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Curriculum
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Kindergarten First
Second Third
Fourth Fifth
Student Support
Spanish
Reading Recovery
Delivery of
instruction must follow a systematic framework:
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Shared Reading (20-30 minutes)
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Guided reading (20-30 minutes)
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Writing (20-30 minutes): consider Six Traits Writing Process or
Writers’ Workshop.
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Independent Reading (20-30 minutes)
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Word
Study (20-30 minutes)
| Kindergarten
Curriculum
Language Arts:
Spelling: Students are
encouraged to use inventive spelling.
Vocabulary: Students are introduced
to a wide range of thematic vocabulary.
Grammar: Students identify and use
different types of punctuation and are exposed to commas, question marks,
and abbreviations.
Writing: Students write daily
in journals, participate in shared writing, and often make class books.
Reading: We promote a
balanced literacy program including environmental
print, shared reading,
guided reading, phonemic awareness, sight words,
and basic print
concepts.
Math:
Students
learn to sort, graphs, patterning, shapes, calendar skills, simple
measurement,
beginning number concepts, addition and subtraction to 10,
telling time to
the hour, coin identification, simple fractions, and greater than
and less than.
Science:
Students
study the harvest, five senses, living things, wood, insects, zoo
animals, and the
ocean.
Social Studies:
Students
study ourselves and the people around us, as well as holidays
and
celebrations around the world.
Physical Education, Art, Music, Guidance,
and Library are also included in kindergarten.
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First Grade Curriculum
Language Arts:
Spelling: Spelling words are
taken from short and long vowel word families, basic sight words,
consonant blends, and digraphs.
Vocabulary: Included in Vocabulary
are words related to the reading series, basic sight words, and words
related to Science and Social Studies units. A "Word Wall" is also used.
Grammar: Grammar concepts taught
include capitalization and punctuation, sentences, nouns, verbs, plurals,
compound words, contractions, adjectives, and opposites.
Writing: Students write in journals
daily. They are expected to apply grammar rules in their
writing, use correct capitalization and punctuation, and stay on the topic.
Opening and closing sentences are expected.
Reading: Students read from
the basal reader text which is literature based.
(There are 5 first grade
Reading books.) They also read trade books at individual reading levels and
take Accelerated Reader tests on these books. Poetry folders are sent home
weekly, familiar poems are read aloud. Reading skills taught
include: characters, setting, problems, and solution.
Word attack skills, sight
words, word families, and sequencing are also taught.
Math:
Math concepts include
patterns, counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, writing numbers
1-100, money, time,
fractions, addition and subtraction facts, shapes, calendar and
measurement.
Science:
Science units are
centered around STC Science Kits and include a study of
weather, balls and
ramps, organisms, and comparing and measuring.
Social Studies:
Current
events, map skills, famous people in history, and holidays are the primary
focus for first grade Social Studies units.
Physical Education, Art, Music, Guidance,
and Library are also included in first grade.
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Second Grade Curriculum
Language Arts:
Spelling: Spelling
words are taken from the reading lesson each week and
emphasize a special skill. Students who would like to give
themselves an Exceeds expectations on their report card know to pretest
out of the weekly word list, make a list of words that are interesting
to them and are words they would like to learn, and have that list
approved by Mrs. Kittrell.
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary is developed through whole group reading
instruction, independent reading, daily letter
writing, social
studies, and science curriculums.
Grammar:
Students learn grammar through daily letter writing,
sentence correction, focused
lessons on capitalization, punctuation, parts
of speech, and usage.
Writing: Students focus on personal experience writing and informational
writing. Emphasis is placed on writing an
introductory sentence, detail
sentences, and a conclusion sentence in each
paragraph. Students also focus on sequential writing.
Reading:
Students are grouped for whole group and small group instruction
based on individual needs for skills
instruction. Trade book study groups are used.
The first nine weeks include My Family.
The second nine weeks include Cultures Around the World. The third
nine weeks include My City, My State, and My Country. The fourth
nine weeks include My Environment.
