- Local geography
- Environment
- Ocean & sea life
- Dinosaurs
- Butterflies (life cycle); birds & insects
- Plant life, including study of desert plants

- Accurate letter identification
- Print upper & lower-case alphabet
- Print first & last name
- Phonemic awareness: Knowledge of consonant blends &
consonant diagraphs
- Compound words
- Homophones
- Use of syntactic, semantic and phonetic cues to decode &
comprehend text
- Identify parts of a story: Characters, plot, main idea & setting
- Predict, evaluate & interpret story content
- Assess story comprehension through oral & written answers to
questions
- Weekly spelling tests from texts & list of high-frequency words
- Correct usage of capital letters
- Correct usage of period & question mark Recognize exclamation mark
- Identify person, place or thing as “naming words” (nouns)
- Introduce the genres of poetry & drama through recitation &
storybook theatre
- Write, using appropriate grip, tool, & posture
- Write two to three simple, complete & related sentences
- Speak audibly, in complete sentences, in front of a group
- Follow sequential directions
- Listen, ask & respond to relevant questions

- Recognize & write numbers up to 100
- Add & subtract single-digit numbers up to 20, using manipulatives &
number lines; increase memory recall of addition & subtraction facts
- Count by twos, fives & tens
- Place value to hundreds
- Fact families in addition & subtraction
- Elementary geometry (shapes)
- Estimation
- Calendar & clock
- Denominations of money
- Concepts of more, less than & equal; know symbols
- Simple word problems
- Basic problem-solving strategies
- Basic chart & graph concepts
- Ordinal-cardinal relationships

- Foreign Language (Spanish)
- Physical Education
- Computer skills
- Music
- Art Instruction

- Plants: Roots, stems & leaves; growth cycles
- Animals & insects: Classification, characteristics & habitats
- Physical science: Grouping objects; study of solids, liquids & gases
- Sounds: Categories, origins; how sound travels
- Shadows
- Heat & cold
- Energy: Push & pull, magnets, levers & pulleys
- Earth Science: Rocks, weathering, soil types
- Reuse & recycle
- Weather
- Seasons of the year
- Sky: Day & night sky; the sun, moon, stars & constellations
- Human body: The senses, growth & change
- Health: Food groups, health tips, safety issues

- Print and phonemic awareness
- Use blends, diagraphs & diphthongs
- Sound/symbol relationships for consonants and vowels
- Grade-level high-frequency words
- Use syntactic, semantic & phonetic cues to read and comprehend text
- Increase recreational reading
- Vocabulary development
- Read and listen to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, nursery rhymes & plays
- Identify and analyze story elements: Character, setting, plot,
conflict & resolution
- Predict, evaluate and interpret story content
- Begin simple process-writing exercises
- Write stories, reports of information, poems, letters, lists and
autobiographical incidents, observations, and picture captions
- Weekly spelling tests; include challenging “bonus” words
- Increase knowledge of capitalization
- Use of correct ending punctuation
- Begin to proofread for punctuation, capitalization and spelling
- Write, using appropriate grip, tool & posture
- Speak audibly in complete sentences in front of a group
- Listen, pose and respond to relevant questions

- Make reasonable estimates when comparing more or less
- Express cardinal and ordinal numbers correctly
- Create equations
- Add and subtract single-digit numbers from 1-20
- Add and subtract two-digit numbers with regrouping
- Place value
- Describe and classify 2 & 3 dimensional shapes
- Explore and name fractional relationships using manipulative models
- Identify likenesses and differences
- Classify and categorize real objects
- Organize & describe data
- Extend a given pattern and create a pattern with concrete materials
- Solving problems: Choose the correct operation
- Measurement: Length, weight, volume, temperature
- Clocks & calendars
- Money: Denominations; counting

- Foreign Language (Spanish)
- Physical Education
- Computer skills
- Music
- Art instruction

- Plant reproduction & growth
- Characteristics of animal groups & animal habitats
- Changes in the earth over time
- Dinosaurs & other extinct animals
- Fossil formation
- Weather & its effect on earth
- Motion & machines
- Magnets & forces
- Earth & sky
- Sun, moon & planets; simple constellations
- Health

