Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Students will begin to understand that they have some responsibility for their own health.
Students will begin to understand that they have some responsibility for the environment.
The learner will:
 
 
The learner will:
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    Recognize the importance of personal safety.
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    Engage in personal care.
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    Identify food groups.
Explorations shall include: personal safety, hygiene, exercise and nutrition.
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    Identify personal responsibility toward the environment.
Explorations shall include: environmental awareness including recycling and pollution.
History and Nature of Science
Students will begin to be aware that they can practice science.
The learner will:
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    Be involved in explorations that cause wonder and identify the explorations as science.
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    Use technology and local resources to learn about people in science.
Explorations shall include: scientific questioning, literature, video, Internet, and guest speakers to learn about people as scientists.
K Correlates with State and National Standards
T Indicators that have been designated for emphasis on the Grade 4 Kansas Science Assessment.
 
SOCIAL STUDIES
Communities
Students will understand and apply social skills/life skills needed to be a good citizen (e.g., responsibility, cooperation, integrity, etc.).
The learner will:
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    Differentiate between a "want" and a "need".
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    Recognize various occupations and services.
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    Participate in decision making process (e.g., voting and Kids Voting Kansas).
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    Recognize the necessity for rules and laws and give examples or description.
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    Have an awareness of the role of key people in government (e.g., President and Governors).
Global Awareness/Geography
Students will recognize the interaction between humans and their physical environment (e.g., shelter, transportation, food, etc.).
The learner will:
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    Locate their state and country on a map.
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    Recognize the cardinal directions.
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    Identify the compass rose.
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    Differentiate between land and water.
Famous People , Places, and Events
The learner will:
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    Have an awareness of historical events (e.g., First Thanksgiving, Presidents- 1st and 16th, M.L. King Jr.).
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    Recognize diversity in ethnic/cultural heritage (e.g., Black History, Native Americans, Cultural Holidays).
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    Have a general knowledge of current events and be able to discuss them.
K Correlates with State and National Standards
s Indicators that have been designated for emphasis on the Grade 6 Kansas Social Studies Assessment.
 
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Movement Skills
Students will demonstrate various movement concepts.
Students will exercise the use of various locomotor skills.
Students will exercise the use of various non-locomotor skills.
Students will be introduced to various manipulative skills.
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Demonstrate body and space awareness when performing simple games/skills.
Show variations of speed during simple skill tasks.
Demonstrate level changes.
Demonstrate ability to change directions during activity.
Use a variety of body shapes during many activities.
Perform simple activities using strong or light force.
Perform movement sequences with or without music.
Perform during simple game/skill activities: walk, skip, leap, flee, run, hop, slide, dodge, gallop, jump, and chase.
Roll in at least two different directions.
Balance on different numbers of bases of support.
Dribble a ball with the hands.
Kick a ball.
Throw and catch a ball.
Volley a lightweight ball.
Strike a ball with short and long handled implements.
Health Awareness
Students will demonstrate an understanding of physical fitness and personal wellness.
The learner will:
Engage in sustained physical activity that causes an increased heart rate and heavy breathing.
Identify changes in the body during vigorous physical activity, such as sweating, heavy breathing, increased heart rate.
Identify the components of health-related physical fitness.
Participate in warm-up and cool-down activities.
Describe the benefits of physical activity.
Social Responsibility
Students will demonstrate and practice responsible personal and social behavior in physical activity settings.
The learner will:
Understand and apply safety rules.
Work together and help others.
Demonstrate the ability to listen to directions, follow rules and complete task while participating in physical activity.
ART
Art Media
Students will exercise and demonstrate the use of various art media and tools.
The learner will:
Use glue, chalk/pastels, tempra paint, watercolor paint, various papers, clay, crayons,
markers, pencils, brush, scissors, and palette.
Art Skills
Students will develop and practice various art skills.
The learner will:
Draw, cut, glue, paint, 3-D forms, printing and weaving.
Art Concepts and Art Heritage
Students will be introduced to various art concepts such as, shape, line, color, pattern, symmetry, creativity and form.
Students will be introduced to art heritage (major artists and notable art work).
LIBRARY MEDIA
Library Information
The learner will:
Become familiar with the purpose and use of the library.
Select materials for information and enjoyment.
Gain an introductory knowledge of computers as an information source.
Experience a variety of literatures, to include award winning books.
MUSIC
Singing
Students will be provided opportunities to develop and use his/her singing voice.
The learner will:
Sing a variety of songs, becoming increasingly accurate in pitch and rhythm.
Use voices expressively as they speak, chant, and sing.
Instruments
Students will be provided opportunities to play instruments.
The learner will:
Experiment with a variety of instruments and play on cue.
Keep a steady beat on unpitched instruments, pitched and unpitched.
Musical Notation
Students will be introduced to reading and writing music.
The learner will:
Clap simple rhythms (using quarter notes, quarter rests and eighth rests) from notation.
Write and use manipulatives to demonstrate music notation.
Music Concepts
Students will increase their understanding of musical concepts through movement.
The learner will:
Respond to music with a variety of body percussion, such as patschen (patting thighs with hands), snapping, clapping, stepping, etc.
Move, using a variety of steps to contrasting rhythm and styles of music (marching, tiptoeing, dancing, etc.).
Show understanding of pitch, duration, direction, register, dynamics, and tempo through directed movement.
Music Description
Students will analyze and describe music.
The learner will:
Identify tone colors (individual sound qualities) of various instruments, instrument families, and voices.
Display knowledge of simple musical terms.
Identify musical themes within a listening selection.
Performance
Students will participate in performances.
The learner will:
Present a musical program for parents.
Be given opportunities to perform in a small group setting.
Music’s Relation to Other Subjects
Students will develop an awareness of the relationship between music, the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.
The learner will:
Recognize similarities and differences in the meanings of common terms used in the various arts and in other disciplines.
Identify ways in which other subject matter is related to music.