SURIANO – YEARLY PLAN 2014-2015
LANGUAGE ARTS:
READING
I QUARTER:
Unit 1 School Spirit!–Students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes, they will be able to describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described, and they will read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.
Unit 2 Wild Encounters – Students will determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text, they will explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text, and they will analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
LA.6 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the
reading process.
LA.7 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for
reading a variety of literary texts.
LA.8 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for
reading a variety of informational texts.
LA.9 The student demonstrates competence in speaking and listening as means for
learning and communicating.
II QUARTER:
Unit 2 Wild Encounters (Lessons 9 & 10) – Students will determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text, they will explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text, and they will analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
Unit 3 Revolution – Students will compare and contrast stories in the same genre (ex: mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics and they will draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
LA.6 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the
reading process.
LA.7 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for
reading a variety of literary texts.
LA.8 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for
reading a variety of informational texts.
LA.9 The student demonstrates competence in speaking and listening as means for
learning and communicating.
III QUARTER:
Unit 4 What’s Your Story – Students will analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (ex: graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
LA.6 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the
reading process.
LA.7 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for
reading a variety of literary texts.
LA.8 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for
reading a variety of informational texts.
LA.9 The student demonstrates competence in speaking and listening as means for
learning and communicating.
IV QUARTER:
Unit 5 Under Western Skies – Students will integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably and by the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history, social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the text complexity band independently and proficiently.
LA.6 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the
reading process.
LA.7 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for
reading a variety of literary texts.
LA.8 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for
reading a variety of informational texts.
LA.9 The student demonstrates competence in speaking and listening as means for
learning and communicating.
LANGUAGE
I QUARTER – Unit 1 Sentences
Unit 2 Nouns
Unit 3 Verbs
Wordly Wise Lesson 1-5
LA.1 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the
writing process.
LA.2 The student demonstrates competence in the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of
writing.
LA.3 The student uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions.
LA.4 The student demonstrates consistent improvement in word use and vocabulary
building.
LA.5 The student demonstrates the research skills necessary for gathering and using
information.
II QUARTER – Unit 4 Adjectives
Unit 5 Capitalization and Punctuation
Unit 6 Pronouns
Wordly Wise Lesson 6-10
LA.1 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the
writing process.
LA.2 The student demonstrates competence in the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of
writing.
LA.3 The student uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions.
LA.4 The student demonstrates consistent improvement in word use and vocabulary
building.
LA.5 The student demonstrates the research skills necessary for gathering and using
information.
III QUARTER – Unit 7 Adverbs and Prepositions
Unit 8 Writing a Personal Narrative
Unit 9 Writing a Story
Wordly Wise Lesson 11-15
LA.1 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the
writing process.
LA.2 The student demonstrates competence in the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of
writing.
LA.3 The student uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions.
LA.4 The student demonstrates consistent improvement in word use and vocabulary
building.
LA.5 The student demonstrates the research skills necessary for gathering and using
information.
IV QUARTER – Unit 10 Writing to Compare and Contrast
Unit 11 Writing a Research Report
Unit 12 Writing to Express an Opinion
Wordly Wise Lesson 16-20
LA.1 The student demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the
writing process.
LA.2 The student demonstrates competence in the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of
writing.
LA.3 The student uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions.
LA.4 The student demonstrates consistent improvement in word use and vocabulary
building.
LA.5 The student demonstrates the research skills necessary for gathering and using
information.
MATHEMATICS 5TH GRADE
I QUARTER:
Topic 1 Place Value – Students will understand the place value system.
Topic 2 Adding and Subtracting Decimals– Students will understand the place value system and perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredth.
Topic 3 Multiplying Whole Numbers– Students will understand the place value system and perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredth.
Topic 4 Dividing by 1-Digit Divisors– Students will perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredth.
M.1 The student effectively uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process.
M.2 The student understands and applies properties of numbers and number systems.
M.3 The student develops and uses the skills of computation and estimation.
M.4 The student understands and uses a variety of techniques and tools for measurement.
M.5 The student understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts
of geometry.
M.6 The student understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of probability,
data analysis, and statistics.
M.7 The student understands and applies basic and advanced properties of functions and
algebra.
M.8 The student understands the general nature and uses of mathematics in real world
situations.
M.9 The student communicates mathematical thinking coherently and clearly.
II QUARTER:
Topic 5 Dividing by 2-Digit Divisors– Students willperform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredth.
Topic 6 Multiplying Decimals – Students willunderstand the place value system and perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredth.
Topic 7 Dividing Decimals– Students will understand the place value system and perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredth.
Topic 8 Numerical Expressions, Patterns, and Relationships– Students will write and interpret numerical expressions and analyze patterns and relationships.
M.1 The student effectively uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process.
M.2 The student understands and applies properties of numbers and number systems.
M.3 The student develops and uses the skills of computation and estimation.
M.4 The student understands and uses a variety of techniques and tools for measurement.
M.5 The student understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts
of geometry.
M.6 The student understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of probability,
data analysis, and statistics.
M.7 The student understands and applies basic and advanced properties of functions and
algebra.
M.8 The student understands the general nature and uses of mathematics in real world
situations.
M.9 The student communicates mathematical thinking coherently and clearly.
III QUARTER:
Topic 9 Adding and Subtracting Fractions– Students willuse equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.
Topic 10 Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers– Students will use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.
Topic 11 Multiplying and Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers– Students will apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
Topic 12 Volume of Solids– Students will use geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.
M.1 The student effectively uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process.
M.2 The student understands and applies properties of numbers and number systems.
M.3 The student develops and uses the skills of computation and estimation.
M.4 The student understands and uses a variety of techniques and tools for measurement.
