• Addition and subtraction to 18
• Place value to 100
• Time to the half-hour
• Patterning, estimating, classifying, weighing, measuring, graphing
• Money: identifying coins and counting
• Solving problems

• Five Senses (Life)
• Plants and Animals (Life)
• Solids and Liquids (Physical)
• Magnetism (Physical)
• Weather (Earth)
• Solar System (Earth)

• Rights and responsibilities of citizenship
• Symbols, icons, and traditions of the United States and other nations
• Geography and map skills
• People and life in earlier times

• Mastering checkout procedures
• Understanding how materials are arranged
• Enlarging library and book vocabulary
• Telling a story from a wordless book ("Storyteller of the Week")

• Phonemic awareness, decoding, and guided reading strategies
• Phonics: consonants, short vowels, long vowels, blends
• Sight words, spelling patterns, word families
• Read-alouds and sustained silent reading
• Literary concepts: author and genre

• Introduction to the writing process
• Regular publishing of student writing
• Print letter formation—upper and lower case
• Writing conventions of sentences
• Spelling patterns and frequently-used words
• Reading and discussing own written work with peers

• Conditioning and fitness activities. Five-Mile-Club walk/jog/run for 20 minutes each week.
• Movement activities to develop specific skills.
• Lead-up games for football, basketball, and soccer.
• Swimming, with emphasis on overcoming apprehension, learning about water safety, and enjoying water play.
• Track, including timed sprints to 220 meters; relays; hurdles over short cones.
  
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Computer & Technology - Guided units working with multimedia programs, video cameras, webpage software, word processors, painting programs, keyboarding, and Internet exploration.

• Mastering cartoon drawing, turning the computer on/off, and the home row.
• Familiarity of the drawing tools
• Building multimedia proficiency
• Expanding Internet surfing
• Introduction of importing graphics, word processors, presentation software, web page construction, and video cameras and editing
  

Music

• Sing, on pitch and expressively, a varied repertoire of music
• Perform on instruments, independently and with others, a varied repertoire of music
  incorporating a variety of musical elements
• Listen to, describe, and analyze music
• Increase notation skills and music vocabulary

Art

• Identify and describe subject matter, media used, and elements of art including texture
• Increase use of various media, including mixing secondary colors
• Use art elements to communicate ideas or feelings in works of art
• Create a variety of two- and three-dimensional works of art using a variety of media