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Integrated unit standards alignment

| |Third Grade |Fourth Grade |Fifth Grade |

|Common Core State |LITERACY.RI.3.3 |LITERACY.RI.4.3 |LITERACY.RI.5.3 |

|Standards for English |Describe the relationship between a |Explain events, procedures, ideas, |Explain the relationships or |

|Language Arts |series of historical events, |or concepts in a historical, |interactions between two or more |

| |scientific ideas or concepts, or |scientific, or technical text, |individuals, events, ideas, or |

| |steps in technical procedures in a |including what happened and why, |concepts in a historical, scientific, |

| |text, using language that pertains |based on specific information in |or technical text based on specific |

| |to time, sequence, and cause/effect.|the text. |information in the text. |

|National Curriculum |Theme 2: Time, Continuity, and Change. Early Grades - Learners will understand that we can learn our personal |

|Standards for Social |past and the past of communities, nations, and the world by means of stories, biographies, interviews, and |

|Studies |original sources. |

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| |Theme 7: Production, Distribution and Consumption. Early Grades - Learners will be able to evaluate how the |

| |decisions that people make are influenced by the tradeoffs of different options. |

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| |Theme 8: Science, Technology and Society. Early Grades - Learners will be able to research a scientific topic |

| |or type of technology developed in a particular time or place and determine its impact on people’s lives. |

| |Learners demonstrate understanding by creating a report or graphic representation depicting a problem or issue |

| |related to developments in science or technology. |

|Next Generation Science |3-5-ETS1-2: Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to |

|Standards |meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. |

|ITEA Standards for |Standard 6: Students will develop an understanding of the role of society in the development and use of |

|Technological Literacy: |technology. In order to realize the impact of society on technology, students in Grades 3-5 should learn that |

|Content |B. Because people’s needs and wants change, new technologies are developed, and old ones are improved to meet |

|for the Study of |those changes. |

|Technology | |

| |Standard 8: Students will develop an understanding of the attributes of design. In order to comprehend the |

| |attributes of design, students in Grades 3-5 should learn that C. The design process is a purposeful method of |

| |planning practical solutions to problems. |

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