Elementary School

Reading Objectives:

• Comprehension

• Literary Response and Analysis

Writing Objectives:

• Process

• Application (Types of Writing and Characteristics)

• English Language Convention

Science Objectives:

• General: Scientific Inquiry and Enterprise

• Scientific Thinking

• Physical Setting

Physical Environments Objectives:

• Earth

• Space

• Weather

Fine Motor Skills Objectives:

• Hold pencils and scissors correctly

• Cut on lines

• Outline and color neatly within the lines

Gross Motor Skills Objectives:

• Hop on both feet together

• Hop on one foot (left and right)

• Marche

• Gallop

• Skip

Home Skills Objectives:

• Recite address from memory (including city, state, and zip code)

• Recite telephone number from memory (including area code)

• Recite birth date (including year)

• Demonstrate the ability to put on and fasten outer clothing (unassisted)

• Ties shoes

Social and Work Habits Objectives:

• Put forth best efforts in work

• Take care of school materials

• Use self control to follow school expectations (a.k.a. rules)

• Work independently

• Complete work in a reasonable amount of time (time set before task, students are becoming aware of time length)

• Follow directions

• Listen attentively to others using consistent eye contact

• Stay on task

• Willingly participate in activities

Math Objectives:

• Number sense and Numeration - add and subtract using two and three digit numbers, read, count, and understand number place values up to 1000; understand adding and subtracting money and place values including estimation (rounding); understand multiplication and division; identify and compare fractions

• Measurement - apply measurement in non-standard and standard units of length, perimeter, mass, time, and temperature, identifying and using accurate tools

• Geometry and Spatial sense - identify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes, sort and classify them by their geometric properties; construct and deconstruct two-dimensional and three dimensional shapes

• Patterning and Algebra - identify, create, describe, and extend repeating patterns that increase and decrease; understand and express equal pairs and concepts of equations in adding and subtracting up to 18

• Data Management and Probability - understand and use graphs and tables, apply and the mathematical process expectations are to be applied throughout student learning in Grade 2, through the following applications:

Language Arts Objectives:

• Reading strategies - uses various forms of techniques to understand text such as: summarize and retell, monitor/clarify story details, predict/infer events within a story

• Comprehension - identifies a variety of literary genres (ie. Fiction, fantasy, realistic fiction, poetry, etc, and non-fiction) in order to gain meaning

• Fluency - presents accurate expression and pronunciation in order to demonstrate text meanings

• Listening/Speaking/Recognizing - demonstrates understanding of various integrated Language Arts skills: phonics, spelling/vocabulary, grammar, and writing in order to communicate about and relate to text; reflect and express opinion of text

• 6+1 Writing Traits

• Creative writing

Science Objectives:

• A World of Living things

• Homes for Living things

• Our Earth

• Weather and Space

• Exploring Matter

• Energy and Motion

Social Studies Objectives:

• Governing the People - understanding how government helps communities

• The World Around us - identify types of land and water, including their uses

• Using Our Resources - recognize that people depend on Earth to meet their needs

• People Long Ago - compare and contrast and recognize the importance of family (past and present)

• A World of Many People - identify, compare and contrast different culture's traditions, holidays, and heroes

• People and the Marketplace - understanding the purpose of jobs and people's needs

Language Arts Objectives:

• Read a variety of fiction and non-fiction for pleasure and understanding

• Interpret texts using literary conventions

• Understand oneself through interpretation of texts

• For selected short texts: read, summarize, ask researchable questions, research, make ppt, orally present, and peer critique according to rubric

• Creative writing

• 6+1 Writing Traits

Math Objectives:

• Analyze the structure and language of different types of word problems and discuss different models that can be used to solve word problems

• Use algebraic notation to examine more complex problem including functions

• Derive the formulas for parallelograms and right triangles

• Explain the difference between perimeter and area and be able to calculate for both

• Read, interpret, and pose problems for pictographs, bar graphs, and line graphs

• Discuss and solve change, collection, and comparison problems, and continue to use algebraic notation in situation and solution equations

• Describe rotational symmetry and interpret and create circle graphs

• Understand the relationship between diameter and circumference of a circle

• Add and subtract like and unlide fractions, and to use equivalent fractions

• Manipulate proper and improper fractions and mixed numbers

• Apply their understanding and skills with adding and subtracting fractions to numeric calculations and to real-world problem-solving situations

• Examine and apply important relationships in measurement

• Apply their understanding of multiplication and division to numeric calculations and real-world, problem-solving situations

• Solve and graph equations in the coordinate plane

• Gain a basic understanding of multiplying and dividing with any fraction

Science Objectives:

• Learn that all living things are made of cells

• Discover how cells work together to make up tissues, organs, and organ systems

• Discover the structures of plants that help them carry out life processes

• Investigate how ecosystems change over time, both naturally and as a result of human activities

• Understand why all matter has properties that can be observed, described, and measured

