This year we will be using our new curriculum Eureka Math Squared. Students will develop deeper comprehensions in areas of:

• Module 1: Place Value Concepts for Addition and Subtraction

• Module 2: Place Value Concepts for Multiplication and Division

• Module 3: Multiplication and Division of Multi-Digit Numbers

• Module 4: Foundations for Fraction Operations

• Module 5: Place Value Concepts for Decimal Fractions

• Module 6: Angle Measurements and Plane Figures

Every day students will engage in reading and writing, explicitly and cross-curriculum. These lessons will incorporate Writer's Workshop, Guided Reading, Notice and Note, EduProtocols, StoryWorks, and various writing/reading strategies by Jennifer Serravallo, and more.

An overview of the school year is: 

• Trimester 1: Narrative, Fictional Text, and A Boy Called Back Novel Study

• Trimester 2: Informational, Nonfiction Text, and Island of the Blue Dolphin Novel Study

• Trimester 3: Opinion, Nonficiton Text, and By The Great Horn Spoon Novel Study

This is our third year using TCI (Teachers Curriculum Institute). Students will explore California's history through various lessons and activities.

• Unit 1: Physical and Human Characteristics That Define California 

• Unit 2: Pre-Columbian Settlements and People

• Unit 3: European and Exploration and Colonial History

• Unit 4: Missions, Ranchos, and the Mexican War for Independence

• Unit 5: The Gold Rush and Statehood

This will be the first year with TCI (Teachers Curriculum Institute) for Science. Units of study are:

• Unit 1: Plant and Animal Structures

• Unit 2: Energy

• Unit 3: Earth's Changing Surface

• Unit 4: Waves and Information

Students will engage in various activities including:

• Field Trips

• Makerspace

• Rhythm and Moves

• Band/Choir

• Art Vistas

• Project Cornerstone

• Clay

• Kindergarten Buddies

• And so much more!