In this unit, students count objects and write numerals up to 110. As they become more efficient at counting, they are challenged to count groups of objects by twos, fives, and tens. They also reason about magnitude of one-, two-, and three-digit quantities. While working on these counting skills, students are asked to describe the patterns they notice in our number system.
In reading, we will be starting our poetry unit. In this unit, students will respond to a variety of poems through movement, performance, or participation in order to discover their personal interests and tastes in poetry. Students will also learn to explain their personal interpretation. Lastly, they will decide whether or not to accept messages of the poems they read.
In writing, students will learn about and apply various poetic forms and devices such as rhythm, repetition, and line breaks to express their feelings and experiences in their poems.
This month we will cover economics and geography.
Economics:
People make choices about things they want and need.
People earn money in different ways to satisfy their wants and needs.
Geography:
Where people live affects how they live.
Geographic features may impact daily life for people around the world (food, clothing, shelter).
In this unit, students will explore plants’ and animals’ response to seasonal changes, motion, sound, and dissolving.
Students will:
investigate and understand that moving objects exhibit different kinds of motion.
investigate and understand how different common materials interact with water.
investigate and understand that animals, including humans, have basic needs and certain distinguishing characteristics.
investigate and understand weather and seasonal changes