Update for 2/16

Here are the current "I Can" statements for math in Unit 5:

In this unit, students will:


● Develop an understanding of fractions, beginning with unit fractions.


● View fractions in general as being built out of unit fractions, and they use fractions along with visual fraction models to represent parts of a whole.


● Understand that the size of a fractional part is relative to the size of the whole. For example, 1/2 of the paint in a small bucket could be less paint than 1/3 of the paint in a larger bucket, but 1/3 of a ribbon is longer than 1/5 of the same ribbon because when the ribbon is divided into 3 equal parts, the parts are longer than when the ribbon is divided into 5 equal parts. Students are able to use fractions to represent numbers equal to, less than, and greater than one.


● Solve problems that involve comparing fractions by using visual fraction models and strategies based on noticing equal numerators or denominators.


● Recognize that the numerator is the top number (term) of a fraction and that it represents the number of equal-sized parts of a set or whole; recognize that the denominator is the bottom number (term) of a fraction and that it represents the total number of equal-sized parts or the total number of objects of the set


● Explain the concept that the larger the denominator, the smaller the size of the piece


● Compare common fractions with like denominators and tell why one fraction is greater than, less than, or equal to the other


● Represent halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, and eighths using various fraction models.


Our "I Can" statements for Science on magnets and Social Studies on Economics are:

S3P2. Students will investigate magnets and how they affect other magnets and common objects.

a. Investigate to find common objects that are attracted to magnets.

b. Investigate how magnets attract and repel each other.

SS3E1 The student will describe the four types of productive resources:

a. Natural (land)

b. Human (labor)

c. Capital (capital goods)

d. Entrepreneurship (used to create goods and services)

SS3E2 The student will explain that governments provide certain types of goods and services in a market economy, and pay for these through taxes and will describe services such as schools, libraries, roads, police/fire protection, and military.


SS3E3 The student will give examples of interdependence and trade and will explain how voluntary exchange benefits both parties.


a. Describe the interdependence of consumers and producers of goods and services.


b. Describe how goods and services are allocated by price in the marketplace.


c. Explain that some things are made locally, some elsewhere in the country, and some in other countries.


d. Explain that most countries create their own currency for use as money.


SS3E4 The student will describe the costs and benefits of personal spending and saving choices.