Early Childhood and Pre-K

Mrs. Elizabeth,  Ms. Maggie, Mrs. Randi, Mrs. Davis

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Kindergarten

Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. Halleen, Mr. Adkins, Mrs. Williams
 

The following skills will be introduced during the first 9 weeks in addition to skills listed on the Kindergarten report card.  These objectives will be ongoing throughout the year.

Reading

Develop oral language:

            Show evidence of expanding oral language through vocabulary growth.

            Give simple, two-step oral directions.

            Begin to retell familiar stories.

            Dramatize, retell, and dictate what has been learned.

Develop listening skills:

            Recognize the difference between formal and informal languages.

Demonstrate knowledge of concepts of print:

            Identify labels, logos, and signs in the environment.

            Understand that print has meaning.

Pretend read from left to right, top to bottom, and front to back as well as hold a book upright and turn pages.

Read and explain own writing and drawings.

Identify front cover and back cover of a book.

Distinguish letters from words.

Writing

Use a variety of pre-writing strategies:

          Brainstorm ideas with teacher and peers.

            Draws pictures to generate ideas.

            Construct graphic organizers in a small or large group to organize information.

            Use a variety of sources to gather information.

Elements of Language

Demonstrate knowledge of standard English usage:

            Use correct grammatical constructions in own speech.

            Use correct verb and verb tense in sentences when speaking.

Data Analysis and Probability

Develop, select, and use appropriate methods to collect, organize, display, and analyze data:

            Represent and compare data using concrete objects, pictures, and simple graphs.

Apply the basic concepts of probability:

            Describe events related to students experiences as likely or unlikely.

Science:  Interactions Between Living Things

Realize that organisms use their senses to interact with their environment:

            Recognize that humans have five senses

Earth and Its Place in the Universe

Recognize that different objects appear in the day and nighttime sky.

            Identify objects that appear in day and nighttime sky.

Recognize that there are predictable patterns that occur within the universe.

            Classify pictures as representative of day or night.

Social Studies:  Culture

Understand the diversity of human cultures:

          Identify personal attributes common to all people such as physical characteristics.

            Identify differences among people.

Economics

Give examples of the interaction of businesses and governments in a market economy:

          Recognize how jobs are similar and different from one community to another.

            Identify jobs in the home and school.

Understand fundamental economic concepts:

          Explain why people have jobs.

            Distinguish between needs and wants.

            Recognize all jobs are significant and realize some jobs are dependent on other jobs.

Geography

Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective:

          Use personal directions such as up, down, left, right, near and far to describe relative direction.

            Locate places in community such as the students home and the classroom on the campus.

Recognize the interaction between human and physical systems around the world:

          Identify the human characteristics of places such as types of houses and ways of earning a living.

Governance and Civics

Discuss the structure and purposes of governance:

          Understand rules are created to protect an environment.

            Know that family structures can change.

            Identify authority figures in the home, school, and community.

            Explain how authority figures make and enforce rules.

Describe the Constitution of the United States and the Tennessee State Constitution in principle and practice:

          Recognize the need for rules for daily living and fair treatment of others.

            Identify purposes for having rules.

            Be aware that laws and rules are followed and created by the people, school, community, and country.

Understand the rights, responsibilities, and privileges of citizens living in a democratic republic:

          Know rules of safety including signs and signals.

            Define cooperation

Recognize the qualities of a contributing citizen in our participatory democracy:

          Identify the flags of the United States and Tennessee.

            Recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

History

Identify major events, people, and patterns in Tennessee, United States, and world history:

          Define history as the story of our past.

            Recall events in the past and present in order to recognize that individuals have a personal history

Illustrate a family history to demonstrate that every family has a heritage.

Individuals, Groups, and Interactions

Recognize the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities:

          Know individuals choose jobs that affect their lives, families and communities.

            Explain the consequences of an individuals decisions and actions.

The following skills will be introduced during the second 9 weeks in addition to skills listed on the Kindergarten report card.  These objectives will be ongoing throughout the year.

Reading

Develop oral language:

            Speak clearly, properly, and politely.

Begin to use rules for conversation (e.g., raise hands, take turns and focus

attention on speaker).

            Participate in group discussion.

            Participate in creative responses to text (e.g., response, discussion and dramatization).

            Ask and respond to questions from teacher and other group members.

            Use familiar texts for recitations.

Develop listening skills:

            Listen attentively to speaker for specific information.

            Use appropriate listening skills (e.g., does not interrupt, faces speaker, asks questions).

            Listen and respond to a variety of media (e.g., books, audio tapes, videos).

Develop and use pre-reading strategies:

            Recognize a purpose for listening.

            Relate background knowledge to make meaning from text.

            Make predictions about text.

            Use illustrations to preview the text.

            Participate in the creation of graphic organizers (e.g., KWL, charts).

            Connect to life experience the information and events in texts.

Develop and maintain a motivation to read.

          Visit libraries and regularly check out materials.

            Share storybooks, poems and environmental print.

            Identify favorite stories.

Writing

Show evidence of drafting and revision with written work.

          Write consonant-vowel-consonant words with teacher assistance.

            Participate in teacher lead experience stories.

Experience numerous publishing opportunities:

          Compose a variety of written works (e.g., published books, classroom books, experience stories).

            Incorporate illustrations and/or photographs.

Begin to experience various literary and media genres:

          Explore picture books.

            Explore alphabet and number books.

            Explore Mother Goose Rhymes and other rhyming books.

