Areas of Study

Language Arts & Reading:

• Treasures-Macmillan McGraw-Hill
• Oral Language- Oral Vocabulary and Phonemic Awareness
• Word Study- Phonics, High Frequency Words, and Spelling
• Reading- Comprehension Strategies and Skills, Fluency, Skill Based Practice Readers, and Reader’s Response pages
• Language Arts- Grammar and Writing
• Treasures Macmillan McGraw-Hill reading program
• Close Reading
• Daily Five (Read to Self, Read to Someone, Writing, Word Work and Listen to Reading)
• Non-fiction Instructional Texts
• Fact-Based Discussions and Writing
• Formative Assessments
• Interactive Phonics and Language Arts Journals
• Cross-curricular studies

Writing

Fall: Narrative

• Students will recount sequenced events, use order words, include details and closure.

Winter:  Informational/Explanatory

• Students will name a topic, supply facts about it, and provide closure.

Spring: Opinion

• Students will introduce a topic, state an opinion, supply reasons to support their opinion, and provide closure.

Math Expressions: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 1:  Partners and Number                        

         Patterns Through 10    

Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction Strategies

Unit 3:  Unknown Numbers in Addition and Subtraction

Unit 4:  Place Value Concepts

Unit 5:  Place Value Situations

Unit 6:  Comparisons and Data

Unit 7:  Geometry, Measurement, and Equal Shares

Unit 8:  Two-Digit Addition

Science: Pearson Scott Foresman

• Plants and Animals
• Solids, Liquids, Gases
• Weather

Social Studies

• Rules and Laws
• All About People
• We Love Our Country
• Where People Live
• Marketplace
• Our Changing World

Daily Schedule

Classroom Schedule

• Morning Wakeup
• Common Core Focused Language Arts Instruction
• Oral Language
• Snack Recess
• Math
• Writer’s Workshop
• Lunch
• Independent Reading, response to reading iPad Rotations
• Social Studies/Science/Art
• Physical Education

Specials Schedule

• Weekly library and computer lab visits.  
• Weekly classes through the Starting Arts Performing Arts Program (Dance, Music, Theater).
• Monthly participation in PE with a Playworks coach.
• Monthly FAME art projects through a parent run art program and parent led character building sessions with Project Cornerstone.

Field Trips

• Marine Science Institute
• The Elves and the Shoemaker Play
• Mad Science In-Class Workshop-“Dry Ice”
• Miss Nelson is Missing Play
• In N Out Burger restaurant tour
• First Grade End of the Year Picnic