Find resources aligned to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

summarize historical events in which compromise resulted in a resolution such as the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act.

compare the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations and explain how prior civilizations influenced their development; and

identify examples of nonprofit and/or civic organizations such as the Red Cross and explain how they serve the common good.

compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators and represent the comparison using the symbols >, =, or ;

Culture. The student understands ethnic and/or cultural celebrations of the local community and other communities. The student is expected to:

represent and solve addition and subtraction of fractions with equal denominators using objects and pictorial models that build to the number line and properties of operations;

Child shows increasing control of tasks that require eye‐hand coordination.

discuss elements of drama such as characters, dialogue, and setting;

Citizenship. The student understands the importance of effective leadership in a constitutional republic. The student is expected to:

explain how the Inca and Aztec empires were impacted by European exploration/colonization.

explain the significance of various ethnic and/or cultural celebrations in the local community and other communities; and

evaluate the reasonableness of sums and differences of fractions using benchmark fractions 0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1, referring to the same whole; and

Personal Safety and Health

recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:

analyze the leadership qualities of elected and appointed leaders of the United States such as George Washington, John Marshall, and Abraham Lincoln; and

History. The student understands the causes and impact of increased global interaction from 1450 to 1750. The student is expected to:

describe the contributions of significant political, social, and military leaders of the United States such as Frederick Douglass, John Paul Jones, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

analyze the causes of European expansion from 1450 to 1750;

compare ethnic and/or cultural celebrations in the local community with other communities.

represent fractions and decimals to the tenths or hundredths as distances from zero on a number line.

Child practices good habits of personal safety.

the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance;

Culture. The student understands the relationships between and among people from various groups, including racial, ethnic, and religious groups, during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The student is expected to:

explain the impact of the Columbian Exchange;

Culture. The student understands the role of heroes in shaping the culture of communities, the state, and the nation. The student is expected to:

Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to develop and use strategies and methods for whole number computations and decimal sums and differences in order to solve problems with efficiency and accuracy. The student is expected to:

Child practices good habits of personal health and hygiene.

features and graphics to locate and gain information; and

organizational patterns such as chronological order and cause and effect stated explicitly;

identify racial, ethnic, and religious groups that settled in the United States and explain their reasons for immigration;

explain the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on West Africa and the Americas;

identify and compare the heroic deeds of state and national heroes, including Hector P. Garcia and James A. Lovell, and other individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Juliette Gordon Low, Todd Beamer, Ellen Ochoa, John "Danny" Olivas, and other contemporary heroes; and

add and subtract whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths place using the standard algorithm;

Child identifies good habits of nutrition and exercise.

recognize characteristics of persuasive text, including:

explain how urbanization contributed to conflicts resulting from differences in religion, social class, and political beliefs;

explain the impact of the Ottoman Empire on Eastern Europe and global trade;

identify and analyze the heroic deeds of individuals, including military and first responders such as the Four Chaplains.

determine products of a number and 10 or 100 using properties of operations and place value understandings;

stating what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do; and

identify ways conflicts between people from various racial, ethnic, and religious groups were addressed;

explain Ming China's impact on global trade; and

Culture. The student understands the importance of writers and artists to the cultural heritage of communities. The student is expected to:

represent the product of 2 two-digit numbers using arrays, area models, or equations, including perfect squares through 15 by 15;

Technology and Devices Skills

distinguishing facts from opinion; and

analyze the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to our national identity; and

explain new economic factors and principles of Europe's Commercial Revolution.

identify various individual writers and artists such as Kadir Nelson, Tomie dePaola, and Phillis Wheatley and their stories, poems, statues, and paintings and other examples of cultural heritage from various communities; and

use strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm, to multiply up to a four-digit number by a one-digit number and to multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit number. Strategies may include mental math, partial products, and the commutative, associative, and distributive properties;