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
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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