For the last nine weeks, we will study the following Standards.

5.L.2 Understand the interdependence of plants and animals with their ecosystem.
5.L.2.1 Compare the characteristics of several common ecosystems, including estuaries and salt marshes, oceans, lakes and ponds,
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forests, and grasslands.
5.L.2.2 Classify the organisms within an ecosystem according to the function they serve: producers, consumers, or decomposers (biotic
factors).
5.L.2.3 Infer the effects that may result from the interconnected relationship of plants and animals to their ecosystem

By May 12, we will be reviewing all 5th Grade Science Standards.