Summary of Skills

Unit 1: Magnetism and Electricity [S]

Science

• Collect information by observing and measuring.
• Describe and demonstrate how magnetism can be used to generate electricity.
• Describe and explain the parts of a light bulb.
• Describe and identify materials that are conductors and nonconductors of electricity.
• Explain and observe how electricity can be used to generate magnetism.
• Explain how magnetism is related to electricity.
• Identify and experiment with changes in electric currents.
• Identify how an electrical current is created.
• Identify magnetic and nonmagnetic materials.
• Identify products that require magnets in order to function.
• Identify the variety of ways electricity can be produced.
• Investigate the pull of magnets on materials made of iron and the pushes or pulls on other magnets.
• Observe and investigate characteristics of parallel and series circuits.
• Observe and investigate the ability of electric circuits to produce light, heat, sound, and magnetic effects.
• Observe and investigate the pull of magnets on materials made of iron and the pushes or pulls on other magnets.
• Plan and implement investigations.
• Recognize an electric circuit as a closed pathway including an energy source, energy conductor, and an energy receiver.
• Recognize lightning as an electrical discharge.
• Show proper safety behavior when lightning occurs.
• Understand the magnetic field that surrounds magnets.
• Understand the properties of magnets and magnetic materials.
• Use models to represent the natural world.

Unit 1: Ben and Me [LA]

Language Arts

• Ask questions to get information.
• Communicate with an audience through print and dramatic interpretations.
• Conduct research on a variety of topics.
• Consider the difference among genres.
• Demonstrate learning and ideas through productions and displays such as oral and written reports, murals, and dramatizations.
• Determine the point of view of a story.
• Develop drafts.
• Develop vocabulary through reading.
• Distinguish fact from opinion in various texts.
• Draw conclusions, make generalizations, and gather support by referencing the text.
• Edit for correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and features of polished writing.
• Generate ideas for writing by using prewriting techniques such as drawing and listing key thoughts.
• Identify (with assistance) the purpose, audience, and appropriate form for oral or written presentation.
• Identify similarities and differences among characters.
• Identify the most effective features of writing using criteria generated by the teacher and class.
• Increase vocabulary by studying author's craft.
• Interpret and use graphic sources of information, including maps, charts, graphs, and diagrams.
• Participate in creative interpretation of text.
• Participate in rhymes and songs.
• Read and interpret a variety of texts.
• Read classic and contemporary works.
• Read from a variety of genres for pleasure and to acquire information.
• Recall text information in different ways.
• Recognize differences among genres.
• Record own ideas and knowledge of a topic in a variety of ways such as pictures and lists.
• Respond to stories and poems in ways that reflect understanding and interpretation.
• Respond to text by making inferences and drawing conclusions about characters and events.
• Retell a spoken message by summarizing.
• Revise drafts in order to achieve a sense of audience, refine word choices, and create vivid images
• Share written and oral products in a variety of ways.
• Use resources and references such as beginners' dictionaries, glossaries, available technology, and context to build word meanings and confirm word pronunciation.
• Use writing to express ideas, feelings, and experiences.
• Write in different forms for different purposes and audiences.
• Write to discover, develop, and refine ideas.
• Write to record ideas and reflections.

Science

• Connect scientific concepts with the history of science and contributions of scientists.
• Evaluate the impact of research and invention on scientific thought, society, and the environment.
• Observe a simple system and describe the role of various parts.

Social Studies

• Describe how individuals, events, and ideas change over time.
• Describe similarities and differences among communities in different times and places.
• Explain the need for leaders in communities and describe their roles and responsibilities.
• Use appropriate source maps to locate communities.

Unit 2: The Power of People [SS]

Social Studies

• Cite examples of nonprofit or civic organizations such as the Red Cross and explain how they serve the common good.
• Demonstrate characteristics of responsible citizenship and explain how citizen participation can impact changes within a community.
• Demonstrate characteristics of responsible citizenship.
• Describe the basic structure of government in the local community.
• Explain how citizen participation can impact changes within a community.
• Explain how local government services are financed.
• Explain the importance of acts of civic responsibility, including obeying laws and voting.
• Explain the need for leaders in communities and describe their roles and responsibilities.
• Give examples of community changes that result from individual or group contributions.
• Identify characteristics of good citizenship such as a belief in justice, truth, equality, and responsibility for the common good.
• Identify government officials and explain how they are chosen.
• Identify historic figures who have exemplified good citizenship.
• Identify local government officials and explain how they are chosen.
• Identify people who exemplify good citizenship.
• Identify services commonly provided by local governments.
• Recognize diverse local, state, and national leaders, past and present, who demonstrate responsible citizenship.
• Recognize local, state, and national leaders, past and present, who demonstrate responsible citizenship.