M.5 The student understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts
of geometry.
M.6 The student understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of probability,
data analysis, and statistics.
M.7 The student understands and applies basic and advanced properties of functions and
algebra.
M.8 The student understands the general nature and uses of mathematics in real world
situations.
M.9 The student communicates mathematical thinking coherently and clearly.
IV QUARTER:
Topic 13 Units of Measure– Students will convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.
Topic 14 Data – Students will represent and interpret data.
Topic 15 Classifying Plane Figures –classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
Topic 16 Coordinate Geometry – students will graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
M.1 The student effectively uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process.
M.2 The student understands and applies properties of numbers and number systems.
M.3 The student develops and uses the skills of computation and estimation.
M.4 The student understands and uses a variety of techniques and tools for measurement.
M.5 The student understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts
of geometry.
M.6 The student understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of probability,
data analysis, and statistics.
M.7 The student understands and applies basic and advanced properties of functions and
algebra.
M.8 The student understands the general nature and uses of mathematics in real world
situations.
M.9 The student communicates mathematical thinking coherently and clearly.
SCIENCE
I QUARTER:
Methods of Science – Students will learn what tools scientist use, what inquiry skills they use, and what the Scientific Method is.
Chapter 6 Life’s Classification and Structure –Students will learn what cells are, how they work together, and how body systems work together.
Chapter 7 Inheritance and Adaptations – Students willbe able to classify living things in different ways and distinguish between vertebrates and invertebrates.
Chapter 8 Introduction to Plants – Students will learnthat plants have a variety of structures to help them carry out life processes.
Chapter 9 Introduction to Animals – Students will learn how cell division affects growth, how characteristics are inherited, and what other factors affect characteristics.
Chapter 10 Interactions of Life – Students will learn how living things interact with each other and the environment.
S.1 Students understand the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct,
communicate about, and evaluate such investigations.
S.2 Students know and understand common properties, forms, and changes in matter and
energy.
S.3 Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the
processes of life, and how living things interact with each other and their environment.
S.4 Students know and understand the processes and interactions of Earth’s systems and
structure and dynamics of Earth and other objects in space.
S.5 Students know and understand interrelationships among science, technology, and
human activity and how they can affect the world.
S.6 Students understand that science involves a particular way of knowing and they
understand common connections among scientific disciplines.
II QUARTER:
Chapter 11 Mater and Atoms– Students will learn about substances and mixtures and the structure of atoms.
Chapter 12 Matter: Properties and Changes – Students will learn that all matter has properties that can be observed, described, and measured.
Chapter 13 Energy and Energy Transformations - Students will learn that energy exists in many forms and can be changed from one form to another.
Chapter 14 Waves, Light and Sound - Students will learn that sound and light travel as waves of energy.
Chapter 15 Electricity and Magnetism - Students will learn that electricity is a form of energy that plays an important role in our lives.
S.1 Students understand the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct,
communicate about, and evaluate such investigations.
S.2 Students know and understand common properties, forms, and changes in matter and
energy.
S.3 Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the
processes of life, and how living things interact with each other and their environment.
S.4 Students know and understand the processes and interactions of Earth’s systems and
structure and dynamics of Earth and other objects in space.
S.5 Students know and understand interrelationships among science, technology, and
human activity and how they can affect the world.
S.6 Students understand that science involves a particular way of knowing and they
understand common connections among scientific disciplines.
III QUARTER:
Chapter 1 Mapping Earth – Students will learn how Earth’s surface feature are measured and modeled.
Chapter 2Earth in Space –Students will learn where Earth is in the universe and how Earth is related to other objects in the universe.
Chapter 3 Our Planet-Earth – Students will learn how you can describe Earth.
Chapter 4 Earth’s Dynamic Surface – Students will learn what processes change Earth’s surface.
Chapter 5 Natural Resources – Students will learn why it’s important to manage natural resources wisely.
S.1 Students understand the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct,
communicate about, and evaluate such investigations.
S.2 Students know and understand common properties, forms, and changes in matter and
energy.
S.3 Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the
processes of life, and how living things interact with each other and their environment.
S.4 Students know and understand the processes and interactions of Earth’s systems and
structure and dynamics of Earth and other objects in space.
S.5 Students know and understand interrelationships among science, technology, and
human activity and how they can affect the world.
S.6 Students understand that science involves a particular way of knowing and they
understand common connections among scientific disciplines.
IV QUARTER:
HEALTH – Students willlearn about the organs and functions of the skeletal and muscular systems, functions of the nervous system, and how harmful the effects of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs are.
S.1 Students understand the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct,
communicate about, and evaluate such investigations.
S.3 Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the
processes of life, and how living things interact with each other and their environment.
S.5 Students know and understand interrelationships among science, technology, and
human activity and how they can affect the world.
S.6 Students understand that science involves a particular way of knowing and they
understand common connections among scientific disciplines.
MATHEMATICS – 7TH GRADE
I QUARTER:
Chapter 1 Decimals and Integers – Students will estimate using rounding, front-end estimation, and compatible numbers; add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals and to do mental math using properties of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; will use and convert metric units of measure; will compare and order integers and find absolute values; add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers
Chapter 12 Probability – Students will find the probability and the complement of an event; find experimental probability and use simulations; make and use sample spaces and use the counting principle; find the probability of independent and dependent events; find permutations and combinations
Chapter 2 Exponents, Factors, and Fractions – Students will learn to write and simplify expressions with exponents; find multiples and factors and use prime factorization; write equivalent fractions and simplify fractions; write mixed numbers and improper fractions; convert between fractions and decimals; compare and order rational numbers; write numbers in scientific notation and standard form
M.1 The student effectively uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process.