January Curriculum

Kindergarten
Reading: Elements of a Realistic Fiction
Writing: Writing an Opinion Piece about their favorite character, part of a story or book selection
Math: Identify and Describe Three Dimensional Shapes
Social Studies: Geography, Humans and the Environment
Science: Sink or Float

First Grade
Reading: Realistic Fiction
Writing: Realistic Fiction Original Stories
Math: Related Addition and Subtraction Facts
Social Studies: The Community
Science: Properties of Matter

Second Grade
Reading: Realistic Fiction
Writing: Realistic Fiction
Math: Addition and Subtraction
Social Studies: Geography and Communities
Science: Forces and Motion

Third Grade
Reading: Infer meaning of unfamiliar words and Infer with text clues
Writing: Responding to Literature
Math: Division Facts and Understanding Fractions (continuation)
Social Studies: Unit Study of Asia and Middle East
Science: Simple Machines—How do simple machines help us move objects?

Fourth Grade
Reading: Determining Importance
Writing: Response to Literature
Math: Fractions
Social Studies: Freedom and the New Nation
Science: Properties of Water

Fifth Grade
Reading: Close Reading of Literacy Texts
Writing: Reading Response to Literature
Math: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Social Studies: The Western Hemisphere
Science: Exploring Eco Systems