1 / 1 / Sci – Mysteries
map supplemental materials / Maps (Use Map and Globe Skills Cart)
5A Construct and interpret maps
5B Locate the cities of Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis, Jefferson City, Columbia and St. Joseph / Resource: Geography from A to Z
My America A Poetry Atlas of the United States
2 / Sci – Adapting to Survive
Chapter 4 Animal and Plant Adaptations P. 86 / 4,1A All populations living together within a community interact with one another and with their environment in order to survive and maintain a balanced ecosystem
- Identify the ways a specific organism may interact with other organisms or with the environment (e.g., pollination, shelter, seed dispersal, camouflage, migration, hibernation, defensive mechanism)
- Recognize that different environments (i.e., pond, forest, prairie) support the life of different types of plants and animals
- Identify specialized structures and describe how they help plants survive in their environment (e.g., root, cactus needles, thorns, winged seed, waxy leaves)
- Identify specialized structures and senses and describe how they help animals survive in their environment (e.g., antennae, body covering, teeth, beaks, whiskers, appendages)
- Identify internal cues (e.g., hunger) and external cues (e.g. changes in the environment) that cause organisms to behave in certain ways (e.g., hunting, migration, hibernation)
- Predict which plant or animal will be able to survive in a specific environment based on its special structures or behaviors
On – Animals and Adaptations
Above – Rancho La Brea
Resource: Saguaro Moon
3 / SS – Our National Parks
Chapter 16 Government in Missouri P. 325 / Government/Elections
1A Identify and explain why Missouri has a constitution and why the state makes and enforces laws
1B Identify rights included in the Bill of Rights, including freedoms of religion, speech, press; to assemble peacefully; to petition the government; and to be treated fairly by the government
1C Explain the major purpose of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
4 / Sci – Astronauts
Chapter 16 Government in Missouri P. 325 (cont..) / Government/Elections Continued
2C Identify and explain the functions of the three branches of government in the state government
2C Describe how authoritative decisions are made, enforced and interpreted within the state government
4C Explain how the state gets the money it needs to provide goods and services, especially by the collection of sales taxes / Below – Planets and OtherObjects in Space
On – Our Planet and Beyond
Above – Eyes in the Sky
5 / SS – Wildlife Watchers
Chapter 1 The First Missourians p. 1 / 5G Use geography to interpret the past (i.e., why rivers have played an important role in human transportation) and predict future consequences (i.e., what will likely happen if the population of a city increases considerably)
2 / 1 / SS – Baseball
Chapter 2 A Rich Land p.25 / 7A Identify and use library and media resources (electronic resources, dictionaries, encyclopedias, videos, periodicals, atlases, almanacs, telephone directories, books, newspapers, and cartoons) SS workstation card
2 / SS – New Places, New Faces
Chapter 3 Europe discovers America and Missouri P. 46 / 5C Describe human characteristics of a place, (such as population composition, architecture, kinds of economic and recreational activities, transportation and communication networks, etc.)
5D Describe how people are affected by, depend on, adapt to, and change their environments
3 / SS – Focus on China
Chapter 4 Life in French Missouri p. 68 / 4D Explain how decisions of households, businesses, and governments affect one another
4 / Poetry – Bright Ideas
Chapter 7 Electricity and Magnetism P.164 / 1,2AForms of energy have a source, a means of transfer (work and heat), and a receiver
- Construct and diagram a complete electric circuit by using a source (e.g., battery), means of transfer (e.g., wires), and receiver (e.g., resistance bulbs, motors, fans)
- Observe and describe the evidence of energy transfer in a closed series circuit (e.g., lit bulb, moving motor, fan)
- Classify materials as conductors or insulators of electricity when placed within a circuit (e.g., wood, pencil lead, plastic, glass, aluminum foil, lemon juice, air, water)
8,1Aa Design and construct an electrical device, using materials and/or existing objects, that can be used to perform a task (Assess Locally)
8,1Ca Identify how the effects of inventions or technological advances (e.g., different types of light bulbs, semiconductors/integrated circuits and electronics, satellite imagery, robotics, communication, transportation, generation of energy, renewable materials) may be helpful, harmful, or both
8,2Aa Research biographical information about various scientists and inventors from different gender and ethnic backgrounds, and describe how their work contributed to science and technology / Below – Making and Using Electricity
On – What Is Electricity?
Above – It’s Current!
