I. MATHEMATICS

A. Decimal System

1. Decimal system layout—association of quantity with number up to thousand
2. Importance of zero in decimal system
3. Understanding of four arithmetic operations—addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

B. Arithmetic operations

1. Addition—involving three or more addends, memorization of addition facts 1-18
2. Subtraction—concept and process of subtraction using three to four digit numbers, borrowing, and subtraction facts 1-18
3. Multiplication—concept and process of multiplication, memorization of simple multiplication facts (Know all facts through 12)
4. Division—concept and process of division with material

C. Cardinal and ordinal numbers 1-10

D. Roman numerals 1-100

E. Money—cents, nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars

F. Geometry—vocabulary and concepts

1. Lines
2. Angles
3. Names of the shapes of plane figures
4. Solids

G. Measurements

1. Linear
2. Weights
3. Volumes

H. Clock—telling time in 1 minute intervals, quarter past, half past and quarter to

I. Calendar

II. READING

A. Phonic analysis skills

B. Word attack process

1. Sounding out words
2. Prefix and suffix recognition

C. Reading—appreciation and comprehension

1. Recognizing main idea and characters
2. Recall sequence or information
3. Summarize
4. Identify written styles—poetry, fairy tales, fables, fiction and non-fiction
5. Oral reading—attention to interpretive reading and clear diction

D. Vocabulary development

1. Synonyms, homonyms and antonyms
2. Looking up dictionary—list entry word, definition and a sample sentence using the word

E. Dictionary usage

III. SPELLING

A. Phonetic words with short and long vowels
B. Consonant diagraphs: ch, sh, th, wh
C. Other combinations: oo, ou, ow, ew, aw, sq, qu, ey, ay, ng, kn, er, ir, or, ur
D. Sight words
E. Compound words

IV. LANGUAGE

A. Written Language

1. Identify and use complete sentences
2. Recognize sentence parts—noun, verb, conjunction, article, adjective, adverb and prepositions
3. Use of upper case letters in proper nouns, I and sentence beginnings
4. Punctuation—period, apostrophe, comma and quotations
5. Simple compositions
6. Common and proper noun, singular and plural, concrete and abstract, and masculine and feminine
7. Letter writing
8. Other skills from workbooks and ditto papers
9. Story and poetry writing

V. CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

A. Science

1. Botany—trees, shrubs and herbs

a) parts of a plant—root, leaf and flowers
b) different kinds of roots

2. Zoology—living and non-living

a) Simple classification of animal kingdom—invertebrates and vertebrates
b) Recognition of different parts of animals of fishes, birds, reptiles and mammals

3. Solar system
4. Earthquakes, rocks and volcanoes

B. Geography

1. Continents
2. Countries of North America and South America
3. Oceans
4. Different land forms and rivers
5. States and capitals

C. History and Social Sciences

1. Different cultures and people in community
2. History through holidays

 

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