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Curriculum

I can... learn to think and think to learn

 

From perimeters to Potawatomi, we focus on building thinking skills and character that will carry us into adulthood!

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*Stay tuned for curriculum updates in 2017-2018!*

 

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.  -FDR

 

Math

*Understand Meanings and Equivalent Names for Numbers*Make Reasonable Estimates*Understand Meanings of Operations*Graph, Analyze and Interpret Data*Apply Basic Concepts of Probability*Find area and perimeter*Measure to the nearest 1/2 inch and centimeter*Tell time to the nearest minute*Identify, describe, model, and compare plane and solid figures*Find lines of symmetry*Learn numeric patterns*Describe and apply properties of multiplication and addition

Literacy

 

Shared reading*Choral reading*Guided reading*Independent reading*feature articles*poetry*fiction*personal narrative*research project*Handwriting Without Tears Cursive*Modeled writing*Interactive writing*Shared writing*Pre-writing/Graphic Organizers*Drafting*Editing*Word Meaning/Structure* Word Solving*Spelling*Comprehension*read a variety of genres*write personal responses*set a purpose for reading*compare and contrast ideas*identify a central theme of a story*explain concepts in informational texts*use capital letters and end-of-sentence punctuation

 

Science

 

Describe how specific habitats provide the resources to plants and animals*Explain how characteristics of plants and animals help them survive*Demonstrate that light travels in a straight line and that shadows are made by placing objects in the paths of light*

Explain how light enables us to see objects*Share ideas about science through purposeful conversation in collaborative groups*

Explain that the spin of the earth creates night and day*

Compare and contrast the sun, moon and earth*

Describe the apparent movement of the sun and moon across the sky through day/night and the seasons*

Construct, use and reflect upon models in science*

Identify materials that are attracted by magnets*

Explain that magnetic forces can work through air and most other materials*Identify electricity as a form of energy that can produce light, heat, sound, motion or magnetic effects*Use evidence when communicating scientific ideas*Explain that there must be a complete circuit for electrical current to flow

Social Studies

 

Geography of Michigan: maps*hemispheres*continent*countries*bodies of water*landforms*state symbols*climate*natural resources*

using and adapting to the Michigan environment*land use

 

History: Thinking like a historian-using primary and secondary resources: chronology and timelines*diaries and written evidence*cause and effect

Native Cultures in Michigan- Old Copper People*Hopewell Native Americans*People of the Forest*Three Fires*Potawatami*French arrival*fur trade*French and Indian War*Pontiac's rebellion*American Revolution*Michigan statehood*Northwest Ordinance*Lewis Cass*Erie Canal*The Toledo War

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