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jANUARY 4-7
Health
Why Do We Eat?: Learn how food is transformed into energy, learn about healthful foods and deciding which foods to choose
Math
Counting On or Taking from Ten to Solve Problems
Listening & Learning
Astronomy
The Earth and the Sun
Stars
Stargazing and Constellations
Reading & Writing (Collaborative Classrooms)
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.
December 6-10
Health
Head to Toe: Identify body parts, the five senses, circulatory system, taking care of your body
Math
Counting On or Taking from Ten to Solve Problems
Listening & Learning
Early American Civilizations
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Reading & Writing (Collaborative Classrooms)
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
Look Out!: Safe play, bike, fire, gun and water safety, safety helpers, following rules
Math
Decomposition Strategies for Subtraction
Listening & Learning
Early World Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Reading & Writing (Collaborative Classrooms)
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
Subtraction Word Problems
Decomposition Strategies for Subtraction
Listening & Learning
Early World Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Reading & Writing (Collaborative Classrooms)
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
Subtraction as an Unknown Addend Problem
Subtraction Word Problems
Listening & Learning
Early World Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Reading & Writing (Collaborative Classrooms)
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
Strategies for Counting On
The Commutative Property of Addition and the Equal Sign
Listening & Learning
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)
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
Addition Word Problems
Listening & Learning
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)
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