| Standards:
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Standard 1: Reading and Responding
Students read, comprehend and
respond in individual, literal, critical and evaluative ways to
literary, informational and persuasive texts in both print and
multimedia formats.
Essential Question: How do
we understand what we read?
Students use appropriate
strategies before, during and after reading in order to
construct meaning.
Students interpret,
analyze and evaluate text in order to extend understanding and
appreciation.
Students select and apply
strategies to facilitate word recognition and develop vocabulary
in order to comprehend text.
Students communicate with
others to create interpretations of written, oral and visual
texts.
Standard 3: Communicating with
Others
Students produce written, oral
and visual texts to express, develop and substantiate ideas and
experiences.
Essential question: How do
we write, speak and present effectively?
Students use descriptive,
narrative, expository, persuasive and poetic modes.
Students prepare, publish
and/or present work appropriate to audience, purpose and task.
Standard 4: English Language
Conventions
Students apply the conventions
of Standard English in oral and written communication.
Essential Question: How do
we use the English language appropriately to speak and write?
Students use knowledge of
their language and culture to improve competency in English.
Students speak and write
using standard language structures and diction appropriate to
audience and task.
Students use Standard
English for composing and revising written text.
SOCIAL STUDIES
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TECHNOLOGY Competencies:
- Start a program
- Minimize program screen
- Open a second program
- Switch between open
programs
- Use drop-down menus
- Create folders
- Use on-line databases and
encyclopedias to research structures (buildings, bridges,
monuments, national memorials, tunnels, etc.)
- Critically evaluate the
websites for accuracy and relevancy
- Use Video Streaming to
locate videos depicting structures
- Save videos to
specifically designated folders on the server
- Download images as .jpegs
and save to the designated folder
- Use Citation Machine
to create the correct Works
Cited format
- Use Inspiration to
organize notes
- Change fonts, style,
background, colors, size and arrangement in Inspiration
- Save files to the proper
location on the network
- Create a brochure in Publisher,
including text, graphics, graphs and charts and
audio
- Insert graphics, graphs
and charts into brochure
- Select correct printer
- Print double-sided
brochure
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