Trimester1

InterdisciplinaryProject:

SchoolHabitatImprovementProject(composting?)

NeaPrinciples:
Curiosity(Sept),Organization(Oct)&Persistence(Nov)

ProjectAbstract:

Investigateandcreateorrestorehabitatonschoolgroundstopromotelocalwildlifebysurveyingsurroundinghabitat,researchingandengagingindiscussionwithconservationists.
Thentheywillorganize,designanddevelopahabitatusingrecycledmaterialsandhowthehabitatwillsustain.Theywillwriteanexpositorypieceabouttheirexperience.

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NarrativeWritingand
Writing:
storystructure(characters,
Base10
Reading
setting,orderofevents),narrator,

dialogue,figurativelanguage,sensory
details

Reading
:theme,traditionalliterature,
myths,pointofview

thatinamultidigitnumberadigit
representstentimeswhatit
representstotheright.Rounding.
Useofbase10blocks,
HowMuchis
aMillionb
ookandinvestigations,
Everydaymathematicsgames

Environments

Different types of ecosystems and

their living vs. non-living

OpinionWritingand
Reading

Writing:
attentioncatchers,
thesis/position,mainpointsand
supportingdetails,clinching
statement

Reading:
editorials,propaganda,
historicalevents

Additionand
Subtraction

Applyingplacevalueunderstanding
tomultidigitadditionandsubtraction.
Proceduralfluencywithadditionand
subtractioninvolvingdigitsuptothe
tenthousandsplace.
Xtramath,multistepwordproblems,
numberinvestigations

Interdependence

seed dispersal, pollination, food

chains and food webs, beneficial
microorganisms

Introductionto
multiplicationand
division

multiplicationasrepeatedaddition,
developingconceptualunderstanding
ofplacevaluewhenmultiplying2
digitfactors,fluencywith
multiplicationfacts112.

Partialproductsaswellasstandard
algorithm,KhanAcademy,useof
arrays/models,wordproblems
Trimester2

InterdisciplinaryProject:
TheLastMissionDesignChallenge

NeaPrinciples:
Compassion(Dec),Accountability(Jan),ProblemSolving(Feb),Courage(March)

ProjectAbstract:
LearnersdevelopanunderstandingoftheMissionSysteminCaliforniaandwriteapersuasivelettertotheSpanishCrownonwheretobuildthe22ndMission.Theywilldesignandprinta
mathematicallyderivedfloorplanoftheirmissionandusetheirknowledgeofcircuitstolightuptheirfloorplan.

Compassion,Accountability,ProblemSolving,Courage

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InformationalWriting Writing:
maintopic,linkingwordsand
andReading
phrases,groupinginfo,
introduction/conclusion

Reading:
Scientificideasand
concepts,historictext,magazineand
newspaperarticles

1.Multiplicationand
Division

1.

contextsformultiplicationand
division,relationshipbetween
multiplicationanddivisionand
conceptualunderstandingofplace
valueinlongdivisionalgorithm
Base10blockstomodelalgorithm,
visuals,partialquotients,

Magnetismand
Electricity

series vs. parallel circuits, poles,

compasses, electromagnets, energy
conversion

OpinionWritingand
Reading

2.ConvertingUnits

2.relativesizesofmeasurement
withinonesystemandselecting
correctoperationtomake
conversions.Relationshipbetween
base10andthemetricsystemas
wellasrootwords(centi,milli)
missionblueprintproject

Writing:
arguingbothsides,
paragraphstructure,organizational
structure

Reading:
differentsidesofan
argument,persuasivewriting,
debates

3.AreaandPerimeter

3.
Applyingformulaforareaand
perimetertoreallifecontexts,

Trimester3

InterdisciplinaryProject:

ErosionMovies

NeaPrinciples:
Teamwork(April),Integrity(May)

ProjectAbstract:
LearnerswillcreatemoviesaboutthecausesandeffectsoferosionusingiMovie.TheywillwritescriptstoconnecttheirknowledgeofminingtechniquesduringtheGoldRushto
understandhowhumancausederosionhasaffectedCalifornia'secosystems.

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NarrativeWritingand Writing:
Storystructure,shownotell,
Reading
verticaltiming,eventorder,dialogue,
narrator

Reading:
theme,stories,dramas,
poems

Fractions

Composeanddecomposeunit
fractions,convertingbetween
improperfractionsandmixed
numbers,multiplicationofwhole
numbersandunitfractions

RocksandMinerals

Rocks vs. minerals, identifying

minerals in rocks, rock cycle

InformationalWriting Writing:
maintopic,linkingwordsand
andReading
phrases,groupinginfo,
introduction/conclusion

Reading:
stepsandprocedure,
charts,graphs,diagrams,timelines

RepresentingData

Learnersgraphalineplotusing
EarthsChanging
fractionalunitsandsolverealworld
Surface
storyproblemsinvolvingtime,money,
andmeasurement.

erosion, deposition, and landforms,

chemical and physical weathering

Revisitingimportant
conceptsfromtheyear

EarthquakeEngineering