READING
Unit 3: Heroes
What makes a hero? What qualities do we see in heroes? In this unit, students address these questions and others by reading historical fiction. They read biographical texts and poetry to learn about heroes. After learning from their reading, they write their own historical fiction story.
Reading Focus
-Historical fiction to understand their elements
-Prefixes pre-, dis-, in-, im-, non-
-Suffixes -ful, -y, -ness
-Vowel teams oo, ew, ue, ui, eu
-Abbreviations and irregular plurals
-Reading skills: Analyzing plot, setting, and characters; Inferring theme; Analyzing text structure;
Explaining poetic elements
Writing Focus
-Historical fiction
-Subject-Verb agreement, simple verb tenses, irregular verbs and pronouns
-Writing skills: Developing plot, setting, and characters; developing a problem and a solution; developing a sequence of events; composing dialogue; describing events and details
Selections for Unit 3
-Below Deck: A Titanic Story
-Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
-from Little House on the Prairie/ from By the Shores of Silver Lake
-Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
-Poems About Heroes
Unit 4: Events
How do communities change over time? How can one person improve a community? In this unit, students address these questions and others by reading biographies. They learn about narrative nonfiction and dramas. From these readings, they develop opinions and learn to write opinion essays.
Reading Focus
-Biographies about people who have changed their communities
-r-controlled vowels ir, er, ur, ear
-VCCCV syllable pattern
-Latin suffixes -able, -ible, -ation
-Homographs and Homophones
-Reading skills: Analyze text structure; Identifying main ideas and details; Explaining authors purpose and distinguishing viewpoints; Identifying elements of a drama
Writing Focus
-Opinion essays
-Possessive pronouns; contractions; prepositions; prepositional phrases; adjectives; articles; adverbs
-Writing skills: Developing a topic, point of view, and opinion; distinguishing between facts and opinions; developing reasons and supporting facts; developing a conclusion
Selections for Unit 4
-The House That Jane Built:A Story About Jane Addams
-from Frederick Douglass
-from Milton Hershey: Chocolate King, Town Builder
-Green City
-Grace and Grandma
MATHEMATICS
Statistics & Probability – (continue) graphs, median, mean
Multiplication facts – 0 – 12; Multiply by one digit
Measurement and time – length, weight, calendar, elapsed time
Geometry – lines, angles, congruent/similar figures, ordered pairs, symmetry, transformations, solid figures, perimeter, area, volume
Problem Solving – working backwards, make a table, interpret remainder, use a graph
Division – by one digit, 3 digit quotient, function machine
Fractions – equivalent, estimation, order, add, subtract, compare, unit cost
Divisibility – expressions and variables, order of operations, missing operations
SCIENCE
Second Trimester
Topic 3: Weather
Essential Question: What are ways to reduce the impacts of hazardous weather?
Lesson 1: Water and Weather
Lesson 2: Seasonal Weather Changes
Lesson 3: Weather Hazards
Topic 4: Climate
Essential Question: How can you explain what climate is like in different places?
Lesson 1: Climates
Lesson 2: Climate Change
Lesson 3: World Climates
SOCIAL STUDIES
Second Trimester
Chapter 3: Communities Build a Nation
Big Question: How does our past affect our present?
Lesson 1: America’s First Peoples
Lesson 2: Early Explorers
Lesson 3: Early Spanish Communities
Lesson 4: Early French Communities
Lesson 5: Early English Communities
Lesson 6: Creating a Nation
Chapter 4: Government, Landmarks, and Symbols
Big Question: Why do we have government?
Lesson 1: The American Government
Lesson 2: Branches of Government
Lesson 3: Levels of Government
Lesson 4: Landmarks, Symbols, and Documents
RELIGION
Faith Statements-
UNIT 2 (continues)
10. The Church prays
11. The Parish is our home
12. God calls us to holiness
13. ADVENT
14. CHRISTMAS
UNIT 3: The Church leads us in Woprship
15. We celebrate the Sacraments
16. Celebrating Eucharist: THE MASS
17. We worship at Mass
18. Celebrating PENANCE & RECONCILIATION
Saints-
Saint Frances of Rome
Saint Paul
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Saints Peter and Paul
Saint Brigid
Prayers-
The Creed
Rosary
Act of Contrition
Grace before/after meals
Morning Prayer