Cultural Studies | Language Arts | Mathematics | Practical Life and Learning Skills
Cultural Studies
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Topic |
Pre-Primary (Toddler) |
Primary |
Lower Elementary |
Upper Elementary |
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Natural World Systems |
Seasons, weather |
Seasons, weather living/ non- living |
Seasons, weather, organic/inorganic, solstices |
Seasons, weather, organic/inorganic, solstices, nitrogen, and water cycles, migration of all species |
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Physical World Elements |
Basic land and water forms |
Land, water, air, globe and continents, basic land forms |
Land, water air, basic land forms, rivers, volcanoes, mountains, internal parts of the earth, oceans of the earth, states of matter |
Properties of matter, passages of the states of matter, climates, physical geography astronomy, gravity, solar energy, electricity, magnetism, light |
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Universe/Earth |
Earth /globes introduced |
Moon, sun and stars, planets |
Formation of the universe theories and creation myths |
Formation of a star, planets, death of a star, black holes and string theory, principles in physics, plate tectonics |
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General Sciences |
Names of animal families/body parts names of flowers and trees/parts life cycles introduced |
Parts of animals, classification of animals, parts of a plant parts of a leaf parts of a flower, introduction to life cycles (butterfly), scientific inquiry |
Kingdoms of life, botany, biology, Life cycles, simple machines scientific method, scientific inquiry |
Periodic Table of Elements vital functions, life cycles, Chinese boxes, Tree of Life, The Great River, scientific method, simple machines, ecology |
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History/Cultures |
Day, night, morning afternoon, evening, calendar Celebrations, U.N. Day
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Calendar, clock cultural studies of the continents |
Clock of eras, timeline of life, creation stories, study of continents and countries, study of North America, fundamental human needs |
Timelines of Earth history, human life, ancient history, human inventions and contributions, Western civilization, explorers, Pin Maps and political geography |
Language and Arts
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Topic |
(Pre-Primary) Toddler (18 mos. - 2.6 years) |
Primary (3-6 years) |
Lower Elementary (6-9 years) |
Upper Elementary (9-12 years) |
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Listening |
Practical Life activities, sound identification, carrying out spoken directions Active listening skills introduced |
Practical Life activities, grace and courtesy, carrying out spoken directions, attentiveness, active listening skills at group time |
All of the previous items, attention to speaker, ability to hear rhythm, rhyme and meter |
All previous items, appreciation of others; views and ideas, reacting appropriate in dramatic presentations, Listening for a specific purpose, developing critical evaluation |
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Oral Communication |
Sharing at circle times, communicating personal needs, enriched vocabulary development, world language study, story/poetry reading, singing together |
Sharing at circle times, communicating personal needs and concerns, conflict resolution skills, interpreting and telling stories, enriched vocabulary development, world language studies |
Sharing at circle times, participation in class meetings and student government sessions, peer interactions, story telling and development enriched vocabulary development/etymology studies, drama experiences, world- language studies |
All previous items and multiple oral presentations, musical theater performances, “Literature Circle” discussions, poise/confidence in group situations, ability to give clear directions, ability to develop respect during exchange of ideas |
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Written Communication |
Name recognition sound/letter matching |
Composition, moveable alphabet words and phrases, ability to construct sentences, questions and answers |
Narratives, recording experiences in sequence, setting, character, events in detail, friendly letter, use of dictionary, development of sentences, paragraphs, research skills, introduction to editing and revision work, mechanics, awareness of audience |
Previous items and development of organizational structure of writing process to create clear coherent and focused essays, outlines, book reports, reviews, advanced research skills, newspaper writing, genre work, additional editing and mechanics skills, paraphrasing, formal letter writing, poetry, script-writing in response to literature, using appropriate technology |
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Grammar |
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Identification and use of basic parts of speech (nouns, verbs) in speaking, games and activities (farm) |
Identification and use of POS in speaking and in writing, games, activities (farm) and beginning analysis work |
Previous listings, extensive language mechanics, verb study, advanced sentence analysis, diagramming |
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Spelling |
Spelling child’s name on artwork |
Phonemic awareness, Phonetic spelling, invented spelling, correct spelling |
Alpha-order, antonyms, synonyms, homophones, homonyms, capital letters, compound words, contractions, use of dictionary, weekly spelling tests |
Previous listings, prefix/suffix, singular/plural, possessives, syllabication, rhyming, continued weekly spelling tests.
