• Place value to 100,000,000 & rounding to 1000’s
• Division
• Fractions and decimals
• Plane figures
• Patterns and relationships
• Problem solving

• Oceans (Life)
• Air and Weather (Earth)
• Inventions (Physical)
• Electricity and Magnetism (Physical)
• Grade-appropriate participation in annual Science Fair and Engineering Design Challenge

• California history
• California’s multi-multicultural roots
• Impact of colonization on Native American cultures
• The role of citizens from the classroom to the world
• Geography and map skills

• Using reference tools

• Using the Dewey Decimal System

• Research using more than one reference source

• Enlarging on encyclopedia reference skills

• Simple bibliographies

• Exploring genres to develop interest areas

Reading & Literature

• Reading and responding to a variety of literary works
• Reading informational text
• Developing vocabulary, fluency and speaking skills
• Summarizing and retelling information;
• Read-alouds and sustained silent reading

• Organizing and structuring fiction and non-fiction
• Multi-paragraph expository essays
• Researched short reports and articles using notecards
• Nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions
• Mechanics and usage
• Spelling and vocabulary development

• Conditioning and fitness activities. Five-Mile-Club walk/jog/run for 20 minutes each week.
• Team sports skill-building: Volleyball. Football on short field. Basketball with lowered baskets: Soccer. Track: Baseball/ and Softball using regulation balls
• Swimming: stroke technique and free swim.
• Learning responsibility for care of P.E. uniforms, using lockers, and working locks.
  
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Computer & Technology - Guided units on advanced Internet surfing, presentations, video editing, webpage software, sound recording, note taking, newsletter creation/editing, spreadsheets, and mechanical engineering. Instruction in music theory, virtual reality, lisp programming, mythology, animation, and keyboarding.

• Mastery of importing graphics, presentation software, and multimedia programs
• Proficiency with video cameras and editing, mechanical engineering, audio recording, scanning, Internet Search engines, advanced word processing, top and bottom row for keyboarding, and computer simulation
• Introduction to spreadsheets, animation, and graphic arts
  

Foreign Language - FLEX Program*-- French and Spanish

• Worksheet exercises
• Vocabulary development
• Simple conversations
• Correct pronunciation
• Music, geography, and culture

Music

• Begin the study of either clarinet or violin and develop basic proficiency to allow for playing pieces in union and in parts, in solo and duet pieces
• Sing accurately and independently
• Compose music within specific guidelines
• Read and notate music
• Listen to, describe, analyze, and evaluate music and music performances from a variety of cultures and time periods

Art

• Understand and use foreground, middle ground, and background to create the illusion of space.
• Learn and use techniques for transforming two-dimensional shapes into what appear to be three-dimensional forms.
• Create a variety of art works in a variety of media, particularly those based on observations of actual objects.
• Understand and use complementary colors.
• Begin formally reflecting on their own artwork.