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Literacy Block

90 minutes every day.

Primary Instructional Materials:

  • Wonders

  • Chapter Books (Socratic seminar introduction to critical thinking)

Vocabulary:

·    Vocabulary tests are from the Wonders reading program that mirrors the reading for that week.

Writing

50 minutes per day.

  • Lucy Calkins

  • DLI 

  • Units of Study

The children learn paragraph structure.  Grammar is practiced with Daily Language Instruction and/or Wonders Language Instruction.

Social Studies & Science

30-40 minutes per day.  We will alternate between social studies and science.

Social Studies primary instructional material:

  • Social Studies Alive

  • Weekly Geography

  • Scholastic News

  • Colorado Springs History

Science:

Kits and Science Book

  • Life cycles of plants and animals

  • Weather

  • Forces of motion

 

Math

60 minutes per day.

Primary instructional tool is GoMath

Big Concepts:

  • Place Value

  • Measurement

  • Multiplication/Division

  • Geometry

  • Fractions

  • Fact Practice

Homework

Students have homework assigned nightly.  Each student is expected to practice math facts for at least 10 minutes and to read a book for at least 20 minutes each night.  Any other homework will be written in their planner daily.  The planner must be signed by a parent each night.

Classroom Behavior

Classroom behavior is monitored using the RULER and PBIS systems and follows our posted ROCKS expectations.  We will also recognize students that display exemplary character traits on a monthly basis.