• MATH OVERVIEW
     
    Operations and Algebra Thinking
       - Write and interpret numerical expressions.
       - Analyze patterns and relationships.
     
    Number and Operations in Base Ten
       - Understand the place value system.
       - Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to the hundredths.
     
    Number and Operations-Fractions
       - Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subject.
       - Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
     
    Measurement and Data
       - Convert like measurements units within a given measurement system.
       - Represent and interpret data
       - Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.
     
    Geometry
       - Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
       - Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
     
    Math Textbook: Math in Focus: Singapore Math by Marshall Cavendish
     
    Social Studies
    - Western Hemisphere.
    - U.S. Geography and Government.
    - Canada, South America, Mexico.
     
    Science
    - Science 21 is a hands-on approach that doesn't require a text.
    - Experiments using the Controlled Study Method.
    - Microscopes and the micro world.
    - Human body.
    - Environment.
     
    Reading
    - Improvement of reading comprehension skills.
    - Exposure to quality literature (fiction, non-fiction, historical fiction).
    - Improvement of fluency and reading rate.
    - Further vocabulary development.
    - Using strategies to understand texts and monitor comprehension.
     
    Writing 
    - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
    - Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
    - Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
    - Editing/Revising skills.
    -Review parts of speech and sentence writing.