• Place value to 1000
• Addition and subtraction with regrouping
• Money and counting
• Patterning, estimating, measuring, graphing
• Time to the quarter hour
• Problem solving

• Life Cycles (Life)
• Classification of Plants and Animals (Life)
• Balance and Motion (Physical)
• Soils (Earth)
  

• What makes a community? Roles and responsibilities of community members.
• Geography and map skills.
• People and their environments: the rain forest.
• Consumption and production.

• Understanding basic genres
• Distinguishing the roles of the author, illustrator, and publisher
• Using call numbers for finding fiction books
• Identifying various media used in illustration, and follow-up art lesson during art specialist class

• Phonemic awareness, decoding, and guided reading strategies Comprehension and vocabulary development
• Sight words, spelling patterns, word families
• Read-alouds and sustained silent reading

• The writing process, emphasis on prewriting/writer’s notebook
• Cursive letter formation
• The sentence: structure, avoiding run-ons; punctuation, simple subject-verb agreement
• Nouns and verbs
• Spelling patterns and frequently-used words

• 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, Internet search engines, and introduction to presentation software.

• Mastery of drawing tools
• Proficiency with video cameras and editing
• Round Robin story creation
• Introduction of Internet search engines and audio recording
• Mastery of basic word processing skills
• Building on importing graphics, presentation software, and multimedia programs

Music

• Sing, using given dynamics and phrasing, a varied repertoire of music
• Perform on pitched and unpitched instruments using given dynamics
• Read and notate simple music, and increase music vocabulary
• Listen to, describe, and analyze music
• Perform pieces from other cultures

Art

• Identify and describe subject matter, media used, and previously-learned elements of art as well as the element of space.
• Use the vocabulary of art to talk about their own work and the work of others.
• Experience new art-making tools and processes such as stencils and printing.
• Distinguish between and use warm and cool colors. Use symmetry to create visual balance.