LANGUAGE ARTS

 

Reading / Literature

·         Word Skills: Vocabulary usage, context clues, homophones, synonyms, antonyms, prefix and suffix

·         Elements of Nonfiction:   Topic, main idea,                                                               supporting details

·         Elements of Fiction:     Character Traits and goals,      

                                              setting, plot

·         Paraphrase/Summarize

·         Sequence

·         Draw conclusions

·         Author’s purpose

·         Predicting outcomes

·         Problem/Solution

·         Cause/Effect

·         Fantasy/Reality

·         Study Skills:  Alphabetical order to the third letter

·         Reference sources:  Tables, graphs, dictionary,                                              parts of a  book

   

 Students will be exposed to various of literature including:

Fiction                                                   Non-Fiction

Poetry                                                    Biographies

Realistic Fiction                                   Articles

Historical Fiction                                 Informational Texts

Plays

Folk Tales (i.e., fables, legends, myths, and tall tales)

 

English

·         Sentences:  types, subject, predicate, capitalization, punctuation

·         Parts of Speech:    Noun, verb, adverb, adjective,

pronoun, preposition

 

 

Writing

Emphasis will be placed on sentence and paragraph writing including both mechanics and content:

·         Developing a main idea

·         Proper sentence structure

·         Spelling

·         Transition from manuscript to cursive

 

Types of writing may include:

·         Reports

·         “How To”  paragraphs

·         Personal Narrative

·         Directions

·         Journal Writing

·         Compare and contrast

 

Speaking / Listening

Students will learn to speak in front of others.  They also learn to be a good audience.

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

 

·         Geography:  map and globe skills, landforms, bodies of water, natural resources

·         History:  communities (past/present), local history, Native Americans, logging era, pioneers, American history

·         Civics:  government and core democratic values

·         Economics:  scarcity, opportunity cost, goods and services, production resources

 

 

SCIENCE

·         Life cycles

·         Vertebrates

·         Habitats

·         Earth, sun and moon

·         Matter

·         Forces:  magnetism, friction, gravity

·         Simple machines

·         Environmental Concerns:  water usage, pollution, recycle

 

 

MATHEMATICS

·         Add and subtract 4-digit numbers

·         Place value through 100,000

·         Read clocks to one minute; determine elapsed time

·         Recognize and count coins and bills

·         Name two or three dimensional shapes, identify properties

·         Identify right angles, parallel lines, intersecting lines, line segments, rays

·         Read and use measuring tools

·         Explain and compare fractions and decimals

·         Use, make and interpret tables and graphs

·         Application of basic multiplication and division facts

·         Match and model to a number sentence ()

·         Apply problem solving strategies:  Make a list, guess and check, draw a picture, multiple steps, extra data, choose the operation, make a table