Math
These are the Common Core Math Standards that we will be working on this year. These are the broad standards, if you are interested in more details please visit the website below. For more specific curriculum updates, check in with the home page of this site for weekly updates and information.
„Operations and Algebraic Thinking
„Numbers and Operations in Base Ten
„Numbers and Operations – Fractions
„Measurement and Data
„Geometry
„**To see the Common Core State Standards in all subjects visit www.corestandards.org
„Operations and Algebraic Thinking
„Numbers and Operations in Base Ten
„Numbers and Operations – Fractions
„Measurement and Data
„Geometry
„**To see the Common Core State Standards in all subjects visit www.corestandards.org
Science and Social Studies
Our science topics this year are...
Our Social Studies learning will be all about the history of Denver! Again, if there is something extra special you'd like to share, let Ms. Moore know.
- Electricity
- Objects in the Sky
- Life Cycles
Our Social Studies learning will be all about the history of Denver! Again, if there is something extra special you'd like to share, let Ms. Moore know.
WRITING:
-- Lifting the quality of narrative writing through rehearsal, revision and editing skills, and making reading/writing connections
-- Realistic fiction writing (creating a world, bringing characters to life, and letting drama unfold)
--Create persuasive reviews and persuasive letters
--Usher students into a new world of language appreciation through poetry
--Employ the craft techniques and structures that are synonymous with specific forms and genres of writing
--Raise the quality of informational writing
--Test Preparation Strategies
-- Lifting the quality of narrative writing through rehearsal, revision and editing skills, and making reading/writing connections
-- Realistic fiction writing (creating a world, bringing characters to life, and letting drama unfold)
--Create persuasive reviews and persuasive letters
--Usher students into a new world of language appreciation through poetry
--Employ the craft techniques and structures that are synonymous with specific forms and genres of writing
--Raise the quality of informational writing
--Test Preparation Strategies
READING:
Following characters into meaning (living as their characters, noticing characters’ personality quirks and habits, identify lessons readers learn alongside characters)
Read expository nonfiction with clarity, depth, and power
Through various book clubs support students’ reading stamina and volume, while simultaneously pushing their comprehension deeper
Learn the nature of varying genres and their attributes
Grow their thinking about nonfiction content through conversation and key writing-to-learn strategies
Test preparation strategies
**To see the Common Core State Standards in all subjects visit www.corestandards.org
Following characters into meaning (living as their characters, noticing characters’ personality quirks and habits, identify lessons readers learn alongside characters)
Read expository nonfiction with clarity, depth, and power
Through various book clubs support students’ reading stamina and volume, while simultaneously pushing their comprehension deeper
Learn the nature of varying genres and their attributes
Grow their thinking about nonfiction content through conversation and key writing-to-learn strategies
Test preparation strategies
**To see the Common Core State Standards in all subjects visit www.corestandards.org