Elena Brooks

Learning Objectives

• Explain how climate differs from weather using long-term patterns and averages
• Identify major climate factors such as latitude, altitude, ocean distance, ocean currents, and prevailing winds
• Use evidence from climate comparisons to describe why different ecosystems occur in different regions+ Show more

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• Explain how uneven heating leads to rising and sinking air in different regions.
• Describe how warm and cool air density differences drive large-scale wind patterns.
• Predict how circulation affects moisture transport and typical weather patterns over time.+ Show more

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• Use holiday vocabulary to describe how Christmas is celebrated in different countries
• Compare and contrast customs, traditions, and festive activities across cultures
• Explain how cultural background shapes the way people celebrate Christmas

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• Explain how water vapor forms clouds through cooling and condensation
• Describe how precipitation forms when cloud droplets or ice crystals become heavy enough to fall
• Classify precipitation types based on temperature and conditions+ Show more

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• Explain how climate differs from weather using long-term patterns
• Identify climate factors such as latitude, altitude, and distance from oceans
• Describe how ocean currents and prevailing winds can shape regional climates+ Show more

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• Explain how uneven heating of Earth causes air to rise and sink in different regions.
• Describe how warm air and cool air move to form global wind patterns.
• Predict how circulation affects the transport of moisture and the development of storms.+ Show more

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• Read two-way frequency tables to find counts and totals
• Calculate percentages and relative frequencies from two-way tables
• Find missing values in two-way tables using totals and margins+ Show more

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• Complete a welcome worksheet with self-portrait and hopes for school
• Write and draw summer memories, then reflect on first-week experiences
• Locate items in a classroom scavenger hunt and record findings+ Show more

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• Identify atoms and molecules in simple chemical formulas.
• Understand how atoms combine to form molecules like H2O and NaCl.
• Learn different models used to represent atomic structures.+ Show more

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• Understand how island size influences species diversity.
• Analyze spatial patterns of biodiversity.
• Interpret data related to species richness across ecosystems.+ Show more

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• Translate ratio language (a:b form and words like “for every” and “per”) into consistent comparisons of two quantities
• Identify which two quantities are being compared in a ratio statement
• Use ratio language to match equivalent representations of the same ratio

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• Explain what unit rate means as a ratio with a denominator of 1
• Compute unit rate by dividing the two quantities and keeping track of units
• Use unit rate to find costs/distances for other amounts and to compare rates

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• Use values from a table to find a unit rate (the amount for 1 unit).
• Fill in missing table entries using a constant rate or consistent conversion.
• Interpret table rows as equivalent rate comparisons and explain the method.

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• Use a ratio table to describe the same relationship using an equation.
• Solve simple linear equations that come from scaling in a ratio table.
• Interpret the solved value in the context of the table.+ Show more

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• Translate real-world rate statements into numerical ratios and simple equations.
• Use unit rates to predict outcomes for new quantities in a situation.
• Check that a rate statement matches the quantities given and interpret what is changing over time or quantity.

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• Solve multi-step rate problems using equations that model a fixed fee plus a unit rate times a quantity.
• Use ratio reasoning to scale quantities while keeping the same rate relationship.
• Interpret results in context and check that answers make sense with units and the story of the problem.

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• Understand that equivalent ratios represent the same relationship by multiplying or dividing both terms by the same nonzero number
• Use tape diagrams and ratio tables to find missing values in equivalent ratio situations
• Decide whether two ratio statements are equivalent by comparing their scaled quantities

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• Read ratio relationships from tape (strip) diagrams by using the part counts as equal ratio groups.
• Scale a diagram to find equivalent ratios and missing quantities while keeping the same comparison units.
• Use diagram reasoning to determine missing values in totals and part-to-part comparisons.

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• Use the formula for the area of a triangle, A = (1/2) · b · h, where h is the perpendicular height to the base b.
• Read base and perpendicular height values from a triangle diagram and compute the triangle’s area.
• Find a missing base or height using the triangle area formula by setting up and solving an equation.+ Show more

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• Find the volume of a right rectangular prism by multiplying the three perpendicular edge lengths
• Express prism volume as a product when edge lengths are fractional
• Use scaling to reason how changing one edge length affects the volume

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• Calculate the surface area of a right rectangular prism by adding the areas of matching face pairs.
• Use the formula SA = 2(lw + lh + wh) for edge lengths l, w, and h.
• Apply the same multiplication structure when one or more side lengths are fractional.

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• Use a net of a 3D shape to find total surface area by adding face areas
• Compute areas of rectangles from the side lengths shown in a net
• Use triangle base and height to find the area of triangular faces in a net+ Show more

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• Find the coordinate distance between two points that are horizontally or vertically aligned on a coordinate plane.
• Use the absolute difference of the changing coordinate values to calculate distance.
• Read point coordinates from a grid and apply the coordinate distance rule correctly.

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• Use coordinate differences to find the base and perpendicular height of a triangle on a coordinate plane
• Compute the area of a triangle using A = 1/2 × base × height
• Explain why horizontal and vertical coordinate changes give the measurements for base and height