• Multiplication facts 0 – 12
• Different problem solving approaches
• Addition review and extension
• Subtraction review and extension
• Multiplication
• Division
• Fractions
• Rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000
• Place value
• Time
• Money
• Temperature

• Building background
• Vocabulary strategies
• Cause and effect
• Statements and questions
• Making predictions
• Context clues
• Drawing conclusions
• Story elements
• Author’s Purpose
• Comprehension
• Phonics Skills
• A/R Test

Novels: Chocolate Touch, Secret in Maple Tree, Pilgrim Boy, Cricket in Times Square

Study the life of:

• Abraham
• Jacob
• Joseph
• Daniel

Scripture memory

• Vocabulary strategies
• Sentence types
• Parts of speech
• Expository writing
• Persuasive writing
• Dictionary skills
• Grammar skills
• Book Report Projects

• Students practice writing letters and groups of letters in cursive.
• Students focus on the five basic areas of becoming a better cursive writer: alignment, slant, size, shape, and spacing

Students are given weekly spelling lists of 22 words.

Each list is grouped phonetically with a specific focus as well as high frequency words and 2 states.

Throughout the week, students will work in a workbook that uses specific spelling strategies to help the students become better spellers.

Students are tested over a list of words each week.

• United States History: Discovery of America, Jamestown, Pilgrims/Plymouth, Quakers/Pennsylvania 
• Famous Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, George Washington, Daniel Boone, and others
• Geography: Mapping skills, Location of all 50 states, Location of 7 continents, Location of oceans
• Black History Month

• Scientific Investigations
• Forces and Electricity
• Heat and Temperature
• Ecosystems
• Soil
• Plants
• Investigate and Research

• Elements of Design: Line, shape, color, value, texture, form and space
• Media: Different media and techniques in artworks from around the world (painting, drawing, cutting, gluing, sculpting (slab technique), and mixed media
• Skills: Create artworks using observation, problem solving, designing, sketching and constructing
• Create using color value, color schemes (complementary colors)
• Creating art which communicates ideas based on imagination, recall and observation
• Identify and describe the elements of two and three dimensional form
• Recognizes that visual arts are part of various cultures' history
• Knowledge of foreground, middle ground, background and horizon line

Our curriculum covers 12 essential skills of digital literacy including: computer fundamentals, coding, keyboarding, online safety and digital citizenship, computational thinking, multimedia, internet usage and online communication, visual mapping, word processing, spreadsheets, databases and presentations.

• Dynamics (loud and soft)
• Pitch (high and low)
• Rhythm (fast and slow, rhythm patterns)
• Melody (high and low, melodic patterns)
• Harmony (combination of high and low pitches played together)
• Performance (rhythmic and melodic instruments including African Drums, various rhythm instruments, and bells)
• Music History (study of composers and their music in correlation to how it relates to today’s music)
• Composition (writing rhythmic and melodic patterns and songs)

-Colors
-Numbers
-Days of the Week
-Months
-Likes/dislikes
-Family
-Foods/beverages
-Places
-Basic conversation
-Culture
-Building basic language skills: listening, speaking, comprehension and reading. 
 

Students come to the library weekly and are able to check out no more than five books per week and can renew them two times.

• Develop team-building skills by working with others through physical activity
• Understand principles of health promotion and the prevention and treatment of illness and injury
• Students will perform loco motor, non-loco motor and manipulative skills at a utilization level, show fundamental components of healthy living, and use appropriate skills in team, group and individual activities
• Introduce basic fundamental skills of various team sports and other health-enhancing activities
• During all activities, recreational play verses competitive play and good sportsmanship are continually fostered and encouraged.