Summary of Skills

Unit 1: Communities Around the World [LA] [S] [SS]

Language Arts

• Answer high-level questions about a text
• Apply understanding of letter sounds and attempt to spell words
• Complete graphic organizers
• Compose a variety of written products using a writing process
• Compose complete sentences with punctuation
• Compose sentences and paragraphs to communicate ideas
• Develop vocabulary by listening to and discussing new words
• Explain how information and events relate to life experience
• Listen and respond to stories read aloud
• Read aloud independently with fluency and comprehension
• Read and comprehend fiction
• Read and comprehend fiction and non-fiction
• Read and write simple poems
• Recognize and describe the historical events associated with national holidays
• Respond to open-ended question about a text
• Retell the order of events in a story
• Select and use new vocabulary and language structures in both speech and writing
• Summarize events in a story
• Use correct capitalization for proper nouns and at the beginning of sentences
• Use new vocabulary in writing
• Use prior knowledge to make meaning of text
• Use words that describe, name characters and settings, and tell action and events in simple texts
• Use writing to communicate an idea
• Write three and four letter words using correct spelling
• Write using an author's model of language

Math

• Collect, organize, describe, and display data using line plots and tallies
• Compare and order numbers
• Compare objects in a set
• Count by 2s, 5s, and 10s
• Find equivalent sets
• Model addition and subtraction problems
• Practice single-digit addition
• Put numbers in sequential order
• Read and write numbers
• Recognize, draw, and build three dimensional shapes: rectangular prisms, cubes, cones, and cylinders
• Solve problems that use addition and subtraction
• Solve problems using spatial visualization
• Understand the value of money
• Use groupings of twos, fives, and tens to solve problems
• Use Venn diagrams to illustrate similarities and differences

Science

• Collect and record information
• Compare two or more sets of information
• Conduct simple experiments
• Describe seasonal changes
• Draw conclusions and communicate findings
• Plan and conduct investigations
• Record and compare collected information
• Sort and classify objects

Social Studies

• Compare and contrast current and historical changes in a community
• Compare and contrast similarities and differences among individuals and families
• Create simple maps
• Create visual materials
• Describe characteristics of jobs and a job well done
• Describe how people in other cultures earn money
• Describe how people work to earn money
• Describe jobs that contribute to goods and services
• Describe the roles of individuals in a family
• Describe ways communities around the world meet basic needs
• Engage in democratic decision making
• Examine the wants and needs of people in a community
• Examine wants and needs of people in a community
• Explore and cite reasons for observing special days that recognize celebrated individuals of diverse cultures
• Explore and cite reasons for observing special days that recognize celebrated individuals of diverse cultures around the world
• Explore community services that are provided by the government
• Gather information from a variety of sources
• Identify and describe characteristics of communities in other parts of the world
• Identify and explore different communities
• Identify examples of wants and needs
• Identify responsibilities of authority figures
• Identify the roles of people in leadership
• Identify uses of money (spending, saving, giving)
• Investigate features of maps
• Locate places on maps
• Participate in activities that demonstrate the division of labor
• Predict consequences that may result from responsible and irresponsible actions
• Recognize and describe religious and secular symbols/celebrations associated with special days of diverse cultures
• Recognize and describe the historical events associated with national holidays
• Recognize choices people make to satisfy wants and needs with limited resources
• Recognize goods and services provided by the community
• Recognize how citizens in a community are affected by change
• Recognize markets and their role in the exchange of goods and services
• Recognize that all families produce and consume goods and services
• Recognize that members of the community are affected by changes in the community
• Recognize the need for rules in different settings
• Trace changes in communities over time
• Trace the historical foundations of traditions in various neighborhoods and communities

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

Language Arts

• Analyze characters' traits, feelings, and relationships
• Answer high-level questions about a text
• Compose a variety of written products using a writing process
• Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of texts: biographies
• Elaborate on how information and events relate to life experience
• End sentences with correct punctuation
• Explain how information and events relate to life experience
• Read a variety of different texts
• Read and comprehend fiction and nonfiction
• Recognize how illustrations contribute to text
• Respond to stories through writing
• Set a purpose for listening to text read aloud
• Share personal experiences after listening to a text
• Understand simple story structure
• Use text to locate important information
• Use words that tell action and events

Math

• Collect, organize, and describe data
• Count by 2s, 5s, and 10s
• County by 2s, 5s, and 10s
• Create and interpret graphs
• Describe part of a set
• Divide a whole into halves, thirds, and fourths
• Draw and name geometric figures
• Measure attributes of objects
• Solve problems involving fair shares

Science

• Recognize the importance of technological design

Social Studies

• Compare and contrast similarities and differences among individuals and families
• Demonstrate a respect for authority
• Describe changes in a community
• Describe the roles of individuals in a family
• Describe the roles of individuals in the family
• Develop and exhibit citizenship traits
• Explain the meaning of American traditions
• Explore physical features of continents and major bodies of water
• Explore the benefits of diversity in the United States
• Identify and participate in American anthems
• Identify characteristics of good citizenship
• Identify examples of good citizens
• Identify responsibilities of authority figures
• Identify the need for fairness in rules by individuals and by people in authority
• Identify the roles of leaders in the home and community
• Identify various groups to which individuals and families belong
• Investigate features of maps
• Predict consequences that may result from responsible and irresponsible actions
• Recite and explain the Pledge of Allegiance
• Recognize how citizens in a community are affected by change
• Recognize that members of the community are affected by changes in the community
• Recognize the need for fairness
• Recognize the need for rules in different settings

Unit 3: Plants and Animals [LA] [S] [SS]

Language Arts

• Answer high-level questions about a text
• Compose a variety of products (stories, journal entries, letters, response logs, simple poems, oral retellings) using a writing process
• Compose a variety of written products using a writing process
• Demonstrate comprehension of text by answering questions and summarizing information
• Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of texts
• Describe main characters and setting
• Identify examples and uses of natural resources
• Recognize the features of a paragraph
• Select and use new vocabulary in speech and writing
• Use an author's model for language to compose poems
• Use vocabulary to describe feelings and ideas
• Use words that name and words that tell action
• Write or participate in writing using an author's model of language and extending the model
• Write using an author's model of language

Math

• Collect and display data
• Compare objects according to attributes
• Create simple graphs
• Estimate length, capacity, and weight
• Identify and create patterns
• Identify and sort objects according to attributes
• Measure objects using standard measurements
• Solve problems involving the application of time
• Solve problems that use addition and subtraction
• Use Venn diagrams to illustrate similarities and differences

Science

• Ask and answer questions about organisms
• Communicate explanations about investigations
• Compare and contrast living organisms
• Compare and give examples of ways organisms depend on one another
• Conduct simple experiments
• Describe the needs of plants and animals
• Describe ways living organisms depend on each other for their basic needs
• Explore a wide variety of living things
• Give examples of ways organisms depend on one another
• Identify ways environment support the needs of animals and plants
• Investigate the needs of plants and animals
• Observe the ways in which humans are similar to other organisms
• Sort organisms according to their parts and characteristics

Social Studies

• Examine wants and needs of people in a community
• Identify examples of natural resources
• Recognize that all families produce and consume goods and services