Miss Hickams Class Utah Core Calendar

August
20th 31st
Arts: Standard #1 The student will explore and refine the application of media,
techniques, and artistic processes.
Math: Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
September
1st-15th
Math: Gain familiarity with factors and multiples
Science: Standard 1 Students will understand that water changes state as it moves
through the water cycle.
Social Studies: Standard 1 Students will understand the relationship between the
physical geography in Utah and human life.
16th-30th
Arts: Standard 2 (Perceiving): The student will analyze, reflect on, and apply the
structures of art.
Math: Generate and analyze patterns.
Science: Standard 1 Students will understand that water changes state as it moves
through the water cycle.
Social Studies: Standard 1 Students will understand the relationship between the
physical geography in Utah and human life.
October
1st-15th
Math: Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
Science: Standard 2 Students will understand that the elements of weather can be
observed, measured, and recorded to make predictions and determine simple
weather patterns.
Social Studies: Standard 1 Students will understand the relationship between the
physical geography in Utah and human life.

 16th-30th
Arts: Standard 3 (Expressing): The student will choose and evaluate artistic
subject matter, themes, symbols, ideas, meanings, and purposes
Math: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform
multi-digit arithmetic.
Science: Standard 2 Students will understand that the elements of weather can be
observed, measured, and recorded to make predictions and determine simple
weather patterns.
Social Studies: Standard 1 Students will understand the relationship between the
physical geography in Utah and human life.
November
1st-15th
Math: Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering.
Science: Standard 3 Students will understand the basic properties of rocks, the
processes involved in the formation of soils, and the needs of plants provided by
soil.
Social Studies: Standard 2 Students will understand how Utah's history has been
shaped by many diverse people, events, and ideas.
16th-30th (excluding Thanksgiving break)
Arts: Standard 4 (Contextualizing): The student will interpret and apply visual
arts in relation to cultures, history, and all learning
Math: Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous
understandings of operations on whole numbers.
Science Standard 3 Students will understand the basic properties of rocks, the
processes involved in the formation of soils, and the needs of plants provided by
soil.
Social Studies: Standard 2 Students will understand how Utah's history has been
shaped by many diverse people, events, and ideas.
December

 1st-15th
Math: Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
Science: Standard 3 Students will understand the basic properties of rocks, the
processes involved in the formation of soils, and the needs of plants provided by
soil.
Social Studies Standard 2 Students will understand how Utah's history has been
shaped by many diverse people, events, and ideas.
January
6th-30th
Arts: Standard 1 Playmaking The student will plan and improvise plays based on
personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history for informal
and formal theatre
Math: Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements
from a larger unit to a smaller unit.
Science: Standard 4 Students will understand how fossils are formed, where they
may be found in Utah, and how they can be used to make inferences..
Social Studies: Standard 2 Students will understand how Utah's history has been
shaped by many diverse people, events, and ideas.
February
1st-15th
Math: Represent and interpret data.
Science: Standard 4 Students will understand how fossils are formed, where they
may be found in Utah, and how they can be used to make inferences..
Social Studies: Standard 3 Students will understand the roles of civic life, politics,
and government in the lives of Utah citizens.
16th-30th
Arts: Standard 2 Acting A student will cooperate, imagine and assume roles,
explore personal preferences and meanings, and interact in classroom
dramatizations.

 Math: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles.

Science: Standard 5 Students will understand the physical characteristics of Utah's
wetlands, forests, and deserts and identify common organisms for each
environment.
Social Studies: Standard 3 Students will understand the roles of civic life, politics,
and government in the lives of Utah citizens.
March
1st-15th
Math: Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of
their lines and angles.
Science: Standard 5 Students will understand the physical characteristics of Utah's
wetlands, forests, and deserts and identify common organisms for each
environment.
Social Studies: Standard 3 Students will understand the roles of civic life, politics,
and government in the lives of Utah citizens.
16th-30th
Arts: Standard 3 Understanding Art Forms The student will compare, connect,
and incorporate art forms by describing and analyzing methods of presentation
and audience response for theatre and dramatic media, including film, television,
electronic media, and other art forms.
Science: Standard 5 Students will understand the physical characteristics of Utah's
wetlands, forests, and deserts and identify common organisms for each
environment.
Social Studies: Standard 3 Students will understand the roles of civic life, politics,
and government in the lives of Utah citizens.
April
1st-30th (excluding spring break)
Arts: Standard 4 Analyzing and Constructing Meanings The student will explain
personal preferences and construct meanings by responding to improvised and

scripted scenes and to theatre, film, television, and other electronic media
productions.
Social Studies: Standard 3
Students will understand the roles of civic life, politics, and government in the
lives of Utah citizens.
May
1st-15th
Arts: Standard 4 Analyzing and Constructing Meanings The student will explain
personal preferences and construct meanings by responding to improvised and
scripted scenes and to theatre, film, television, and other electronic media
productions.

As I said in my letter I believe in incorporating many different subjects together in order to

encourage critical thinking and problem solving skills; as well as to keep the topics more
engaging and fun for the students. Below are a few of the themes I will be using to tie many of
our subjects together this year.

Making math beautiful: We will be starting the year by using basic drawing skills to illustrate
how math is used in everyday life. We will continue referring to our original drawings as well as
adding to them as we progress through the year bringing in the shapes we are identifying as well
as depicting area and perimeter around our classroom and the students homes.
Go with the Flow: In this unit we will be working with technology, art, science and social
studies to show how water flows throughout our state and influences our lives.
In the Garden: During this unit we will learn about soil and apply our knowledge of the water
cycle and photosynthesis to grow a classroom garden. We will design the garden using our art
and math skills as well as talk about what kinds of things the early settlers planted along their
journey west.

The show must go on: As the students begin to learn about theater they will begin to prepare
multiple short scenes that will combine what they have been learning about fossils in science and
general Utah history in social studies this will give a brief performance of the history of our state.
School Report: As the students learn about how to interpret data in math we will put these skills
to test in the real world. All students will get into teams to create their own surveys of our school
and/or community. These surveys will be general questions about citizenship (social studies),
what to plant in our garden (science) and more!
The world around us: In this unit we will take the idea of citizenship a step further. As students
begin to talk about the media around them (art standard 4) they will create a presentation about a
topic in the state that interests them. They will then be asked to talk about its link to the state,
their opinion on it, and show a poll that they created relating to that topic.
My dream house: The students will design their dream house using area and perimeter. They
will then use that information to draw it to scale and next use Google Sketch-Up to create a 3D
model to scale of their home (art, math and technology).
Order in the court: As students learn about the judicial system they will use their acting skills
as well as their critical thinking skills to put on a mock trial. They will have to come up with
evidence to support or deny claims as well as work together to defend their claims.