Students will be learning about the author's choice in writing. They will also research and write like a scientist or historian. Students will also discuss poetry and friendly letter writing. 

Students will continue to practice how to retell a story with a deep focus on discussing characters in fiction stories.

Students will learn about their world through reading. They will use informational texts to discuss what they are learning. Students will  identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. They will also Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key details.

Tap and blend long vowels, final letter (y /e/) and suffixes (ed /ed/, /d/, magic ed and /t/).

Recognize long vowel sounds verses short vowel sounds. 

Telling time to the hour and half hour

Partitioning circles and rectangles into equal shares. 

Explaining and decomposing shapes into more shares that result in smaller shares. 

Understand the role of basic economic concepts in the decisions people make. 

Distiguish between scarcity and limited resources. 

Recognize supply and demand and how it affect the choices people make. 

Discuss goods and services and how people can trade in different countries.

Understanding what natural resources are and the ways that humans use natural resources. 

Explain that natural resources are used daily but do not exist everywhere on Earth. 

Explain how humans can protect natural resources. 

Understand the basic needs of a variety of plants and animals in different ecosystems.