1st Quarter Learning Goals
Math: Students will solve sums and differences to 100, using addition and subtraction of length units, and use place value, counting, and comparison of numbers to 1,000.
ELA: Students will practice skills to better understand and comprehend a given text. Students will determine the central idea, ask and answer questions, identify the setting, monitor and clarify, tell the author’s purpose, summarize, describe characters, retell, etc.
Writing: Students will use Thinking Maps (graphic organizers) to write narrative texts and personal narratives.
Science: Students will plan and carry out investigations to determine matter and energy.
Social studies: Students will identify values, rules, and communities as well as describe different weather and climates.
2nd Quarter Learning Goals
Math: Students will continue to use place value, counting, and comparison of numbers to 1,000 and work to add and subtract within 200 with word problems to 100.
ELA: Students will practice skills to better understand and comprehend a given text. Students will determine the central idea, ask and answer questions, identify the setting, monitor and clarify, tell the author’s purpose, summarize, describe characters, retell, etc.
Writing: Students will use Thinking Maps (graphic organizers) to opinion and persuasive texts.
Science: Students will observe and investigate the Earth and sky.
Social studies: Students will discuss the global economy and different cultures, civilizations, and holidays.
3rd Quarter Learning Goals
Math: Students will add and subtract within 1,000 with word problems to 100 and develop a foundation of multiplication and division.
ELA: Students will practice skills to better understand and comprehend a given text. Students will determine the central idea, ask and answer questions, identify the setting, monitor and clarify, tell the author’s purpose, summarize, describe characters, retell, etc.
Writing: Students will use Thinking Maps (graphic organizers) to write narrative texts and poems.
Science: Students will observe and investigate the Earth and sky.
Social Studies: Students will learn about westward expansion and civil rights.
4th Quarter Learning Goals
Math: Students will problem solve with length, money, and data, as well as learn about time, shapes, and fractions as equal parts of shapes.
ELA: Students will practice skills to better understand and comprehend a given text. Students will determine the central idea, ask and answer questions, identify the setting, monitor and clarify, tell the author’s purpose, summarize, describe characters, retell, etc.
Writing: Students will use Thinking Maps (graphic organizers) to write informational and procedural texts.
Science: Students will learn about organisms and how they need a source of energy, air, water, and certain temperature conditions to survive.
Social Studies: Students will learn environmental awareness and discuss early civilizations.