            Explore storybooks.

            Explore fairy tales.

            Explore poetry.

            Explore lyrics to songs.

            View various media genres (e.g., posters, pictures, photographs, films, videos).

            Participate in the creation of experience stories.

            Express thoughts, feelings, and experiences through illustrations, dictation or writing.

Write frequently across content areas:

            Participate in shared writing about social studies.

            Participate in shared writing about science.

            Participate in shared writing about math.

            Participate in shared writing about the arts and personal activities.

Write in response to literature:

            Use repetitive text to re-enact or retell stories.

Write in a variety of modes and genres:

            Illustrate and/or write in journals (e.g., temporary/conventional spelling, series of pictures, and recognizable print).

            Write friendly note using temporary/conventional spelling or with teacher assistance.

Elements of Language

Demonstrate knowledge of correct sentence structure:

            Use complete and coherent simple sentences when speaking.

            Use logical words and appropriate word order to complete sentences or to respond to questions.

Number and Operations

Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems:

            Count backward from 10 to 1.

            Recognize equivalent sets of objects.

            Apply the language of ordinal numbers up to tenth.

Measurement

Demonstrate understanding of units of measure and measurable attributes of objects:

            Use words to describe temperature (e.g., hot, warm, cool, cold).

Apply appropriate techniques and tools to determine measurement:

          Recognize a thermometer as a way of measuring temperature.

            Recognize a calendar as a way of measuring time.

Life Science:  Cell Structure and Function

Recognize that living things are made up of smaller parts:

            Assemble and take apart objects to determine that most things are made up of parts.

Recognize that smaller parts of living things contribute to the operation and well being of entire organisms:

          Observe what happens when an object is missing a part.

Diversity and Adaptation Among Living Things

Recognize that living things have features that help them to survive in different environments:

          Know that different organisms tend to be found in different environments.

Earth and Space Science:  Atmospheric Cycles

Recognize daily and seasonal weather changes:

            Identify daily weather conditions, such as hot, cool, sunny, snowy, and rainy.

Realize that weather is associated with temperature, precipitation, and wind conditions and can be measured with tools and instruments:

            Associate clothing and activity choices with various types of weather.

Earth Resources

Recognize that there is a variety of earth materials which have basic observable and measurable properties:

          Recognize a variety of earth materials (e.g., rocks, pebbles, sand).

Realize that earth materials can be recycled or conserved:

          Classify objects as natural or manmade.

Physical Science:  Energy

Realize that the sun is the main source of earths heat and light energy:

          Identify the sun as the source of earths heat and light energy.

Recognize that sound is produced when objects vibrate:

          Identify different sounds and their sources.

Social Studies:  Culture

Understand the diversity of human cultures:

          Recognize individuals learn to do skills and customs from their culture.

            Recognize all cultures have family units where decisions are made.

Discuss cultures and human patterns of places and regions of the world:

          Identify similarities and differences of food, clothes, homes, games, and families in different culture.

            Compare family customs and traditions among cultures.

Recognize the contributions of individuals and people of various ethnic, racial, religious, and socioeconomic groups to the development of civilizations:

          Explain the value of family traditions and customs.

Economics

Describe potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy:

          Identify basic human needs.

            Explain how basic human needs of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation are met.

            Understand people create shelter according to both culture and environment.

Geography

Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective:

          Explain what a globe and map represent.

Governance and Civics

Discuss the structure and purposes of governance:

          Explain the use of voting as a method for group decision-making.

Understand the rights, responsibilities, and privileges of citizens living in a democratic republic:

          Define cooperation

History

Explain how to use historical information acquired from a variety of sources:

          Recognize each family has a family tree.

            Recall family stories and celebrations to develop a personal history.

Individuals, Groups, and Interactions

Recognize the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities:

          Describe how individuals meet their needs and wants in different means.

            Explain that people learn in the context of families, peers, schools, and communities.

Understand how groups can effect change at the local, state, national, and world levels:

            Understand  cooperation is necessary  when working within large and small groups to complete tasks.

            Work independently and cooperatively to accomplish goals.

            Describe how groups are make up of people who work, play, or learn together and share common interests.     

The following skills will be introduced during the third 9 weeks in addition to skills listed on the Kindergarten report card.  These objectives will be ongoing throughout the year.

Reading

Develop and maintain phonemic awareness:

          Use sound stretching of one-syllable words to identify each phoneme

            (cat,/c/,/a/,/t/).

            Use sound blending of each separately spoken phoneme to make meaningful word

            (/m/,/o/,/m/ to mom).

            Segment one-syllable words into individual sounds and blend the sounds into whole words.

            Understand words are made up of one or more syllables (e.g., students clap syllables in words).

Develop and extend reading vocabulary:

            Build vocabulary by listening to literature and participating in discussions.

            Build vocabulary by experiencing a wide range of text types.

            Participate in shared reading.

            Begin to use word families and word walls.

Use active comprehension strategies to derive meaning while reading and check for understanding after reading:

          Asking questions about a text.

            Participating in discussions about text.

            Predicting what will happen next as a story is shared.

            Creating mental images of the story (e.g. characters, setting).

Introduce informational skills to facilitate learning:

          Recognize the family and community as resources for information.

            Recognize a variety of print sources (e.g. books, newspaper, magazines, and charts).

            Recognize sources of information (e.g. books, graphs, and computers).

Develop skills to facilitate reading to learn in a variety of content areas:

          Recognize that printed materials provide information.