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Handwriting |
Strengthening of the hand through practical life skills, pencil grip development, beginning alphabet shapes |
Preparation for writing through practical life skills, beginning writing activities and development of pencil grip, identification of D’Nealian letter shapes for lower case letter formation |
Strengthening of pencil grip, writing fluidly and legibly, introduction of cursive writing upper and lower case formation, beginning study of the history of writing |
Continue to maintain previous skills in cursive, in addition to note taking skills, and the study of the history of writing, use and application of computer keyboarding skills
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Critical Thinking |
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Logical associations, comparison of qualities introduced |
Develop analytical skills in group reading interpretation situations, able to classify and categorize ideas |
Develop interpretive and evaluative questions from literary selections for group discussion, additional skills for literary response and analysis |
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Reading |
Sitting and looking at books, alone and together in groups, modeling reading |
Phonetic reading using moveable alphabet, word-building sequence: short vowels, consonant blends, diagraphs, long vowels, vowel blends, compound words, two-syllable words, emergent reading |
Independent reading, oral reading, silent reading for meaning, context clues, group discussion and analysis, reading for fact finding, reading tables and charts, maps, and diagrams, etc. |
All previous skills, reading knowledge (mathematical reading, scientific reading, textbook reading, encyclopedia reading, periodicals, journals, blogs, plays, multiple literature genres), explain common literary devices in fictional and non-fiction texts, use of library for independent reading
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Mathematics
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Topic |
Pre-Primary (Toddler) (18 mos. - 2.6 mos.) |
Primary (3-6) |
Lower Elementary (6-9) |
Upper Elementary (9-12) |
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Geometry and Measurement |
Sensorial explorations, geometric solids |
Naming shapes in plane geometry, metal insets, solids, introduction of solid geometry terminology, constructive triangle boxes, point, line, surface and solid. Geometric shapes of multiple triangles, classification of shapes |
Naming, comparing and measuring geometric shapes and angles, using box of sticks, geometry cabinet, ruler, protractor for length, width, area and perimeter of rectangle, triangle, irregular shapes, polygons, Study of angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons Introduction to volume |
All previous in greater depth and for parallelograms triangles, circles for circumference and area , story of the Babylonians, Pythagorean Theorem, Euclidean Geometry, graphing coordinate of points on Cartesian coordinate planes (4), number lines, symmetry, congruency, equivalency, translations, rotations, reflections, slides, finding the sums of angles in simple polygons |
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Number Sense/Decimal Systems |
Counting quantities, quantity/symbol association |
Sensorial exploration of quantities and symbols, association of number/symbol in concrete progression, number building of quantities to 9,999, cardinal numbers, ordinal numbers, odd and even, extensive place value work, building of teens, tens, skip counting to 1,000 using bead- chain cabinet and tags |
Addition work with previous levels as well as counting and reading numbers 1-1,000,000, regrouping, Roman numerals, basic fractions, hierarchies, monomial, binomials, trinomials, decanomial |
Advance fraction work, decimals to millionths, decimals to fractions, percentages, ratio, exponents, square root, cube root, binomials squared, trinomials squared, negative numbers, rational and irrational numbers, study of numeration in bases other than 10 |
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Basic Operations Addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division |
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Introduction of materials for all basic operations in static and dynamic levels for concrete experiences to understand the function of operations |
Introduction of materials for all basic operations in static and dynamic levels for the passage to abstraction with charts and games for memory, understanding relationships between addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, as well as telling time and adding/subtracting money
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Introduction of basic operations in fractions, decimals, positive and negative numbers, reading expressions using letters and symbols to represent unknowns in equations. |
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Problem Solving Strategies and Reasoning |
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Make sense of problems and look for ways to solve them concretely. developing problem solving strategies. Introduction of writing and reading equations, predicting solutions, using mathematical terms in addition and subtraction |
Use of basic operations in one and two step word problems, understanding the mathematical terms in relation to the operation and type of measurement involved, practicing problem solving strategies: models, diagrams, etc. regularly to solve for the unknown. Reasoning abstractly. |
Use of operations related to multiple step word problems, applying equation format and order of operations, in calculating rate, time, distance, speed, interest, etc. Develop the ability to persevere to solve for the unknown, check for correct answer, use alternative method, use diagrams, etc. mathematical vocabulary to explain answers. |
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Computation and Estimation |
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Understanding number groupings as in tens |
Mental calculations, memorization of facts, exploring of estimating and rounding skills |
Use of mental calculations, estimating, rounding and memorization of facts when solving problems |
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Data, Statistics, Probability |
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Opportunity to describe or compare objects, quantities, and shapes, read charts and graphs |
All of the previous level work, ability to represent and interpret data, create charts, graphs and collect data |
Using data to develop units of measure in a graph, converting units of measure in tables, calculating and completing in and out tables with a known variable, reading and calculating data from charts and graphs, develop understanding of statistical variables, probability |
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Patterns, Relations, and Algebra |
Working with patterns of color and shape |
Creating patterns, completing patterns preparation for algebraic thinking through sensorial work with the binomial cube, trinomial cube work |
Understanding properties of operations and the relationships of numbers in an equation. |
Lowest common multiplier, greatest common divisor, prime and composite numbers, prime factorization-divisibility, properties of numbers, order of operations, extending arithmetical understanding to algebraic expressions |
Practical Life and Learning Skills
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Topic |
Pre-Primary (Toddler) |
Primary |
Lower Elementary |
Upper Elementary |
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Work |
Makes choices |
Makes choices, repeats work to proficiency |
Makes choices, repeats work and works to proficiency and chooses challenging work |
Makes choices, chooses challenging work, works without disturbing others, completes work |
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Motivation |
Demonstrates curiosity |
Completes work |
Works for own enjoyment |
Works collaboratively, completes long term projects, helps others with work |
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Independence |
Demonstrates independence from adults |
Works alone without assistance, personal independence |
Works alone, keeps track of work, meets goals |
Works independently as needed, meeting goals and setting new goals |
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Social Skills |
Speaks with children and adults |
Asks others to join in work, play, eating . Grace and courtesy lessons introduced and practiced |
Joins others in work, play, and eating while understanding the intentions of others and taking perspectives of others in conversation |
Able to interpret the intentions of others, interact and communicate effectively with peers in multiple social situations |
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Problem Solving |
Works to complete tasks, take turns, Beginning problem solving |
Works with others to solve problems and conflicts |
Works well with others to identify and solve problems and conflicts |
Holds self and other accountable for behaviors |
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Communication |
Asks for help if needed Cooperative play and work |
Shares, tells stories, asks questions |
Knows when to ask for help, can help others and is willing to do so |
Shares personal stories and relates to others with empathy and demonstrates grace and courtesy |
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Service |
Care of self and environment, learning ways to help others |
Care of self and environment, learning ways to help others |
Care of self and environment, looks for ways to help others |
Care of self and environment, looks for ways to help others regularly, thinks of others first |
