Summary of Skills

Unit 1: Amazing Attributes [LA] [S] [SS]

Language Arts

• Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
• Attempt to read written text
• Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
• Express ideas and ask questions
• Give presentations to express ideas and understanding
• Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
• Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
• Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.
• Recognize and name letters
• Use new vocabulary in conversation and writing
• Use words that describe in speech and writing

Math

• Compare attributes of two objects (size, color, weight, height, length, and texture)
• Estimate quantities
• Order numbers from smallest to largest
• Sort and classify objects by attributes
• Write numbers 1-30

Science

• Compare attributes of two objects (size, color, weight, height, length, and texture)
• Describe that some soils retain more water, nutrients and provide better structural support than others and therefore enhance the growth and development of certain plants.
• Develop and use vocabulary associated with properties of materials (color, size, shape, and texture)
• Explain how some Earth materials have properties that make them useful in solving human problems.
• Explain that Earth materials include solid rocks, soil and water, which all have different observable properties.
• Observe and describe the properties of different kinds of objects (clay, wood, cloth, paper, etc.) and how they are used
• Recognize that Earth materials (matter) may be described by their physical properties (e.g., color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility, attraction to magnets, floating or sinking in water).
• Recognize that Earth materials have different properties that sustain plant and animal life.
• Recognize that Earth materials that retain their shape regardless of the container they occupy are classified as solids.
• Recognize that matter is described in terms of its physical properties, including relative size and mass, shape, color, and texture
• Recognize that soils have different properties based on where they are located on the Earth.
• Recognize that water is an Earth material that takes the shape of the container it occupies and is classified as a liquid.
• Sort objects according to their properties
• Summarize the physical properties of Earth materials, including rocks, minerals, soils and water that make them useful in different ways
• Understand that some soils retain more water, nutrients and provide better structural support than others and therefore enhance the growth and development of certain plants
• Understand the physical properties of Earth materials that make them useful in different ways.

Social Studies

• Describe how individuals are unique and valued

Unit 2: Senses [LA] [S] [SS]

Language Arts

• Activate prior knowledge before reading a text
• Attempt to read written text
• Describe experiences and ideas orally
• Determine a purpose for listening to text read aloud
• Identify the title and author of a book
• Interact with reader when text is read aloud (questions, comments, and ideas)
• Listen responsively to text read aloud
• Listen to stories and text read aloud
• Read or attempt to read written text
• Recognize and write letters
• Recognize beginning consonant sounds of words
• Recognize some words by sight
• Use descriptive words in speech and writing
• Use prior knowledge when listening to text
• Write letters of the alphabet

Math

• Classify objects according to attributes
• Compare and order sets
• Compare attributes of two objects (size, color, weight, height, length, and texture)
• Complete puzzles and logical reasoning tasks
• Conduct a survey
• Count objects in a set
• Create charts and graphs
• Estimate quantities
• Read and write numbers
• Recognize one-to-one correspondence

Science

• Describe how objects look, smell, taste, and sound using your senses
• Describe properties of objects and characteristics of organisms
• Develop and use vocabulary associated with properties of materials (color, size, shape, and texture)
• Identify body parts associated with the senses

Unit 3: We're the Same, We're Different [LA] [S] [SS]

Language Arts

• Attempt to write words and sentences using inventive spelling
• Complete sentences
• Connect information in text to personal experience
• Dictate ideas and responses
• Discuss, illustrate, and dramatize stories
• Read or attempt to read own story or simple text
• Represent spoken language with phonetic spelling
• Represent spoken language with temporary spelling
• Use author's model of language
• Use new vocabulary in conversation and writing
• Use vocabulary to describe ideas, feelings, and experiences
• Use words that describe in speech and writing

Math

• Collect and organize data
• Compare attributes of two objects (size, color, weight, height, length, and texture)
• Complete a chart
• Complete puzzles and logical reasoning tasks
• Count objects in a set
• Estimate measurements of distance
• Express calendar time using appropriate vocabulary — days of the week, months of the year, and seasons
• Identify equivalent sets
• Identify, draw, and name shapes (triangles, rectangles, circles, cubes, and spheres)
• Order numbers from smallest to largest
• Organize data
• Read and write numbers
• Sort objects according to attributes
• Write numbers 1-30

Social Studies

• Compare and contrast customs and traditions of families in communities around the world
• Compare family customs and traditions
• Describe how individuals are unique and valued
• Distinguish between wants and needs
• Examine diverse family structures around the world
• Explain the importance of customs and traditions
• Explore different forms of transportation
• Explore how families express their cultures through celebrations, rituals, and traditions
• Identify differences among people
• Identify different groups to which individuals belong
• Identify family customs and traditions and explain their importance
• Identify personal attributes common to all people such as physical characteristics
• Identify religious and secular symbols associated with holidays and specials days of diverse cultures
• Recognize that families and groups have similarities and differences
• State reasons for observing religious and secular holidays of diverse cultures