Our Curriculumn
Reading Curriculum
We will be using two programs for our primary reading instruction.
- Fundations: Wilson Fundations makes learning to read fun while laying the groundwork for life-long literacy. Students in grades K-3 receive systematic instruction in critical foundational skills emphasizing:
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonics/ word study
- High frequency word study
- Reading fluency
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension strategies
- Handwriting
- Spelling
- EL Open-Up: A program that encourages students to work together while exploring STEM based literature.
Things to work on:
- Please have your child read (or read to) for 20-minutes each day
- Practice trick works each day (have him/her practice reading and spelling them)
- Writing his/her first and last names
- Recite his/her address
- Write a complete sentence
Math Curriculum
Our primary math program is Everyday Mathematics. In the classroom math will consist of whole group instruction and exploration as well as a calendar wall component.
Things to work on:
- identifying and writing numbers 0-120
- one more and one less, ten more and ten less than a number
- Telling time to the hour and half hour
- The identification of basic 2D and 3D shapes