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5th Grade Advanced Math

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Synthesize and analyze grade-appropriate words through meaning, structure, morphological and etymological relatives, and pronunciation (e.g., photography, photosynthesis)

Use context clues to determine the meaning of a word or phrase. (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text)

Consult reference materials (e.g. Oxford English Dictionary Online, Etymology Online, Latin Dictionary) and other print and digital resources, to determine or clarify the meaning and etymology of words.

Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.

Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs in context.

Analyze the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.

Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. 

Energy Flow in Life Cycles

Earth's Systems

Earth, Sun, and Moon

Our Solar System and Galaxy

Structure and Properties of Matter

Migration of Ancient Americans

Pre-Columbian North American Region

Pre-Columbian Central American Region

Pre-Columbian South American Region

European Exploration and Colonization of the Americas

Cooperation, participation and appropriate use of materials.

Demonstrates grade level appropriate PE skills and knowledge.

Cooperation, participation and appropriate use of materials.

Demonstrates grade level appropriate skills while creating, performing, or responding to music.

Cooperation, participation and appropriate use of materials.

Demonstrates grade level appropriate skills while creating, presenting, and responding to art.

Use parentheses, brackets (or braces), exponents, and all four operations in numerical expressions in order to solve problems that involve order of operations with whole numbers.

Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers and interpret numerical expressions (including sum, difference, quotient, and product)

Simplify expressions with up to three operations, with and without variables.

Given mathematical and real world situations, students will select an equation that uses variables to best represent the situation and solve it.

Use visual models (ex. Hands on Equations and pan balances) to solve equations with up to three steps using a variable as part of the solution.

Given two rules, create two numerical patterns (x and y values) and form ordered pairs from the pattern and graph the ordered pairs, and describe the relationship between the two sequences.

Read and write whole numbers to the trillions place and decimal numbers to the millionths place in standard and expanded notation.

Use place value to round decimals to any place value, trillions through millionths.

Compare two decimals to the millionths place based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >,<,= symbols to record the results of comparisons.

Identify the base and exponent in exponential notation, represent as repeated factors, and translate between exponential notation and standard notation with and without the use of technology.

Solve problems using the square root and square of a whole number up to 122=144 and 144=12 without a calculator, and larger numbers with a calculator.

Convert a number that is in standard notation into expanded notation using powers of ten and exponential notation.

Compare the values of a given digit in multi-digit numbers by explaining that a digit in one place represents 10 times the value of the digit to its right and 1/10 of the value of the digit to its left.

Explain and apply patterns in the placement of the the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10.

Translate between standard notation and scientific notation using positive and negative powers of ten between 10-12 and 1012.

Given a real world situation convert and write numbers in a variety of forms (standard, expanded, exponential, scientific)

Estimate and solve problems that involve multiplication of whole number and decimals (to any place value) by a three digit number using the traditional multiplication algorithm.

Use the rules of divisibility for 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 10 to determine if one number is divisible by another for numbers over 100.

Find the prime factorization of a two or three digit number and express it as a string of factors or in exponential form.

Find the greatest common factor (“GCF”) of a set of two or three numbers and use the GCF to solve mathematical and real-world problems.

Use the traditional algorithm to divide positive four-digit dividends with and without decimals by one and two-digit whole number divisors. 

Check that the quotient of a division problem is accurate by creating and solving the corresponding multiplication problem.

Add positive and negative integers up to 1,000 without manipulatives positive+positive, negative+negative, positive+negative, and negative+positive).

Solve mathematical and real world problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (of positive decimals to the thousandths place in the dividend) using traditional algorithms.

Compare fractions with like and unlike denominators using any denominator.

Find the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of two or three numbers and use the LCM to solve mathematical and real-world problems

Use the LCM to calculate the Least Common Denominator (“LCD”) of fractions and use the LCD to add and subtract fractions in mathematical and real world problems.

Reduce fractions to their simplest form.

Convert from improper fractions to mixed numbers and mixed numbers to improper fractions.

Solve problems that involve addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators, including problems that involve regrouping and state the solution in simplest form.

Solve real world problems with addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators (with and without regrouping), and state the solution in simplest form.

Rewrite a fraction as a division problem with the numerator divided by the denominator and solve (round to the nearest hundredth). a/b = a divided by b. 

Apply (a/b) x (c/d) = ac/bd to solve problems involving multiplication of fractions.

Solve problems that involve multiplication of a fraction by a fraction or mixed number.

