Standards
**English/Language Arts**
3. Write to communicate for a variety of purposes
C. Communicate ideas in writing to accomplish a variety of purposes.
1a. Write for a variety of purposes including description, information, explanation, persuasion and narration.
**Science**
12. Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences.
B. Know and apply concepts that describe how living things interact with each other and with their environment.
1a. Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environments.
1b. Describe how living things depend on one another for survival.
E. Know and apply concepts that describe the features and processses of the Earth and its resources.
1a. Identify components and describe diverse feature's of the Earth's land, water, and atmospheric systems.
**Social Science**
17. Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States.
A. Locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth.
1a. Identify physical characteristics of places, both local and global (e.g., locations, roads, regions, bodies of water).
**Fine Arts**
25. Know the language of the arts
A. Understand the sensory elements, organizational principals and expressive qualities of the arts.
1b. Drama: Understand the elements of acting, locomotor and nonlocomotor movement, vocal and nonvocal sound, story making; the principles of plot, character, setting, problem/resolution and message; and the expressive characteristics of simple emotions.