LANGUAGE ARTS

Constructing Meaning/Comprehending Text

• recall details
• main ideas
• supporting details
• drawing conclusions
• predicting outcomes
• cause/effect
• classifying
• sequence
• reality and fantasy
• rhyming words
• characterization
• setting
• problem and resolution
• constant sounds
• long and short vowel sounds
• constant diagraphs (sh, ch, th, wh)
• varying consonants (c, g)
• r- controlled vowels
• vowel diagraphs
• cvc patterns
• compound words
• contractions
• word endings
• possessives
• plurals
• technical vocabulary
• synonyms
• antonyms
• picture clues
• pronoun referents
• homonyms (homophones, homograph)
• multiple meaning

 

CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING

• Knowledge - recalling details
• Comprehension - grasping meaning
• Application - interpreting & using information
• Analysis - breaking information apart
• Synthesis - combing information
• Evaluation - making judgments
• writing
• ABC order
• sequential order
• sentence order
• comparisons
• opposites
• evaluating situations
• story telling

 

WRITTEN EXPRESSION

• pre-writing
• first draft
• revise
• proofread
• publishing
• proper handwriting skills:
• manuscript (capt. & small)

 

GRAMMAR/SYNTAX

• speak in a complete thought
• subject/ verb agreement
• describing words
• telling/asking sentences
• write a simple story
• period at the end of a telling a sentence
• question mark at the end of an asking sentence

 

CAPITALIZATION SKILLS

• first word in a sentence
• use of "I"
• book titles
• days of the week
• months of the week
• months of the year
• names of particular people, places, and animals

 

LISTENING

• Auditory information
• summary
• retell
• oral directions

 

SPEAKING

• Cooperative Speaking
• Guidelines
• volume
• clarity
• inflection
• modulation
• articulation
• eye contact
• posture

 

STUDY SKILLS

• Organization Skills
• alphabetical order
• labeling
• parts of a book
• summarizing
• following directions
• Graphic Representation:
• maps
• globes
• graphs
• tables

 

MATH

Numbers and Numeration

• write number 0 - 100
• identify number words 0 - 10
• count by 2's
• count by 5's
• count by 10's
• know what the = sign means
• ordinals first - tenth*
• use of <and>*
• formulate a reasonable estimation*

Addition and Subtraction

• sums to 18
• differences to 18
• property of 0 in add. and sub.
• find missing addends or subtrahends*
• write a simple addition or subtraction sentence for a story
• demonstrate addition and subtraction on a number line
• find the sum of 3 addends*
• addition and subtraction on a calculator*

Place Value

• identify the place value of 2 digit numerals without regrouping
• subtraction 2-digit numerals without regrouping

Geometry & Fractions

• identify and draw a circle, square, rectangle and triangle
• identify open and close paths*
• identify and color fractional parts of geometric shape - 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4

Time and Money

• identify day and date on a calendar
• tell time to the hour and half hour on a standard clock
• write the times to the hour and half hour
• identify values of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
• sum the value of coins less than $1.00

Measurement & Graphs

• measure and record units of measurement in centimeters, inches, and

 

SCIENCE

• plants
• animals
• insects
• birds
• dinosaurs

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

Family

• roles within the family
• extend family(including grandparents)
• basic needs and wants:
• community workers
• goods and services

Community

• locate important places
• use of compass rose
• use of map key
• knowledge of cardinal directions
• reorganize cultural diversities and similarities
• demonstrate communication
• skills to solve conflicts