Curriculum

 

Reading Curriculum

We will be using two programs for our primary reading instruction.

1. 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

1.  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