Language Arts
(the learner will…)
* Develop and refine vocabulary and thinking skills for writing through a variety of oral and listening activities and word charts.
* Begin writing four kinds of sentences; declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative.
* Write simple paragraphs using a a series of related sentences in a logical order.
* Apply the mechanics of correct punctuation, capitalization, and form for sentences and paragraphs.
* Revise written work with emphasis on concrete aspects of writing such as capitalization, punctuation, word substitution, and logical sentence order.
* Write simple letters and simple descriptive, narrative, expository and creative compositions.
* Move from invented spelling to mastering words that have real word meaning
The following concepts will be approached using cooperative learning, independent work time, problem solving strategies and manipulatives.
*Place value
*Addition facts
*Addition and subtraction with regrouping
*Time, money, and graphing
*Multiplication
*Beginning division
*Measurement
*Basic fractions
*Probability
*Geometry
Social Studies
Geography
(The learner will…)
*Continue to develop map skills (directions, legends, symbols, reading maps, etc.)
*Locate and describe the Thirteen Colonies.
*Analyze the effects of geography on Colonial Life.
History
(The learner will…)
*Identify and explain the reasons for Colonial Settlement.
*Study about the daily lives of the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Naïve Americans.
*Examine the causes of the American Revolution.
*Investigate the roles of Massachusetts and Arlington in the Revolution.
Technology
(The learner will…)
*Continue the development of keyboarding.
*Begin independent use of the computer with word processing, educational mathematics and reading games.
*Utilize technology to enhance learning through the use of Web Quests.
Science
The Great Body Shop: Monthly booklets that focus on the human body, safety issues, and the environment
Plant Growth and development: Students experience the complete life cycle of the plant by growing their own marigold and Wisconsin Fast Plants.
Sound: This unit introduces the human ear and its functions. It also introduces how sound is made, the difference between volume and pitch, and how sound travels.
Solar System: This unit involves students researching the planets and comparing them to the earth.
Animal Adaptations: Students will be researching the different ways plants and animals (organisms) adapt to their environment.
Simple Machines: Students will identify and explain the uses of a lever, inclined plane, wheel, and axel, screw, wedge, and pulley.
Open Circle
Open Circle is a comprehensive, grade-differentiated social and emotional learning program for grades K-5 children, their teachers, administrators, other school staff, parents and other caregivers. Open Circle helps children become ethical people, contributing citizens and successful learners while fostering the development of relationships that support safe, caring and respectful learning communities of children and adults.
(the learner will…)
* Develop and refine vocabulary and thinking skills for writing through a variety of oral and listening activities and word charts.
* Begin writing four kinds of sentences; declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative.
* Write simple paragraphs using a a series of related sentences in a logical order.
* Apply the mechanics of correct punctuation, capitalization, and form for sentences and paragraphs.
* Revise written work with emphasis on concrete aspects of writing such as capitalization, punctuation, word substitution, and logical sentence order.
* Write simple letters and simple descriptive, narrative, expository and creative compositions.
* Move from invented spelling to mastering words that have real word meaning
- Reading
- Houghton Mifflin Readers
- Literature Circles
Poems and charts
National Geographic Explorer magazine
(The learner will…)
*Continue to develop more complicated phonemic combinations and to learn beginning rules for structural analysis skills (suffixes, prefixes and irregular plurals).
*Extend knowledge and use of synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms in oral and written language.
*Develop comprehension of main idea and details through simple outline and paragraph writing.
*Continue to develop study skills requiring locating parts in a book, using dictionaries and using simple charts and graphs.
*Read for pleasure and personal enjoyment.
The following concepts will be approached using cooperative learning, independent work time, problem solving strategies and manipulatives.
*Place value
*Addition facts
*Addition and subtraction with regrouping
*Time, money, and graphing
*Multiplication
*Beginning division
*Measurement
*Basic fractions
*Probability
*Geometry
Social Studies
Geography
(The learner will…)
*Continue to develop map skills (directions, legends, symbols, reading maps, etc.)
*Locate and describe the Thirteen Colonies.
*Analyze the effects of geography on Colonial Life.
History
(The learner will…)
*Identify and explain the reasons for Colonial Settlement.
*Study about the daily lives of the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Naïve Americans.
*Examine the causes of the American Revolution.
*Investigate the roles of Massachusetts and Arlington in the Revolution.
Technology
(The learner will…)
*Continue the development of keyboarding.
*Begin independent use of the computer with word processing, educational mathematics and reading games.
*Utilize technology to enhance learning through the use of Web Quests.
Science
The Great Body Shop: Monthly booklets that focus on the human body, safety issues, and the environment
Plant Growth and development: Students experience the complete life cycle of the plant by growing their own marigold and Wisconsin Fast Plants.
Sound: This unit introduces the human ear and its functions. It also introduces how sound is made, the difference between volume and pitch, and how sound travels.
Solar System: This unit involves students researching the planets and comparing them to the earth.
Animal Adaptations: Students will be researching the different ways plants and animals (organisms) adapt to their environment.
Simple Machines: Students will identify and explain the uses of a lever, inclined plane, wheel, and axel, screw, wedge, and pulley.
Open Circle
Open Circle is a comprehensive, grade-differentiated social and emotional learning program for grades K-5 children, their teachers, administrators, other school staff, parents and other caregivers. Open Circle helps children become ethical people, contributing citizens and successful learners while fostering the development of relationships that support safe, caring and respectful learning communities of children and adults.