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English-Language Arts

The English-Language Arts curriculum is literature based.  It emphasizes the integration of reading, writing, spelling, listening, and speaking.

Priority in use of materials is as follows:

• Core literature:  Imagine That!/Picture This!

• Literary reader and workbooks

Reading skills:

• Comprehension

• Vocabulary

• Word Study

• Phonics

• Oral language:  speaking, listening, reading aloud and independently

• Viewing

• Writing

• Spelling

• Grammar usage and mechanics

• Stories on tape

• References and study skills:  encyclopedia and trade books

Writing:

• D'Nealian printing and cursive handwriting

• Grammar and the parts of speech

• Organized thoughts

• Letters

• Paragraphs

• Narratives

• Reports

• Poetry

• Journal activities

• Spelling

Spelling:

• Weekly spelling tests

• Weekly spelling words are reinforced with the Orchard Program during Computer class

• Lists, phonetic relationships

• Dictation

• Applied spelling (use words in sentences)

Listening:

• Distinguish between learning and listening

• Listen attentively

• Use listening skills to recall significant details and sequence of ideas, identify main ideas, compare and contrast ideas, and arrive at conclusions

Speaking:

• Oral reports

History Social-Studies

Communities

• Learning about communities

• Maps and globes

Communities and Natural Resources

• Finding and using natural resources

• Using resources in rural communities

• Using resources in urban areas

Government and Citizenship

• Community and state government

• Our national government

• Citizenship

• Our national holidays

Communities Yesterday and Today

• Yesterday and today in New York City

• Yesterday and today in San Francisco

• Communities around the world

• Working together around the world

Mathematics

Place Value and Money

• Patterning

• Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred

• Estimating

• Counting money

Addition and Subtraction

• Addition and subtraction strategies and properties

• Adding and subtracting 2 and 3 digit numbers

• Adding more than two numbers

• Using addition to check subtraction

• Estimating sums and differences

Time and Measurement

• Time:  quarter hour, minute

• Calendar

• Customary units of length, capacity and weight

• Temperature:  Fahrenheit, Celsius

• Metric units of length, capacity, and weight

Multiplication

• Patterns

• Multiplying by 1 digit numbers

• Multiplying greater number

Using Data and Probability

• Collecting and organizing data

• Graphs

Geometry

• Planes, lines, and angles

• Symmetry

• Perimeter and area

• Space figures

Fractions and Decimals

• Fractions

• Mixed numbers

• Relating fractions and decimals

• Decimals in tenths, hundredths

• Decimals greater than one

• Adding and subtracting decimals

Multiplying and Dividing Greater Numbers

• Patterns

• Multiplying and dividing by 1 digit and greater numbers

• Quotients with remainders

• Dividing by 2, 5, and 10

• Dividing 2 digit numbers

Science

Life Science

• The World of Plants

• The World of Animals

• Life Cycles of Animals

• Where Plants and Animals Live

Physical Science

• Measuring Matter

• Simple Machines

• Sound and Light

Earth Science

• The Moon

• The Earth and Its Resources

• Measuring Weather

Human Body and Nutrition

• The Senses

• Choosing Foods Wisely