Language Literacy

• Applies a variety of strategies to decode unknown words.
• Reads with fluency.
• Builds and applies vocabulary.

• Identifies and sequences main ideas and details.
• Applies higher-level comprehension strategies: Predicting, Visualizing, Questioning, Making Connections and Making Inferences.
• Participates in literature discussions.
• Writes meaningful responses to literature.
• Reads independently for pleasure and information.
• Reads grade level text.

• Uses steps of the writing process: Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing and Publication.
• Understands and applies the traits of writing: Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency and Conventions (Spelling, Capitalization and Punctuation).
• Communicates effectively in various forms of writing: Personal Narrative, Fictional Narrative, Nonfiction, Persuasive and Poetry.
• Demonstrates growing independence and confidence as a writer.

• Uses research skills to gather, analyze and apply information.
  
  

Library

• Students will know a variety of ways to share information.
• The student will be able to recognize there are many types of information sources.
• Student will be able to identify materials, with assistance, appropriate to student reading ability.
• Student will be able to identify the effect of the copyright date on the value of the information.
• The student will know that there are methods to use in order to choose books they will enjoy on an appropriate reading level.
• The student will know we make connections (text to self, text to text and text to world).
• The student will know there are different literary genres.
• The student will know there are different book awards in childrenʼs literature.
• The student will be able to choose books they will enjoy on an appropriate reading level.
• The student will make connections between what they read and their life, other books and the world.
• The student will recognize tall tales, poetry, mystery, science fiction and short stories when a book in one of these genres is read to them.
• The student will be able to identify books that have won an award and he or she will be able to discuss what makes the books worthy of an award.
• Students will understand what a call number is and why it is important.
• Students will follow the norms and procedures that are in place in the library such as for check in and check out.
• Students will begin to sort and locate books to the third letter using the authorʼs last name.

• Choose the medium to best express an idea from a limited range of media.

• Define foreground, middle-ground and background.
• Recognize and use change of scale, placement on the page and overlapping of shapes to create the illusion of depth on a picture plane.
• Use balance in compositions.
• Use repetition to achieve rhythms.

• Examine and talk about art objects to discover general ideas about how the work was made and the media used.
• Recognize and name artists of different cultures and times.
• Compare the subject matter and themes in the art of different cultures.
• Compare the way similar themes are expressed in different styles of art.

• Describe the meaning associated with colors used in a selected environment.
• Recognize that artists are influenced by both natural and constructed forms.

• Develop acceptance of his/her and others’ artwork.
• Recognize that the same subject matter or theme can be portrayed in different ways.
• Explore and describe common meanings and symbols in works of art.
• Compare and contrast visual and tactile qualities in a work of art.

• Identify how different cultures use art in different ways.
• Describe how art is used as a symbolic means of communication.

• Digestive, circulatory and nervous systems.
• Skeletal, muscular and respiratory systems.

• Safety in the expanding world.

• Importance of sleep.
• Communicable vs. non-communicable diseases.

• Effect of food on the body.
• How food influences growth and development.
• Meal planning.

• Roll, transfer weight and jump using a mature pattern.

• Health and skill-related fitness, wellness and fitness principles.
• Outdoor Education/Team Building
• Cooperation/Team building activities and outdoor pursuits.

• Essential elements of rhythm, creative/interpretive dance, rhythmic activities, forms of dance and social/cultural aspects of dance.

• Skill techniques, individual/dual/team sports and specialized activities.
  
  

Math

• Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
• Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division.
• Multiply and divide within 100.
• Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.

• Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.

• Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.

• Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes and masses of objects.
• Represent and interpret data.
• Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.
• Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.

• Reason with shapes and their attributes.

• Understand the necessity for standard units of measurement.
• Develop an understanding and intuitive feel for the metric system.
• Measure length and distance in meters and centimeters with a meter tape.
• Measure mass in grams with a balance and mass pieces.
• Measure liquid volume and capacity of containers in liters and milliliters with 50-ml syringes and graduated cylinders.
• Measure temperature of liquids and air in degrees Celsius with a thermometer.
• Acquire the vocabulary associated with metric measurement.
• Exercise language and math skills in the context of metric measurement.
• Apply appropriate measuring skills in everyday situations.
• Develop and refine the manipulative skills required for making and using measuring tools.
• Use scientific thinking processes to conduct investigations and build explanations: observing, communicating, comparing and organizing.

• Observe and compare sounds to develop discrimination ability.
• Communicate with others using a drop code.
• Learn that sound originates from a source that is vibrating and is detected at a receiver such as the human ear.
• Compare methods to amplify sound at the source and at the receiver.
• Understand the relationship between the pitch of a sound and the physical properties of the sound source (i.e. length of vibrating object, frequency of vibrations and tension of vibrating string).
• Observe and compare how sound travels through solids, liquids and air.
• Use metric tools to measure mass, volume and temperature, and make multiple numerical observations to improve accuracy.
• Explore properties of the three forms of matter (solid, liquid and gas), including change of state.
• Use knowledge of the physics of sound to solve simple sound challenges.
• Acquire vocabulary associated with the physics of sound.
• Exercise language, social studies and math skills in the context of the physics of sound.
• Develop and refine the manipulative skills required for investigating sound.
• Use scientific thinking processes to conduct investigations and build explanations: observing, communicating, comparing and organizing.
  

