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SEMESTER DATES
First Semester - September 4 - December 30 Second Semester - December 3 - March 8 Third Semester - March 11 - June 14 BIBLE will be taught by Mrs. Mary Lundeen, our amazing principal!
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Please see them for more information about these subject specializations.
READING / LANGUAGE ARTS
READING:
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Semester One
Review letters, sounds, and words that we know, notice sentences’ and paragraphs’ logical order. Reading, analyzing, and understanding stories at appropriate individualized levels. |
Semester Two
Read fictional stories with a focus on questioning, comprehension, parts of the text- stanza, scene, chapters, author’s purpose, and comparing elements of the stories. Then move to non-fiction, informational text with a focus on questioning, main idea, supporting details, connecting text to real world (past or present) people or events. Answer the 5 Ws -who, what, when, where, why, and use technology to search for factual information. |
Semester Three
Continue with Fiction and Non-fiction readings. Introduce new genre and increase reading levels, word meanings through understanding and practice. |
LANGUAGE ARTS:
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Semester One
Spelling, Vocabulary, and Grammar – Spelling Lessons 1-10 with focus on spelling patterns. Most vocabulary words and in class grammar lessons will connect to stories from our Reading lessons. This year's Grammar will focus on proper English language when writing and speaking (word usage, parts of speech, types of sentences, capitalization, punctuation, comma usage, apostrophe usage, root words, prefixes and suffixes, contractions, quotations…). Students will learn to use interesting words and phrases to help engage a variety of people, to find context clues, and to analyze parts of unknown words to unlock their meanings. Students will use resources (dictionaries, atlases, thesauruses, magazines, encyclopedias, web-browsers, and search engines) to improve their English usage and research skills, and will discover distinctions in similar meaning between both known and unknown words, such as …friendly verses helpful, knew verses believed, and suspected verses wondered). |
Semester Two
Spelling Lessons 11-20 with focus on spelling patterns. Most vocabulary words and in class grammar lessons will connect to stories from our Reading lessons. See underlined portion of last semester’s grammar details for more information. Semester Three Spelling Lessons 21-30 with focus on spelling patterns. Most Vocabulary words and in class grammar lessons will connect to stories from our Reading lessons. See underlined portion of first semester’s grammar details for more information. |
WRITING
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Semester One
Introduce 4 major types of pre-writing templates. Focus on writing sentences, paragraphs, and personal narratives (sequencing). Writing opinions (views or judgements that are not necessarily fact or knowledge) verses facts (knowledge that can be proven). Introduce the Writing Process – pre-planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. |
Semester Two
Focus on how to write fictional stories (story form, details, conjunctive or linking words, transitional or temporal words, and non-fictional informative texts). Use the writing process and technology to publish writing. Write for various audiences (children, young adults, formal, informal). |
Semester Three
Write poetry, letters with the help of others. Continue writing of all kinds to describe, to inform, to persuade, to entertain, continuing to use the writing process, to research about new topics, and to present them to others. |
MATHEMATICS
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Semester One
Review addition, subtraction, word problem strategies for increased metacognition. Review math strategies for solving problems. Develop a foundation and understanding of multiplication and division within one hundred. |
Semester Two
Introduce fractions (especially unit fractions where the numerator is 1). Compare fractions. Introduce the structure of rectangular arrays, formulas for figuring area, and ways of describing and analyzing two dimensional shapes and figures, including measurement. |
Semester Three
Continue with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, arrays, area, drawing-labeling-analyzing shapes and figures. Explore time and money. |
SCIENCE - FUSION (HMH) & Evan Moore Daily Science
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Semester One
Introduce the important uses for a science notebook. Introduce various tools used in science and discuss science safety. Visit the Scientific Method. Focus on changes in motion: (gravity, forces, speed) and Light and Sound (forms of energy, light properties, sound, conductive and reflective properties). Units 1 and 2 include Investigating Questions, The Engineering Process. |
Semester Two
Develop visual literacy, using graphs, pictures, and words such as foreground, background, zoom, close-up, and panorama. [T.42] Focus on Structures and Functions of Living Things: (plants, animals, classifications, environmental adaptation - earth climates, human impact, earth materials, surface changes, using earth materials). Units 3 through 7 include Plants and Animals, Ecosystems and Interactions, Changes to the Earth’s Surface, People and Resources, Water and Weather. |
Semester Three
Focus on Earth Materials, Change, and Resources: natural resources (natural resources, renewable resources, non-renewable resources, conservation. Reforestation, composting) Units 8 through 10 include Earth and It’s Moon, Matter, Simple and Compound Machines. |
SOCIAL STUDIES
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Semester One
Units 1 and 2: Learning About Our Communities, Communities are Different Sizes, Our Physical Geography, Our Human Geography, First Nations of North America. PROJECT: Cultural Contributions |
Semester Two
Units 3 and 4: Our History Through Time and Place, Our Country’s History, Citizenship and Government. Unit 5: Our American Culture. PROJECT: Humans and the Environment |
Semester Three
continue Unit 5: Cultures Around the World, Cultures in our Community, Working in Our Community, Saving and Spending Our Money. PROJECT: Meeting Needs and Wants |
