August

Themes of study:

§         Beginning of school activities

§         Citizenship/Friendship

§         Class and School Rules

§         Kevin Henkes author study

Language Arts:

§         Complete sentences

§         Subjects/predicates

Reading

§         Predicting

§         Character

§         Author’s purpose

§         Setting

Math

§         Number System

September

Themes of study:

§         Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown (geography and author study)

§         Changes science kit

Language Arts:

§         Statements/ questions

§         Commands/ exclamations

Reading

§         Drawing conclusions

§         Compare/contrast

Math

§         Place Value

October

Themes of study:

§         Dinosaurs

§         Nocturnal Animals

§         Cynthia Rylant Author Study

Language Arts:

§         Nouns

§         Proper nouns

§         Singular/ plural nouns

§         Irregular plural nouns

Reading

§         Steps in a process

§         Compare contrast

§         Graphic sources

Math

§         Continue Number System and place value

§         Begin + and – of 2 digit numbers with and without regrouping

November

Themes of study:

§         Voting

§         Immigration

§         Thanksgiving

§         Mark Teague author/illustrator study

Language Arts:

§         Possessive nouns

§         Verbs

§         Subject/verb agreement

Reading

§         Sequence

§         Summarizing

§         Context clues

Math

§         Continue +/- of 2 digit numbers

§         Begin Geometry

December

Themes of study:

§         Holidays/ Celebrations around the world

§         December activities

§         Laura Numeroff author study

Language Arts:

§         Verb tenses

§         Correct verb tenses

Reading

§         Cause and effect

§         character

Math

§         Continue Geometry

January

Themes of study:

§         New Year and Chinese New Year

§         Space

§         100^th day of school

§         Jan Brett author study

Language Arts:

§         Verbs to be

§         Adjectives

Reading

§         Summarizing

§         Classifying

Math

§         Measurement

February

Themes of study:

§         Famous Americans

§         Black History month

§         Dental Health

§         Valentine’s day

§         Norman Birdwell author study (Clifford books)

Language Arts:

§         Writing with adjectives

§         Comparative/ superlative

Reading

§         Theme

§         Realism vs. fantasy

§         Plot

Math

§         Money

March

Themes of study:

§         Habitats

§         St. Patrick’s Day

§         Dr. Seuss author study

Language Arts:

§         Adverbs

§         Pronouns

§         Singular/plural pronouns

§         Subject/object pronouns

Reading

§         Making judgments

§         Main idea

§         Character

§         Fact/opinion

Math

§         Time

April

Themes of study:

§         Butterflies science kit

§         Earth day

§         SATs

§         Eric Carle Author study

Language Arts:

§         Writing with pronouns

§         Contractions

§         Complete sentences

Reading

§         Graphic sources

§         Main idea

§         Realism vs. fantasy

Math

§         3 digit + and –

§         Begin Multiplication

May

Themes of study:

§         Weather, volcanoes, earthquakes

§         Cinco de Mayo

§         2^nd grade memories activities

§         Leo Lionne Author study

Language Arts:

§         Quotation marks

§         commas

Reading

§         context clues

§         plot

Math

§         continue Multiplication

§         begin division