- Phonics: Blends, diagraphs, diphthongs & vowel variants
- Read aloud with fluency & accuracy
- Use of syntactic, semantic & phonetic cues to comprehend text
- High-frequency words, grade level & above
- Basic syllabication rules
- Vocabulary development
- Exposure to literary works (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, fables)
- Analyze story elements: character, setting, plot, conflict & resolution
- Recognize cause & effect relationships in a text
- Reading comprehension & test-taking strategies
- Write stories, lists, autobiographical incidents, informational
reports, poems & letters
- Multiple-step process-writing exercises
- Write paragraphs of 4-6 sentences, with topic sentence & supporting
details
- Weekly spelling tests: include challenging “bonus words”
- Correct capitalization, ending punctuation, proofreading
- Speak audibly in complete sentences in front of a group; organize
presentations clearly
- Common abbreviations
- Regular & irregular plurals
- Synonyms & antonyms
- Prefixes and suffixes
- Homonyms and homophones
- Follow multiple-step written instructions
- Parts of speech: Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
- Use of reference materials

- Understand place value with concrete materials
- Add and subtract two single-digit numbers mentally
- Add and subtract three & four-digit numbers, using regrouping principals
- Estimation & and rounding
- Multiply single-digit numbers
- Use models and manipulatives to represent fractions
- Decimal numeration system
- Word problem strategies
- Recognize and describe patterns & extend a given pattern
- Charts & graphs
- Equations
- Geometry: Plane & solid figures
- Concepts of congruence & symmetry
- Tell time to the minute
- Elapsed time concepts
- Money: Counting, making change
- Measurement: Time, weight, length, volume, shape, temperature

- Foreign language (Spanish)
- Physical education
- Computer skills
- Music
- Art Education

- Relationships/adaptation/response of living things to their environment
- Matter, energy & forces
- Animals of the Rainforest
- Life cycles, food chains, food webs
- Solar system: Sun, moon & planets
- Earth’s seasonal changes
- Earth’s resources: The importance of air, water & land
- Geology: Properties of soils

- Read aloud with fluency & accuracy
- Complex word families (for decoding)
- Dictionary (definitions & other features of unknown words)
- Prefixes, suffixes & root words
- Use of table of contents, chapter headings, glossaries & indexes
- Comprehension strategies
- Main ideas & supporting details in expository text
- Make & confirm predictions about text
- Cause & effect, fact & opinion in expository text
- Exposure to poetry, drama, prose, fiction & nonfiction
- Alliteration & onomatopoeia
- Figurative language (simile & metaphor)
- Complex paragraph writing
- Process writing exercises: Reports, narratives & letters
- Subject & verb agreement; parts of speech
- Past, present & future verb tenses
- Correct use of capitalization
- Vocabulary building
- Weekly spelling tests; include challenging “bonus” words
- Organize & deliver oral communication in front of a group
- Test-taking strategies

- Commutative & associative properties of addition & multiplication
- Identify the place value for each digit in 7-digit numbers
- Multiplication tables for numbers between 1 and 12; multiplication of
multiple-digit numbers by 1, 2 & 3 digit multiplie
- Inverse relationship of multiplication & division to compute & check
- Division with multi-digit dividends & one and two digit divisors
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division of money
- Fractions & Decimals
- Show relationships of quantities in the form of mathematical
expressions, equations or inequalities
- Solve problems involving numeric equations or inequalities
- Operational & relational symbols
- Unit conversions
- Use of letters, boxes or other symbols in equations
- Parentheses in mathematical expressions
- Use & interpret formulas
- Measure length, liquid, volume & weight/mass of given objects
- Find the perimeter of a polygon with integer sides
- Unit conversions within a system of measurement
- Parallel & perpendicular lines
- Congruent figures & lines of symmetry
- Describe & classify polygons
- Geometry: Angles; attributes of triangles & quadrilaterals
- Statistics: Data analysis & probability
- Problem-solving strategies

- Foreign language (Spanish)
- Physical education
- Computer skills
- Music
- Art education

- Structure of plants
- How animals live and grow: Groupings, changes
- The senses
- The Living Earth: Ecosystems; environment
- Earth surfaces: Landforms
- Solar system: Planets
- Energy: Light; sound, magnets, electricity, circuits
- Body systems & their functions
- Personal Health: Growth & Development
- Social health
- Nutritional habits: Basic food groups
- Physical activity & fitness
- Alcohol & drug prevention
- Safety

