Performance Tasks
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Students will be able write and illustrate how multiple themes and objects may be interrelated.
Shadows and Light
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After reading texts students will use an organizer to help them compare the differences between the blue whale and the polar bear.
Comparing Blue Whale and Polar Bear
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After reading several texts students will explain how physical adaptations helped animals survive in their habitat.
Adventures in Adaptations
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Students will be able to determine the causes and effects of a species being removed or reintroduced into an ecosystem.
Interaction Between Living Things in an Environment
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After reading several texts and watching a video students will write an opinion piece that states which machine they would use to help their grandmother move.
Force and Simple Machines
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After reading selected text students will be able to describe how animals adapted to their environment in the cold winter.
Animal Adaptations
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After reading selected text students will write an informational essay that describes how the water cycle impacts daily life.
Water Cycle
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Students will complete independent research and then write essay explaining how their chosen topic creates landforms.
Forces that Shape the Earth