READING

MATH

SOCIAL STUDIES

SCIENCE

PRACTICAL LIVING/ ARTS & HUMANITIES

WRITING

WEEK 10

1.0.8 Describe characters, plot, setting and problem/solution of a passage. 1.0.9 Explain a character’s actions based on a passage.

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

1.3.2 How properties (commutative, associative, identity properties of addition and multiplication, zero property of multiplication) are used in computation.  4.1.2 Number sentences with a missing value or variable.  4.2.3 Find solutions to number sentences with a missing value.

POS- Students will explore variables and solve equations using variables.

5.1.2 History can be understood by using a variety of primary and secondary sources and tools (artifacts, diaries, time lines).  5.2.1 Native American cultures, both in Kentucky and the United States, had similarities (gender roles, family organization, religion, values) and differences (language, shelter, tools, foods, and clothing).  5.2.4 The study of U.S. history is categorized  into broad historical periods and eras (Land and People before Columbus, Age of Exploration, Colonization, War for Independence, the Young Republic, Westward Expansion, Industrialism, the Twentieth Century). 

POS- Students will understand different groups throughout Kentucky’s history and their reasons for exploring and/or

settling in Kentucky.  Students will develop a chronological understanding of Kentucky’s early development as a territory and state. 

1.3.2 Heat can be produced in many ways such as burning or rubbing.  One way heat can move from one object to another is by conduction.  Some materials absorb and conduct heat better than others.

POS- Students will understand that heat can be produced in many ways and can move from one object to another by conduction.

2.1.1 There are fundamental motor skills for enhancing physical development:  locomotor, nonlocomotor

POS- Students will improve competency and consistency in performing locomotor and nonlocomotor  skills in games and sports.

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WEEK 11

 3.0.6 Identify an author’s opinion about a subject.  3.0.7 Identify fact and/or opinion.  3.0.8 Identify information that is supported by fact.

POS- Students will respond to authors’ opinions and details used to support those opinions.  Students will respond to authors’ opinions and details used to support those opinions.

1.1.3 Odd and even numbers, composite and prime numbers, multiples, and factors.  1.2.7 Use factors to determine prime and composite numbers. 1.2.8 Determine least common multiple

POS-  Students will determine factors/multiples of a whole number. 

4.3.2 Humans usually settle where there are adequate resources to meet their needs (areas with water, fertile land, protected land, different modes of transportation.). 5.1.1 Accounts of historical events are influenced by the perceptions of people and passing of time. 

POS- Students will understand how humans have interacted with the physical environment to meet their needs in Kentucky and regions in the United States.  Students will recognize how lifestyles and conditions have changed over time in Kentucky.  Students will recognize how the physical environment, especially in the past, limited and promoted human settlement and

activities in Kentucky.

2.2.1 The Sun provides the light and heat necessary to maintain the temperature of Earth.  The Sun’s light and heat are necessary to sustain life on Earth.  3.1.2 Organisms have basic needs.

POS- Students will understand that the Sun provides the light and heat necessary to maintain the temperature of the Earth.  Students will understand that organisms have basic needs (air, water, nutrients, light) and can only survive when these needs are met.

1.7.1 Some behavioral choices (tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; eating disorders) result in negative consequences. 1.7.2 There are potential short-and long-term consequences and risks of behavioral choices (tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; sexual involvement; violent/aggressive behaviors) on individuals and families. 

POS- Students will examine risks associated with the use of non-medicinal drugs.  Students will analyze positive and negative consequences of choices and actions.

Life Skills- Assertiveness

POS-  Students will use information from technology and other resources to produce writing that develops and supports independent ideas.

WEEK 12

2.0.8 Identify main ideas and details that support them.

POS- Students will respond to authors’ opinions and details used to support those opinions.

1.2.5 Estimate quantities of objects  1.2.6 Estimate computational results using an appropriate strategy

POS- Students will explore appropriate estimation procedures.

4.4.1 People depend upon the physical environment for food, shelter, and water.  4.4.2 People adapt to or modify the environment (produce food, build shelter, make clothing) to meet their needs.  4.4.3 The physical environment both promotes and limits human activities (mountains as barriers are or as protection, rivers used as boundaries or transportation routes).

3.1.1 Things in the environment are classified as living, nonliving, and once living.  3.1.3 Each plant or animal has structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.

POS- Students will understand that behavior of individual organisms is influenced by stimuli.  Students will understand that organisms have different structures that serve different functions.

1.3.4 Young children’s health habits and behaviors (substance use/abuse, dietary and exercise habits) affect physical health.  1.7.2 Use of nonmedicinal drugs (tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, inhalants) can be addictive and harmful to the body).  2.2.2 Frequent practice contributes to improved performance.

POS-  Students will investigate the benefits of participation in leisure, recreational, and competitive physical activity.

WEEK 13

 2.0.9 Make predictions and draw conclusions based on what is read.

POS- Students will employ reading strategies (word analysis, re-reading, context clues, pre-reading, raising questions, predicting, drawing conclusions).

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 (mental, paper/pencil, calculator).

POS- Students will understand

and apply computational procedures for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers using memorized basic facts. 

