Word Study

• Incorporate spelling, phonics, and vocabulary instruction through an interactive, hands-on learning approach
• Compare and contrast features during systematic, sequenced instruction
• Spell correctly on word study tests and transfer this knowledge to their daily writing

Reading

• Taught through a balanced literacy framework
• Immersed in a print-rich environment filled with fiction and nonfiction selections, which relate to all areas of the curriculum
• Use a combination of strategies when reading
• Age appropriate selections will help students develop fluency, accuracy and expression as they read
• Develop comprehension and vocabulary

Writing

• Write daily using basic grammar (capital letters, appropriate punctuation, subject/verb agreement)
• Write stories, letters, and use writing to explain their thinking and/or show understanding of main ideas and concepts
• Use reference materials to enhance their writing

Math

• Focus on building an intuitive sense of numbers
• Develop multiple ways of thinking about and representing numbers, and understand simple operations
• Experience problem solving, estimating, measuring, patterning, graphing and working with spatial sense

Science

• Focus on understanding the natural world
• Use the scientific process steps to study living systems, matter, life cycles, weather patterns and the seasonal effect on plants and animals
• Use measurement in both English and metric units

Social Studies

• Learn about the responsibilities of good citizenship and how people from diverse backgrounds participate and contribute to their communities
• Study lives of individuals from the past, map and globe skills, and basic economic concepts
• Study the contributions of American Indians, ancient China, and ancient Egypt and apply concepts of geography, civics, and economics to their everyday life