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English:  to develop insights about human experience

III.5.LE.5

III. Literature

5. . . to seek understanding of heritage, diversity, common humanity & the rich diversity of life through classic & contemporary literature. . .

5. . . .how characters form opinions about one another in ways that can be fair & unfair.

VII.9.LE.1

VII. Depth of Understanding

9. . . .demonstrate understanding of the complexity of enduring issues & recurring problems by making connections & generating themes within & across texts.

1. Explore & reflect on universal themes & substantive issues from oral, visual, and written texts.

VIII.10.LE.3

VIII. Ideas in Action

10. . . .apply knowledge, ideas, & issues drawn from texts to their lives & the lives of others.

3. Use oral, written, and visual texts to research how individuals have had an impact on people in their community & their nation. (inform others about school / community issues)

IX.11.LE.1

IX. Inquiry & Research

11.. . .define & investigate important issues & problems using a variety of resources. . .

1. Generate questions about important issues that affect them or topics about which they are curious, & use discussion to narrow questions for research.

IX.11.LE.4

4. Use multiple media to develop & present a short presentation to communicate conclusions based on the investigations of an issue.

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I.1.LE.1

I. Patterns, Relationships & Functions

1. . . .recognize similarities & generalize patterns, use patterns to create models & make predictions, describe the nature of patterns & relationships, & construct representations of mathematical relationships.

1. Recognize, describe & extend numerical & geometric patterns.

I.1.LE.5

5. Apply their experiences with patterns to help solve problems & explore new content.

II.1.LE.4

II. Geometry & Measurement

1. . . .develop spatial sense, use shape as analytic & descriptive tool, identify characteristics & define shapes, identify properties & describe relationships among shapes.

4. Draw & build familiar shapes.

II.1.LE.7

7. Use shape, shape properties & shape relationships to describe the physical world & to solve problems.

II.3.LE.5

3. . . .compare attributes of two objects, or of one object with a standard & analyze situations to determine what measurement(s) should be made & to what level of precision.

5. Explore scale drawings, models & maps & relate them to measurements of real objects.

II.3.LE.6

6. Apply measurement to describe the real world & to solve problems.

III.1.LE.1

III. Data Analysis & Statistics

1. . . .collect & explore data, organize data into a useful form, &develop skill in representing & reading data displayed in different formats.

1. Collect & explore data through counting, measuring & conducting surveys & experiments.

III.1.LE.4

4. Identify what data are needed to answer a particular question or solve a given problem, & design & implement strategies to obtain, organize & present those data.

III.3.LE.2

3. . . .draw defensible inferences about unknown outcomes, make predictions, & identify the degree of confidence they have in their predictions.

2. Conduct surveys, samplings & experiments to solve problems & answer questions of interest to them.

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I. 1.LE.1

I. Construct New Scientific & Personal Knowledge

1. . . .ask questions that help them learn about the world. . .

1. Generate reasonable questions about the world based on observation.

II.1.LE.2

II. Reflect on the Nature, Adequacy & Connections Across Scientific Knowledge

1. . . .analyze claims for their scientific merit & explain now scientists decide what constitutes scientific knowledge; how science is related to other ways of knowing; how science & technology affect our society; & how people of diverse cultures have contributed to & influenced developments in science.

2. Show how science concepts can be interpreted through creative expression such as language arts & fine arts.

II.1.LE.4

4. Develop an awareness of & sensitivity to the natural world.

III.2.LE.3

III. Use Scientific Knowledge from the Life Sciences in Real-World Contexts

2. . . .use classification systems to describe groups of living things; compare & contrast differences in the life cycles of living things; investigate & explain how living things obtain & use energy; & analyze how parts of living things are adapted to carry out specific functions.

3. Describe life cycles of familiar organisms.

III.2.LE.4

4. Compare & contrast food, energy, & environmental needs of selected organisms.

III.4.LE.2

4. . . .explain how scientists construct & scientifically test theories concerning the origin of life & evolution of species; compare ways that living organisms are adapted (suited) to survive & reproduce in their environments; & analyze how species change through time.

2. Explain how physical and / or behavioral characteristics of organisms help them to survive in their environment.

III.5.LE.2

5. . . .explain how parts of an ecosystem are related & how they interact; explain how energy is distributed to living things in an ecosystem; investigate & explain how communities change over a period of time; describe how materials cycle through an ecosystem & get reused in the environment; & analyze how humans & the environment interact.