Use the concept of multiplication to explain that when one factor of a multiplication problem is modified, the final product is modified accordingly. 

Use the concept of multiplication of fractions to prove that multiplying a factor by another factor greater than one will result in a larger product, and multiplying by a factor less than one will result in a smaller product.

Depict division of a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number, and compute such quotients. For example, create a story context for (1/3) divided by 4, and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient.

Depict division of a whole number by a unit fraction, and compute such quotients.

Solve real world problems involving division of unit fractions by non-zero whole numbers and division of whole numbers by unit fraction. 

Compute the area of triangles (both right and other triangles), rectangles, and parallelograms with whole-number and fractional side lengths.

Create and measure angles (reflex) using a protractor or geometry template.

Create circles with a given radius or diameter using a compass or geometry template.

Label, estimate, and measure lengths (nearest 1/16 in. and mm). 

Convert among different-sized units of measure within the metric system (length, weight, and capacity).

Convert among different-sized units of measure in within the standard system (length, weight, and capacity).

Use conversions to solve multi-step, real world problems.

Apply the concept that volume is the area of the base multiplied by a third dimension (height). For example, given the area of the rectangular base and the height of a cereal box, find the volume.

Define “cubic units” and verify that a solid figure packed with n cubes is said to have a volume of n cubic units.

Compute volume of a right rectangular prism by packing it with and counting unit cubes.

Compute the volume of a right rectangular prism by applying the formula V= l x w x h or V= B x h (where B is the area of the base). 

Prove that volume is additive by adding the volumes of two non-overlapping parts of a right rectangular prism and applying this technique to solve real world problems.

Compute the mean, median and mode of a set of data in order to determine the best landmark to represent the data.

Read, analyze, and create a line plot displaying a data set in fractions of a unit.

Read, analyze, and create a stem-and-leaf plot, frequency table, and circle graph displaying a data set.

Choose a tool to organize a set of data (line plot, stem-and-leaf plot, frequency table, circle graph) and explain the reasoning for their choice. 

Use operations of fractions to solve problems involving information presented on a line plot. For example, find the mean of the set of fractional data by adding and dividing the total accordingly.

Identify polygons (both irregular and regular) based on the number of sides, length of sides (congruent and not congruent), and types of angles (acute, obtuse, and right) and draw polygons (triangles, quadrangles, pentagons, hexagons, and octagons). 

Identify angle and side relationships in triangles and quadrangles.

Compare and contrast the attributes belonging to categories of two-dimensional figures and subcategories of two-dimensional figures. For example: All rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles; all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares.

Organize two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on their properties.

Use a pair of perpendicular number lines (X and Y axes) to construct a four quadrant grid, with the intersection of the lines (origin) arranged to coincide with 0 on each line.

Explain that the first number in the ordered pair indicates how far to travel from the origin on the X axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel on the Y axis.

Locate and plot a given point in the coordinate plane using an ordered pair of numbers (coordinates).

Form ordered pairs consisting of corresponding terms from numerical patterns, graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane, and analyze data.

Determine which quadrant, in a four quadrant grid, an ordered pair lies using the signs of the coordinates.

When given two ordered pairs, differing only by signs, identify which axis or axes the points are reflected across.

Draw polygons on a 4-quadrant coordinate plane given some or all coordinates for the vertices, and find the length of a side by determining the distance between coordinate points, when only one of the coordinates changes.

Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane, and interpret the values of coordinate points in the context of the situation.

Construct, memorize, and apply the formula for area of a triangle.

Use ratio notation (colon, “to”, fraction) and ratio language to describe the relationship between two quantities in words.

Create and compare tables of equivalent ratios and relate quantities with whole number measurements, including finding a missing number in a ratio table.

Use a ratio relationship to determine a unit rate and express the new relationship between the two quantities in words. (6.RP.A.2)

Solve mathematical and real world rate problems by finding the unit rate, analyzing a equivalent ratio table, and/or by plotting and analyzing its corresponding graph.

Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.

Use ratio reasoning to convert measurement units (including conversion factors within, and between, the U.S. customary and metric systems). 

Compute and interpret products and quotients of fractions and mixed numbers, using the relationship (a/b)(c/d)=ad/bcand a visual model.

Solve real world and mathematical problems involving division of fractions.

Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals (including dividing with decimals in the divisor) using the standard algorithm for each operation and use estimation to determine reasonableness of answer.

