels and other materials available to experience each of the genres.
2.Identify theme and offer evidence from the text.
3.Demonstrate knowledge of plot, character, and setting.
4.Understand elements of non-fiction such as graphics, (charts, maps,
diagrams, illustrations) and organizational structure.
5.Identify elements of poetry such as: rhythm, repetition, simile,
metaphor, and sensory language.
6.Demonstrate fluency and expression when reading aloud.
7.Demonstrate comprehension in discussion and personal work.
Use reading
strategies to increase comprehension.
1. Summarize sequence and compare/contrast
stories.
2. Locate main idea and supporting details.
3. Predict outcomes, draw conclusions and find
cause/effect.
4. Recognize literal/abstract inferences and
fact/opinion.
5. Determine the meaning of unknown words from
contextual clues.
Expand
vocabulary using the Sitton Spelling Program and apply it in reading and
writing.
1.Students will expand their vocabulary and use it correctly in reading
and writing.
2.Students will analyze standard English grammar and usage and explain its
historical relationship to Greek and
Latin word roots.
3.Students will identify the meaning of common prefixes and suffixes.
Demonstrate
effective speaking and listening skills.
1. Employ eye contact, clear enunciation and
expression.
2. Participate
actively in speaking/listening activities such as oral book reports, plays,
choral and poetry readings, and role playing.
Compose
a well-organized composition.
1.Write organized paragraphs of 4 – 7 sentences, using a topic sentence,
supporting details and clincher.
2.Use the writing process for a variety of expository, narrative, how-to,
and literary response assignments in all content areas.
Revise and edit
written work to improve content, organization and language.
1.Identify and use major parts of speech correctly.
2. Apply standard English conventions, including
spelling, punctuation (end marks, commas for series) capitalization, usage
(subject – verb agreement) and sentence structure.
1.Pre-Columbian
Civilizations, European Exploration, Colonization, and Settlement to 1700
2.Political, Intellectual and Economic Growth of the Colonies, 1700-1775
3.The Revolution and the formation of a Federal Government under the
Constitution, 1775-1789
4.The Principles and Institutions of American Constitutional Government
5.The Growth of the Republic
Key Concepts/Skills
1.Use latitude/longitude to locate places of study.
2.Identify the locations of North and South Poles, Equator, Prime
Meridian, and the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres.
3.Use map title, compass rose, scale, and legend to interpret map.
4.Distinguish between political and topo maps and identify maps that show
information such as population, income, or climate change.
5.Compare/contrast information shown on modern and historical maps of same region.
6.Interpret timelines of events studied.
7.Identify different ways of dating historical narratives, e.g., 17th century, seventh century,
1600s, colonial period.
8.Define and use correctly words related to government: citizen, suffrage,
rights, representation, federal, state, and municipal.
9.
Give examples of
the responsibilities and powers associated with major federal and state
officials (President, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Governor, State Senators
and Representatives).
10.Define an entrepreneur and give historical examples (Peter Fanueil, Ben
Franklin, etc.).
11.Give examples of how changes in supply and demand affected the price of
goods in colonial history (e.g., fur, lumber, fish and meat).
Topic: Number Sense and Operations
Key Concepts/Skills
1.Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems.
2.Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another
(Order of operations, inverse relationships of addition and subtraction)
3.Compute accurately and make reasonable estimates (Perform all operations
with 2 digit divisors, fractions, mixed numbers; estimation)
Key Concepts/Skills
1.Understand patterns, relations, and functions (replace variables with
given values, evaluate and simplify,
e.g., 2a + 3 =?, when a = 4)
2.Use properties of equality to solve problems
(if __ + 7 = 13, then __ = 13 – 7)
Key Concepts/Skills
1.Identify polygons based on their properties including types of interior
angles, perpendicular or parallel lines, and congruence of sides (squares,
rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms, trapezoids; also isosceles, equilateral
and right triangles)
2.Identify 3 dimensional shapes (cubes, prisms, spheres, cones, pyramids)
3.Identify relationships among points, lines, and planes (intersecting,
parallel, perpendicular)
Key Concepts/Skills
1.Understand and use units, systems, and processes of measurement.
2.Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine
measurements (unit conversions, scale models, area of polygons,
area/radius/circumference/diameter of circles, volume and surface area of
rectangular prisms, sum of angles in polygons)
Key Concepts/Skills
1. Compare data sets using the concepts of
median, mean, mode, maximum and minimum range.
2. Interpret charts, line plots, and circle
graphs.
3. Predict the probability of outcomes of simple
experiments and test the predictions (tossing a coin, rolling a die)
Key Concepts/Skills
1.Give a detailed explanation of what a mineral is and some examples.
2.Identify the physical properties of minerals (hardness, color, luster,
cleavage, and streak) and explain how minerals can be tested for these
different physical properties.
3.Understand and give examples of Newton’s Law , weight, mass,
gravitational pull.
1. Differentiate
between inherited characteristics and those that are affected by climate and/or
environment.
2. Human
anatomy and physiology, nervous system (sound, optics)
Topic: Physical Science/Electricity (electric and nerve
signals)/Sound and Light Energy/Buoyancy
Key Concepts/Skills
1. Electricity
can produce heat, light, and sound.
2. Identify
and classify conductors and insulators.
3. Recognize
that magnets have poles that repel and attract each other.
4. Identify
and classify objects and materials that a magnet will/will not attract.
5. Describe
the role that electrical impulses play in our ability to see and hear.
6.Identify how electromagnetism is used in our lives.
7.Recognize that sound is produced by vibrating objects and requires a
medium through which to travel. Relate the rate of vibration to the pitch of
the sound.
Key Concepts/Skills
Identify and explain the difference between simple,
compound, and complex machines (wheel and axle, wedge, lever, pulley).
The purpose of this
guide is to identify the major topics, concepts, and skills that are considered
essential for each grade level as identified by the Massachusetts Curriculum
Frameworks.