ART
Units of Study
Collage, Drawing, Painting, Sculpting (clay), Woodworking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts
LEARNING GOALS FOR ART:
Study contemporary artists
Creatively respond to the study of cultural traditions of the world
Demonstrate problem-solving skills within the working span of an art project (knowing how to finish a piece)
Draw from imagination and observation
Embrace mistakes and create something new from them
Understand and explore composition within an image
Study and understand proportions and one point perspective
Health and Wellness
BODY HEALTH
Make colorful choices at lunch and try something new
Manage and understand the importance of self-care routines such as loose teeth/lost tooth, hand washing, and bathing
Understand the importance of movement
SOCIAL HEALTH
Develop additional strategies for collaboration and compromise
Develop language for creating positive friendships and healthy conflict resolution
Develop self-advocacy skills such as asking for help
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Develop the concept of personal Identity
Name and share feelings
Develop skills to manage uncomfortable feelings
Language Arts & Literacy
CORE RESOURCES:
Words Their Way
Teachers College Reading & Writing Project, Lucy Calkins
Units of Study for Primary Writing, Lucy Calkins
Guided Reading, Irene C. Fountas & Gay Su Pinnell
Sounds in Motion, Fran Santore
Developmentally appropriate literature
Variety of spelling resources
LEARNING GOALS FOR READING:
Read from a variety of genres
Ask generative questions and maintain curiosity and stamina during independent reading
Employ strategies to decode accurately
Actively make meaning through connections
Use context clues to infer, comprehend, and predict
Recognize characteristics of characters and understand how they contribute to story and plot
Envision clear images based on content and descriptions of the setting
Retell stories in written and oral form
Infer meaning from dialog
Use figurative language, dialect, wording, and author’s voice to infer deeper meaning
Develop empathy for characters
Engage in class discussions which allow students to deepen their understanding (e.g., articulate clear meaning, state opinions, interject, build on one another’s ideas, justify a disagreement, ask provoking questions)
Build and develop vocabulary
LEARNING GOALS FOR WRITING:
FORMS OF WRITING: Fiction; Non-Fiction; Personal Narratives; Poetry; Writer’s Notebooks
Use writing process: plan; write; revise; edit; publish
Begin to write paragraphs
Use indentations, quotation marks, commas, and ending punctuation to give meaning to dialogue
Write with a beginning, middle, and end and construct effective leads and conclusions
Distill a memorable life experience down to a short poem
Play with syllable and word order to achieve desired effect
Use rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration, and figurative language for a desired effect
Use stanzas and line breaks with a purpose
Paraphrase information
Sequence ideas in a meaningful order
Choose appropriate words and phrases to convey correct meaning
Create believable main characters
Give characters motivations and struggles whose issues and interactions drive the plot
Create and use settings that compliment the plot
Give and receive constructive feedback with a partner
Apply conventions of spelling, mechanics, and grammar
LEARNING GOALS FOR HANDWRITING:
CORE RESOURCE:
Handwriting Without Tears, Emily F. Knapton
LEARNING GOALS FOR WRITING:
Continue practice and use of lower case cursive alphabet
Compose end-of-year assignments in cursive
LEARNING GOALS FOR LISTENING AND SPEAKING:
Follow multi-step directions
Actively participate in class discussions
Speak clearly and with confidence
Articulate ideas effectively
Respond to questions with a complete thought
Explain thinking
Deliver oral presentations
Library & Information Literacy
LEARNING GOALS FOR Library & Information Literacy:
Begin to understand and demonstrate how to use online resources
Identify, locate, and evaluate a book that fullfills their informational needs
Understand the concept of Digital Citizenship
Understand how to cite resources
Music
LEARNING GOALS FOR MUSIC:
Build appreciation of classical music, world music, and composers
Discover and explore different uses of the voice
Understand how voice and body can be a musical instrument
Continue to build a repertoire of folk songs and singing games
Learn part singing through rounds and canons and partner singing
Use Curwen hand signs with the following notes: do; mi; so; la
Develop aural memory and inner hearing
Play percussion instruments (drums, sticks, non pitched)
Analyze singing phrases and detect patterns, like/unlike (forms)
Develop performance skills
Physical Education
LEARNING GOALS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
Demonstrate sportsmanship
Develop locomotor skills (e.g., running, hopping, sliding)
