Year-at-Glance

 

Subject First Marking Period Second Marking Period Third Marking Periodd Fourth Marking Period
Language Arts Read WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND Paul Revere; Yankee Doodle; compare/contrast writing; outside reading; SLAVE DANCER; Early American newspaper Harriet Tubman; NIGHT JOHN; UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; informational reading Gettysburg Address; O Captain, My Captain; Emancipation Proclamation; Diary of Anne Frank
Social Studies Colonial Review; the Road to Revolution Declaration of Independence; review of Constitution; development of political parties; policy writing; westward expansion The Civil War:  Chapters 16 and 17 The Civil War:  Chapter 18; Reconstruction; Prelude to WWI
Science Scientific Method and Hydrology Chemistry:  States of Matter; Structure of the Atom; Electricity and Magnetism; MEAP review Geology Astronomy; Famous Scientist Project
Math Variables and Patterns; Charts and Data Comparing and scaling; measuring Geometry