Second Grade

Quarter 1

Math- Equations and Equality

ELA- Noting powerful and colorful vocabulary as a "Word Collector"

Quarter 2

Math- Logic puzzles

ELA- Writing about the Main Event

Third Grade

Quarter 1

Math SSA (B and D day)-Understanding Integers

Math Rigor (C or E day)-Exploring multiplication, factors, multiples

ELA William and Mary (B and D day)-Change generalizations, exploring change, begin reading The Green Book by Jill Patton Walsh

ELA Rigor (C or E day)-Cross-Impact Matrix, Research animals: ferret, stoat, weasel, badger, toad, water rat, mole in preparation to read The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Quarter 2

Math SSA (B and D day)-Understanding Integers, Adding and Subtracting Integers, Multiplication and Division

Math Rigor (C or E day)-Exploring multiplication, factors, multiples, Hands on Equations

ELA William and Mary (B and D day)-Explore change, Read The Green Book by Jill Patton Walsh

ELA Rigor (C or E day)-Read The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, character development, compare/contrast fiction with nonfiction, Wind in the Willows Ecosystem Project

Quarter 3

Math SSA (B and D day)-Multiplication and Division, Order of Operations, Area and Perimeter

Math Rigor (C or E day)-Hands on Equations

ELA William and Mary (B and D day)-Exploration, read From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

ELA Rigor (C or E day)-Read The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, character development, Wind in the Willows Ecosystem Project

fourth Grade

Quarter 1

Math SSA-Place Value

Math Rigor-Hands on Equations

ELA William and Mary-Perspectives generalizations, read and complete a literature web for Ransom of the Red Chief by O. Henry; intro vocabulary webs

ELA Rigor-Cross Impact Matrix, Love that Dog

Quarter 2

Math SSA-Continuing with Place Value; Ordering Integers and Rational Numbers

Math Rigor-More Hands on Equations

ELA William and Mary-Vocabulary webs for Ransom of the Red Chief by O. Henry; Plot Diagrams; Types of Conflict in literature

ELA Rigor-Using Jacob's Ladder to interact with text

Fifth Grade

Quarter 1

Math SSA (B and D day)-Operations with Integers, Circles

Math Rigor (E day)-Volume Word Problems, Multiplying Fractions

ELA William and Mary (B and D day)-Change generalizations, exploring change, begin reading The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

ELA Rigor (C or E day)-Esperanza Lit Trip: Foreshadowing, analyzing characters, exploring symbolism (mountains/valleys), chronological order

Quarter 2

Math SSA (B and D day)-Circles

Math Rigor (E day)-Hands on Equations

ELA William and Mary (B and D day)-Explore change, read The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden Sociogram

ELA Rigor (C or E day)-Interactions in Ecology and Literature, read The Great Kapok Tree, read The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Quarter 3

Math SSA (B and D day)-Circles, Volume, Surface Area

Math Rigor (E day)-Hands on Equations

ELA William and Mary (B and D day)-Students will read short stories, including The Ghost Cat, All Summer in a Day, and Charles.  Students choose one of the following autobiographies to read on Sora: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Eva's Story, Small Steps, or I Am Malala. Students will analyze changes in each character/person.

ELA Rigor (C or E day)-Jacob's Ladder/deep analysis of short stories, beginning with Jane Goddall