Focus: Character and Settings
Core Knowledge Stories:
Jumping Mouse
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Tug of War
MATH
During the months of November and December students will work on the following skills:
· numbers 0-20 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
· tally marks
· matching and sorting: shapes
· reviewing 2 -dimensional shapes
· patterns :ABC and ABB
· comparing, ordering, and measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a ruler in inches
Throughout the year students will explore math through open-ended- problem solving journals, math stations, ipads/ipods, IXL, rekenreks, and a variety of math manipulatives.
HANDWRITING/WRITING
Lucy Calkins--We are working on thinking like writers and getting our ideas on paper using pictures and words.
CORE KNOWLEDGE
Farms - Students will be able to explain what a farm is and why farms are important; identify animals, machinery, tools and buildings found on a farm. Students will also be able to identify the needs of animals and sequence the seasonal rhythm of planting, growing, and harvesting.