5 / Sci – Snakes
Chapter 8 Light and Sound p. 186 / 4,1AaIdentify the ways a specific organism may interact with other organisms or with the environment (e.g., pollination, shelter, see dispersal, camouflage, migration, hibernation, defensive mechanism)
4,3CNatural selection is the process of sorting
- Identify specialized structures and senses and describe how they help animals survive in their environment (e.g., antennae, body covering, teeth, beaks, whiskers, appendages)
- Identify internal cues (e.g., hunger) and external cues (e.g., changes in the environment) that cause organisms to behave in certain ways (e.g., hunting, migration, hibernation)
- Predict which plant or animal will be able to survive in a specific environment based on its special structures or behaviors
On – Animals and Adaptations
3 / 1 / Lang Arts – Friend or Foe? / 8,3A People, alone or in groups, are always making discoveries about nature and inventing new ways to solve problems and get work done
a.Identify a question that was asked, or could be asked, or a problem that needed to be solved when given a brief scenario (fiction or nonfiction of people working alone or in groups solving everyday problems or learning through discovery)
b.Work with a group to solve a problem, giving due credit to the ideas and contributions of each group member (Assess Locally) / Resource: The Man Who Made Time Travel
2 / SS – People Who Made a Difference
Famous Missourians / 3aB Identify and describe the significance of the individuals from Missouri who have made contributions to our state and national heritage; examples include Lewis and Clark, Mary Easton Sibley, John Berry Meacham, George Washington Carver, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mark Twain, Harry S. Truman and Thomas Hart Benton
6B Analyze how needs are met by groups and organizations (i.e., governments, businesses, schools, religious institutions, charitable organizations, etc.)
6C Evaluation constructive processes or methods for resolving conflicts by using a problem-solving organizer
3 / SS – Kids Get it Done
Chapter 14 Changing Times in Missouri p.278 / 4A Compare saving and financial investment
4A Explain supply and demand
4B Interpret past, explain present, and predict future consequences of economic decisions (decisions would be of a nature that is meaningful to fourth graders, such as decisions made by consumers and decisions pertaining to the environment)
4 / SS – Great Plains Indians
Chapter 9 Midwest Region
(Regions Book) / 5D Describe how people are affected by, depend on, adapt to, and change their environments
5 / Poetry – Precipitations
Chapter 9 Measuring Weather Conditions p.212 / 8,1Ba Describe how new technologies have helped scientists make better observations and measurements for investigations (e.g., telescopes, magnifiers, balances, microscopes, computers, stethoscopes, thermometers) / Below – The Water Cycle
On – More About Weather and Water
Above – Extreme Weather
Resource: Can It Rain Cats and Dogs?
4 / 1 / Sci – Man’s Best Friend
Scientists / 8,1Ca Identify how the effects of inventions or technological advances (e.g., different types of light bulbs, semiconductors/integrated circuits and electronics, satellite imagery, robotics, communication, transportation, generation of energy, renewable materials) may be helpful, harmful, or both
8,2Aa Research biographical information about various scientists and inventors from different gender and ethnic backgrounds, and describe how their work contributed to science and technology / Above – Artificial Body Parts
4 / 2 / SS – Creative Solutions
Chapter 5 Measuring Matter p. 117 / Mixtures and Solutions/Matter
1,1A Objects, and the materials they are made of, have properties that can be used to describe and classify them
a.Describe and compare the masses (the amount of matter in an object) of objects to the nearest gram using balances
b.Describe and compare the volumes (the amount of space an object occupies) of objects using a graduated cylinder
c.Identify situations where no two objects can occupy the same space at the same time (e.g., water level rises when an object or substance such as a rock is placed in a quantity of water
d.Classify types of materials (e.g., water, salt, sugar, iron filings, salt water) into “like” substances (materials that have specific physical properties) or mixtures of substances by using their characteristic properties
1,1Ia Observe that the total mass of material remains constant whether it is together, in parts, or in a different state / Below – Changes in Matter
On – Changing Matter
3 / Sci – Energy: Power Sources
Chapter 5 Measuring Matter p. 117 (cont..) / Mixtures and Solution Continued
1,1B Properties of mixtures depend upon the concentrations, properties, and interactions of particles
a.Identify water as a solvent that dissolves materials (Do NOT assess the term solvent)
b.Observe and describe how mixtures are made by combining solids or liquids, or a combination of these
c.Distinguish between the components in a mixture/solution (e.g., trail mix, conglomerate rock, salad, soil, salt water)