            Use common illustrations to gain meaning from text.

Writing

Write for a variety of purposes:

          Write to entertain (e.g., pictures, shared writing).

            Write to inform (e.g., experience stories).

Write expressively using original ideas, reflections, and observations:

          Write, given time, place and materials.

            Maintain, with teacher assistance, examples of writing and drawings that express opinions and judgments (e.g., portfolio, journals, student-made books).

Write in response to literature:

            Dictate a new ending to a story.

            Create a drawing, picture, sign or other graphic symbols to respond to literature.

Elements of Language

Demonstrate knowledge of standard English mechanics:

          Write from left to right and top to bottom.

            Use appropriate capitalization when writing names.

            Recognize ending punctuation marks for statements and questions.

            Recognize capitalization at the beginning of sentences.

            Trace and transcribe letters and words correctly.

Demonstrate knowledge of standard English spelling:

          Attempt to spell simple words using pre- to early-phonetic knowledge, sounds of the alphabet, and knowledge of letter names.

Number and Operations

Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems:

          Count sets of objects up to 20.

            Match quantities up to twenty with numerals.

            Represent quantities up to 20 on ten-frames.

            Order numbers less than 20.

            Express the relationship between two numbers less than 20 using the words less than, more than, or equal to.

            Identify the position of a whole number less than 20 on the number line.

            Use pictures of objects, such as a ten frame, to show one more or one less than any number to 20.

          Count by ones and tens to 50.

            Determine whether a figure has been divided in halves.

            Name and identify coins and their values.

Algebra

Represent and analyze patterns and functions:

          Identify patterns in the environment, in arrangements of objects, or in pictures.

            Recognize and extend a concrete, visual, or auditory two- or three-part repeating pattern.

            Create and describe a simple repeating pattern.

Measurement

Apply appropriate techniques and tools to determine measurement:

          Measure and estimate length using a variety of non-standard units.

            Distinguish between light and heavy objects.

            Tell time to the hour.

Physical Science:

Forces and Motion:  Realize the basic concept that forces can move objects (push/pull).

          Recognize that objects can move in different directions and at different speeds.

Structure and Properties of Matter:  Recognize that objects have observable properties that can change over time and under different conditions:

          Describe an object according to its simple properties (e.g., hard/soft, large/small).

Social Studies:  Culture

Discuss cultures and human patterns of places and regions of the world:

            Understand some differences among people are a result of their culture.

            Describe customs of the local community.

Geography

Demonstrate how to identify and locate major physical and political features on globes and maps:

            Describe personal connections to place, especially place as associated with immediate surroundings.

Governance and Civics

Recognize the qualities of a contributing citizen in our participatory democracy:

            Explain the reasons for national patriotic holidays such as Presidents Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and Independence Day.

Individuals, Groups, and Interactions

Recognize the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities:

            Give examples of how learning and physical development affect behavior.

Understand how groups can effect change at the local, state, national, and world levels:

            Recognize individuals have a space or develop an understanding of space and spatial relationships.        

The following skills will be introduced during the fourth 9 weeks in addition to skills listed on the Kindergarten report card.  These objectives will be ongoing throughout the year.

Reading

Develop listening skills:

          Follow simple, two step oral directions.

Develop and maintain phonemic awareness:

          Understand that a phoneme is one distinct sound.

            Recognize and produce rhyming words.

            Recognize words that have same beginning and ending sounds.

Develop and use decoding strategies:

          Recognize and name all upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

            Begin to understand that the sequence of letters in a written word represents the sequence of sounds in a spoken word.

            Use letter-sound matches to decode simple words.

            Understand that as letters of words change, so do the sounds (alphabetic principle).

Read to develop fluency, expression, accuracy and confidence:

          Read simple text containing familiar letter-sound correspondences and high frequency words.

            Recognize that intonation and volume of voice assists with meaning.

            Read as an emergent reader a favorite story with fluent intonation and phrasing.

Develop and extend reading vocabulary:

            Read some words by sight (e.g. the, has, an, can, run and color and number words).

            Use a picture dictionary to determine word meaning.

Use active comprehension strategies to derive meaning while reading and check for understanding after reading:

          Check for understanding after reading by:

                        recalling two to three step sequence of events

                   retelling story in own words

                        drawing conclusions based on evidence in the story

                        using pictures to discuss main idea

Read independently for a variety of purposes:

          Read to gain information.

            Read for enjoyment.

            Read to expand vocabulary.

Begin to experience various literary and media genres:

          Sequence events in a story (e.g., using books, videos, films).

Writing

Write for a variety of purposes:

          Write to acquire and exhibit knowledge (e.g., own name-first and last, letters, numbers).

Show evidence of drafting and revision with written work:

          Represent spoken language with illustrations and temporary and/or conventional spelling.

            Add descriptive words and details.

Include editing before the completion of finished work:

          Pause voluntarily in the midst of writing to interpret what has been written (tracking).

            Self corrects works in progress (e.g., pictures, shared writing).

Evaluate own and others writing:

          Use a simple rubric to evaluate own writing/pictures and group work (e.g., happy face, stickers).

            Discuss and react to writing.

            Review personal collection to determine progress.

Experience numerous publishing opportunities:

          Make use of technology to publish writing.

            Share orally completed work.

Write expressively using original ideas, reflections, and observations:

          Dictate stories (e.g., to tape recorder, to adult, to older student).

Elements of Language

Demonstrate knowledge of standard English mechanics:

          Form legible upper and lower case letters.

