This is a list of benchmarks we will cover this year! Some items are review, some are just being introduced, and some are expected to be mastered.
Identify the major physical features of the earth.
Measure the location of places by using latitude and longitude.
Identify and use different types of maps or geographic tools.
Recognize, interpret, or use charts, graphs, tables and diagrams.
Identify the seven continents, four oceans and both
international and national boundaries of the world.
Identify the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
Learn about the major regions and river systems of the U.S.
Compare the climate of each region with our own.
Understand the cultures of the various U.S. regions.
Identify and use map symbols.
Become knowledgeable about major cities in each region.
Identify the major crops raised in each region
Analyze the problems pertinent to each region.
Identify the natural resources located in each region.
Discover how the major industries in each region are
related to the geography of the land.
Evaluate the causes and effects of population density.
Summarize the contributions of the Native Americans to our lives.
Identify the reasons the first settlers chose to live in America.
Demonstrate knowledge of the expansion of
settlements in the United States.
Demonstrate knowledge of current events.
Recognize the importance of being aware of current events.
Use a variety of current media to collect, organize,
and share information on a chosen topic.
Construct and interpret a timeline that portrays
significant events in the history of the U.S. and the World.
Analyze and interpret historical graphs and charts.
Identify symbols of patriotism.
Demonstrate respect for others, their opinions, and their property.
Identify the ideas and values important to the development of U.S. Government.
Understand that leaders are chosen by various groups to represent their interests.
Identify levels of government (local, state & federal) and their relationship to one another.
Identify branches of government and their functions and powers.
Understand the electoral process at various governmental levels.
Identify the basic rights of U.S. citizenship as expressed in the Bill of Rights.
Identify the responsibilities of U.S. citizenship.
Practice democratic decision-making in a variety of settings.
Identify a community need that could be improved through community service.
Identify criterion to classify organisms.
Classify representative organisms in their appropriate
category (i.e. plants, animals, protist)
Describe the parts of the plant.
Describe the functions of various plant parts, roots, stems, and leaves.
Identify the body structures associated with the five
senses.
Describe the functions of the skeletal system.
Explain the functions of the muscular system.
Become aware of the presence of cells in our body.
Describe complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
Demonstrate the relationship between movement and sound.
Identify examples of matter through which sound travels
Construct a model of the movement of electricty
through a circuit.
Practice safety rules pertaining to the uses of electricity.
Compare and contrast materials which conduct
electricicity.
Reads for enjoyment, appreciation, and personal insight.
Reads and listens to a variety of printed material
Self-selects printed material to read and share with others
Formulates personal response to printed material
Connects reading to his/her life, text, and world
Applies reading skills and strategies to improve fluency and demonstrate comprehension.
Reads with fluency at grade level expectation (130-140)
Learns synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and multiple
meanings
Uses vocabulary strategies to comprehend text
Understands compound words, contractions, and plural
forms
Uses word attack skills to pronounce and understanding
vocabulary in text (prefix, suffix, root, decoding, etc.)
Uses analogies to increase vocabulary
Uses strategies to determine important information in
text (skims, scan, text structure)
Paraphrases text to demonstrate comprehension
Sequences pictures and/or tell time-order of events
Predicts, questions, visualizes and draws conclusions
to make inferences and synthesize information
Identifies main idea and supporting details
Makes connections to prior knowledge
Compares and contrasts
Categorizes and classifies
Identifies cause and effect
Uses text structure (bold print, captions, bullets)
Reads, interprets analyzes, and responds to literary and informational text.
Identifies literary elements (character, plot, setting)
Reads and identifies different genre
Identifies author's viewpoint, style, and purpose
Learns vocabulary in context
Reads, Interprets, and uses information from various
sources
Read and Write numbers through millions.
Order and compare the numbers to 10,000
Change decimals up to the hundredths digit from word form to a standard numberal.
Apply the strategy of rounding to find estimated quotient.
Estimating sum, difference, product, or quotient of whole numbers.
Rounds to lead digit.
Identifying/rounding to significant digit.
Write equivalent fraction
Reduce fractions to their simplest terms.
Determine the Least Common Multiple (LCM)
Determine the Greatest Common Factor (GCF)
Find a common denominator
Compare fractions using <, =, >
Explore concepts of percents.
Express a fraction in tenths and hundredths as a decimal.
Change mixed numbers to fractions.
Estimate to check reasonable answer.
Subtract multiple digit numbers with and without renaming
Know all multiplication facts.
Multiply any number by a two-digit number.
Know all basic division facts.
Divide a multiple-digit number by a one-digit number.
Divide multiple-digit numbers by two-digit numbers.
Simplify expressions using order of operations.
Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators using LCM.
Find a fractional part of a whole number.
Add/Subtract any two decimals numbers.
Add multiple-digit numbers with and without renaming.
Evaluate algebraic expressions.
Write expressions using symbols to replace numbers.
Add and subtract with time.
Determine a reasonable answer for liquid and weight measurement
Measure length to 1/4 of the specified unit.
Calculator Skills: (C, CE, AC, ON/C, M, M+, M-, MR, MC.
Solve a one-step equation with whole numbers (any operation)
Find perimeter of a polygon.
Find the area of rectangles.
Explore and apply basic concepts of probability.
Compute averages.
construct, read, and interpret various types of graphs.
Collect, organize, analyze date to make reasonable predictions.
Apply a problem-solving stratgegy appropriate to the situation.
Solve problems requiring addition and subtraction.
Solve word problems involving multiplication and division.
Solve money related story problems involving addition and subtraction.
Solve word problems involving percents.
Write to respond to literature.
Write to inform.
Write to entertain.
Write to persuade.
Write to learn.
Write to research.
Write for a certain audience.
Write various form: personal letter, friendly letter, business
letter, learning log/journal, fiction, journalistic forms,
poetry, research report/paper.
Writes using the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, final copy, presentation.
Students will use appropriate language, mechanics, and organization:
-Parts of Speech (nouns, verbs, pronouns, adverbs,
regular and irregular verbs, singular and plural verbs,
prepositional phrases, conjunctions, interjections,
simple/complete subject, simple/complete predicate
subject-verb agreement, verb tense, pronoun case,
commonly confused words, and active-passive voice.
-Mechanics (capitalizing, commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, abbreviations, underlining/italics,
-Organization (writes types of sentences, paragraph
writing, topic sentences, details, closing sentences,
uses spelling strategies, uses resources to find correct
spelling, writes in narrative, descriptive, expository and persuasive forms.
Students will write in cursive.