| Language Arts |
1. Reading
2. Writing
3. Grammar
4. Spelling
5. Listening and Speaking
6.Phonics and Word Recognition Skills
7. Reading Fluency and Comprehension
8. Research |
1. Phonics and Word Recognition Skills
2. Reading Fluency and Understanding Written Text
3. Study Skills
4. Literature Skills
5. Spelling
6. Grammar
7. Writing
8. Research |
1. Grammar Skills
2. Literary Devices
3. Poetic Devices
4. Form of Writing
5. Spelling
6. Reading |
| Math |
1. Number Sense
2. Addition Facts
3. Subtraction Facts
4. Graphing
5. Money
6. Time and Temperature
7. Fractions
8. Geometry
9. Measurement
10.Problem Solving
11. Place Value
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1. Problem Solving
2. Graphing
3. Place Value
4. Basic Operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
5. Multiplication Concepts
6. Division Concepts
7. Fractions
8. Measurement
9. Geometry
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1. Number Sense
2. Basic Operations
3. Geometry
4. Fractions
5. Decimals
6. Percent
7. Vocabulary
8. Problem solving
9. Enrichment topics |
| Science |
1. Solar System
2. States of Matter
3. Plants
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1. Human Body
2. Kitchen Chemistry
3. Weather Related to Natural Disasters
4. Health and Safety |
1. Variables
2. Chemistry
3. Rocks and Minerals
4. Nutrition
5. Lab Procedures |
| Social Studies |
1. Immigration
2. Grandparents/
Elderly
3. Traveling Teddies
4. Minnesota History
5. Biographies |
1. Region
2.
Map Reading
3. Study of Native American Culture
4. Research Writing: A State Report
5. Regions of USA
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1. Maps
2. Early Humans
3. Mesopotamia
4. Ancient Egypt
5. Ancient Greece
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World Languages
(French or Spanish) |
1. Listening and speaking
2. Language acquisition through songs, games, poems, stories, TPR, and TPRS.
3. Thematic units reflect the National Foreign Language Standards. (Examples of thematic units: calendar, seasons, food, and cultural topics.) |
1. Listening, speaking, and writing
2. Language acquisition through songs, games, poems, stories, TPR, and TPRS.
3. Thematic units reflect the National Foreign Language Standards.
4. Examples of thematic units: seasons, food, geography, school, basic conversation, city, and cultural topics. |
1. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing
2. Language acquisition through songs, games, poems, stories, TPR, and TPRS.
3. Thematic units reflect the National Foreign Language Standards.
4. Examples of thematic units: seasons, food, geography, school, basic conversation, family and cultural topics. |
| Physical Education |
1. Fitness Activities
2. Locomotor Skills/Spacial Awareness
3. Ball Skills
4. Cooperative Games/Activities
5. Hand-Eye Coordination/Striking Skills
6. Tumbling/Stunts
7. Throwing & Catching
8. Specific Sports Lead-Up Activities |
1. Fitness Activities
2. Locomotor Skills/Spatial Awareness
3. Ball Skills
4. Cooperative Games/Activities
5. Tumbling/Stunts
6. Throwing & Catching
7. Individual Sports Lead-Up Activities
8. Team Sports Lead-Up Activities |
1. Fitness Activities
2. Locomotor Skills/Spatial Awareness
3. Ball Skills
4. Cooperative Games/Activities
5. Tumbling/Stunts
6. Throwing & Catching
7. Individual Sports Lead-Up Activities
8. Team Sports Lead-Up Activities |
| Music |
1. Children actively engage in music making through the Orff-Schulwerk process
2. Songs, dances, and singing games are drawn from world cultures and the diverse music of the United States
3. Children share music and movement they’ve learned at informal and formal performances throughout the school year
4. Music literacy begins with the separation of rhythmic and melodic notation |
1. Children actively engage in music making through the Orff-Schulwerk process
2. Songs, dances, and singing games are drawn from world cultures and the diverse music of the United States
3. Children share music and movement they’ve learned at informal and formal performances throughout the school year
4. Soprano recorder is integrated in the Orff-Schulwerk process
5. Students notate their own compositions on the 5-line staff
6. Reading music from the 5-line staff on the treble clef |
1. Children actively engage in music making through the Orff-Schulwerk process
2. Songs, dances, and singing games are drawn from world cultures and the diverse music of the United States
3. Children share music and movement they’ve learned at informal and formal performances throughout the school year
4. Soprano recorder is integrated in the Orff-Schulwerk process
5. Students notate their own compositions on the 5-line staff
6. Reading music from the 5-line staff on the treble clef |
| Visual Arts |
1. Articulate/know and identify the elements of art within artwork
2. Organize elements of art within art expression
3. Express our ideas in our art
4. Know and understand that art has many answers and some questions (problems to solve)
5. Think about (reflecting) and talk about art
6. Look at and talk about art
7. Learn to look at and talk about art of other artists/cultures etc.
8. Share our work
9. Learn to use new art tools and materials
10. Learn new art skills |
1. Articulate/know and identify the elements of art within artwork
2. Organize elements of art within art expression
3. Learn about the principles of art as they apply to each lesson
4. Learn how to include our ideas within each art expression
5. Solve visual questions/ problems using art concepts and ideas
6. Think about (reflect) and talk about art
7. Look at and talk about art
8. Learn to look at and talk about art of other artists/cultures etc.
9. Share our work
10. Learn to use new art tools and materials
11. Learn new art skills |
1. Recognize and apply art elements and principles to art expression
2. Understand art as a means of communication
3. Solve visual questions and problems
4. Learn how to include our ideas within each art expression
5. Solve visual questions/ problems using art concepts and ideas
6. Think about (reflect) and talk about art
7.
Look at and talk about art
8. Learn to look at and talk about art of other artists/cultures etc.
9. Learn from other artists
10. Share our work
11. Refine skills with tools and materials
12. Learn to use new art tools and materials
13. Learn new art skills |
| Drama |
Language and communication
Enhancement of language practice, and awareness of communication
choices and how they affect those around us.
Problem solving skills
A safe environment to explore solving conflict with the ability to
propose and try several solutions.
Creativity
An outlet for fostering and developing creative thinking and
interactions through dramatic play and visual art.
Positive self-concept
A perspective change to see where you fit in and how your life
can, has, or may change. An opportunity to fail without repercussions.
Social awareness
Exploring the how and why of different cultures, practices,
and backgrounds to embrace our differences.
Empathy
A chance to deepen understanding of why people feel the way they often do, and how we can experience similar emotions and situations. A sense of "feeling with."
Values and attitudes
Consciously, or subconsciously, examining how your beliefs, or a character's beliefs,
mesh or clash with others. An explanation of how norms influence our world.
An understanding of the art of theatre
A basic opportunity to experience the facets of the art of theatre through
simple performance, pride, production, process and product.
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| Library |
Research Skills
Critical Thinking Skills
Ethical Development and Literacy |
| Technology |
1. Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
2.
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
3.
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively.
4.
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
5.
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
6.
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. |