Demonstrate knowledge of standard English spelling:

          Spells own first and last name.

Number and Operations

Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems:

          Write numerals up to twenty.

Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another:

            Use manipulatives to develop strategies for addition and subtraction of whole numbers.

            Use a variety of strategies to solve simple verbal story problems involving numbers 0 to 10.

Solve problems, compute fluently, and make reasonable estimates:

          Use words, actions, pictures, or manipulatives to solve problems.

Algebra

Use concrete, pictorial, and verbal representations to develop an understanding of the language and symbols of mathematics:

            Use manipulatives or pictures to demonstrate addition and subtraction sentences written symbolically involving numbers 0 to 5.

          Read and explain simple addition and subtraction number sentences written symbolically.

Social Studies:  Culture

Discuss cultures and human patterns of places and regions of the world:

            Explain how means of transportation may be diversified in different cultures in response to the environment.

Recognize the contributions of individuals and people of various ethnic, racial, religious, and socioeconomic groups to the development of civilizations:

          Recognize contributions of different cultures around the world.

Geography

Recognize the interaction between human and physical systems around the world:

          Describe how weather affects every daily life.

            Describe seasons.

Demonstrate how to identify and locate major physical and political features on globes and maps:

            Identify the concept of physical features as in mountains, plains, hills, oceans, and islands.

            Describe how landforms and bodies of water influence where and how people live.

Governance and Civics

Discuss the structure and purposes of governance:

          Recognize that a person born into a country is a citizen of that country.

History

Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present, and future:

          Recognize that change occurs over time.

            Observe how sites in neighborhoods and communities change over time.

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1st grade

Mrs. Liggett, Mrs. Smithson, Mrs. Brenda and Mrs. Warren

First Grade Accomplishments

First Nine Weeks

Language Arts

Reading

Identify names of letters

Identify initial letter-sound relationships

Blend sounds together to form one-syllable words

Read familiar text with confidence and fluency

Demonstrate knowledge of print

            Read left to right, top to bottom

            Track print when being read to aloud

            Identify cover and title page of a book

Reflect punctuation in oral reading

Use illustrations for previewing and predicting text

Demonstrate the automatic recognition of high frequency words

Identify rhyming words

Manipulate word families and word wall words  

Writing

Print first and last name legibly

Draw pictures to generate ideas

Write left to right, top to bottom

Write in complete sentences

Demonstrate the use of capital letters in names of people, I, and at the beginning sentences

Spell high frequency words correctly

Spell three-and four-letter short vowel words correctly

Mathematics

Sort objects by two attributes

Create, identify and complete a repeating pattern

Identify and write numbers 0-12

Use manipulatives to represent sets 0-12

Interpret data from a simple graph

Identify sets as greater than or less than

Identify ordinal numbers to tenth (first, second, etc.)

Use counters, pictures, and symbols to add sums to 8  

Science and Social Studies

Manners                                                            Neighborhoods and maps

Pets                                                                 Animal habitats

Comparing and Measuring (STC Kit)                    Fire Safety

Careers                                                  

Behavior Goals

___Demonstrate self-control                    ___Organize materials

___Listen attentively                               ___Complete work independently

___Follow directions                               ___Work well in a group                                    

___Work quietly                                     ___Demonstrate responsibility

___Respect others                                 ___Complete homework

___Work and play safely                        ___Follow classroom rules

First Grade Second Nine Week Objectives

Language Arts

Reading

Begins to read orally with accuracy using appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression

Reads to gain information and build fluency

Recognizes errors in reading as they occur and self-corrects

Draws conclusion based on what has been read

Dramatizes and retells what has been learned, heard, or experienced

Identifies characters, events, and setting in print and non-print text

Recognizes main character

Determines whether selection in real or fantasy

Determines the problem in a story and discover its solution

Uses graphic organizers to aid in understanding material from informational text

Begins to automatically decode unknown words

Manipulate word families and word wall words (ed, et, ill, in, ake, ame)

Applies long and short vowel rules when decoding

Recalls three to four step directions

Writing

Uses knowledge of letter sounds and word parts to monitor and correct spelling

Adds endings to base words (s, ed, ing)

Spells high frequency words correctly as appropriate to grade level

Spells three to four letter short vowel words and phonetically spell sight words correctly

Identifies complete sentences

Writes in complete, coherent sentences

Uses basic rubric to assess and self-correct writing

Writes legible in manuscript, using proper spacing between letters and words of a sentence

Applies elements of language (end marks, capitalization) to writing

Uses classroom resources (word wall, peers, teacher) to support writing process

Writes to inform

Uses nouns appropriately

Uses verbs appropriately

Participates in shared writings about the arts and class activities

Mathematics

Interprets and solves simple addition problems

Interprets and solves simple subtraction problems

Uses words, actions, pictures, and manipulatives to solve problems

Communicates and uses mathematical terms and symbols appropriately

Uses manipulatives to solve addition sentences

Uses manipulatives to solve subtraction sentences

Creates an addition or subtraction sentence based on a picture

Solves simple story problems involving addition and subtraction

Develops a story problem that illustrates basic addition and subtraction facts

Explains and justifies solution strategies in problem solving  

Science and Social Studies

Native Americans          

Identifies natural resources and explains how people are dependent on them

Distinguishes between past, present, and future

Recognizes major events in American history

Celebrations Around the World

Recognizes that cultures include traditions, languages, beliefs, food,
            and clothing explains the culture of a place