Math:
Math concepts include: addition and
subtraction using 1, 2, and 3 digit numbers with and without regrouping, time,
money, measurement, fractions, geometry, probability, and often multiplication
involving 1,2 and 5. Problem Solving in all
areas is emphasized.
Science:
The first nine weeks include Scientific Process,
the STC kit Life Cycles of Butterflies, and Journey North.
The second nine weeks include geosphere and weather and the STC kit
Soils. The third nine weeks include Patterns in the Sky (moon
journals) and the STC kit Balancing and Weighing. The
fourth nine weeks include Matter and Energy and the STC kit Changes. Science
studies also includes units on
heat, light, sound, magnets,
energy, chemical changes, and animals.
Social Studies:
Units include: famous people in
history and their contributions, holidays,
directions and map skills, current events,
pioneers and explorers,
communities, our nation, and famous Americans.
Physical Education, Art, Music, Guidance,
Library, are also
included in second grade.
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Third Grade Curriculum
Language Arts:
Spelling: Weekly word lists are
used from the county adopted spelling series. They emphasize phonics such as
vowel pairs and spelling patterns and rules. In addition, students use
"Word Walls" with frequently used words that are
expected to be spelled correctly in
all of the student's writing.
English: Correct punctuation and
capitalization is taught and practiced in journal writing and homework. This
includes sentences, proper nouns, dates, book titles, plurals and
possessives, and letter parts. Also, students are taught to identify subjects and
predicates.
Writing: Students write daily in
shared journals and in their homework as they summarize their reading.
Emphasis is on good sentence structure and descriptive and narrative
paragraphs with strong beginning and concluding
sentences.
Reading: This is one of our
main focuses in third grade. Using the basal reading text and novels,
students are taught comprehension skills such as
main idea, predicting
outcomes cause and effect, drawing conclusions,
fact and opinion, and
summarizing. Phonics and vocabulary work are
also taught, emphasizing the
use of context clues and word parts such as prefixes and suffixes.
Finally, the Reading Renaissance program gives meaningful practice with
reading by using Accelerated Reader books and quizzes and setting
individual student goals.
Math:
By the end of third
grade, students should be competent in addition, subtraction, one digit
multiplication, one digit division, and in solving word problems using these
computation skills. Other areas covered are geometry,
fractions, decimals, time,
money, measurement, graphing and probability.
Science:
Using the STC kits on plant
growth and development, sound, chemical tests, and rocks and
minerals, students are taught inquiry-based learning.
Social Studies:
Using such
materials as the Weekly Reader, the Social Studies text, and historical novels,
students learn about communities, the early history of our country, our
government and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and how to
read and use graphic aids such as maps, graphs,
tables, charts and time
lines.
Physical Education, Art, Music, Guidance, and
Library are also
included in third grade.
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Fourth Grade Curriculum
Language Arts:
Spelling: Integrated
Spelling that includes vocabulary from the reading basal, words
taken from everyday usage in all curriculum areas, words from
Rebecca Sitton's list of high frequency words, and other high
frequency vocabulary lists.
Vocabulary: Vocabulary is taken
from Frank Shaeffer's Vocabulary Development and Reading
for Meaning books, a spelling series, writing, novels, Wordly
Wise, and other curriculum areas.
Grammar: Silver Burdett
and Ginn's English series, Daily Language Reviews, Harcourt's
Language Handbook and our Harcourt Brace reading series.
Writing:
Students write in a variety of
writing styles including persuasive,
informative, research reports, poetry and more. Writer's
Workshop, journals, prompts, and
Writing to Learn are used.
Reading: Accelerated Reader independent
reading is incorporated with a variety of other sources
including novel studies, thematic trade books, our
Harcourt Brace reading series, and read aloud activities.
Math:
The Silver Burdett
Ginn series is used along with hands on activities, Math
websites, and computer Math games and activities.
Science:
STC kits are used to study
electricity, animals, land and water, and food chemistry. The
solar system and plants are also a major focus.
Social Studies:
The United States and its regions
are studied, along with a focus on various
map skills. The government and a general knowledge of its
function are also covered. The history of the country and its
people along with Tennessee history
and present day Tennessee are also studied.
Physical Education, Guidance,
Library, Music, Art, and Spanish are attended by all fourth
graders.