2. Explain common patterns of interdependence & interrelationships of living things.

III.5.LE.3

3. Describe the basic requirements for all living things to maintain their existence.

III.5.LE.4

4. Design systems that encourage growing of particular plants or animals.

III.5.LE.5

5. Describe positive & negative effects of humans on the environment.

IV.1.LE.4

IV. Use Scientific Knowledge from the Physical Sciences in Real-World Contexts

1. . . .measure & describe the things around us; explain what the world around us is made of ; identify & describe forms of energy; & explain how electricity & magnetism interact with matter.

4. Identify forms of energy associated with common phenomena.

V.1.LE.1

V. Use Scientific Knowledge from the Earth & Space Sciences in Real-World Contexts

1. . . .describe the earth’s surface; describe & explain how the earth’s features change over time; & analyze effects of technology on the earth’s surface & resources.

1. Describe major features of the earth’s surface.

V.1.LE.2

2. Recognize & describe different types of earth materials.

V.1.LE.3

3. Explain how rocks & fossils are used to understand the history of the earth.

V.1.LE.4

4. Describe uses of materials taken from the earth.

V.1.LE.5

5. Demonstrate means to recycle manufactured materials & a disposition toward recycling.

V.2.LE.4

2. . . .demonstrate where water is found on earth; describe the characteristics of water & how water moves; & analyze the interaction of human activities with the hydrosphere.

4. Describe uses of water.

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II.2.LE.2

Geographic Perspectives

2.. . .describe, compare, & explain the locations & characteristics of ecosystems, resources, human adaptation, environmental impact & the interrelationships among them.

2. Describe the location, use, and importance of different kinds of resources & explain how they are created & the consequences of their use.

II.2.LE.4

4. Explain how various people & cultures have adapted to & modified the environment.

II.3.LE.2

3. . . .describe, compare & explain the locations & characteristics of economic activities, trade, political activities, migration, information flow, & the interrelationships among them.

2. Describe the causes, consequences, routes & movement of major migration to the United States.

II.4.LE.1

4. . . .describe & compare characteristics of ecosystems, states, regions, countries, major world regions, & patterns & explain the processes that created them.

1. Draw sketched maps of the community, region & nation.

II.4.LE.3

3. Describe the geography of Michigan at major times in its history & explain the reasons for its change.

II.4.LE.5

5. Describe the Great Lakes ecosystem, & explain physical & human processes that act upon them.

II.5.LE.1

5. . . .describe & explain the causes, consequences, & geographic context of major global issues & events.

1. Locate major world events & explain how they impact people & the environment.

IV.1.LE.1

IV. Economic Perspectives

1. . . .describe & demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity & choice affect the management of personal financial resources, shape consumer decisions regarding the purchase, use & disposal of goods & services & affect the economic well-being of individuals & society.

1. Explain why people must face scarcity when making economic decisions.

IV.1.LE.2

2. Identify the opportunity costs in personal decision making situations.

IV.2.LE.1

2. . . explain & demonstrate how businesses confront scarcity & choice when organizing, producing, & using resources & when supplying the marketplace.

1. Distinguish between natural resources, human capital, & capital equipment in the production of a good or service.

IV.2.LE.3

3. Examine the historical & contemporary role a major industry has played in the state of Michigan & the U.S.

IV.4.LE.2

4. . . .explain how a free market economic system works, as well as other economic systems, to coordinate & facilitate the exchange, production, distribution, & consumption of goods & services.

2. Describe how they (students) act as a producer & a consumer.

V.2.LE.1

V. Inquiry

2. . . .conduct investigations by formulating a clear statement of a question, gathering & organizing information from a variety of sources, analyzing & interpreting information, formulating & testing hypotheses, reporting results both orally & in writing. . .

1. Pose a social science question about Michigan or the U.S.

VI.1.LE.2

VI. Public Discourse & Decision Making

1. . . .state an issue clearly as a question of public policy, trace the origins of the issue, analyze various perspectives people bring to the issue & evaluate possible ways to resolve the issue.

2. Explain how a particular public issue became a problem & why people disagree about it.

VI.1.LE.3

3. Evaluate possible resolutions of a public issue.

VII.1.LE.2

VII. Citizen Involvement

1. . . .consider the effects of an individual’s actions on other people, how one acts in accordance with the rule of law, & how one acts in a virtuous & ethically responsible way as a member of society.

2. Engage in activities intended to contribute to solving a local, state or national problem they have studied.