Unit 2: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [LA]

Language Arts

• Analyze characters, including their traits, feelings, relationships, and changes.
• Analyze, compare, and contrast written text.
• Compare communication in different forms such as contrasting a dramatic performance with a print version of the same story or comparing story variants.
• Compare experiences of characters across texts.
• Compose a draft that conveys major ideas and focuses on a topic.
• Conduct research for assigned projects.
• Connect ideas and themes across texts.
• Describe the setting of a book.
• Develop drafts.
• Edit for appropriate grammar, spelling, punctuation, and features of polished writing.
• Generate ideas for writing by using prewriting techniques such as drawing and listing key thoughts.
• Identify (with assistance) the purpose, the audience, and the appropriate form for the oral or written task.
• Identify and interpret conflict and resolution.
• Identify author's use of figurative language.
• Identify similarities and differences across texts in topics, characters, and themes.
• Identify the conflict of a story.
• Identify the theme or author's message.
• Increase reading and writing vocabulary through word study and book discussion.
• Interact with text by locating information for specific purposes.
• Interact with the text before, during, and after reading, listening, or viewing by making connections.
• Locate background information about authors and their writing.
• Make inferences and draw conclusions about characters and events.
• Present dramatic interpretations of experiences, stories, poems, or plays.
• Produce work that follows the conventions of particular genres.
• Read a variety of fictional text including fables, myths, legends, fantasies, and fairy tales.
• Read aloud with fluency and expression.
• Recognize and interpret author's message.
• Recognize the theme or author's message in a story.
• Record personal knowledge of a topic in a variety of ways such as by drawing pictures.
• Relate plot, setting, and characters to personal experiences and ideas.
• Respond to fiction by reflecting on learning and gaining new insights.
• Revise drafts to achieve a sense of audience, precise word choices, and vivid images.
• Share written and oral products in a variety of ways.
• Use apostrophes in writing to show possession.
• Use logical thinking to solve problems and interpret information.
• Use logical thinking to solve problems and interpret information. (M)
• Use oral and written language to share information and ideas.
• Use word reference materials (e.g., dictionary, glossary) to confirm decoding skills, verify spelling, and extend meanings of words.
• Write in different forms for different purposes.
• Write to discover, develop, and refine ideas.
• Write to record ideas and reflections.
• Write with proficient spelling.

Math

• Use logical thinking to solve problems and interpret information.
• Use logical thinking to solve problems and interpret information. (LA)

Social Studies

• Compare language and oral traditions that reflect customs, regions, and cultures.

Unit 3: Forces of Nature [S]

Science

• Connect science concepts, the history of science, and contributions of scientists.
• Determine factors that affect motion including force, friction, inertia, and momentum.
• Determine the motion of an object by following and measuring its position over time.
• Evaluate the impact of research on scientific thought, society, and the environment.
• Explain how energy is needed to make machines move.
• Identify and analyze forces that cause change in landforms.
• Measure and record changes in an object to which a force has been applied.
• Measure and record changes in an object to which a force such as a push or pull has been applied.
• Recognize factors that affect motion: force, friction, inertia, and momentum.
• Recognize forms of energy and how they are used.
• Recognize that forces such as earthquakes and glaciers can change the surface of the Earth.
• Recognize the different forms of energy and how they are used.
• Represent the natural world using models and illustrations.
• Represent the natural world using models.

Social Studies

• Create timelines.
• Describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities over time.

Unit 3: The BFG [LA]

Language Arts

• Analyze characters, including their traits, feelings, relationships, and changes.
• Compose three or more paragraphs with topic sentences; supporting details; appropriate, logical sequence; and sufficient elaboration.
• Consider main character's point of view.
• Demonstrate learning through productions and displays such as oral and written reports, murals, and dramatizations.
• Develop vocabulary by reading, listening to, and discussing familiar and challenging texts.
• Draw conclusions from information gathered.
• Draw conclusions, make generalizations, and gather support by referencing the text.
• Focus reflection on target elements by using descriptive words and phrases and sequencing events and ideas.
• Gain increasing knowledge of grammar.
• Generate and record ideas for writing.
• Identify (with assistance) the purpose, audience, and appropriate form for the oral or written task.
• Identify a story genre.
• Identify and apply rules of subject-verb agreement.
• Identify and discuss similarities and differences in events, characters, and concepts between texts.
• Identify and discuss similarities and differences in events, characters, concepts, and ideas.
• Identify the importance of the setting to a story's meaning.
• Identify the theme or author's message in a story.
• Increase vocabulary through word study.
• Interpret and use graphic sources of information.
• Make inferences and draw conclusions about characters.
• Participate in creative interpretations of text.
• Read and follow step-by-step directions.
• Read contemporary and classical works of fiction.
• Read fiction and nonfiction.
• Read from a variety of genres.
• Reference the text to support the theme of a story.
• Relate plot, setting, and characters to personal experiences and ideas.
• Respond to stories and poems in ways that reflect understanding and interpretation in discussion, in writing, and through movement, music, art, and drama.
• Respond to text by identifying areas for further study.
• Share written, visual, and oral products in a variety of ways.
• Take simple notes from relevant sources such as classroom guests, books, and media sources.
• Use compiled information and knowledge to raise additional, unanswered questions.
• Use correct capitalization and punctuation.
• Use multiple sources, including print such as an encyclopedia, technology, and experts, to locate information that addresses questions.
• Use oral and written language to present information in a sequenced, logical manner; share information and ideas; recount or narrate; and report information on a topic.
• Use oral or written language to recount or narrate.
• Use planning strategies (with assistance) to generate topics and to organize ideas.
• Use preliminary plans to compose a draft that conveys major ideas and maintains focus on the topic.
• Use prior knowledge to anticipate meaning and interpret texts.
• Use quotation marks correctly in writing.
• Use resources such as beginners' dictionaries, glossaries, and technology to determine word meanings and confirm pronunciations.
• Use text and own experiences to verify facts, concepts, and ideas.
• Use text to locate information for specific purposes.
• Use written language to share information and ideas.
• Write in different forms for different purposes and audiences.
• Write to discover, develop, and refine ideas.
• Write to record ideas and reflections.

Science

• Recognize scientific principles being demonstrated in the environment.

Social Studies

• Locate geographical places on a variety of different maps.