d.Describe ways to separate the components of a mixture/solution by their properties (i.e., sorting, filtration, magnets, screening) / Below – Matter and Its Properties
On – Properties of Matter
4 / Poetry – Whales
Chapter 2 Animal Behavior p. 37 / 4,1A All populations living together within a community interact with one another and with their environment in order to survive and maintain a balanced ecosystem
- Identify the ways a specific organism may interact with other organisms or with the environment (e.g., pollination, shelter, seed dispersal, camouflage, migration, hibernation, defensive mechanism)
- Recognize that different environments (i.e., pond, forest, prairie) support the life of different types of plants and animals
- Identify specialized structures and senses and describe how they help animals survive in their environment (e.g., antennae, body covering, teeth, beaks, whiskers, appendages)
- Identify internal cues (e.g., hunger) and external cues (e.g., changes in the environment) that cause organisms to behave in certain ways (e.g., hunting, migration, hibernation)
- Predict which plant or animal will be able to survive in a specific environment based on its special structures or behaviors
On – Amazing Ecosystems
Above – The Journey Home: Reintroducing EndangeredSpecies
5 / Lang Arts – The Sea
Chapter 3 Food Chains and Food Webs p.62 / 4,1A All populations living together within a community interact with one another and with their environment in order to survive and maintain a balanced ecosystem
- Identify the ways a specific organism may interact with other organisms or with the environment (e.g., pollination, shelter, seed dispersal, camouflage, migration, hibernation, defensive mechanism)
- Recognize that different environments (i.e., pond, forest, prairie) support the life of different types of plants and animals
- Classify populations of organisms as producers and consumers by the role they serve in the ecosystem
- Differentiate between the types of consumers (herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, detrivore/decomposer)
- Categorize organisms as predator or prey in a given ecosystem
- Identify specialized structures and describe how they help plants survive in their environment (e.g., root, cactus needles, thorns, winged seed, waxy leaves)
- Identify specialized structures and senses and describe how they help animals survive in their environment (e.g., antennae, body covering, teeth, beaks, whiskers, appendages)
- Identify internal cues (e.g., hunger) and external cues (e.g., changes in the environment) that cause organisms to behave in certain ways (e.g., hunting, migration, hibernation)
- Predict which plant or animal will be able to survive in a specific environment based on its special structures or behaviors
On – Ecosystem Energy
Above – Life at the Bottom of the Sea
5 / 1 / Poetry – Going to the Library
Chapter 6 Work and Energy p.142 / Laws of Motion
2,1A The motion of an object is described as a change in position, direction, and speed relative to another object (frame of reference)
a.Classify different types of motion [straight line, curved, vibrating (back and forth)]
b.Describe an object’s motion in terms of distance and time
2,2A Forces are classified as either contact (pushes, pulls, friction, buoyancy) or non-contact forces (gravity, magnetism), that can be described in terms of direction and magnitude
a.Identify the forces acting on the motion of objects traveling in a straight line (specify that forces should be acting in the same line as the motion, provide examples)
b.Describe and compare forces (measured by a spring scale in Newton’s) applied to objects in a single line
c.Observe and identify friction as a force that slows down or stops a moving object that is touching another object or surface
d.Compare the forces (measured by a spring scale in Newton’s) required to overcome friction when an object moves over different surfaces (i.e., rough/smooth) / Below – Simple Machines
On – How Machines Work
Above – Playing with Machines
2 / Performing Arts – Putting on a Play
Chapter 6 Work and Energy p.142 (cont..) / Continue Laws of Motion
2,2Ba Determine the gravitational pull of the Earth on an object (weight) using a spring scale
2,2DNewton’s Laws of Motion explain the interaction of mass and forces, and are used to predict changes in motion
a.Recognize and observe that balanced forces do not affect an object’s motion (need to clarify that balanced forces means no change in forces acting on an object)
b.Describe how unbalanced forces acting on an object changes its speed (faster/slower), direction of motion, or both (need to clarify that unbalanced forces means any change in forces acting on an object)
c.Predict how the change in speed of an object (i.e., faster/slower/remains the same) is affected by the amount of force applied to an object and the mass of the object
d.Predict the effects of an electrostatic force (static electricity) on the motion of objects (attract or repel) / Below – Forces and Motion
On – Move It!
