Learn the different ways that objects can move. Understand that motion is the result of a force, understand that a force is a push or a pull, examine how the size of a force and the mass of an object effects motion.

Students will: recognize that a change in speed and direction is caused by a force, understand that a force is a push or a pull, recognize that the greater the force, the greater the change.

Students will be able to define and identify instances of foreshadowing and flashback in a text.

Use formulas to solve problems. Convert between Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures.

Students will be able to brainstorm and create a well-written, argumentative thesis.

Students will: understand the nature of a fossil and how fossils are formed, understand what fossils can teach us about organism development and Earth’s history, examine a variety of fossils, create strategies for identifying a fossil’s organism.

Students will be able to understand the difference between, identify and write the four types of sentences.

Students will be able to identify the history and traditions associated with celebrating July 4th in the United States. They will explore a timeline of events and play the Jeopardy Game. They may read the Declaration of Independence if desired.

Students learn to work with fraction bars.

Students learn about fractions by dividing a circle into equal pieces.

Solve math problems in the context of a story by drawing a visual fraction model to compute and show the quotient.

Use 1/2 and 1/4 appropriately. Picture and name fractions.

Recognize and model equivalent fractions with concrete objects or pictures. Identify fractional parts of a group.

Write fractions as either terminating or repeating decimals. Convert between fractions and decimals. Identify terminating and repeating decimals.

Use and explain models to relate whole numbers and fractions.

Write numbers as percents, fractions and decimals. Match equivalent fractions, decimals and percents.