Integrated Reading & Language Arts

Students will:

• recognize and use consonants, blends, and digraphs
• recognize and use short, long, and variant vowel sounds, and diphthongs
• identify syllables
• recognize and use multiple meaning words
• identify, form, and use plurals and possessives
• identify, form, and use prefixes and suffixes
• identify, form, and use compound words and contractions
• make inferences
• make, confirm, and revise predictions
• identify main ideas and details
• recognize cause and effect
• categorize information
• sequence events
• compare and contrast
• summarize events
• draw conclusions
• evaluate fact and opinion
• make judgments
• integrate information from more than one text
• support a position with evidence from text
• identify the literary elements of character, plot, setting, point of view, and theme
• write in response to reading
• make transition from temporary spelling to conventional spelling
• read and write narrative, descriptive, and informative modes of writing
• listen to, read and enjoy poetry
• use the conventions of language – grammar (sentences); usage (subject – verb agreement and verb tense); and mechanics (capitalization and punctuation)
• use manuscript and cursive handwriting
• demonstrate active listening, speaking, and viewing skills
• write frequently with purpose
• capitalize titles of works and personal titles
• use commas and abbreviations
• use prepositions in addition to nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives
• identify subject/predicate
• apply grade level spelling skills to written language
• practice cursive penmanship skills
• maintain a writing journal

Mathematics

Students will:

• use concrete and pictorial models to create a set with a given number of objects (up to 1,000)
• represent numbers to 1,000 on a number line and use mental math strategies to add and subtract
• count by multiples of ones, tens and hundreds
• compare and order whole numbers to 1,000 and write numbers to 100 in standard/word forms
• add and subtract whole numbers with and without regrouping up to 1,000
• use a bar model to illustrate one and two-step addition and subtraction problems
• understand the process of multiplication and division multiply by 2-3-4-5-10
• measure and compare lengths in centimeters and meters
• determine whether a group of objects has odd/even number members
• recognize and draw shapes, identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes
• recognize how bar models show relationships between numbers & unknowns in number sentences
• measure length in meters, centimeters, fee, and inches and compare/measure lengths custom./metric
• estimate collect and organize data in different ways, find elapsed time
• solve real-world problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and measurement

Science

Students will:

• observe and describe the changes that occur in weather over time
• become familiar with instruments used to monitor weather conditions
• explore concepts of balance, counterweight and stability
• observe systems that are unstable and modify them to reach equilibrium
• observe and describe the changes that occur as plants grow and develop
• become familiar with the structures of flowering plants
• describe the importance and use of oceans
• identify factors that can damage the ocean habitat
• communicate their scientific observations and comparisons
• acquire and use a science vocabulary

Social Studies

Students will:

• recognize characteristics that make one place different from another
• identify the physical characteristics of a place
• use concepts of location, distance and direction to describe a place
• analyze a map to accurately determine locations
• identify the concept of scarcity
• recognize the pros and cons of competition in the marketplace
• evaluate the role of producers and consumers
• describe why the government provides certain services
• recognize why one country can produce a good at a lower price than another
• identify the reasons for the existence of rules and laws
• recognize the role of government leaders at various leaders (community, state, national)
• analyze the attributes of a good citizen
• describe the importance of elections
• recognize the qualities of heroes
• identify the effects of changes in transportation, communication and other areas over time in our daily life
• identify ways in which their ancestors came to America
• investigate their family ancestry, traditions and culture

Technology

Students will:

• log on and log off the computer
• demonstrate a functional knowledge of the keyboard
• access and use a word-processing program
• utilize menus
• use the mouse to highlight and select certain sections of the text
• navigate through a document using the scroll bars, arrow keys, and mouse
• print and save
• learn to format paragraphs using the tab key
• use the text properties of font, size, style, and centering
• learn how to use spell check
• use drawing tools
• manipulate graphics
• use a microphone
• open and use an Internet browser to reach a selected site
• access a search engine
• use a keyword search to locate specific information
• print information from an Internet site · navigate sites using “forward” and “back” keys
• know why school use of the Internet is restricted and blocked/filtered
• notify school officials if inappropriate sites appear on the monitor
• care for the computer and its accessories
• develop an awareness of copyright laws and plagiarism
• develop an awareness of privacy/confidentiality issues associated with computer use
• learn how to use an online library catalog
• be assessed on the ability to create a research project that demonstrates their developing skills in utilizing the computer as a tool for creating a product that will be saved, printed, and explained

Library

Students will:

• begin to use technology to locate information.
• distinguish among, fact, point of view, and opinion.
• select and evaluate library materials: easy fiction, non-fiction and electronic resources.
• develop creative products in a variety of formats.
• follow the Super 3 Pathway of "Plan, Do, Review" as an introduction to Big6 Information Literacy skills.
• exhibit emergent note taking skills.
• collaborative with others to develop information products.
• use information responsibly and respect others ideas.
• evaluate information for relevance to topic.
• access and use learning aids in books and electronic resources.
• locate facts to solve the information problem by category