Curriculum Corner

This page will give you information about the units we are currently working on in our classroom. It will be updated periodically as we complete a unit and move on to a new one.

Here is the link to the Public District Curriculum Documents for the entire district.

Reading

Unit 2 - Reading to Learn: Grasping Main Idea and Text Structures

Previewing a Text
Text Features (table of contents, captions, headings, glossary, etc.)
Main Idea and Important Details
Cross Text Synthesis (synthesizing information from 2 separate sources)
Expository and Narrative nonfiction

Writing

Unit 2 - The Art of Information Writing

Planning Tools for Organizing Ideas (Boxes and Bullets, Pros/Cons, If/Then)
Structure of Information Writing (Introduction, Body Chapters, Conclusion)
Transition Words and Phrases
Elaboration
Research

Math

Unit 3 - Multi-Digit Addition and Subtraction

Unit 3 Family Letter

Continue to practice addition and subtraction
Round multi-digit numbers and estimate their sums and differences
Add and subtract 2- and 3-digit numbers using algorithms and other methods

Math At Home Activities - Click Here! (Choose the set from the drop down menu to match the unit you want.)

Science

Weather and Climate

Weather patterns
Climate zones
Weather vs. climate
Hazardous weather
weather/climate vocabulary

Social Studies

Social Studies

NJ and Montgomery

Regions of NJ: resources and landforms
State symbols
History of Montgomery: How it has changed over time (housing, schools, transportation)
The Lenape People - What was life like?

Regions/Map Skills

regions of the US (geography, natural resources, climate, landforms, culture)
map skills: types of maps, parts of a map, cardinal directions

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