This is a brief summary of some of the topics we will be covering this year.
Reading- Hartcourt Reading/Language Art
*Oral Language: Shared Reading (Big Books)
* Phonological Awareness: Isolating & identifying beginning, medial, final sounds, blends, and digraphs
* Literature: Classic and contemporary work, fiction and nonfiction stories, plays and poems ( 6 basal readers and several leveld readers)
* Comprehension: Critical thinking, retelling and summarizing
*Letter-Sound Knowledge: Word building and blending sounds to read words
* Vocabulary: High frequency words (Word Wall)
*Writing: -Shared writing, journal writing, grammar and spelling
Phonics- Fundations
- Consonants
- Short Vowels
- Long Vowels
- Consonant Blends, Y as a Vowel
- Endings, Digraphs, Contractions
Handwriting-Zaner-Bloser
- Numbers
- Letters and Words
Math -McGraw-Hill My Math
I. Operations and Algebraic Thinking-Adition and Subtraction Concepts,Strategies, and Relationships
II. Number and Operations in Base Ten-Place Value & Two Digit Addition and Subtraction
III. Measurement and Data-Organize and use graphs & Measurement and Time
IIII. Geometry- 2-Dimensional Shapes and Equal Shares & 3-Demensional Shapes
Science - Weekly Reader
-Earth and Space Sciences
- Life Sciences
-Physical Sciences
Social Studies - Weekly Reader
- Families & Communities
-Holidays