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Standard #1: Reading for Information:
Students will read and understand informational materials, describe characteristics of informational text and use facts, ideas and perspectives in developing concepts.
- 4.1.a Summarize main ideas from informational text.
Standard #2: Reading Literature:
Students will read and understand a variety of classic and contemporary literature representing diverse historical and cultural perspectives to build an understanding of themselves and others, their environment and the world.
- 4.2.b Expand and integrate their knowledge of diverse literature.
Standard #3: Process of Reading:
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the reading process by using reading and thinking skills and strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
- 4.3.c Comprehend text and read fluently.
Standard #4: Literacy Communities:
Students will recognize the value of personal and social connection of reading, read to satisfy personal interests, and to establish, maintain and enhance personal relationships with others.
- 4.4.d Enjoy reading and sharing ideas with others.
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Standard #1:
Students will use mathematics to solve problems, communicate, and work with others.
- 4.1.a use correct mathematical operations to solve a word problem.
Standard #2:
Students will use measurement skills.
- 4.2.b identify and convert measures of length, volume and weight.
Standard #3:
Students will use reasoning skills, mental mathematics, and estimation skills.
- 4.3.c use estimation skills to round to the nearest thousand.
- 4.3.d use mental math skills to accurately solve a problem presented.
Standard #4:
Students will perform mathematical operations and see relationships among numbers.
- 4.4.e show the value of fractions with pictures.
- 4.4.f solve 1 digit times 4-digit multiplication.
- 4.4.g know basic division facts.
- 4.4.h know place value through millions.
- 4.4.i multiply a 2-digit number times a 2-digit number
Standard #5:
Students will demonstrate a development of spatial sense.
- 4.5.j identify acute, obtuse and right angles.
Standard #6:
Students will collect and analyze data.
- 4.6.k use graphs and tables to solve problems.
Standard #7:
Students will use patterns and relationships to solve problems.
- 4.7.l extend a given number pattern.
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Standard #1:
Students will understand major concepts in earth science and how these apply to society.
- 4.1.a compare and contrast the prairie today with the prairie of 100 years ago.
- 4.1.b analyze characteristics that distinguish the prairie land form from other land forms.
Standard #2:
Students will understand major concepts in life science and how these apply to society.
4.2.c
Standard #3:
Students will understand major concepts in physical science and how these apply to society.
- 4.3.d state the variables that determine the pitch of a sound.
- 4.3.e describe how sound travels and what medium it can travel through.
Standard #4:
Students will use scientific inquiry processes (e.g. questioning, observing, predicting, experimenting, controlling variables, concluding) to understand the natural world.
- 4.4.f design and conduct a controlled experiment using a variety of multivariable systems: pendulums, airplanes, boats and catapults.
Standard #5:
Students will recognize the inter-relationships among the earth, life, and physical sciences and their effect on the environment.
4.5.g identify resources prairies provide for life forms and the environment.
Standard #6:
Students will know the needs, functions, and systems of the human body, as it develops into an adult.
- 4.6.h explain how bones and muscles in our body work together to cause movement.
- 4.6.i explain that skin protects the body from harmful substances and other organisms, and from drying out.
- 4.6.j understand that the brain gets signals from all parts of the body telling what is going on there; the brain also sends signals to parts of the body to influence what they do.
4.6.k understand that from food, people obtain energy and materials for body repair and growth; the indigestible parts of food are eliminated.
4.6.l state that by breathing, people take in the oxygen they need to live.
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Standard #1:
The student will use maps, charts, graphs and timelines.
- 3-4.1.a Creates a map that includes a key, symbols and a compass rose.
Standard #2:
The student will demonstrate research skills.
- 3-4.2.b Use multiple resource materials (i.e., encyclopedia, atlas, almanac, computers, etc.) to obtain information.
- 3-4.2.c Summarize information from a variety of sources.
Standard #3:
The student will demonstrate cultural awareness.
- 3-4.3.d Describes the benefits of living in a particular culture.
Standard #4:
The student will demonstrate a geographic perspective.
- 3-4.4.e Describe two or more geographic aspects of an area.
- 3-4.4.f Describe the basic needs and lifestyles of the people living in a specific geographic area.
Standard #5:
The student will demonstrate participatory citizenship.
- 3-4.5.g Describe the steps involved in preparing for and participating in a community service project.
Standard #6:
The student will demonstrate an awareness of democracy.
- 3-4.6.h. Describe how a person or group contributed to democracy.
Standard #7:
The student will demonstrate economic awareness.
- 3-4.7.i Describe how the economy of an area impacts the lives of the people residing there.
Standard #8:
The student will demonstrate historical thinking.
- 3-4.8.j Give examples of past events which have impacted
contemporary life.
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Standard #1:
Students will perform music alone and with others.
- 1.a. Students will perform independently on partner songs.
Standard #2:
Students will read and write music.
- 2.b. Students will read and perform from staff notation a song containing fa and the ti-ta-ti rhythm.
Standard #3:
Students will listen and respond to a varied repertoire of music.
- 3.c. Students will identify the musical elements used in the Theme and Variations form.
Standard #4:
Students will describe music as it relates to history, culture, and diversity.
- 4.d. Students will identify and describe music characteristics relative to the Russian culture.
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Standard #1: Aesthetic Perception:
To inquire into the nature, beauty, and experiences of art through sensory perception.
- 4.1.a. The student will communicate his/her ideas about art and the surrounding world.
Standard #2: Art Criticism:
To observe, reflect, and understand the characteristics and significance of one's own artwork and the artwork of others.
- 4.2.b. The student will describe ideas or feelings connected with the viewing or making of art.
Standard #3: Art History:
To acquire knowledge of historical and cultural development through varying aesthetic points of view.
- 4.3.c. The student will compare characteristics of art works in various eras and cultures
Standard #4: Art Production:
To create and express ideas through a variety of media, techniques, and processes.
- 4.4.d. The student will use a variety of media, techniques and processes to express meaning through art.
Standard #1: Communication:
Students understand and interpret spoken and written communication in the target language on a variety of topics.
Standard #2: Cultures:
Students will demonstrate an awareness of the cultures of the target languages.
Standard #3: Connections:
Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the target language.
Standard #4: Comparisons:
Students will develop insight into their own language and culture through the study of the target language and culture.
Standard #5: Communities:
Students will participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world.
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Standard #1:
Students engage in the writing process: All students will plan, write and revise while identifying personal strengths and weaknesses in writing.
- 4.1.a. Students will brainstorm, draft, revise, and edit a descriptive or narrative piece of writing.
- 4.1.b. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the principles of language. They will transfer conventions in their writing and enrich writing through use of vocabulary.
- 4.1.c. Students will complete “on demand” writing (Iowa Writing Assessment, Expository and/or Persuasive)
Standard #2:
Students write for a variety of purposes and audiences: All students will demonstrate an understanding of purpose and audience in their writing.
- 4.2.d. Students will gather and organize information. They will summarize one source demonstrating understanding of main idea and supporting details. (Expository genre)
- 4.2.e. Students will write pieces using four genre. (Narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive.) Students will use rubrics and performance levels of writing.
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