Develop non-locomotor skills (e.g., bending, twisting, stretching)
Develop body awareness
Develop hand/eye coordination
Develop foot/eye coordination
Develop balance
Engage in fitness activities
Develop ball skills
Participate in cooperative games
Develop skills for individual and team sports
Use pedometer for goal setting
Engage in team building activities and challenges
Science & Engineering
THEME: Energy Transformations
UNITS:
Ecosystems Electricity - atoms
Solar Energy - weather and alternative energies
Nutrition
LEARNING GOALS FOR SCIENCE:
Maintain an organized lab notebook
Write independent, open-ended questions/reflections
Write more questions after completing experiments
Take notes in lab notebooks
Deliver oral presentations
Practice steps of Engineering Design Process: identify challenge, brainstorm, design, build, test, evaluate, redesign, share solution
Practice Scientific Method
Begin to connect experiments and content
Read scientific literature
Ask scientific questions
Sort scientific questions in curiosity box and understand the difference between “what?” and “why?” questions
Discuss “what happened” in experiments and theorize “why”
Use and apply technology
Mathematics
CORE RESOURCES:
TERC Investigations in Mathematics, Pearson
Bridges in Mathematics Second Edition, Math Learning Center
Context for Learning Mathematics, Catherine Twomey Fosnot
Math for All, K-2, Hal R. Melnick, Marvin Cohen, Babette Moeller, Karen Marschke-Tobier and Linda Metnetsky
Math Solutions, Marilyn Burns
LEARNING GOALS FOR MATHEMATICS:
NUMBER SENSE AND OPERATIONS
Solve addition and subtraction problems to the ten thousands place using regrouping strategies
Understand place value to 100,000 and can conceptualize the value of 10,000
Round numbers to the nearest 1,000 to estimate and compare
Memorize to automaticity the single digit addition and subtraction facts
Understand that multiplication means times and makes the connection between multiplication, arrays, and area
Memorize to automaticity the multiplication facts (1-6)
Apply multiplication facts beyond the sixes in problem solving
Understand and use the inverse relationship between multiplication and division
Use estimation strategies to compute, solve, and check problems
Develop understanding of fractions as parts of a whole, as parts of a group, as locations on number lines, as divisions of whole numbers, and to represent probability
Understand that fractions and decimals are two different representations of the same concept (e.g., 50 cents is 1/2 of dollar, 75 cents is 3/4 of a dollar)
ALGEBRA AND FUNCTIONS
Understand and use relational symbols and parentheses in number sentences (<, >, =)
Solve open sentences that use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Write number sentences to represent story problems
Statistics, Data Analysis & Probability
Read, interpret, and analyze data and create charts or graphs
Experiment with materials to design and build a beam, arch, or suspension bridge model
GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT
Describe and sort two and three dimensional shapes according to properties
Identify different types of angles and understand lines, line segments, and rays
Use U.S. customary units to conceptualize and measure length (inches, feet, and yards)
Determine the perimeter and area of polygons
Tell time to the nearest minute on an analog clock
STATISTICS, DATA ANALYSIS, AND PROBABILITY
Collect, represent, and organize data
Interpret graphs
PROBLEM SOLVING
Determine the approach, materials, and strategies to be used
Use tools, such as manipulatives or sketches, to model problems
Represent solutions in alternative ways (e.g., charts, graphs, pictures, arrays)
Explain and justify math thinking in oral and written form
Social Studies
UNITS: Togetherness + Geography *this curriculum is still a work-in-progresS
Learning Goals for Social Studies:
Develop an understanding of the reasons for studying history and of the relationships between the past and present.
Develop an awareness of the ways we learn about the past and the methods and tools of the historian.
Understand the meaning of time and chronology.
Analyze the complex cause and effect relationships of ideas and events.
Develop understanding of multiple perspectives.
Understand how gradual geologic changes have formed the continents and oceans as we know them.
Demonstrate an understanding of the physical and human geographic features that define places and regions.
Describe the American Indian nations in their local region long ago and in the recent past.
Please note: Curriculum Guides are an articulation of the core aspects of the academic program at Wildflower Collaborative and Sweetgrass School; it is not intended to capture every concept and skill that is taught. Moreover, this Curriculum Guide does not reflect additional topics of study, which are emergent and inspired annually by student interests, teacher creativity, and current events.