• Observe and record how the sun, Earth’s star, rises in the east and sets in the west in a predictable pattern.
• Learn that Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night. Day happens when a location on Earth is facing toward the sun, and night happens when a location is facing away from the sun.
• Understand that the exact path the sun takes in the sky varies by season.
• Understand that shadows are the areas of darkness created when an opaque object blocks light and that shadows on Earth depend on the position of the Sun in the sky.
• Learn that Earth is one of several planets that orbit the Sun in the solar system.
• Learn that the moon orbits Earth and can appear in the sky during both day and night; observe and record how the moon changes its appearance or phase in a regular pattern over four weeks.
• Learn how useful telescopes are in studying the solar system, as they make distant objects look closer and larger.
• Learn that stars are suns positioned at great distances from Earth and form groups called constellations that appear to move together across the sky at night.
• Use tools to collect and analyze data to develop logical conclusions about the movements of objects in the sky.
• Learn that light energy travels in straight lines from a source.
• Find out how light can reflect from the surface of a mirror.
• Learn that an object is seen only when light from that object enters an eye.
• Learn that white light is a mixture of all colors of light, that matter can absorb and reflect light, and that a shadow is the dark area behind objects that block light.
• Learn that the apparent color of an object is the result of the light it reflects; observe that the apparent color of an object is affected by the color of light striking it.
  

• Communicate with others using a drop code.
• Learn that sound originates from a source that is vibrating and is detected at a receiver such as the human ear.
• Compare methods to amplify sound at the source and at the receiver.
• Understand the relationship between the pitch of a sound and the physical properties of the sound source (i.e. length of vibrating object, frequency of vibrations and tension of vibrating string).
• Observe and compare how sound travels through solids, liquids and air.
• Use knowledge of the physics of sound to solve simple sound challenges.
• Acquire vocabulary associated with the physics of sound.
• Exercise language, social studies and math skills in the context of the physics of sound.
• Develop and refine the manipulative skills required for investigating sound.
• Observe energy sources doing work and learn how energy (light, heat, motion, chemical and electric) can be converted from one form to another.
• Describe how energy can be carried from one place to another by waves, electric current and moving objects.
• Use scientific thinking processes.

Social Studies

• Compare and contrast examples of urban, suburban and rural communities.
• Locate the seven continents on a map of the world.
• Identify major landforms and bodies of water around the world.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the way in which different communities have been formed because of their geographic characteristics.
• Demonstrate the ability to read a map.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the way in which a given location influences the way in which people live.
• Recognize examples of language, literature, art, music, dance and religions as expressions of cultures around the world.
• Compare and contrast the many ways people express their culture within their own community.

• Begin to develop an understanding of the history of various communities around the world.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the past and present.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how different people or groups of people tell the story of history from different points of view.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the way in which people in different communities around the world depend on each other for goods and services
• Compare and contrast the ways in which various communities provide for the needs of their people.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the role citizens, leaders and rules play in a community.
• Compare and contrast different styles of governments in various communities around the world.

• Appreciate similarities and differences among communities around the world.

• use common input and output devices (including adaptive devices when necessary) efficiently and effectively.
• demonstrate responsible use of technology and information.
• use technology tools (e.g. multimedia authoring, presentation, Web tools, digital cameras and scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.
• use telecommunications efficiently to access remote information, communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning and pursue personal interests.
• use available technology (e.g. calculators, data collection probes, videos and educational software) for problem solving, self-directed learning, extended learning activities and personal productivity.
• determine which technology is useful and select the appropriate tool(s) and technology resources to address a variety of tasks and problems.
• evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness and bias of electronic information sources.

• greet peers and describe feelings.
• express preferences for activities and pastimes using Me gusta, No me gusta and Me da igual.
• recognize and respond to commands involving common activities.
• describe physical characteristics of self and other people.
• describe family using titles and likes/dislikes.
• identify food and talk about preferences.
• identify the countries and capitals of South America.
• demonstrate knowledge of the climate, seasons, animals and peoples of Argentina.
• describe animals, their characteristics and their habitats.

• Perform and recognize steps, leaps and repeats.
• High and low pitches in melodies.

• Recognize and perform quarter whole note/rest and dotted half note.
• Recognize bar lines, measures and time signature.

• Recognize and perform song form AB and ABA.
• Recognize double barlines.

• Identify and demonstrate ritardando, accelerando and fermata.

• Perform a round.