Communities

            Identifies how people exchange goods and services

            Identifies careers and skills and requirements of a job well performed

            Identifies geographic location of United States and Tennessee on map
            and  globe

Balls and Ramps (STC Kit)        

             Describes how movement of an object can be changed
            (push/pull, fast/slow)

First Grade Third Nine Week Objectives

Language Arts

Reading

___Begins to read orally with accuracy using appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression

___Recognizes errors in reading as they occur and self-correct

___Locates chunks within a word to help decode new words

___Retell a story in correct sequence

___Identifies characters, events, and setting

___Determines the problem in a story and discover its solution

___Uses graphic organizers to aid in understanding material from informational text

___Begins to automatically decode unknown words

___Applies long and short vowel rules when decoding

___Use text features to locate information (maps, charts, illustrations, and table of contents)

___Recognize a variety of print items as sources of information (books, maps, charts, graphs)

___Alphabetizes to the first letter

___Identify and uses contractions

Writing

___Uses knowledge of letter sounds and word parts to monitor and correct spelling

___Adds endings to base words (s, es, ed, ing)

___Spells high frequency words correctly as appropriate to grade level

___Writes in complete, coherent sentences

___Applies elements of language (end marks, capitalization) to writing

___Uses classroom resources (word wall, peers, teacher, dictionaries) to support writing process

___Writes to inform

___Creates individual and classroom books

___Use technology to publish writing

___Writes simple stories

___Writes short accounts of personal experiences

___Summarizes concepts presented in science and social studies

 Mathematics

___Identifies and creates halves, thirds, and fourths

___Demonstrates fair share

___Matches spoken, written, and pictorial representations of 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4

___Recognizes basic properties of space and plane shapes

___Counts a group of objects by ones, twos, fives, and tens to 100

___Recognizes place value to 99

___Uses manipulatives to represent whole numbers to 99

___Recognizes coin and value of penny, nickel, dime, and quarter

Science and Social Studies

Organisms        ___Plants          ___Terrariums                ___Aquariums              

Behavior Objectives

___Demonstrates self-control
___Follows classroom rules
___Respects others
___Works and plays safely
___Follows directions
___Works well in a group
___Organizes materials
___Listens attentively
___Demonstrates responsibility
___Works quietly
___Completes work independently

First Grade Fourth Nine Week Objectives

Language Arts

Reading

___Shows awareness of syllables by clapping, counting or moving objects

___Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words by using a picture dictionary and context clues

 ___ Derives meaning while reading by
                    ___ asking questions about text
                    ___ self-corrects for errors
                    ___ participates in discussions about text 
                    ___ relates to personal experiences.

___ Retells stories using first, next, last

___ Draws conclusions based on what has been read

___ Summarizes stories

___ Identifies favorite stories, information text, authors and illustrators

___ Reads using vowel combinations

___ Reading ar, ir, ur , er

___ Recognizes a compound word

Writing

___Identifies content to clarify meaning of their writing

___Uses descriptive words when writing

___Spells high frequency words correctly as appropriate to grade level

___Arranges events in logical or sequential order

___Applies elements of language (end marks, capitalization)

___Writes group stories with a beginning, middle and ending

___Creates individual and classroom books

___Writes a factual article

___Writes simple stories

___Writes short accounts of personal experiences

___Summarizes concepts presented in science and social studies

Mathematics

___ Can identify a fact family

___ Can create/complete a fact family

___ Can tell time to the hour

___ Can tell time to the half hour

___Counts a group of objects by ones, twos, fives, and tens to 100

___Recognizes place value to 99

___Uses manipulatives to represent whole numbers to 99

___Recognizes coin and value of penny, nickel, dime, and quarter

___Counts various money combinations

  Science and Social Studies

____Weather            ___ Temperature                   ___ Farms                ___ Space                   

Behavior Objectives

___Demonstrates self-control
___Follows classroom rules
___Respects others
___Works and plays safely
___Follows directions 
___Works well in a group
___Organizes materials 
___Listens attentively
___Demonstrates responsibility  
___Works quietly
___Completes work independently

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2nd grade

 Mrs. Fuson, Mrs. White , Ms. Keel, and Mrs. Daugherty

Second Grade Themes
Science
Lifting Heavy Things/Simple Machines
English
Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Adverbs
Math
Regrouping, Money, Measurement|
Reading
Comprehension, context clues, story elements
Spelling
Word families

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3rd grade

  Ms. Estes, Mrs. Kirk,  Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Gibbs & Mrs. Craig

English/Language Arts3^rd grade

Quarter 1  

Reading  

Recognize that groups of sentences make a paragraph and paragraphs make a story or article.

Recognize and use common text features (e.g., headings, key words, graphics).

Identify and produce rhyming words and original poems.  

recognizing cause and effect relationships in text.  

Explore the concept of first person point of view.  

Writing

Compose first drafts using appropriate parts of the writing process.

Write in complete sentences using descriptive language.

Arrange events in a logical, sequential order.

Write stories that have a beginning, middle, and end.

Use resources (e.g., dictionaries, thesaurus, computer) to aid in the writing process.

Write a descriptive paragraph.

Write a how-to paragraph.  

Write a report.  

Write in journal.  

Elements of Language  

Use nouns appropriately (e.g., nouns as subjects, singular, plurals and possessive).  

Use capitalization when writing names, dates, cities and states, addresses, holidays, and titles of books.  

Spell high-frequency words correctly.  

Spell correctly commonly misspelled words as appropriate to grade level.  

