2.0.11 Use text feature to understand a passage.

3.1.3 The process of using data to answer questions. 3.2.4 Interpret circle graphs 3.2.5 Make predictions and draw conclusions based on data

4.1.1 Simple physical, political, and thematic maps, globes, charts, photographs, aerial photography, and graphs can be used to find and explain locations and display information.

3.1.1 Living systems at all levels of organization demonstrate the complementary nature of structure and function. Important levels of organization for structure and function include cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms, and ecosystems.

3.1.4 Specialized cells perform specialized functions in multicellular organisms. Groups of specialized cells cooperate to form tissues. Different tissues are, in turn, grouped together to form larger functional units called organs. Each type of cell, tissue, and organ has a distinct structure and set of functions that serve the organism.

3.5.4 The number of organisms an ecosystem can support depends on the resources available and abiotic factors. Given adequate biotic and abiotic resources and no diseases or predators, populations increase at rapid rates. Lack of resources and

other factors, such as predation and climate, limit the growth of populations in specific niches in the ecosystem.

Wiffle Ball

1.1.3 Communication, cooperation, rules, and respect are important to the effective functioning of groups. 2.3.2 Rules of behavior and sportsmanship for spectators and participants during games and/or activities make them safe and enjoyable.

x.0.5 Formulate questions to guide reading.

3.2.1 Pose questions that can be answered by collecting data 3.2.2 Collect, organize, and describe data 3.3.3 How the type of display is related to data

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1.1.2 There are positive ways to express feeling during conflicts at home, school, and in the community. 1.1.3 Communication, cooperation, rules, and respect are important to the effective functioning of groups. 1.8.1 There are effective strategies for dealing with peer pressure. 1.8.3 Violence can be prevented by employing strategies. 1.8.4 Coping strategies promote mental and emotional health.

POS- Students will apply conflict resolution strategies

1.0.12 Identify characteristics of short stories, novels, poetry, and plays. 1.0.13 Describe literary elements in a passage.

3.1.1 Mean, median, mode, and range of a set of data

3.2.3 Construct and interpret displays of data

3.2.6 Find mean, median, mode, and range of a set of data

4.1.3 A positive coordinate system of graphing using ordered pairs

4.2.5 Graph ordered pairs on a positive coordinate grid

POS- Students will represent and describe relationships through the use of variables, ordered pairs, lists in tables, plots on graphs, and patterns. Students will explore line graphs to show change over time. Students will develop meaning and interpretation of arithmetic mean for numerical data. Students will find mean, median, mode, and range for a

4.1.2 Every point on Earth has an absolute location defined by latitude and longitude, and a relative location as compared to other points on Earth’s surface. 4.1.3 Mental maps are used to demonstrate where things are and how they are arranged. 4.1.4 After looking at special factors, decisions are made about where to locate human activities on Earth’s surface.

1.1.1 Individual behaviors show responsibility and respect to others. 1.2.1 Physical, social, and emotional changes occur during preadolescence and adolescence. 1.5.4 Health-related fitness includes many components 1.8.2 Stress management includes numerous strategies.

1.0.11 Explain the meaning of a passage taken from texts appropriate for middle-level students. 1.0.16 Identify literary devices such as foreshadowing, imagery, and figurative language.

1.1.4 Place value, expanded form, number magnitude to 100,000,000, and decimals through thousandths 1.2.1 Read, write, and rename whole numbers

4.1.5 Different factors in one location can have an impact on another location. 4.2.1 Every place is unique and can be described by its human and physical characteristics.

Life Skills- Decision Making

1.6.1 There are health and safety hazards to recognize and avoid at home, school, and play. 1.6.3 There are procedures for dealing with potentially unsafe and threatening situations.

x.0.3 Identify words that have multiple meanings and select the appropriate meaning for the context. x.0.4 Know the meaning of common prefixes and suffixes to comprehend unfamiliar words.

POS- Students will use vocabulary and comprehension strategies in context, as well as technology, to

1.1.1 Whole numbers (0 to100,000,000), fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals through thousandths 1.1.3 Odd and even numbers, composite and prime numbers, multiples, and factors

1.2.9 Order and compare whole

numbers and fractions

4.2.2 Regions are areas that have one or more physical or human characteristics in common. 5.1.1 Accounts of historical events are influenced by the perceptions of people and passing of time.

POS- Students will recognize unique places in

1.6.3 There are procedures for dealing with potentially unsafe and threatening situations. 1.6.4 There are procedures for obtaining emergency assistance.

POS- Students will explain and exhibit personal safety strategies. Students will demonstrate

x.0.2 Use knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms to comprehend a passage.

POS- Students will use vocabulary and comprehension strategies in context, as well as technology, to understand text.

1.2.4 Skip-count forward and backward 1.3.1 How fractions, decimals, and whole numbers relate 1.3.3 How the base 10 system relates to place value

4.2.4 Locate whole numbers, fractions, and decimals on a number line

POS- Students will graph points on a number line. Students will develop

5.1.2 History can be understood by using a variety of primary and secondary sources and tools. 5.1.3 Historical events have multiple causes.

POS- Students will explore the interpretive nature of the history of the United States using a variety of tools. Students will develop a chronological understanding of the history of the

1.3.2 There are good health and hygiene practices that affect self and others and assist in preventing the spread of diseases and parasites. 2.1.1 There are fundamental motor skills for enhancing physical development: locomotor and nonlocomotor.

POS- Students will exhibit motor skills with fundamental locomotor movement in the performance of games and sports.

 x.0.8 Make predictions, draw conclusions, and make generalizations about what is read.

 1.1.2 The operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division 1.2.2 Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers using a variety of methods

5.2.1 Native American cultures, both in Kentucky and the United States, had similarities and differences.

5.2.4 The study of U.S. history is categorized into broad historical periods and eras.

POS- Students will recognize broad historical periods and eras of the history of the United States. Students will explore the interpretive nature of the history of the United States using a variety of tools. Students will develop a chronological understanding of the history of the United States. Students will

3.1.2 All organisms are of cells, the fundamental unit of life. Most organisms are single cells; other organisms, including plants and animals are multicellular. 3.1.3 Cell carry on the many functions need to sustain life. They grow divide, thereby producing more cells. This requires that they take in nutrients, which they use to provide energy for the work that cells do and to make the materials that a cell or an organism needs. 3.1.4 Specialized cells perform specializxed functions in multicellular organisms. Groups of specialized cells cooperate to form tissues. Different tissues are, in turn, grouped together to form larger functional units called organs. Each type of cell, tissue,

1.0.15 Explain how a conflict in a passage is resolved.

POS- Students will recognize characteristics and elements of different kinds of literary works.

1.2.3 Add and subtract fractions with like denominators; add and subtract decimals through hundredths

5.2.2 People explored and settled America and Kentucky for multiple reasons.

1.0.14 Analyze the relationship between events in a story and a character’s behavior.

1.2.5 Estimate quantities of objects 1.2.6 Estimate computational results using an appropriate strategy 1.3.2 How properties (commutative, associative, identity properities of +,x, zero property of x) are used in

computation

5.2.3 The way we live has changed over time for both Kentuckians and Americans because of changes in many areas.