Convert between fractions, decimals, and percents.

Plot points on a number line that represent integers and other rational numbers.

Describe the relationship between numbers with opposite signs on a number line and demonstrate that the sum of opposites is zero in real world situations.

Determine the opposite of the opposite of a number is the number itself. For example -(-3) = 3.

Interpret statements of inequality as statements about the relative position of two numbers on a number line diagram.

Find the absolute value of a number by determining its distance from zero on a number line.

Compare, order, and interpret integers and absolute values (including magnitude) in real world problems.

Add integers, using absolute values when appropriate, and interpret the solution in the context of real world problems.

Subtract integers, using the additive inverse property when appropriate, and interpret the solution in the context of real world problems. 

M.6.6.3 Multiply and divide integers, and interpret the solution in the context of real world problems.

Write and evaluate expressions involving integers, using the four mathematical operations, and interpret the solution in the context of real world problems.

Identify and describe the characteristics of the four quadrants in the coordinate plane and graph coordinates containing integers on the coordinate plane.

Translate between words and algebraic expressions and identify parts of algebraic expressions.

Evaluate/simplify numerical and algebraic expressions involving whole number exponents, including substituting for a given value in formulas. 

Write numerical or algebraic expressions given real world problems.

Identify and apply the properties of operations (commutative, associative, distributive) to generate equivalent algebraic expressions and solve numerical expressions.

Identify when two algebraic expressions are equivalent by substituting a value for the variable or applying one of the properties of operations. 

Use substitution to determine whether a given value satisfies an equation.

Solve one-step equations in the form of x+p=q, where p and q are rational numbers.

Solve one-step equations in the form of px=q, where p and q are rational numbers.

Solve two step equations in the form of px + q = r, where p, q, and r are integers.

Write and solve one-step equations given real world problems. Interpret the solution in the context of the problem (including possible rounding and using appropriate units).

Translate between words and inequalities, given a mathematical or real world problem.

Write and graph inequalities of the form x>c, x

Demonstrate understanding that inequalities have infinite solutions by identifying individual solutions to the inequality. (6.EE.B.8)

Solve one-step inequalities in the form of x + p > q, x + p < q, x + p ≥ q, and x + p ≤ q, where p and q are rational numbers, and graph the solutions on a number line.

Solve one-step inequalities in the form of px>q, px

Write and solve one-step inequalities given real world problems. Interpret the solution in the context of the problem (including possible rounding and using appropriate units).

Represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another using tables, graphs and equations with two variables.

Identify and describe the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using tables, graphs and equations.

 Identify a statistical question as one that anticipates variability. For example, “How old am I?” is not a statistical question, whereas “How old are the students in my school?” is a statistical question.

 Identify and calculate measures of center (mean, median, and mode), use these measures to describe a data set and specify which is the best representation of a set of data.

Identify and calculate measures of variability (maximum, minimum, range and interquartile range) and use these measures to describe how values of a data set vary.

Describe the distribution of a set of data by its center, spread, and overall shape. (6.SP.A.2)

Given numerical data from mathematical and real world problems, display the data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box and whisker plots.

Given numerical data from real world problems, summarize the data in relation to its context and the nature of the attribute, including what is being measured (i.e. weight of puppies), number of observations (i.e. 10 puppies were weighed), unit of measurement (kg, lbs.) and how it was measured (i.e. weigh on a scale).

Given numerical data from real world problems, summarize the data and patterns in relation to its context, by giving and analyzing measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (range, interquartile range).

Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, and special quadrilaterals (parallelogram, trapezoid, rhombus).

Find the area of composite figures by decomposing into triangles and quadrilaterals.

Find the surface area of triangular and rectangular prisms by decomposing into triangular or rectangular faces.

Find the volume of a rectangular prism with fractional edges by using unit cubes and/or the volume formula.

Draw polygons in the coordinate plane given coordinates for the vertices and use coordinates to calculate the length of horizontal and vertical sides in the context of solving mathematical and real world problems.

Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). 

Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text. 

Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are portrayed.

Summarize the text using specific text evidence.

Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text. 

Draw inferences while quoting accurately from a text when explaining what the text explicitly says.

Determine a thematic topic (e.g. friendship, perseverance) of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic.

Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics. 

Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.

Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently. 

Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the points of view they represent.

Write or speak about a subject by integrating information from several texts on the same topic.

Draw inferences while quoting accurately from a text when explaining what the text explicitly says.

