Social/Emotional Development

Social/Emotional Development:

Following classroom and school rules

Working & playing well with others

Following directions

Using time wisely

Accepting responsibility for actions

Speaking and Listening:

Ask and answer relevant questions and make contributions in small or large group discussions

Reading/Writing Processes:

Learn and apply the most common letter-sound correspondences, including the sounds represented by digraphs and dipthongs such as ea,ie,ee

Self-select independent level reading by drawing on personal interest, by relying on knowledge of authors and different types of texts, and/or by estimating text difficulty

Read fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including classic and contemporary works, for pleasure and/or information

Make and explain inferences from texts such as in determining important ideas.

Use pictures, print, and people to gather information and answer questions

Use basic capitalization and punctuation such as capitalizing names and first letters in sentences and using periods

Write in different forms for different purposes such as friendly letter

Revise selected drafts for precise word choices

Write with more proficient spelling of regularly spelled patterns, such as consonant – vowel-consonant-silent e

Language Arts Benchmark:

Jan. 26th – Feb. 6th

Mathematics Processes:

Identify mathematics in everyday situations.
Use a problem-solving model, with guidance as needed, that incorporates understanding the problem, making a plan, carrying out the plan and evaluating the solution for reasonableness. SQ-RQ-CQ-HQ or How.
Use words and numbers to describe the values of individual coins such as a penny, nickel, dime and quarter and their relationships.
Determine amounts of coin combinations using pennies, nickels, and dimes up to 50 cents.
Reason and support his or her thinking using objects, words, pictures, numbers, and technology.
Model and create addition (sums to 18) and subtraction whole number problem situations with concrete objects and write corresponding number sentences.
Learn and apply basic facts (sums to 18) using concrete models.
Identify patterns in related addition and subtraction sentences (fact families for sums to 18), such as 2+3=5, 3+2=5, 5-2=3, and 5-3=2.
Explain and record observations using objects, words, pictures, numbers, and technology.
Relate informal language to mathematical language and symbols.
Select or develop an appropriate problem solving strategy, including systematic guessing and checking.
Organize, collect, and sort data.
Use organized data to construct real object graphs, picture graphs, and bar-type graphs.
Draw conclusions and answer questions using information organized in real-object graphs, picture graphs, and bar-type graphs.
Describe time on a clock using hours and half hours (analog and digital clocks).
Use tools such as real objects, manipulatives, and technology to solve problems.
Identify events as certain or impossible such as drawing a red crayon from a bag of green crayons.
Celebrate the 100th day of school on February 11th.
Describe the relationship between
the size of the units and the number
of units needed in a measurement
Problem Solving Strategies: using
objects, looking for a pattern,
acting it out, line and trading, and
Making a table.
Math Benchmark February 18th -19th
Science:
Weather unit
Record temperatures
Seasons
Science Benchmark: March 12th
Social Studies:
All About People
Culture – Black History
Celebrations – Groundhog Day
Calendar
We are Americans!
Presidents – Lincoln and Washington
Rodeo/Western
Social Studies Benchmark:
March 9th

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