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| Fifth Grade Curriculum
Language Arts:
Spelling: Integrated spelling that includes spelling words
from Williamson County's
adapted fifth grade spelling list, words taken from Cook and Esposito's Spelling For Word Mastery, and words from other curriculum
areas are used. Spelling For Word Mastery is also used for word building
skills, as well as Milliken's Vocabulary Enrichment.
Grammar: Silver Burdett and Ginn's
English series World of Language and Harcourt and Brace Treasury of
Literature's Practice Book is used.
Writing: Students write in a variety of
writing styles which include persuasive, informative, research papers,
and reports. Students also write timed writings on a variety of given
topics. Fifth graders compose various forms of poetry, such as Haiku,
descriptive prose, self image poems, comparison poems, Pantoums (a
Malaysian form of poetry), personifications, and abstract poetry.
Writing workshop materials and journal writing is also part of the fifth
grade writing curriculum.
Reading: Treasury of Literature is used
with the practice book. To supplement reading skills, McMillan's
Landscapes workbook and skills practice book are used. Accelerated
Reader is incorporated with a variety of trade books. A collection from
Classic Achievement Series is used such as Treasure Island, Moby Kick,
Hamlet, etc., in addition to Reading About Our World by Educational
Insights, which is used in the reading center. Reading board games, as
well as Hooked on Phonics is also used in the reading center. Improving
Reading Comprehension by Steck and Vaughn is also used to supplement the
fifth grade reading program.
Math:
Silver Burdett and Ginn Mathematics is used in addition to McMillan's
Mathematics Today. Milliken and McGraw Hill's activity books are also
used in addition to hands on activities and computer math games.
Mathematics Applications and Connections by Glencoe and McGraw Hill are
also used.
Science:
STC kits are used to study microworlds, floating and sinking,
ecosystems, and motion and design. Scott Foresman Discover Science and
Silver Burdett and Ginn Discovery Works series is used to study the
solar system, light and sound, the solid earth, and populations and
ecosystems.
Social Studies:
McMillan's The United States and Its Neighbors as well as Silver Burdett
and Ginn's Our United States are used in fifth grade. The branches of
the government, our Constitution, and a knowledge of our government's
function is also studied. Geography skills and map and graph reading
skills are also part of the fifth grade curriculum.
Physical Education, Art, Music, Guidance,
Library, and Spanish are also
included in fifth grade.
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| Student Support Curriculum
Language Arts:
Spelling: Spelling words
emphasize the skill that is being taught. Various
games such as Hangman, Square Off,
Baseball, Jailhouse, Graph It, Bingo, and Spelling Bees are used.
Words are practiced using shaving cream, salt, letter cards, or using
computer games.
Writing: Using sentences strips,
children write one sentences at a time about the topic. Each sentence strip is
edited before going on to the next sentence.
After writing about 5 sentences,
students arrange the sentence strips in proper sequence and number them.
Then, sentences are copied into paragraph form.
Reading: Wilson Reader is used in teaching phonics. Reading Mastery,
Rainbow Edition, and MacMillan Reading
Express are used for comprehension. Comprehension and phonics
skills are reinforced with many computer games, board games, Reading
Safari, and file folder games.
Math:
Lots of
manipulatives as well as computer games, Math Safari, board
games, and file
folder games are used to reinforce the general curriculum
skills.
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Spanish Curriculum
Listening Comprehension:
Students will be able to understand the spoken target language in the
classroom setting when high-frequency vocabulary is used. They will also
actively respond to teacher prompts and comprehend memorized dialogues
between the teacher and peers.
Oral Production: Students will
be able to use expressions to convey personal needs and safety, use
basic vocabulary, and participate in memorized dialogues with the
teacher and peers in order to relate personal information.
Culture: Students will be able
to recognize lifestyles and traditions of the target culture and
identify cross-cultural similarities and differences. Students will also
demonstrate an understanding of other cultures.
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| Reading
Recovery
Curriculum
Reading Recovery is a program which is
sponsored by Title 1. It is an
individualized program which is offered to first graders to teach
students to become independent readers and writers.
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