Use specific information in the text to explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text.

Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

Introduce a topic clearly with a hook, state a claim, and preview reasons.

Create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose.

Link opinion and reasons using transitional words, phrases, and clauses.

Provide a concluding section related to the claim presented that restates the reasons and adds a wrap up statement.

Introduce a topic clearly that hooks the reader and previews reasons.

Group related information logically into paragraphs and/or sections.

Link ideas within and across categories of information using transitional words, phrases, and clauses.

Provide a concluding section that restates the topic and reasons in a new way and includes a wrap-up statement.

Hook the reader by introducing the narrator and/or characters, the setting, and the main character’s problem.

Organize events in a logical sequence that unfolds naturally.

Signal the sequence of events by using a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses.

Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. 

Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts, details, quotations, examples, micro-stories, or observations. (

Impact readers by using precise and deliberate language and vocabulary related to the claim. 

Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other relevant information and examples.

Use precise language and content-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, or multimedia to aid comprehension.

Develop experiences and events through narrative techniques, such as descriptive language, sensory details, dialogue, description, and figurative language.

Convey experiences and events precisely by using concrete words, phrases, and sensory details.

Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections and use them in sentences.

Form and use perfect verb tenses.

Convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions through the use of verb tenses.

Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

Explain the function and use of correlative conjunctions.

Use relative adverbs (where, when, why) (e.g., This is the park where we play).

Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence, to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence, and to indicate direct address.

Produce a variety of complete sentences (simple, compound, complex) and correct fragments and run-ons.

Indicate titles of works by underlining, using italics, or using quotation marks. 

Consult reference materials as needed to check and correct spelling. 

Explicitly draw on information from texts and background knowledge to explore ideas under discussion.

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles.

Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to discussions and elaborate on the remarks of others.

Draw conclusions based on information after reviewing the key ideas expressed and knowledge gained from the discussions.

Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats.

Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.

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 with appropriate eye contact.

Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation.

S.5.1.1 Identify basic needs of plants and the basic process of photosynthesis.

S.5.1.2 Model the process of energy transfer and growth in plants as they undergo photosynthesis.

S.5.1.3 Define and discuss the parameters of a controlled experiment, including the manipulated, responding, and controlled variables.

S.5.1.4 Design and make predictions about, and then conduct a controlled experiment to test the impact of varied air and water resources on plants.

S.5.1.5 Collect, analyze, and make a graphical representation of the data to use as evidence to determine optimal conditions for growth based on the results from the controlled experiment.

S.5.1.6 Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth mainly from air and water resources, not soil, referencing photosynthesis and investigation evidence about optimal growth conditions.

S.5.2.1 Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water in various bodies of water (oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, groundwater, and polar icecaps) to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

S.5.2.2 Identify the parts of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation) and describe the movement of water through the hydrosphere.

S.5.2.3 Identify the processes in the geosphere (earth: erosion, weathering, climate, rock cycles), biosphere (life: environmental and human cycles and impacts), hydrosphere (water: water cycle), and atmosphere (air: winds and clouds, forces, motion).

S.5.2.4 Develop models using a simple example to show the interaction of the spheres (geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere), modeling two systems interacting with each other (for example: the influence of the ocean on ecosystems, landform shape, and climate; the influence of the atmosphere on landforms and ecosystems through weather and climate; the influence of mountain ranges on winds and clouds in the atmosphere).

S.5.2.5 Present the cause and effect of human impact on the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere, noting positive and negative impacts.

S.5.2.6 Evaluate existing community efforts to use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment and suggest improvements.

Explain gravity and gravitational force.

Support an argument based on evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed towards the center of Earth.

Use a model to show Earth’s rotations around its own axis and describe how this rotation creates day and night.

Use a model to show Earth’s revolution around the sun and describe how this revolution determines the calendar year.

Describe how the moon’s revolution causes solar and lunar eclipses.

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns in how the length and direction of shadows change throughout a day.

Determine how the position of the sun in the sky affects shadow length and direction.

Synthesize models, graphical displays of data, and acquired knowledge about the revolution of the Earth and moon and the position of the sun in order to answer student-generated questions.

Diagram and label planet positions in the solar system relative to the sun, noting that the sun is the only star in our solar system and that planets orbit the sun. [Teaching note: A possible pre-assessment could include students creating a model before instruction.]

Compare several models of the solar system and describe the model in terms of scale, accuracy, and limitations. 

