November Curriculum

Kindergarten

  • Reading: Non-fiction text
  • Phonemic Awareness/Phonics: Letters S, L
  • Writer Workshop: Non-fiction Writing: Seasons
  • Character Development: Understanding Others
  • Math: Represent and Compare Numbers to 10
  • Science: Properties of Objects
  • Social Studies: People Are Unique

1st grade

  • Reading: Non-Fiction (Informational Text)
  • Writing: Researching and Summarizing Non-fiction Writing
  • Math: Basic Facts and Relationships with Addition and Subtraction
  • Science: What is Matter? Properties of Matter
  • Social Studies: How do families grow and change over time? Family History

2nd grade

  • Reading: Non-Fiction (Informational Text)
  • Writing: Informational Reports
  • Math: Basic Facts and Relationships with Addition and Subtraction
  • Science: Animal Classifications
  • Social Studies: New York in the 1600’s

3rd Grade

  • Reading: Students will merge and connect their thinking to new learned material; Non-fiction and Poetry
  • Math: Multiplication Facts and Strategies
  • Writing: Students will conduct a short research project that builds knowledge about a topic
  • Science: Plant and Animal Adaptation
  • Social Studies: Unit Study of Africa and Australia

4th Grade

  • Reading: Point of view in Fiction, Non-fiction, and Historical Fiction
  • Math: Division and Factors
  • Writing: Persuasive Opinion Writing
  • Science: Electricity; Magnetism
  • Social Studies: Three Worlds Meet

5th Grade

  • Reading: Close Reading of Non-fiction – Historical Fiction Texts
  • Math: Add and Subtract Decimals
  • Writing: Non-fiction Informational
  • Science: Earth Science
  • Social Studies: United States: Colonization; Independence and Growth; Expansion