- Use of syntactic, semantic & phonetic cues to comprehend text
- Build fluency & accuracy in reading
- Vocabulary building
- Read & analyze a wide variety of literature
- Identify literary devices: Figurative language, dialogue & description
- Make inferences & draw conclusions from text
- Write autobiographical incidents, stories, informational reports,
observations & evaluations
- Knowledge of paragraph structure, capitalization, ending punctuation &
use of commas in a series
- Weekly spelling tests; include challenging “bonus” words
- Process writing exercises: Brainstorm ideas; drafting & editing
- Use of clear, audible language, with correct grammar
- Outlining methods
- Test-taking strategies

- Multiply by multiple-digit numbers
- Divide by a two-digit divisor to find two & three digit quotients
- Find averages
- List factors and/or multiples of a given number
- Add & subtract fractions with like & unlike denominators
- Add & subtract decimals through hundredths
- Add & subtract decimals through thousandths
- Add & subtract multiple-digit numbers
- Equivalent fractions
- Understand place value with & without manipulatives
- Determine appropriate operation(s) when solving problems
- Explain the process used to solve a problem & justify its solution with
visual, symbolic, oral & written arguments
- Create & write mathematical problems
- Explore probability experiments with cubes, coins & spinners
- Extend a given pattern & create a variety of numerical & symbolic
patterns
- Collect, categorize & represent mathematical data in graphic form
- Predict, based upon real data
- Collect, organize & describe data using lists & tables, bar & line
graphs, & pictographs
- Geometric shapes, points, lines & line segments
- Explore & identify right, obtuse & acute angles
- Relate direction, orientation & perspective of objects in space
- Measurement: Length, capacity, volume, weight (mass), perimeter,
monetary amounts, temperature & angles
- Problem-solving strategies

- Foreign language (Spanish)
- Physical education
- Computer skills
- Music
- Art

- Living Things: Cells
- Plants: Roots & stems, leaves; life cycle
- Animals: Stages of life cycle
- Human digestive system; circulatory system; excretory system
- Solar system: Planets & how they differ
- Stars & galaxies: Life cycle of a star
- Characteristics of matter: Mass, space, volume, density
- How matter changes: Physical & chemical changes
- Earth’s water, resources; protection of resources

- Reading strategies: Literature journals, dramatizations, book clubs &
integration with the arts to facilitate evaluation & appreciation
- Facilitate comprehension & interpretation
- Identify the characteristics of literary forms & genres
- Literary devices: Figurative language, diction, dialogue & description
- Correct use of spelling, grammar & punctuation
- Produce writings in various domains: autobiographical incidents,
firsthand biographies, reports of information
- Writing enrichment: Description, anecdote, comparison, comparison,
dialogue, suspense, & humor
- Multiple-step process writing exercises; analyze and revise written work
relative to audience and purpose
- Use of rubric to assess writing
- Mastery of cursive and manuscript handwriting
- Speak, using a clear, audible voice, appropriate grammar, word choice
& pacing
- Take notes from lectures, discussions, films and videos
- Summarize & organize information for reports
- Practice critical listening skills
- Use of prepositional phrases, appositives, independent & dependent
clauses; transitions & conjunctions to connect ideas
- Correct use of verbs, modifiers, pronouns, direct & indirect objects;
agreement of case, gender & number
- Use syntactic, semantic & phonic cues to comprehend text
- Vocabulary development
- Test-taking strategies

- Mastery of multiplication by two & three digit numbers
- Division by two/three digit divisors to find two & three digit quotients - - - List factors and/or multiples of a given number
- Compute & perform with competence: addition, subtraction, multiplication
& division of fractions & decimals
- Explain the meaning of a variable and find the correct value for a
variance in an equation
- Analyze problems: Identify relationships, distinguish relevant
from irrelevant information; sequence & prioritize information,
observe patterns
- Mathematical reasoning with words, numbers, symbols, charts, graphs,
tables, diagrams & models
- Use of appropriate mathematical notations, terms & clear language
- Support of solutions with evidence in both verbal & symbolic work
- Predict probability using manipulatives
- Organize data into a table, graph or chart
- Measurement: Length, capacity, volume, weight (mass), perimeter,
money, temperature & angles
- Identify equivalent numbers using different units in the same system
- Geometry: Angles: Right, acute, obtuse & straight
- Circles: Circumference, diameter, radius
- Area & perimeter of regular & irregular shapes

- Foreign language (Spanish)
- Physical education
- Computer skills
- Music
- Art