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jANUARY 4-7

Health

  1. Why Do We Eat?: Learn how food is transformed into energy, learn about healthful foods and deciding which foods to choose

Math

  1. Counting On or Taking from Ten to Solve Problems

Listening & Learning

  1. Astronomy

  • The Earth and the Sun

  • Stars

  • Stargazing and Constellations

Reading & Writing (Collaborative Classrooms)

  1. Focus on: Visualizing

  • Students think about words in texts that help them visualize, including sensory details and onomatopoeia.

  • Students learn and use the cooperative structure "Think, Pair, Share." They practice responding to one another's work in caring ways.

Specials Schedule 2021-22.pdf

December 6-10

Health

  1. Head to Toe: Identify body parts, the five senses, circulatory system, taking care of your body

Math

  1. Counting On or Taking from Ten to Solve Problems

Listening & Learning

  1. Early American Civilizations

  • Maya

  • Aztec

  • Inca

Reading & Writing (Collaborative Classrooms)

  1. Focus on: Visualizing

  • Students think about words in texts that help them visualize, including sensory details and onomatopoeia.

  • Students learn and use the cooperative structure "Think, Pair, Share." They practice responding to one another's work in caring ways.

November 1-5

Health

  1. Look Out!: Safe play, bike, fire, gun and water safety, safety helpers, following rules

Math

  1. Decomposition Strategies for Subtraction

Listening & Learning

  1. Early World Civilizations

  • Mesopotamia

  • Ancient Egypt

Reading & Writing (Collaborative Classrooms)

  1. Focus on: Making Connections

  • Students are formally introduced to making connections to texts by thinking about how the events and characters in texts remind them of their own lives.

  • Students continue reading, independent work, vocabulary and handwriting.

October 25-27

Math

  1. Subtraction Word Problems

  2. Decomposition Strategies for Subtraction

Listening & Learning

  1. Early World Civilizations

  • Mesopotamia

  • Ancient Egypt

Reading & Writing (Collaborative Classrooms)

  1. Focus on: Making Connections

  • Students are formally introduced to making connections to texts by thinking about how the events and characters in texts remind them of their own lives.

  • Students continue reading, independent work, vocabulary and handwriting.

October 18-22

Math

  1. Subtraction as an Unknown Addend Problem

  2. Subtraction Word Problems

Listening & Learning

  1. Early World Civilizations

  • Mesopotamia

  • Ancient Egypt

Reading & Writing (Collaborative Classrooms)

  1. Focus on: Making Connections

  • Students are formally introduced to making connections to texts by thinking about how the events and characters in texts remind them of their own lives.

  • Students continue reading, independent work, vocabulary and handwriting.

Daily Schedule

October 4-8

Math

  1. Strategies for Counting On

  2. The Commutative Property of Addition and the Equal Sign

Listening & Learning

  1. Different Lands, Similar Stories

  • Cinderella, The Girl with the Red Slippers, and Billy Beg

  • Tom Thumb, Thumbelina, and Issun Boshi: One-Inch Boy

  • Little Red Riding Hood, Hu Gu Po, and Tselane

Reading & Writing (Collaborative Classrooms)

  1. Focus on: The Classroom Community

  • Students are introduced to reading, independent work, vocabulary and handwriting.

  • Students learn how to work and participate responsibly in the classroom

September 27

Math

  1. Addition Word Problems

Listening & Learning

  1. Different Lands, Similar Stories

  • Cinderella, The Girl with the Red Slippers, and Billy Beg

  • Tom Thumb, Thumbelina, and Issun Boshi: One-Inch Boy

  • Little Red Riding Hood, Hu Gu Po, and Tselane

Reading & Writing (Collaborative Classrooms)

  1. Focus on: The Classroom Community

  • Students are introduced to reading, independent work, vocabulary and handwriting.

  • Students learn how to work and participate responsibly in the classroom