Standards
STANDARDS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
STATE GOAL 1: Read with understanding and fluency.
A. Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills
to comprehend selections.
1.A.1a Apply word analysis skills (e.g., phonics, word patterns) to recognize new words.
1.A.1b Comprehend unfamiliar words using context clues and prior knowledge; verify meanings with resource materials.
B. Apply reading strategies to improve
understanding and fluency.
1.B.1a Establish purposes for reading, make predictions, connect important ideas, and link text to previous experiences and knowledge.
1.B.1c Continuously check and clarify for understanding (e.g., reread, read ahead, use visual and context clues, ask questions, retell, use meaningful substitutions).
C. Comprehend a broad range of reading
materials.
1.C.1a Use information to form questions and verify predictions.
1.C.1c Make comparisons across reading selections.
STATE GOAL 3: Write to communicate for a variety of purposes.
C. Communicate ideas in writing to accomplish a variety of purposes.
3.C.1a Write for a variety of purposes including description, information, explanation, persuasion and narration.
STATE GOAL 4: Listen and speak effectively in a variety of situations. A.Listen effectively in formal and informal situations. 4.A.1d Use visually oriented and auditorily based media. STATE GOAL 5: Use the language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information. A.Locate, organize, and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas. 5.A.1a Identify questions and gather information. 5.A.1b Locate information using a variety of resources.
C. Apply acquired information, concepts and ideas to communicate in a variety of formats. 5.C.1b Use print, nonprint, human and technological resources to acquire and use information. MATHEMATICS STATE Goal 6: Demonstrate and apply a knowledge and sense of numbers, including numeration and operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), patterns, ratios and proportions. B. Investigate, represent and solve problems using number facts, operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) and their properties, algorithms and relationships. 6.B.1 Solve one- and two-step problems with whole numbers using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
C. Compute and estimate using mental mathematics, paper-and-pencil methods, calculators and computers. STATE GOAL 8: Use algebraic and analytical methods to identify and describe patterns and relationships in data, solve problems and predict results. A. Describe numerical relationships using variables and patterns. 8.A.1b Solve simple number sentences (e.g., 2 + = 5).
STATE GOAL 10: Collect, organize and analyze data using statistical methods; predict results; and interpret uncertainty using concepts of probability.
A.Organize, describe and make predictions from existing data. 10.A.1b Answer questions and make predictions based on given data.
SCIENCE
STATE GOAL 11: Understand the processes of scientific inquiry and technological design to investigate questions, conduct experiments and solve problems.
A. Know and apply the concepts, principles and processes of scientific inquiry.
11.A.1b Develop questions on scientific topics.
11.A.1c Collect data for investigations using measuring instruments and technologies.
11.A.1f Compare observations of individual and group results.
B. Know and apply the concepts, principles and processes of technological design. 11.B.1a Given a simple design problem, formulate possible solutions. STATE GOAL 12: Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences. A. Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change. 12.A.1a Identify and describe the component parts of living things (e.g., birds have feathers; people have bones, blood, hair, skin) and their major functions. 12.A.1b Categorize living organisms using a variety of observable features (e.g., size, color, shape, backbone).
B. Know and apply concepts that describe how living things interact with each other and with their environment. 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environments.