Arrange and identify words in alphabetical order for practical purposes occurring in everyday life (e.g., lists, card catalog, phone directory).  

Use a dictionary and other resources to verify spelling.  

Recognize complete sentences, edit incomplete sentences and run-on sentences.

  Quarter 23^rd grade

  Reading  

Use decoding strategies, such as sounding out words, comparing similar words, breaking words into smaller words, and looking for word parts (e.g., root words, prefixes, and suffixes).  

Determine word meaning using root words, prefixes, and suffixes.  

discussing similarities and differences in text events, characters, and character actions.  

Read and view various literary (e.g., short stories, fairy tales, non-fiction texts, biographies, folktales, and poetry) and media (e.g., photographs, the arts, films, video) genres.  

Writing  

Use correct page format (e.g., paragraphs, margins, indentations and titles).  

Write a narrative paragraph.  

Write a friendly letter.  

Elements of Language

Use verbs appropriately (e.g., past, present and future tenses, irregular verbs, agreement with simple and compound subjects).

Use pronouns appropriately (e.g., subject and object, pronouns, substitution for nouns, agreement with antecedents).

 Recognize usage errors (e.g., double negatives, troublesome words [to, two; their, there, theyre] ).  

Capitalize the first word in a sentence, proper nouns, titles, abbreviations, parts of a friendly letter, and the first word in a direct quotation.

Use commas in dates, locations, addresses and items in a series.

Use correct punctuation (e.g., end punctuation, periods in initials, abbreviations and titles before names; colon between hour and minutes, parts of a letter).  

Spell correctly words that have blends, contractions, and orthographic patterns (e.g., consonant doubling, changing "y" to "i," dropping the final silent "e" before adding the suffix).

Form and spell contractions, plurals and possessives correctly.

Identify the subject and predicate of a sentence (simple and compound).  

Combine simple sentences into compound sentences to increase syntactic variety.

 Quarter 33^rd grade

  Reading

Recognize and use compound words, contractions, and abbreviations.

Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words by using context clues, dictionaries, and other classroom resources.

Writing  

Write stories.  

Elements of Language  

Use adjectives appropriately (e.g., vivid descriptive words, comparative/ superlative, and articles).  

Recognize and use contractions and possessives using apostrophes.  

Use appropriate language structure in oral and written communication (e.g., subject-verb agreement, correct word order, and correct placement of words and phrases).

Quarter 43^rd grade  

Reading  

Refer to All Year list  

Writing  

Write stories.  

Elements of Language  

Use adverbs appropriately (e.g., common formation and placement in a sentence).

Identify and use statements, questions, commands and exclamatory sentences in writing and speaking.

Recognize statements, questions and exclamations by noting end punctuation when writing and intonation when speaking.

 All Year3^rd grade  

Reading  

Show evidence of expanding oral language through vocabulary growth.

Listen and respond to a variety of media (e.g., books, audio tapes, videos).

Recognize the difference between formal and informal languages.

Recognize and use parts of text (e.g., title, table of contents, glossary and index).  

Recognize different forms of text (e.g., poems, plays and stories).

Develop awareness of sounds of language through repeated exposure to a variety of auditory experiences (e.g., poetry, books on tape, music lyrics, sound effects, and read-alouds).

Add, delete, and change targeted sounds to modify or change words.

Decode multi-syllabic words not yet known as sight words.  

Read to develop fluency, expression, accuracy and confidence.  

Participate in guided oral reading.  

Read daily and independently from a variety of texts.  

Build vocabulary through frequent read-alouds.  

Use antonyms and synonyms to facilitate understanding of words.

Manipulate word walls and word sorts.

Build vocabulary by reading a wide range of text types inside and outside the classroom.

Identify a purpose for reading (e.g., for information, for enjoyment, for understanding a writers position).  

Use active comprehension strategies to derive meaning while reading and check for understanding after reading.  

sequencing story events and/or text information.

distinguishing between fact and opinion.

recognizing the stated/ implied main idea of the text

discussing authors purpose for writing.

Use media sources to access information (e.g., online catalog, non-fiction books, encyclopedias, CD-ROM references, Internet).  

Gather and record information on a topic.

Develop and maintain content specific vocabulary.

Use text features to locate information (e.g., charts, tables of contents, maps, illustrations).

Apply skills and strategies to comprehend informational text (e.g., pre-reading strategies, comprehension strategies).

Use self-correction strategies while reading (e.g., pausing, rereading, asking for help).

Read independently for a variety of purposes.

Read for literary experience.

Read to gain information.

Read to perform a task.

Read for enjoyment.

Read to expand vocabulary.

Read to build fluency.

Experience various literary and media genres.

Define and identify setting.

Define and identify the characters.

Differentiate between main and minor characters.

Determine the problem in a story, discover its solution, and consider alternate solutions.

Identify types of stories (e.g., folktales, fables, fairy tales). Compare and contrast different versions/representations of similar stories, legends, lessons or events reflecting different cultures.

Visit libraries/media centers and regularly check out materials.  

Choose works from favorite authors/illustrators and genres.  

Choose to read as a leisure activity.  

Writing

Construct graphic organizers to group ideas for writing (e.g., webs, charts, graphs, diagrams, illustrations).

Select a focus when writing.

Use a variety of sources to gather information.

Write with awareness of a specified audience (e.g., self, peers, teachers, and adults).

Write for a variety of purposes:

Continue to write to acquire and exhibit knowledge (e.g., paragraphs, reports and answer questions).