4.3.1 Human populations gather in groups of different sizes and in different locations in the world.  5.2.2 People explored and settled America and Kentucky for multiple reasons (freedoms, opportunities, fleeing negative situations).

POS- Students will explore different perspectives and interpretations of Kentucky history by

using primary and secondary sources, artifacts, and time lines.

3.2.1 Plants and animals have life cycles that include the beginning of life, growth and development, reproduction, and death.  3.2.2 Plants and animals closely resemble their parents at some time in their life cycle.   

POS -  Students will understand that organisms have life cycles that are different for different organisms.

POS-  Students will understand that characteristics of organisms are inherited or learned.  Students will understand that organisms resemble their parents.  Students will understand that all animals depend on plants for food.

POS- Students will write transactive pieces based on personal experiences, reading, listening, observing, and/or inquiry.

WEEK 14

5.1.3 Historical events have multiple causes. 

POS- Students will examine cause-and-effect relationships for events in Kentucky history and understand that some events had multiple causes.

3.3.1 Plants make their own food.  

WEEK 15

2.0.7 Identify the organizational pattern in a passage:  sequence, cause and effect, and/or comparison and contrast. 

POS- Students will utilize text features and organizational to interpret transactive reading materials (informational, practical/workplace, and persuasive).

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.

POS- Students will add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers.

2.1.1 Language, music, art, dress, food, stories, and folk tales help define culture and may be shared among various groups.  5.2.3 The way we live has changed over time for both Kentuckians and Americans because of changes in many areas (communication, innovations/inventions, homes, transportation, recreation, traditions, education). 

POS- Students will recognize the elements of culture using different groups from Kentucky’s past and regions of the United States as examples.  Students will recognize how lifestyles and conditions have changed over time in Kentucky.

3.3.2 The world has many different environments.  Distinct environments support the lives of different types of organisms.  When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce, and others die or move to new locations.

POS- Students will understand that organisms’ patterns of behavior are related to the nature of organisms’ environments.  Students will understand that Earth’s materials have different physical and chemical properties and provide resources that humans use.

3.3.2 Improving environmental conditions (air and water quality) and preserving natural resources impact personal and community health.  1.8.4 Coping strategies (goal setting, time management, decision-making processes) promote mental and emotional health. 

POS- Students will identify community guidelines (animal control, sanitation, immunization) that promote healthy environments.

Life Skills- Decision Making

WR-E—1.4 Transactive writing is informative/

Persuasive writing that presents ideas and information for authentic audiences to accomplish realistic purposes like those students will encounter in their lives.  In transactive writing students will write in a variety of forms such as the following:  letters, speeches, editorials, articles, proposals, brochures other kinds of practical/workplace writing. 

WEEK 16

 1.0.7 Demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays.

POS- Students will

recognize characteristics and elements of different kinds of works.

1.1.1Democratic governments function according to the needs and wants of the citizens and provide for society’s needs (police and fire departments, education, highways).  1.1.2 The purpose of a government’s rules and laws (U.S. Constitution, school rules) to establish and maintain order.

POS- Students will understand the basic purposes of  government in Kentucky including the establishment and maintenance of order, the protection of rights of individuals, and the promotion of the common good.

2.1.3 Fossils found in Earth materials provide evidence about organisms that lived long ago and the nature of the environment at that time. 

POS- Students will understand that fossils provide evidence about organisms that lived long ago. 

3.3.3 All organisms, including humans, cause changes in the environment where they live. 

POS- Students will understand that organisms change the environment.  These changes may be detrimental or beneficial. 

2.2.2 Frequent practice contributes to improved performance. 

POS- Students will refine practice techniques to achieve consistency for a variety of physical activities. 

WEEK 17

1.0.10 Connect literature to students’ lives and real world issues.

POS- Students will understand and respond to a variety of reading materials, making connections to students’ lives, to real world issues, and/or to current events.

2.1.2 Elements of culture (language, music, art, dress, food, stories, folktales) serve to define specific groups and may result in unique perspectives.  2.2.1 All cultures develop institutions, customs, beliefs, and holidays reflecting their unique histories, situations, and perspectives.

POS- Students will understand similarities and differences in the

ways groups and cultures within Kentucky and regions of the United States address similar needs and concerns.  Students will recognize the elements of culture using different groups from Kentucky’s past and regions of the United States as examples.

 2.3.2 Weather changes from day to day and over seasons.  Weather can be described by observations and measurable quantities such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.

POS - Students will understand that weather changes from day to day and over the seasons. 

WEEK 18

2.0.10 Connect the content of a passage to students’ lives and/or real world issues.

POS- Students will understand and respond to a variety of reading materials, making connections to students’ lives, to real world issues, and/or to current events

5.2.6 The United States, Canada, and Mexico have basic similarities and differences (indigenous peoples, immigrants, colonial backgrounds, cultural characteristics).

1.1.3 Communication, cooperation, rules, and respect are important to the effective functioning of groups.  1.1.2 There are positive ways to express feelings during conflicts at home, school, and in the community.  1.2.1 Physical, social, and emotional changes occur during preadolescence and adolescence.

POS- Students will apply conflict resolution strategies.