This Track uses the study of weather pattern to address my fifth grade students learning gap, which was their difficulty in reading and understanding and the making and use of charts, graphs and tables. The TN. Curriculum Framework for grade 3-5 states: In order to develop Algebraic Thinking through an understanding of Patterns and Functions, the mathematics curriculum must include problems which require students to describe, extend, analyze, and create a wide variety of patterns and functions using appropriate materials and representations such as tables, graphs, and mathematical notation. Many strategies are used within this track to narrow the gap such as: Collecting and recording weather data, solving math problems using informal methods and knowledge of operations; using the internet to locate information on occurrences of hurricanes, tornados, floods and earthquakes; graphing weather research; and using higher order thinking skills to interpret data and graphs. Other thinking skills addressed in this unit are taken from the student profiler survey questions number one— I try more than one way to solve a problem; and number 24— I use the Internet to answer questions or practice skills online.