What We Will Learn

Vision for Learning

Here is Alpine School District's Vision for Learning. The goal is to ensure that all students learn the necessary knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be successful.

Throughout all our learning, we will refer to the 6 Cs:

-Collaboration -Communication

-Creativity         -Critical Thinking

-Citizenship -Character

Language Arts

All instruction will be based on the Core Standards set by the Utah State Board of Education.

The 95% Phonics Core Program and Reading Wonders program from McGraw-Hill will be key features of our reading instruction.

Phonics

Knowing which sounds match up to which letters is vital to reading and writing. We will build on and solidify the phonics instruction they gained in Kindergarten and 1st grade.

Research shows that there are more effective ways of learning phonics and spelling than memorizing a list of spelling words each week. Instead, we will be focusing on a different phonics skill each week. The students will have opportunities to work on that skill in various contexts throughout the week. 

Fluency

We will work on reading faster, while still maintaining accuracy, expression, and comprehension.

Comprehension

Reading is pointless if you can't understand what you are reading. Here are some of the comprehension skills and strategies we will practice this year:

Writing

Here are some writing units we will do this year:

Vocabulary

In addition to organically learning new words as we read and learn, we will have 8 vocabulary words a week as part of our Wonders program.

We will explore how various affixes (pre-, dis-, un-, -ly, -ful) affect what words mean. We will discuss idioms, similes, and how to find the meaning of new words.





Grammar

Here are some of the grammar concepts we will cover:

Math

All instruction will be based on the Core Standards set by the Utah State Board of Education.

We will be following a math program called Ready Math or i-Ready Classroom Mathematics.

Concepts we will explore include:

Science/Engineering

All instruction will be based on the new Utah Science with Engineering Education (SEEd) standards.

Our science curriculum will include:

Social Studies

All instruction will be based on the Utah State core standards for social studies.

Our social studies curriculum will include:

Other Subjects

We will also learn about Health, PE, Art, Music, Technology, Computer Skills, Online Safety, and Socio-Emotional Wellness. This might be in specialty classes, the general classroom, or with the school nurse, school psychologist, or school counselor.