• Investigate how sound and light travel as waves of energy

Social Studies Objectives:

• Focus on the history, geography and cultures of Africa using Elementary School's six major themes based on Common Core standards

Health Objectives:

• Use strategies to prevent/resolve conflicts

• Understand the different body systems and stages of growth

• Make wise decisions when shopping

• Decide which foods to eat or not to eat to get proper nutrition

• How to be safe inside and outside of home

• Have a better understanding of how to prevent certain diseases

• Understand the effects drugs, tobacco, and alcohol has on the body

• Deal with the wide range of feelings encountered in life experiences

Reading Objectives:

• Be able to pronounce a word

• Understand the meaning of sentences and stories as a whole

• Learn to predict, infer, summarize, evaluate, ask questions, monitors and clarify as strategies of comprehension

• Learn sequencing, comparing and contrasting, evaluating cause and effect, noting details, determining realism vs. fantasy, identifying the topic, main idea and details, drawing conclusion, and classifying

Math Objectives:

• Numbers 1-100

• Operations and Simple equations (addition and subtraction) to 20

• Addition and subtraction story problems and strategies

• Place value

• Comparing graphs, measurements, shapes and patterns

• Fractions

• Clocks and calendars

• Money

• Measurement

Language Arts Objectives:

• Sentences - what makes a sentences, telling and asking and exclamation sentences, parts of a sentence

• Nouns and Pronouns

• Verbs - action verbs, being verbs, and making verbs into contractions

• Adjectives - look, taste, smell, sound, texture, comparatives and superlatives

• Capitalization rules

• Prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, publishing and reflecting

Spelling Objectives:

• Learn decoding and spelling skills

• Learn beginning and ending blends, diagraphs, inflectional endings, and compound words

• Learn to focus on spelling pattern as well as knowing the meaning of and how to use the words in sentences

Science Objectives:

• Use 5 senses to gather information, compare and classify objects, make predictions, and draw conclusions

Social Studies Objectives:

• Learn the similarities and differences of cultures around the world

Math Objectives:

• Develop place value concepts to include numbers in the hundreds and thousands

• Develop concepts and skills related to counting money, telling time, identifying elapsed time, and using a calendar

• Develop skills with adding and subtracting

• Develop concepts and skills using customary and metric units of measure

• Develop concepts and skills using multiplication

• Develop concepts and skills using division

Social Studies Objectives:

• Focus on the history, geography and cultures of Oceania using Elementary School's six major themes and based on Common Core standards

Science Objectives:

• Living Things in Our World

• Living Things Interact

• Earth's Land

• Weather and Space

• Investigating Matter and Energy

Language Arts Objectives:

• Use various reading strategies such as: summarize and retell, monitor/clarify story details, predict/infer events within a story

• Identify a variety of literary genres in order to gain meaning

• Demonstrate understanding of various integrated Language Arts skills: phonics, spelling/vocabulary, grammar, and writing in order to communicate about and relate to texts, and reflect and express opinions

• 6+1 Writing Traits

• Creative writing

Math Objectives:

• Be able to complete basic and multi-digit addition/subtraction/multiplication/division problems

• See patterns in math and find alternative ways to solve problems

• Be able to consolidate problems to solve quickly

• Understand the properties of multiplication -- communicative, identity, associative, distributive, and order of operations

• Solve problems with tables

• Solve word problems

• Find factors and multiples

• Identify and analyze geometric figures

• Find perimeter and area of quadrilaterals, polygons and triangles

• Understand equality

• Write place values to the thousands

• Name and measure angles

• Name types of triangles using different methods

• Measure length, distance, area, volume, capacity, mass and temperature

• Understand and Use the properties of algebraic equations

• Add/Subtract/Compare fractions with like and unlike denominators

• Find, solve and use basic probability problems

Language Arts Objectives:

• Read a variety of fiction and non-fiction materials (e.g., short novels, myths, biographies, short articles) for different purposes

• Read independently, using a variety of reading strategies

• State their own interpretation of a written work, using evidence from the work and from their own knowledge

• Understand the vocabulary and language structures appropriate for this grade level

• Use conventions

• Identify the main idea in a piece of writing and provide supporting details

• Identify and describe elements of stories (e.g., plot, central idea, characters, setting)

• Make judgments about what they read

• 6+1 Writing Traits

• Creative writing

Science Objectives:

• Understand that rocks and soils are formed and broken down by natural processes and that the Earth's surface has landforms that have changed and continue to change

• Be aware that water moves in regular cycle that influences the weather and that objects in space, including Earth and its moon, move in regular and observable patterns

• Know how to classify living things

• Understand and explain life cycles of animals

• Understand how different animals adapt to their environment

• Know and understand how the body systems work together to keep us alive

Social Studies Objectives:

• Focus on the history, geography and cultures of South America using Elementary School's six major themes and based on Common Core standards