Continue to write to entertain (e.g., stories, poems, riddles, cartoons).

Continue to write to inform (e.g., friendly letters, reports, invitations, journals, notes, lists).

Write in response to a prompt (e.g., to respond to a picture, story, art).

Show evidence of drafting and revision with written work:

Compose first drafts using appropriate parts of the writing process.

Write in complete sentences using descriptive language.

Develop a paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence.

Arrange events in a logical, sequential order.

Write stories that have a beginning, middle, and end.

Use correct page format (e.g., paragraphs, margins, indentations and titles).

Use resources (e.g., dictionaries, thesaurus, computer) to aid in the writing process.

Revise writing to improve detail after determining what could be added or deleted (e.g., reread; rearrange words, sentences, paragraphs; add descriptive words; remove unneeded information; incorporate suggestions and vary sentence structures).  

Include editing before the completion of finished work:

Apply elements of language (e.g., end marks, commas in a series, capitalization); usage (e.g., subject and verb agreement in a simple sentence); and sentence structure (e.g., elimination of fragments) when writing and editing.

Use classroom resources (e.g., word walls, dictionaries, teacher, peers, appropriate technology, student generated word books) to aid in proofreading.

Use knowledge of letter sounds, word parts, word segmentation, and syllabication to monitor and correct spelling.

Create readable documents with legible handwriting.

Write legibly in manuscript and in cursive.

Evaluate own and others writing:

Use a rubric to evaluate own and others writing.

Evaluate own and others writing through small group discussion and shared work.

Record and evaluate suggestions and reactions with peers.

Recognize positive features and give feedback to peers.

Review personal collection to determine progress.

Experience numerous publishing opportunities.

     Use technology to publish writing.

     Create individual and classroom books.

Write narrative accounts.

Write in response to a narrative prompt.

Write an account based on personal experience that has a clear focus and supporting details (e.g., use illustrations and lists).

Use classroom rubric as a guide for writing a narrative.

Write frequently across content areas.

Summarize concepts presented in science (e.g., illustrations, sentences, paragraphs, reports).

Summarize concepts presented in social studies (e.g., illustrations, sentences, paragraphs, reports).

Write in math journals, create math stories, and write explanations for problem solving.

       Participate in shared writings about the arts and personal activities.

Write expressively using original ideas, reflections, and observations.

Create stories and poems.

Write brief descriptions of a real object, person, place, or event using sensory details.

Write to express opinions and judgments.

Write for personal enjoyment using individual expression and creative imagination.

Write in response to literature.

Summarize a story.

Write a different ending to a story.

Write to describe story elements (e.g., setting, characters, plot, problem, solution/conclusion).

Compare characters, settings, and events within and between stories.

Write in a variety of modes and genres.

Write stories.  

Elements of Language  

Use adverbs appropriately (e.g., common formation and placement in a sentence).

Identify and use statements, questions, commands and exclamatory sentences in writing and speaking.

Recognize statements, questions and exclamations by noting end punctuation when writing and intonation when speaking.

Life Science Grade 3  

QUARTER 1  

~explain how environmental changes impact organisms or can cause them to become extinct  

~describe how environments are impacted by various kinds of pollution  

~explain that fossils provide information about the organisms that lived in the past  

~compare and contrast a variety of different landforms and bodies of water  

~ identify the relationship between rocks and minerals  

~explain how sand and/or soil is formed  

~identify mineral specimens according to basic properties (i.e. hardness, luster, color)  

~identify materials and resources that can e recycled  

~analyze the relationship between the needs of living things and earth materials  

~describe the conditions under which matter can change  

~describe matter by its observable physical properties (i.e. color, shape, texture, and mass, volume, length)  

~classify materials according to the way light passes through them  

~identify the properties of a given object using appropriate tools  

Life Science Grade 3  

QUARTER 2  

~recognize that planets are part of the universe and can be observed in the nighttime sky  

~identify the appropriate tool for observing a variety of objects in the sky  

~explain how night and day occur as a result of the rotation of the earth relative to the sun  

~identify and order the basic phases of the moon, such as full, half, new  

~identify and explain the relationship between specific weather conditions and the seasons (i.e. snow/winter)  

~explain how matter can undergo change (i.e. form, color, or texture) when it is mixed together, separated, or heated  

~identify the properties of a given object using appropriate tools

Life Science Grade 3

 QUARTER 3  

~explain the relationship between the amount of force applied to a mass and the distance the mass moves  

~explain how sound is produced  

~differentiate between pitch and volume  

~describe how the volume and pitch of sound can be changed  

~identify the properties of a given object using appropriate tools  

Life Science Grade 3

 QUARTER 4  

~use magnifiers to study the different parts of plants and animals and recognize that these parts are essential to its existence  

~explain how plants and animals depend on other living things in their environments to meet their needs  

~recognize that plants and animals reproduce and mature as they pass through life stages  

~specify the features that enable a plant and/or animal to survive within their environment  

~describe the conditions under which matter can change  

~describe matter by its observable physical properties (i.e. color, shape, texture, and mass, volume, length)  

~identify the properties of a given object using appropriate tools

Quarter 13^rd grade - Math

Number and Operations

count by tens, hundreds, or thousands from any whole number;

skip count by tens from any whole number less than 1000;

read and write whole numbers to 9999;

represent numbers to 9999 in flexible ways using a variety of materials;

identify whole numbers as odd or even;

order whole numbers to 10,000;

write and identify number sentences that describe real-world situations involving addition, subtraction, and multiplication;

relate skip counting to multiplication;

write and explain related addition and subtraction sentences. use a variety of thinking strategies to add and subtract whole numbers (e.g., sums of ten, doubles plus one);

explain the reasonableness of a solution;

relate adding doubles to multiplying by two;

use the multiplication facts 0, 1, 2, 5, and 10 as a factor;  

Measurement

explain the relationships among inches, feet, and yards;

measure length to the nearest centimeter, foot, half-inch, and inch;  

Algebra  

show that subtraction is not commutative;

apply the addition and subtraction properties of zero;

apply the zero and identity properties of multiplication;

describe qualitative change (e.g., a student growing taller);

describe quantitative change (e.g., a student growing two inches in one year).

