STUDENTS
District Departments
OFFICE OF LEARNER SUPPORT SERVICES
OFFICE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
Language, Reading and Literature, Composition, Media
Giving oral presentations
The meanings of Greek and Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes
Using a dictionary
Types of sentences: (statement, question, command, exclamatory)
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Identifying correct mechanics in a sentence, (end marks, capitalization, comma in dates)
Recognizing the dialect in American folk tales
Identifying formal and informal language in advertisements read or heard
Various language forms to comprehend text and write with style in narrative and poetry
Decoding and solving new words
Identifying characters, setting, plot, problem and solution in stories read
Analyzing literature using various elements to identify theme, character traits, the speaker, and literary devices to make predictions
Comprehending using a variety of skills: prediction, main idea and detail, text connections, cause and effect, compare and contrast, story elements, fact and opinion, and text organization
A variety of genres: plays, poetry, information, fiction, drama and myth.
Reading and understanding non-fiction literature to gain information using text, maps, illustrations, and diagrams
Elements of poetry: rhyme, rhythm, repetition, verse, and stanza
The components of the writing process: organization, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing
Writing stories, poems, letters, personal narratives, summaries, and directions for different audiences and purposes
Researching to report information
Cursive writing
Locating continents, oceans, 5 major rivers and mountain ranges on maps and globes
The town’s history
Locating information on a map (countries, states)
The development and colonization of Massachusetts
Basic functions of local government
The rights and responsibilities of citizens
Local government and business
Characteristics of living things (plants and animals)
Comparing the life cycles and habitats of various organisms
Weather
The water cycle
The earth’s history
The solar system, the planets, and the phases of the moon
Components of matter, (solid, liquid, gas)
Rocks, minerals, and soil
Number Sense, Patterns and Relations, Geometry and Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Reading and writing numbers to 10,000
Writing numbers in expanded notation (53= fifty + three)
Fractions ( ½, 1/3, ¼ )
Odd and even numbers and multiples of numbers through ten
Multiplication and division facts to 10
Communicative properties: 3+2+5= 5+5
Selecting strategies, using objects and models to solve word problems
Adding and subtracting up to four digit numbers
Multiplying up to 2 digit numbers by one digit
Rounding numbers to estimate measurement and quantities
Estimation
Creating, describing and extending patterns (40, 45, 50)
Using symbols, (<, >, +, =) to solve problems
Solving problems with variables ( 3+ __= 7)
Describing and drawing 2 and 3 dimensional shapes
Identifying angles
Parallel, perpendicular and intersecting lines, and lines of symmetry
Customary and metric measurement (inch, foot, centimeter)
Telling time to the nearest minute and elapsed time
Reading and creating a grid using ordered pairs
Collecting, organizing, displaying and analyzing data
Stating possible outcomes of probability
All students are introduced to the importance of physical fitness programs, rules of games, and activities of sports related events. Students will learn about the human body, heart, lungs, digestive system and nervous system. All students will continue to understand the importance of good nutrition, and healthy bodies to prevent sickness and disease.
Students will compose simple songs, learn harmony and melody, tempo, and music dynamics.
Students will be introduced to the basic elements of design that will include two and three dimensional shapes. They will use varied media that will include textiles and plasticene. Additional artists will be introduced and art will be integrated to other academic areas.
Students will continue to study previous skills while learning to research information. Students will learn to use the thesaurus, atlas, dictionary and almanacs. Students will continue to expand their knowledge of genre: autobiographies, mysteries, historical fiction and plays.