Themes For The Year
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Exploration What can we learn from exploring new places and things? |
Science 1. Identify
states of matter as solids, liquids, and gases: describing changes between
states of matter. 4. Describe observable effects of forces,
including buoyancy, gravity, and magnetism. 4a. Describe observable
effects of forces, including buoyancy, gravity, and magnetism: identifying
simple machines, including the inclined plane, lever, pulley, wedge,
screw, and wheel and axle. 5. Identify the relationship of structure
to function in plants, including roots, stems, leaves, and flowers.
6. Identify characteristics of animals, including behavior, size, and body
covering. 7. Identify geological features as mountains, valleys,
plains, deserts, lakes, rivers, and oceans: identifying components of
soil, including sand, clay, and silt. 11. Identify basic components
of our solar system, including the sun, planets, and Earth's moon. Social Studies 2. Identify past and present contributions of a variety of individuals who have overcome difficulties or obstacles to achieve goals. 6. Identify human-made and natural resources in the world. 7. Describe ways people throughout the world are affected by their geographic environments; comparing physical features of the regions throughout the world. 8. Identify continents, oceans. and the equator using technology, maps, and globes. 11. Explain how the diversity of people and customs in the United States and the world affect viewpoints and ideas. Language Arts 1. Demonstrate phonological skills, including manipulating sounds and words of the English language and identifying syllables in two- and three-syllable words. 2. Apply phonetic strategies to decode unfamiliar and multisyllable words using graphoghonemic clues and letter-sound correspondences, including diphthongs and digraphs; reading phonetically regular and irregular two-syllable words. 5. Read with fluency passages containing complex sentences: reading 90-100 words per minute. 5b. Read with fluency passages containing complex sentences: recognizing second grade high frequency words. 5d. Read with fluency passages containing complex sentences: making self-corrections. 5e. Read with fluency passages containing complex sentences: reading with expression. 6. Differentiate among folktales, tall tales, fables, realistic fiction, and other narrative texts. 6c. Differentiate among folktales, tall tales, fables, realistic fiction, and other narrative texts: summarizing the plot and characters' actions and motivations in narrative tasks. 6d. Differentiate among folktales, tall tales, fables, realistic fiction, and other narrative texts: inferring the main idea and supporting details in narrative texts. 7. Explain how authors use text features to identify key and supporting ideas in informational texts. |
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