Quarter 23^rd grade

Number and Operations

name the place value of a given digit in whole numbers to 10,000s;

write whole numbers up to 10,000 in expanded form (e.g., 873 as 800 + 70 + 3);

connect the spoken, written, concrete, and pictorial representations of fractions with denominators up to ten;

compare unit fractions with denominators up to ten;

compare and order decimal amounts in the context of money;

count the value of combinations of coins and bills up to $5;

make change from a transaction that is less than a dollar;

connect division to sharing situations;

demonstrate multiplication using repeated addition (e.g., arrays);

Algebra

describe the commutative properties of addition and multiplication with words or symbols;

use arrays to represent the commutative property of multiplication.  

Geometry

identify the position of 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 on the number line;

identify a location on a grid using whole number coordinates.  

Quarter 33^rd grade

Number and Operations

select and apply an appropriate problem-solving strategy (e.g., organized list, guess and check, diagram, table);

Algebra

sort objects by two or more attributes;

devise, carry out, and explain a sorting scheme for a group of objects;

identify the rules by which objects or numbers have been sorted.

recognize, describe, extend, translate, and create patterns;

describe a growing pattern;

determine the output for a particular input given a one-operation function rule involving addition, subtraction, or multiplication.

demonstrate understanding that an equation is a number sentence stating two quantities are equal.

Measurement

determine when an estimate of a measurement is sufficient;

demonstrate understanding of the concepts of perimeter, area, and capacity.

use strategies to estimate length, perimeter, area, capacity, weight, time, and temperature;

measure the capacity of a container in liters, cups, pints, quarts, and gallons;

measure to the nearest ounce, pound, kilogram, and gram;

find the perimeter of polygons;

select and apply appropriate standard units to measure length, area, capacity, weight, time, and temperature.  

Quarter 4   3^rd grade

Geometry

recognize, name, build, draw, and compare two- and three-dimensional geometric figures;

recognize congruent geometric figures;

identify and draw lines of symmetry in two-dimensional designs and shapes;

identify and draw horizontal and vertical lines;

identify and draw diagonals of polygons.

predict and describe the results of sliding, flipping, and turning in two-dimensional shapes.

solve real-world problems involving measurement and elapsed time to the half-hour;

read thermometers with Fahrenheit and Celsius scales;

read and write time up to five-minute intervals.

All Year     3^rd grade

Number and Operations

compare whole numbers to 9999 using the appropriate symbol (i.e.,<, >, =).

write and identify number sentences that describe real-world situations involving addition, subtraction, and multiplication;  

Algebra

interpret and solve open sentences that involve addition, subtraction, and multiplication;

use the language and symbols of mathematics appropriately to communicate mathematical thinking;

apply the commutative property of addition and multiplication;

Measurement

solve real-world problems using a calendar;

Data Analysis and Probability

pose questions and gather data to answer questions;

read, interpret, and create tables using tally marks;

create pictographs and bar graphs;

read and interpret tables, bar graphs, and pictographs.

make and justify predictions based on data gathered and displayed;

identify all possible outcomes of a simple experiment (e.g., spinner, coin toss, number cubes);

explain whether an event is certain, possible, or impossible;

explain whether an event is likely or unlikely.  

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4th grade

  Mrs. Meyer, Mrs. McClure & Ms. Giudicy

4th grade Curriculum Map

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5th grade

Ms. Gohn, Mrs. Hess, & Mr. Higgins

*Reading Develop comprehension skills Continue to build word attack skills Explore various literary genres Literature circles Building vocabulary Provide opportunities to read non-fiction texts through Time for Kids and other cross-curricular materials. *Language Arts  Narrative, Persuasive, and Expository Writing Poetry Teach grammatical skills through editing sentences Develop dictionary and thesaurus skills Teach parts of speech and verb tenses Sentences combining, run-on, fragments * Social Studies  Continue to develop map and globe skills Civil War World War I World War II Present Day * Science  Students learn skills through inquiry- based science units.         Ecosystems STC Kit         Microworlds STC Kit         Floating and Sinking STC Kit         Motion and Design STC Kit         Through all STC kits and various other science opportunities students learn the role science plays in their personal lives and in society. They also learn about the history of science and how technology is related to science. * Math  Addition and subtraction of multi-digit numbers with and without regrouping Use information from charts, tables, and graphs to solve word problems Multiply multi-digit numbers with and without regrouping Divide with and without remainders Place value whole numbers and decimals Add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators Reduce fractions to lowest terms Identify, read and write, add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals Find perimeter and area of polygons Identify, classify, and draw lines and angles Measurement of temperature, time, mass, capacity, and money Investigate, describe, and extend patterns Determine probability of given situations

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