Curriculum Map & Benchmarks

Curriculum Map

Benchmarks

Language Arts -Concepts & Skills:
A. Reading:

  • 4. Drawing conclusions
  • 8. Sequencing events
  • 11. Comparing and contrasting

D. Listening:

  • 1. Following directions
  • 4. Partner and group discussions

E. Speaking:

  • 2. Oral group presentations

F. Writing:

  • D. 1. Textual responses - students write essays using facts and information about a specified topic or concept.
  • J. 1. Rubric assessment – writing assignments are assessed with a rubric outlining the expectations of the project.

Math -Concepts & Skills:
A. Numeration:

  • 1. Whole numbers
  • 3. Fractions – reading fractions
  • 5. Number sense – convert equivalent fractions and decimals

B. Operations and Computations:

  • 1. Whole numbers – multiply as a repeated addition
  • 2. Money and Decimals – use of dollar and cents notation
    • Introduced different currency, compare to U.S.dollar

D. Geometry:

  • 1. Shapes – classify, name, and identify properties of polygons (tangrams)

E. Measurement and Time:

  • 4. Perimeter and Area
    • a. Investigate, estimate, and compare perimeter and area
    • b. Find perimeter and area of regular and irregular shapes

F. Data and Chance:

  • 1. Data
    • a. Collect, explore, and compare data from printed sources and maps
    • b. Record data in charts, graphs and maps
    • c. Find and use mode, median, and range while analyzing data

Social Studies -Concepts & Skills:
A. Geography:

  • 1. Developing proficiency in reading maps (international)
  • * 2. Explore global climate, features, and their relation to how people live.
  • * 3. Compare and contrast to Florida

C. Economics:

  • 1. Expose and discuss the relationship between natural resources and economy
  • 5. Discuss and explore the financial impact of importing and exporting goods

D. Government:

  • 2. Distinguish between democracy and other forms of government

* E. Culture:

  • 1. Define cultural universals
  • 2. Define them for a country other than the United States
  • 3. Compare and contrast them to United States and Florida