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This curriculum overview is
designed to explain, in terms of student achievement, the
instructional goals.
Reading
 The
student uses the reading process effectively.
The
student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.
The
student understands the nature and power of language.
The
student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively.
Language Arts
The
student listens and uses information gained for a variety of
purposes.
The
student understands there are patterns and rules in semantic
structure,
symbols, sounds, and meanings conveyed through the
English language.
The
student demonstrates awareness that language and literature are
primary
means by which culture is transmitted.
The
student demonstrates consistent and effective use of interpersonal
and
academic vocabularies in reading, writing , listening
and speaking.
The
student identifies the author's purpose and/or point of view in a
variety of
texts and uses the information to construct meaning.
Mathematics
The
student understands the different ways numbers are represented and
used
in the real world.
The
student measures quantities in the real world and uses the measure
to
solve problems.
The
student compares, contrasts, and converts with systems of
measurement
(both standard/nonstandard and metric/customary).
The
student describes, draws identifies and analyzes two and three
dimensional
shapes.
Science
The
student understands that all matter has observable and measurable
properties.
The
student understands the basic principals of atomic theory.
The
student recognizes that energy may change in form with varying
efficiency.
The
student recognizes that process in the lithosphere, atmosphere,
hydrosphere, and biosphere interact to shape the Earth.
The
student uses the scientific processes and habits of mind to solve
problems.
The
student understands that the type of force that act on an object and
the
effect of that force can be described, measured, and
predicted.
Social Studies
The
student understands how patterns, chronology, sequencing (including
cause and effect), and the identification of historical
periods, are influenced by
frames of reference.
The
student understands the relative value of primary and secondary
sources
and uses this information to draw conclusions from
historical sources such as in
charts, tables, and graphs.
The
student understands other (e.g., through trade, exploration, and
immigration).
The
student knows the role of physical and cultural geography in shaping
events in the United States (e.g., environmental and
climatic influences on
settlement of the colonies, the American Revolution,
and the Civil War).
The
student understands the impact of significant people and ideas in
the
development of values and traditions in the United
States.
The
student knows the human and physical characteristics of different
places
in the world and how these characteristics change over
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