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 continuing 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.
The student will apply the traits of a good citizen, on and offline, by
focus on fair play, good sportsmanship, helping others, and treating others with respect
recognize the purpose of rules and practicing self-control
Additionally, they will describe and make connections to the work of Martin Luther King Jr.
Lastly, students will describe and make connections to the impacts of influential Virginians who helped form a new nation, with a focus on, but not limited to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
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