3rd Trimester Learning Targets

These learning targets will be our focus for the 3rd Trimester:

• I can identify the physical and human features of a place.
• I can use digital tools and resources to investigate real-world issues, answer questions, or solve problems.
• I can understand and interact with what I read by using thinking strategies.
• I can determine the meaning of unknown words/phrases using my background knowledge, word parts, context clues, and/or resources.
• I can communicate a clear message based on my task, purpose, and audience.
• I can understand and interact with literature by using thinking strategies.
• I can summarize story elements identifying the overall structure of the text.
• I can describe/illustrate perspective influences the description of events in a story.
• I can determine the meaning of new/unknown words by using background knowledge, word parts, context clues, and/or resources.
• I can understand and interact with informational texts by using thinking strategies.
• I can summarize informational text by determining main idea and supporting details.
• I can recognize and explain relationship between historical ideas and concepts within informational text.
• I can explore ways in which people adapt to resources.
• I can compare and contrast various civilizations within and across time periods.
• I can utilize digital tools and resources to investigate real-world issues, answer questions, or solve problems.
• I can use interactive technologies in a collaborative group to produce digital presentations or products in a curricular area.
• I can summarize key ideas.
• I can begin my writing with an inviting introduction that presents readers with my characters, setting, and plot.
• I can organize my writing to follow a logical sequential order that builds on the plot of my story.
• I can utilize transitions to connect ideas within my writing.
• I can write a conclusion that fits my purpose for writing.
• I can explain and support a stance on a topic using precise language and content vocabulary that match my purpose for writing.
• I can collaborate effectively with peers and adults.