Language Arts

Word Analysis:

• Listening skills and speaking skills
• Word study skills: usage, phonics, suffixes, prefixes, syllables, contractions, compound words, homonyms, synonyms, antonyms
• Spelling and vocabulary; application
• Punctuation; periods, commas, question marks, exclamation marks, quotation marks
• Study skills, test taking skills
• Dictionary skills, alphabetizing, guide words, key punctuation

Reading:

• Reading comprehension - 7 specific skills: main idea, drawing conclusions, locating answers, getting details, making inferences, vocabulary
• Library skills leading to research papLers and projects
• Reference materials; thesaurus, atlas, encyclopedias, dictionary, non-fiction books

Handwriting Skills:

• Italic; cursive

Writing Skills :

• Grammatical word usage, editing skills, rewriting, mechanics, form
• Book Reports; group projects, cooperative learning
• Creative writing, biographies, animal reports; poetry; letter writing
• Oral and silent reading, group reading
• History of Language

Mathematics

Operation:

• Patterning
• Concrete whole number processes (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
• Abstraction of whole number computation skills to problem solving situations (story problems)
• Factoring, multiples, squares and cubing
• Basic fraction operation, reduction, mixed fractions
• Knowledge of equations, missing number, timed tests, skip counting, rounding
• Roman numerals
• Decimals

Algebra:

• Positive numbers
• Concrete squaring and cubing binomials and trinomials, decanomials, square roots, cube roots
• Abstract square roots, cubing

Geometry:

• Classification and nomenclature; angles, triangles, polygons, lines, quadrilaterals
• Similar, equal and congruent
• Concrete perimeter, area, circumference, and volume of geometric solids
• Tables and graphs, protractor

Measurement:

• Time and money
• Linear / Volume

Cultural Subjects

History:

• Timeline work; creation of solar system, earth's development, clock of eras
• Timeline of Life
• Human development, history of civilization

Ecology:

• Plant survival

Geography/Mapping:

• Land/water forms, continents, U.S. state research

Current Events:

• Newspaper, the media
• Units on other cultures; cultural differences and likenesses, children of other lands, customs, holidays
• U.S. Presidents, famous people

Sciences

Life Science:

• Botany, Zoology

Physical Science:

• Chemistry, Physics

Earth Science:

• Physical Geography, Geology

Enrichment Subjects

Foreign Language:

• French, Japanese, Spanish; language and culture

Music:

• Appreciation, skills, annual performance

Art:

• Appreciation, technique

Physical Education:

• Health, self-confidence, teamwork and sportsmanship, athletic skills

Communication Skills:

• Problem solving, negotiating, expressing feelings

Computer / Technology

• Programming - LOGO.
• Keyboarding, word processing.
• Interactive problem solving.
• Research, internet browsing, CD Rom.
• Electronic communication, multimedia.

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