Literacy (also known as Balanced Literacy): Study skills, listening, speaking, reading, and writing will mainly be taught through balanced literacy. It uses a multi-sensory approach. Students see, say, hear, and write daily. They learn through interactive games, dictation, spelling, sounding and blending, reading, and writing. Students will develop the skills of sequencing, proofreading their own work, taking dictation and practicing comprehension skills.
We will be using a balanced literacy approach which will incorporate word study, independent reading, guided reading, and writing.
Math We use a math program called Investigations. You will notice some different terminology and methods. The Investigations program is very hands-on and student-centered. The teacher becomes a facilitator. Skills we will be learning this year are: recognizing and using numbers from 1-120, adding and subtracting to 20, skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s, identifying shapes, fractions, sorting and classifying objects, telling time to the hour and half hour, and interpreting graphs. A vital focus will be on problem solving. We will also have Math Workshop to allow students to individually or in partner pairs practice math skills on their present level with their working number.
Social Studies Students will explore social studies topics by using a hands-on program that introduces the use of maps, atlases, and globes. The topics we will cover are: Looking At Our Neighborhood – citizens, families, schools, rules, workers, neighborhoods, places, routes, transportation, and maps; Identifying Neighborhood Needs – homes, needs vs. wants, rules and safety, and neighborhood history; Exploring Neighborhood Maps – views, map symbols, distance and location; Exploring Globes – looking at various models of Earth, time, cardinal directions – north, south, east, and west; Our Country – locating our country, using a U.S. map, our government, our history, and our weather; Looking at our World – continents and oceans, our world address, exploring North America, and exploring other continents. We will also incorporate the Leader in Me curriculum into our social studies time this year.
Science We will explore Force and Motion, Earth Science: Earth and the Universe, Earth Science: Earth Systems, Structures and Processes, Life Science: Ecosystems, and Life Science: Structures and Functions of Living Organisms.
We will be using a balanced literacy approach which will incorporate word study, independent reading, guided reading, and writing.
Math We use a math program called Investigations. You will notice some different terminology and methods. The Investigations program is very hands-on and student-centered. The teacher becomes a facilitator. Skills we will be learning this year are: recognizing and using numbers from 1-120, adding and subtracting to 20, skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s, identifying shapes, fractions, sorting and classifying objects, telling time to the hour and half hour, and interpreting graphs. A vital focus will be on problem solving. We will also have Math Workshop to allow students to individually or in partner pairs practice math skills on their present level with their working number.
Social Studies Students will explore social studies topics by using a hands-on program that introduces the use of maps, atlases, and globes. The topics we will cover are: Looking At Our Neighborhood – citizens, families, schools, rules, workers, neighborhoods, places, routes, transportation, and maps; Identifying Neighborhood Needs – homes, needs vs. wants, rules and safety, and neighborhood history; Exploring Neighborhood Maps – views, map symbols, distance and location; Exploring Globes – looking at various models of Earth, time, cardinal directions – north, south, east, and west; Our Country – locating our country, using a U.S. map, our government, our history, and our weather; Looking at our World – continents and oceans, our world address, exploring North America, and exploring other continents. We will also incorporate the Leader in Me curriculum into our social studies time this year.
Science We will explore Force and Motion, Earth Science: Earth and the Universe, Earth Science: Earth Systems, Structures and Processes, Life Science: Ecosystems, and Life Science: Structures and Functions of Living Organisms.