Above – Becoming an Astronaut
3 / SS – Explorations / 7B Create maps, timelines, diagrams and cartoons to enhance studies in civics, history, economics and geography
3aC Locate and describe settlements in Missouri of people of European and African heritage
4 / Fine Arts – Artists at Work
Chapter 5 Missouri Becomes part of the United States p.88
/ Lewis and Clark
3aB Identify and describe the significance of the individuals from Missouri who have made contributions to our state and national heritage; examples include Lewis and Clark, Mary Easton Sibley, John Berry Meacham, George Washington Carver, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mark Twain, Harry S. Truman and Thomas Hart Benton
3aG Describe the contributions of Thomas Jefferson
3aHSequence and describe the importance of
- Louisiana Purchase
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
7AUse and evaluate primary and secondary sources (e.g. diaries, letters, people, interviews, journals and photos)
7A Identify and use library and media resources (e.g. electronic resources, dictionaries, encyclopedias, videos, periodicals, atlases, almanacs, telephone directories, books, and cartoons)
5 / Lang Arts – Wild Horses / Continue Lewis and Clark
6 / 1 / SS – The Gold Rush
Chapter 6 Life on the Frontier p.113 / Westward Expansion
3aF Summarize the events in westward expansion, including people’s motivation, their hardships, and Missouri as a jumping-off point to the West
3aI Evaluate the impact of westward expansion on the Native Americans in Missouri
5F Compare regions (e.g., explain how life in a city region is different from life in a rural region or how landscapes in mountainous regions look different from landscapes in plains regions)
7A Identify and use artifacts (e.g., building structures and materials, works of art representative of cultures, fossils, pottery, tools, clothing, musical instruments) / Resource: Rachel’s Journal
2 / Sci – Wild Visitors
Chapter 6 Life on the Frontier p.113(cont..) / Continue Westward Expansion
3 / Sci – Discovering Nature’s Secrets
Chapter 1 Flowering Plants p.11 / 4,3Aa Compare and contrast common fossils found in Missouri (i.e., trilobites, ferns, crinoids, gastropods, bivalves, fish, mastodons)to organisms present on Earth today
5,1AThe Earth’s crust is composed of various materials, including soil, minerals, and rocks, with characteristic properties
a.Identify and describe the components of soil (e.g., plant roots and debris, bacteria, fungi, worms, types of rock) and its properties (e.g., odor, color, resistance to erosion, texture, fertility, relative grain size, absorption rate)
b.Compare the physical properties (i.e., size, shape, color, texture, layering, presence of fossils) of rocks (mixtures of different Earth materials, each with observable physical properties
5,2Aa Observe and describe the breakdown of plant and animal material into soil through decomposition processes (i.e., decay/rotting, composting, digestion) / Below – The Rock Cycle
On – What Are Rocks and Minerals
Above – Earthquake!
4 / SS – Airplanes
Chapter 10 Changes in Landforms p.241 / Landforms
5,2A The Earth’s materials and surface features are changed through a variety of external process
b.Identify the major landforms/bodies of water on Earth (i.e., mountains, plains, river valleys, coastlines, canyons)
c.Describe how weathering agents(e.g., water, chemicals, temperature, wind, plants) cause surface changes that create and/or change Earth’s surface materials and/or landforms/bodies of water
d.Describe how erosion processes (i.e., action of gravity, waves, wind, rivers, glaciers) cause surface changes that create and/or change Earth’s surface materials and/or landforms/bodies of water
e.Relate the type of landform/water body to the process by which it was formed
5,3A Earth’s materials are limited natural resource’s affected by human activity
a.Identify the ways humans affect the erosion and deposition of Earth’s materials (e.g., clearing of land, planting vegetation, paving land construction of new buildings)
b.Propose ways to solve simple environmental problems (e.g., recycling, composting, ways to decrease soil erosion) that result from human activity
4,1Da Identify examples in Missouri where human activity has had a beneficial or harmful effect on other organisms (e.g., feeding birds, littering vs. picking up trash, hunting/conservation of species, paving/restoring greenspace) / Below – Changes to Earth’s Surface
On – The Ground Beneath Your Feet
Above – Where Am I?
Above – Recycle, Reuse
Resource: Come Back, Salmon
5 / Lang Arts – Ants
Chapter 10 & 11
A Divided Country
The Civil War comes to Missouri p. 195 / Civil War
3aF Outline issues of Missouri statehood, such as the Missouri Compromise
3aI Explain Missouri’s role in the Civil War, (i.e., Missouri as a border state)
3aI Evaluate the impact of westward expansion on the Native Americans in Missouri
3aI Describe the changes in Missouri since the Civil War in education, transportation and communication
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