Explain why two similar stars have different brightnesses relative to distance from Earth, and explain why our sun appears to be the brightest star in our galaxy.

Explain that stars appear in visible patterns known as constellations.

Develop an analogy to explain that our solar system is one of many solar systems within the Milky Way galaxy.

S.5.5.1 Make observations to classify materials based on their properties. (Examples of materials could include; baking soda and other powders, metals, minerals, and liquids. Examples of properties could include; hardness, color, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.)

S.5.5.2 Design a separation technique to prove that the physical properties of mixed substances did not change (For example, mixing salt and steel filings.)

S.5.5.3 Identify the types of matter and categorize the properties of each, noting examples and properties of each type of matter. [Types of matter: solids have definite shape, liquids take the shape of their container, gases fill their container. Atoms are not assessed.]

S.5.5.4 Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen, demonstrating how particles are arranged in the types of matter (examples could include: adding air to a basketball, compressing air in a syringe, dissolving sugar in water, evaporating salt water).

S.5.5.5 Explain the difference between mass and weight, using a balance versus a spring scale.

S.5.5.6 Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs during physical changes (heating, cooling, or mixing substances) the mass of matter is conserved (examples could include phase changes, dissolving, and mixing to form new substances).

Interpret maps and timelines (B.C.E. and C.E.) of prehistoric migrations to explain where the First Americans came from and why and how they migrated to the Americas.

Define the Neolithic (Farming) Revolution and identify the cause and effects of the Neolithic Revolution.

Define artifact and identify artifacts as helpful tools to evaluate past civilizations and how they adapted to their environments.

Define cultural region and civilization.

Compare and contrast the social systems, political structures, and environmental characteristics of the Northwest Coast and Inuit civilizations.

Describe the social systems, political structures, and environmental characteristics of the Southwest (Anasazi) civilization.

Examine the civilization of the Plains Native Americans to identify their social systems, political structures, and environmental characteristics.

Analyze the Eastern Woodlands civilization to identify their social systems, political structures, and environmental characteristics.

Examine the civilization of the Southeastern mound-builders to identify their social systems, political structures, and environmental characteristics.

Distinguish the similarities and differences between the social systems, political structures, and specific environmental characteristics of the pre-Columbian North American cultural regions.

Describe the social systems, political structures, and environmental characteristics of the Mayan civilization that existed in Central America.

Examine the cultural region of the Aztec civilization to classify social systems, political structures, and environmental characteristics.

Distinguish between the Mayan and Aztec political structures, religious practices, and use of slaves.

Compare and contrast the social systems, political structures, and environmental characteristics of the pre-Columbian North American and Central American regions.

Describe the social systems, history, and economics of the Inca civilization that existed in South America.

Describe the environmental characteristics and political structures of the Inca civilization that existed in South America.

Compare and contrast the social systems, political structures, and environmental characteristics of the pre-Columbian North American, Central American, and South American regions.

Identify the technological advancements that allowed for European exploration.

Identify the motives behind Spanish exploration, and explain how they established territorial claims of the early American civilizations (Columbus, Coronado, etc.).

Identify the motives behind French exploration, and explain how they established territorial claims of the early American civilizations (de LaSalle, de Champlain, etc.).

Identify the motives behind Dutch exploration, and explain how they established territorial claims of the early American civilizations (Henry Hudson, etc.).

Describe the impact of European exploration and settlement of the Americas on indigenous peoples and West Africans.

Compare and contrast the Spanish, French, and Dutch goals for exploring the Americas and their effects on the “First Americans.”

Exhibits responsible personal and social behaviors that respects self and others

Demonstrate competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns

Applies knowledge of concepts/strategies related to movement and performance

Demonstrates the knowledge and and skills to achieve and maintain a healthy level of physical activity and fitness

Recognizes the value of physical activity for health enjoyment, challenge, self expressions and/or social interactions

Create - Develop, organize and evaluate personal musical ideas.

Perform - Rehearse musical pieces in order to perform with understanding.

Respond - Evaluate musical pieces or performances in order to discuss them.

Connect - Connect music to personal experience, history and culture.

Creating and Connecting: generate, develop, and refine artistic ideas/work that can relate to personal experiences, society, cultural, or historical context. 

Presenting and Responding: analyze/interpret/ evaluate techniques of artwork both personally and professionally

Skills and Techniques: demonstrate appropriate art skills, craftsmanship skills, and knowledge in the creation of artwork.