Curriculum

Goldwood Primary is committed to a structured literacy model grounded in the Science of Reading. Our language arts program is direct, explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic. The five key concepts of reading include phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. These components will be delivered via the following curricula:

Diagnostics are administered universally 3 times per year as well as formative and summative assessments completed in the classroom. These standards-based measures evaluate student knowledge which guide and tailor our instruction to best fit all students’ needs. 

Language Arts

Wonders - The McGraw-Hill Reading program we use in first grade is called Wonders. This language arts program has many components such as reading and writing workshop with big books, interactive read-alouds, retelling activities, visual vocabulary lessons, leveled readers, and many digital resources. 

As we work through the units, students will continue to build their foundational skills related to the reading process, as well as speaking and listening. Students will read many types of literature in this program including many opportunities with informational text. Writing is another important component of this program.

Fundations - Fundations is the main phonics program we use throughout all grades at Goldwood. There are 14 units in Fundations. Click the underlined link to download the Home Support Pack.

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness - provides students with consistent and repeated instruction, and this transfers to developing a student’s decoding and encoding skills. Our lessons are designed to provide daily instruction in eight phonological and phonemic awareness skills. Students practice blending, segmenting, and manipulating words, syllables, and phonemes each day. Most literacy curriculum currently available places minimal focus on phonemic awareness, only practicing one to two skills each day.  Parent Newsletters

 

Math 

Everyday Math- Everyday Math is an enriched, comprehensive, and balanced mathematics curriculum. It builds on fundamental mathematical strands such as numeration, measurement, geometry, operations, patterns, money, data and chance. This math program:

-places high priority on children developing automatic recall of the basic number facts.

-recognizes that computation is an important and practical part of mathematics, and has been designed to ensure that all students can compute accurately in a variety of ways.

-balances skills and concepts.

-recognizes that practice is necessary in developing competency in mathematics.

-both the answer and how you get it are important.

-works to develop both students’ knowledge of mathematics and their ability and willingness to apply what they know.

Science

National Geographic- Our science program focuses on the state of Ohio and consists of 4 units: Science, Engineering, and Technology, Life Science, Earth Science, and Physical Science. We will learn about the nature of science, how to solve problems, living and non-living things, Earth and sky, and objects in our world. 

Social Studies

Pearson's myWorld Social Studies- Here We Are!-- Our social studies program highlights the importance of working in the 21st Century learning environment and skills needed in order to be a thoughtful and successful citizen in our community. The chapters focus on cooperating family and school environments, various jobs people have in our world, where we live, traditions, and life then and now.