First Nine Weeks

Reading: The First 10 Days of Reading Workshop and Units of Study Interpreting Characters: The Heart of the Story (Fiction)

Writing: Grammar Rules, The First 10 Days of Writing Workshop and the Writing Process: Short Constructed Responses

Social Studies: Map Skills, Early Texans, and Texas Indians

Math: Place Value of Whole Numbers and Decimals, Addition/Subtraction of Whole Numbers and Decimals, Multiplication of Whole Numbers, and Division of Whole Numbers

Science: Lab Safety, Types of Scientists, Classifying Matter, Measuring Mass/Volume, Density, States of Matter, Changing the States of Matter, and Mixtures/Solutions

Second Nine Weeks

Reading: Units of Study: Reading the Weather, Reading the World (Informational Text), Literary Non-Fiction and Poetry

Writing: Information Writing Process: Extended Responses, and Editing/Revising

Social Studies: Early Explorers, Early Settlements in Texas

Math: Word Problems with All Operations, Fractions, and Data Representations

Science: Forms of Energy, Force/Motion, and Natural Resources

Third Nine Weeks

Reading: Drama, Historical Fiction Book Clubs, and Argumentative Unit

Writing: Writing Process: Extended and Short Constructed Responses, Edit/Revising, and STAAR Prep

Social Studies: Texas Independence from Mexico and joining the United States

Math: Measurement, Geometry (points, lines, types of angles), and Measuring Angles

Science: Weathering/Erosion/Deposition, Weather, Water Cycle, and Sun/Earth/Moon System

Fourth Nine Weeks

Reading: STAAR Preparation

Writing: STAAR Preparation

Social Studies: All About Texas

Math: Making Connections, Essential Understandings of Fractions, Essential Understandings of all Operations, and STAAR Prep

Science: Producers and Consumers, Food Chains/Webs, Inherited Traits, Learned Behaviors, Adaptations, and Life Cycles (plant and insect)