Communication Skills
• Handwriting – D’Nealian Manuscript
• Grammar/Usage/ Mechanics – verbs, adjectives, nouns (singular, plural, possessive), pronouns, possessive pronouns, capitalization, punctuation (end punctuation, commas in a series, contractions, suffixes, compound words, antonyms, synonyms, homophones, quotation marks), contractions, plurals, parts of a sentence, types of sentences, spelling, compound words
• Composition – complete sentences, order words, labels, autobiographies, making lists, keeping a journal, writing instructions, friendly letters, thank you letters, invitations, descriptive paragraphs, summaries, simple book reports, writing directions, descriptions, personal narrative, staying on topic dialogue, alliteration, rhyming poems, non-rhyming poems, and posters
• Public Speaking
Reading
• Phonics (i.e. consonants, vowels, digraphs, blends, rhyming words, syllabication blending)
• High frequency words
• Comprehension Skills - reality/fantasy, compare/contrast, summarize, draw conclusions, classify and categorize, main idea and details, cause and effect, sequencing, and make inferences
• Comprehension Strategies – predict, make connections, visualize, monitor and clarify, ask questions
• Numeration: counting, addition, and subtraction
• Patterns
• Graphs – read, interpret, create
• Word Problems
• Applications to Real Life Situations
• Organizing Data
• Measurement
• Money
• Time
• Geometry
• Fractions
• Using Numbers to 100
• Problem Solving
• Mental Math
• Place Value
• Odd and Even Numbers
• Fact Families
• Temperature
• Animals
• Natural Resources
• Weather
• Solar System
• Life Cycle of a Butterfly, Frog, and Plant
• Going to School
• Good Citizens
• Columbus Day
• Native Americans and First Settlers
• Peole Around the World
• Famous American Heroes
• The Land Around Us
• Jobs Around Us
• Global Partners – focus on different country each year