COMMUNICATION ARTS

Comprehension

• (M) main characters
• (M) setting
• (M) name the beginning, middle, and end of the story
• (M) draw conclusions
• (M) predict outcomes
• (M) sequence
• (P) problem and resolution
• (P) authors purpose
• (P) topic and main idea
• (P) recall details
• (P) cause and effect
• (P) categorize items into groups
• (P) point of view
• (P) father meaning from context
• (P) apply information
• (P) analyze information
• (P) make judgments and evaluations
• (P) make comparisons

Decoding

• (M) consonant blends
• (M) consonant idiographs - ch, sh, tch, th, wh
• (M) diphthongs - oi, oy, ou, ow, oo
• (M) R controlled
• (M) short and long vowels
• (M) base words, word endings - ing, ed, er, est:
   
  1. add es if the word ends in ch, sh, s or x
  2. if it ends in e you drop the e
  3. consonant y changes to i
      
• asdasd
• asasd
• asdasdad
• (M) contractions (decoding)
• (M) silent letters wr, kn
• (M) letter combinations ind, ight, ph, ne, nk
• (P) plurals-s, es:
   
  1. add es if the word ends in ch, sh, s or x
  2. consonant y changes to i
  3. if a word ends in f it changes to c and add es
  4. some words changes (woman to women, man to men, child to children)
      
• (P) hard and soft g/d
• (P) synonyms/antonyms/homonyms
• (P) multiple meanings
• (P) picture clues
• (P) pronoun referents
• (P) curriculum based vocabulary
• (P) affixes
• (P) possessives

Capitalization and Punctuation

• (M) write a five or more senence story using beginning capital letter, periods and question marks
• (M) Capitalize days of the week
• (M) Capitalize months of the year
• (M) capitalize proper names of people
• (M) capitalize hilidays
• (M) comma in a date
• (M) apostrophe in contractions
• (M) pronoun I
• (P) capitalize titles of stories
• (P) capitalize proper names of places and things
• (P) capitalize titles of stories
• (P) capitalize titles of people (Dr. Mr.)
• (P) capitalize titles of books
• (P) commas in a series
• (P) commas of address
• (P) apostrophe in possession
• (P) find commas of opposition in text

Grammar

• (M) use nouns (person, place or thing) in a sentence
• (M) use verb in a sentence
• (M) use adjectives (describer, color, size, shape, texture, and numbers) i a sentence
• (M) use nouns and verbs that agree with each other in a sentence

Writing Process

• (M) use writing to write process (planner, first draft, and published work; equivalent to writing process stage, prewriting, draft, edit, and published work)
• (P) use the five steps in the writing process (pre-writing, draft, revise, edit, and publish)
• (P) forms letters and words using cursive writing
• (P) use proper keyboarding skills
• (P) use Children's Writing and Publishing

Letter

• (M) identify the five parts of a friendly letter (date, greeting, body, closing, and name)
• (M) use the five parts to write a friendly letter including blocking, capitals, and punctuation
• (P) capitalize a two word closing (your friend, yours truly, etc.)

Speaking and Listening

• (M) listen attentively
• (M) write a summary of a story they have heard
• (M) listen and follow three step oral directions
• (M) present reports orally
• (M) actively volunteer
• (P) repeat information
• (P) show an interest
• (P) listen respectively
• (P) speak loudly enough for others to hear
• (P) speak clearly and distinctly
• (P) use good posture

Study Skills

• (M) ABC order to the second letter
• (M) use the title page, table of contents, and index of a book
• (M) understand that a dictionary contains words and their meaning in alphabetical order
• (M) understand that an encyclopedia contains topics arranged in alphabetical order
• (M) understand that a thesaurus contains synonyms and antonyms for words
• (M) understand the an atlas is a book of maps
• (M) identify symbols as representations of real things
• (M) identify the compass rose as the symbol for directions
• (M) determine locations by using north, south, east and west
• (M) locate the north pole, south pole, and equator on a globe
• (P) ABC order to the third letter
• (P) identify the title page, table of contents, index and glossary of a book
• (P) use the dictionary properly
• (P) use a thesaurus in their writing
• (P) use an atlas to find places of interest
• (P) use coordinates to locate places on a map

 

SCIENCE

• weather
• magnetism
• planets
• plants - optional

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

• identified as part of a community
• physical characteristics of the environment
• events and technologies in America's history
• roles and responsibilities of American citizens

 

MATH

Concepts

• count by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's
• use ordinal words
• use <, >, and =
• write number words to 1000
• place value to the thousands

Geometry and Fractions

• identify the names of 2 dimensional shapes
• identify 3 dimensional shapes
• verbally describe and compare shapes
• identify equal parts of a whole figure
• identify and write the name of the fractional part of the whole, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, etc.
• add or subtract fractions with like denominators
• problem solving strategy to demonstrate knowledge of fractions
• identify lines of symmetry to make symmetrical figures

Multiplication

• express the multiplication concept through illustration
• recite multiplication facts
• multiply 2 digit numbers without regrouping
• problem solving skills to demonstrate their knowledge of the multiplication concept
• express the division process

Measurement, Time, Calendar, Money, Probability

• use equal units to measure the length of an object
• measure the mass of an object in grams, kilograms, ounces, and pounds
• measure the perimeter of a square, rectangle and triangle
• coins and bills
• convert coins up to $1.99
• calculate money amounts up to and including the hundreds place value
• tell time
• days, weeks and moths
• determine outcomes of events the are equally likely to occur (probability)

Addition

• associative and cumulative properties of addition
• addition facts to 18
• sum of 2 digit numbers without regrouping
• sum of 3 digit numbers without regrouping
• sum of 2 digit numbers with regrouping
• sum of 3 digit numbers with regrouping
• sum of 3 or more numbers

Subtraction

• facts to 18
• difference of 2 digit numbers without regrouping
• difference of 3 digit numbers without regrouping
• difference of 2 digit numbers with regrouping
• difference if 3 digit numbers with regrouping
• problem solving strategies in addition and subtraction
• evaluate their work
• mental computation
• estimate the sum or difference