Grade 3:
Theme: Identity - People’s multiple identities interact to create unique and complex individuals.
Consider - How does my identity shape my learning experiences and relationships?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions-Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a subject
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.4
Report on a topic with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
Grade 4:
Theme: Innovation - People use the engineering design process as a tool to solve problems and improve life.
Consider - What fuels innovation?
NGSS: 3-5 ETS 1-1
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
NGSS:3-5 ETS 1-2.
Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Grade 5:
Theme: Empathy - I will understand the development of my passions and the passions of others. I will share my gifts and talents to improve my community.
Consider: How do we foster empathy through multiple perspectives?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.7
Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.9
Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.4
Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Theme: Identity - People’s multiple identities interact to create unique and complex individuals.
Consider - How does my identity shape my learning experiences and relationships?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions-Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a subject
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.4
Report on a topic with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
Grade 4:
Theme: Innovation - People use the engineering design process as a tool to solve problems and improve life.
Consider - What fuels innovation?
NGSS: 3-5 ETS 1-1
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
NGSS:3-5 ETS 1-2.
Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Grade 5:
Theme: Empathy - I will understand the development of my passions and the passions of others. I will share my gifts and talents to improve my community.
Consider: How do we foster empathy through multiple perspectives?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.7
Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.9
Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.4
Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.