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We use the same curriculum and outcomes as regular classrooms and supplement where appropriate.

5th: Trailblazers

6th: Connected Mathematics Project

Major Mathematical Themes:

1. Number Sense, Factors, Multiples
   

2. Collect, Display, Analyze, & Interpret Data
   

3. Rational Numbers (Fraction, Decimal, Percent)
   

4. Space, Shapes, & Measurement
   

5. Perimeter & Area
   

6. Chance & Simple Probability
   

7. Development of spatial & logical reasoning through Origami, construction projects, line designs, compass constructions, Suduko
   

8. 
   

1. Insect (Monarch) Ecology
   

2. Opportunity to attend the University of Minnesota Insect Fair
   

3. Eagle Bluff Environmental Center (3 days, 2 nights)
   

4. Westwood Field Trips
   

5. Levers & Pulleys (Physical Science)
   

6. Variables (Controlled Experiments)
   

7. Bottle Biology (Biology, Life Science, Environmental Biology, Energy/Food web)
   

8. Scientific Models
   

9. Cells
   

10. Chemical & Physical Changes (Chemistry)
    

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1. Independent, student choice reading highly valued, with daily sustained, silent reading & a commitment to read at home every evening
   

2. Students document reading with a Reading Log on their online portfolio
   

3. Teach strategies of metacognition, inference, text structure, prior knowledge, & word meaning in content areas, particularly social studies & science
   

4. Students keep an online portfolio with writing samples
   

5. Letters, book reviews, summary logs, & research paper
   

6. Descriptive, narrative, expository, & persuasive writing
   

7. Stories & creative writing
   

8. Writing in science, math, & other content areas such as DARE Essay
   

9. Spelling activities that stress high-frequency words
   

10. Speaking in all content areas, presenting book reviews, performing poems, storytelling, current events
    

11. Active listening skills stressed in small & large group settings
    

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13. 
    

1. Early American Cultures
   

2. Colonization
   

3. Revolutionary War
   

4. Civil War
   

5. Post Civil War to Present
   

6. 
   

1. We are state leaders in the use of student online portfolios with elementary students (eFolio) to document student work & encourage authentic feedback to their work. Research, evaluation of internet content, word processing & formatting skills, & other technology skills are integrated into the content areas.
   

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1. Art curriculum with art specialist every week
   

2. Draw Squad each morning
   

3. Individualized art plans developed by students & teachers
   

4. Use of art in all content areas
   

5. Annual Art Show at the St. Louis Park Public Library
   

6. 
   

1. Drug Prevention Education (DARE)
   

2. Nutrition
   

3. Human Sexuality
   

4. 
   

1. We Read Every Night (WREN)30-45 minutes
   

2. Prepare current events for oral presentation
   

3. Extra activities outside of school, such as music, religious education, clubs. sports, dancing, & gymnastics
   

4. Math as needed
   

5. Other content areas as needed