Getting the Facts

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

English Language Arts (2004)

Grade 3

• Goal 2: The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
  • Objective 2.08: Listen actively by:
    • facing the speaker.
    • making eye contact.
    • asking questions to clarify the message.
    • asking questions to gain additional information and ideas.
• Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
  • Objective 3.03: Use text and own experiences to verify facts, concepts, and ideas.
• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.02: Use oral and written language to:
    • present information in a sequenced, logical manner.
    • discuss.
    • sustain conversation on a topic.
    • share information and ideas.
    • recount or narrate.
    • answer open-ended questions.
    • report information on a topic.
    • explain own learning.

Grade 4

• Goal 2: The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
  • Objective 2.07: Determine usefulness of information and ideas consistent with purpose.
  • Objective 2.09: Listen actively by:
    • asking questions.
    • paraphrasing what was said.
    • interpreting speaker's verbal and non-verbal messages.
    • interpreting speaker's purposes and/or intent.
• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.02: Use oral and written language to:
    • present information and ideas in a clear, concise manner.
    • discuss.
    • interview.
    • solve problems.
    • make decisions.

Grade 5

• Goal 2: The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
  • Objective 2.09: Listen actively and critically by:
    • asking questions.
    • delving deeper into the topic.
    • elaborating on the information and ideas presented.
    • evaluating information and ideas.
    • making inferences and drawing conclusions.
    • making judgments.
• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.02: Use oral and written language to:
    • formulate hypotheses.
    • evaluate information and ideas.
    • present and support arguments.
    • influence the thinking of others.

Mathematics (2004)

Grade 3

• Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will model, identify, and compute with whole numbers through 9,999.
  • Objective 1.06: Develop flexibility in solving problems by selecting strategies and using mental computation, estimation, calculators or computers, and paper and pencil.
• Goal 2: Measurement - The learner will recognize and use standard units of metric and customary measurement.
  • Objective 2.02: Estimate and measure using appropriate units.
    • Capacity (cups, pints, quarts, gallons, liters).
    • Length (miles, kilometers).
    • Mass (ounces, pounds, grams, kilograms).
    • Temperature (Fahrenheit, Celsius).

Grade 4

• Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will read, write, model, and compute with non-negative rational numbers.
  • Objective 1.01: Develop number sense for rational numbers 0.01 through 99,999.
    • Connect model, number word, and number using a variety of representations.
    • Build understanding of place value (hundredths through ten thousands).
    • Compare and order rational numbers.
    • Make estimates of rational numbers in appropriate situations.
  • Objective 1.04: Develop fluency with addition and subtraction of non-negative rational numbers with like denominators, including decimal fractions through hundredths.
    • Develop and analyze strategies for adding and subtracting numbers.
    • Estimate sums and differences.
    • Judge the reasonableness of solutions.
• Goal 2: Measurement - The learner will understand and use perimeter and area.
  • Objective 2.01: Develop strategies to determine the area of rectangles and the perimeter of plane figures.
  • Objective 2.02: Solve problems involving perimeter of plane figures and areas of rectangles.

Grade 5

• Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with non-negative rational numbers.
  • Objective 1.01: Develop number sense for rational numbers 0.001 through 999,999.
    • Connect model, number word, and number using a variety of representations.
    • Build understanding of place value (thousandths through hundred thousands).
    • Compare and order rational numbers.
    • Make estimates of rational numbers in appropriate situations.
  • Objective 1.03: Develop flexibility in solving problems by selecting strategies and using mental computation, estimation, calculators or computers, and paper and pencil.