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3rd Grade Regular Classroom Curriculum Outline

Social Studies

  • Map Skills (Definition and Purpose)
  • Concepts of Community (Geographic, Economic, Political, Social/Cultural and Historical Basic Understandings)
  • Regions of the World (Deserts, Cold Lands, Grasslands, Rainforests, Coastlands, Mountain Regions) (in-depth studies of only some regions)

Mathematics (specific skills presented at the appropriate level of understanding)

  • Numbers and Numeration
  • Operations on Whole Numbers - emphasis on multiplication
  • Operations on Fractional Numbers
  • Probability on Statistics
  • Geometry and Measurement
  • Extension Activities/Problem Solving

Reading (at the child's developmental level)

  • Word recognition/Vocabulary Development
  • Reading for Meaning/Comprehension
  • Reference Skills for Reading in the Content Areas
  • Listening, Following Directions and Test Taking (Basal Readers, Literature (Novel), and many other quality materials are used in our approach to Reading)

Science

  • Physical
    • Matter and Energy
    • (Properties, Change, Forms, Interactions)
  • Earth Science
    • Land and Soil
    • Weather Cycle
    • Space (Movements of Earth and Moon)
  • Life Science
    • Classifications
    • Structure of Living Things
    • Growth and Reproduction (animals)
    • Adaptations of Living Things to their environment
    • Interdependence of Plants and Animals

Health

  • Human Growth and Development
  • Emotional Health
  • Nutrition
  • Environmental Health
  • Family Life Education
  • Diseases and Disorders
  • Consumer and Personal Health
  • Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Substances
  • Safety and First Aid
  • Community Health
  • Healthful Life Styles
4th Grade Regular Classroom Curriculum Outline

Social Studies

  • Geography
  • Map Skills
  • Local History/New York State History
  • Indians, Explorers, Colonization, Age of Homespun, Industrial Period, Age of Technology
  • Political Issues in New York State
  • Social/Cultural Issues in New York State
  • Economic Issues in New York State

Mathematics (specific skills presented at the appropriate level of understanding)

  • Numbers and Numeration
  • Operations on Whole Numbers - emphasis on division
  • Operations on Fractional Numbers
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Geometry and Measurement
  • Extension Activities/Problem Solving

Reading (at the child's developmental level)

  • Word recognition/Vocabulary Development
  • Reading for Meaning/Comprehension
  • Reference Skills and Reading in the Content Areas
  • Listening, Following Directions and Test Taking (Basal Reading, Literature (Novels) and many other quality materials are used in our approach to Reading.)

Science

  • Earth Science
    • Rocks and Minerals
    • Inside the Earth
    • Weather
    • Space
  • Life Science
    • Plants
    • Animals
    • Interdependence of Plants & Animals
    • Decomposers
  • Physical Science
    • Measuring Matter Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Substances
    • Conservation of Energy
    • Electrical Circuit

Health

  • Human Growth and Development
  • Emotional Health
  • Nutrition
  • Environmental Health
  • Family Life Education
  • Diseases and Disorders
  • Consumer and Personal Health
  • Safety and First Aid
  • Community Health
  • Healthy Life Styles
5th Grade Regular Classroom Curriculum Outline

Social Studies

  • Map Skills - Western Hemisphere
  • Geography - United States, Canada, Latin America
  • Economics - in the Western Hemisphere
  • Social Issues - in the Western Hemisphere
  • Political Issues - in the Western Hemisphere
  • History - of the Western Hemisphere

Mathematics (specific skills and understandings at the appropriate level of understanding)

  • Numbers and Numeration
  • Operations on Whole Numbers
  • Operations on Fractional Numbers
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Geometry and Measurement
  • Extension Activities - Problem Solving

Reading (at the child's developmental level)

  • Word Recognition/Vocabulary Development
  • Reading for Meaning/Comprehension
  • Reference Skills and Reading in the Content Areas
  • Listening, Following Directions and Test Taking
  • (Basal Readers, Literature (Novels), and many other quality
  • materials are used in our approach to Reading.)

Science

  • Life Science
  • Plants and Animals (Classifications)
    • Ecosystems (Biomes)
  • Physical Science
    • Matter and Energy (Simple Machines, Electricity and magnets, Light)
  • Earth Science
    • Earth (land forms), Weather (Atmosphere), and Space (Stars, History, Study)

Health

  • Human Growth and Development
  • Emotional Health
  • Nutrition
  • Environmental Health
  • Family Life Education
  • Diseases and Disorders
  • Consumer and Personal Health
  • Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Substances
  • Safety and First Aid
  • Community Health
  • Healthful Life Styles