ART
Units of Study
Collage, Drawing, Painting, Sculpting (clay), Woodworking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts
LEARNING GOALS FOR ART:
Study contemporary artists
Demonstrate observational skills (drawing and recording from real life)
Learn when and how to use different media for different projects
Begin to plan art projects by sketching first
Draw from imagination and observation
Explore how to use shadow to create a 3-D image
Design and construct 3 dimensional objects using recycled materials
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 a variety of genres
Build reading stamina
Build and develop vocabulary
Choose independent reading level books
Develop and strengthen fluency
Develop comprehension skills
Make connections
Develop strategies for monitoring for meaning
Notate thoughts and feelings to prove/show evidence of one’s thinking
Develop envisioning skills while reading (think about five senses when creating a mind picture)
Analyze characters and their traits
Participate in book conversations and class discussions based on teacher read aloud texts
Strengthen understanding of story elements (e.g., plot, characters, setting)
Explore elements of non-fiction (table of contents, glossary, index, captions)
Use a storyteller’s voice while reading (attention to punctuation, pacing, expression, articulation)
Hone decoding skills (e.g., context, phonics, syntax, patterns)
LEARNING GOALS FOR WRITING:
FORMS OF WRITING: Fiction; Non-Fiction; Personal Narratives; Poetry; Writer’s Notebooks
Use writing process: plan; write; revise; self-edit; teacher-edit; publish
Learn to use writer’s notebook to collect thoughts and ideas
Write from own experiences
Learn to be a reflective writer
Focus and organize ideas to create a vignette
Construct a personal narrative
Incorporate detail, interesting language, dialogue, main idea, etc. into writing
Explore various elements of poetry (e.g., rhythm/music, word choice)
Write a variety of poems
Explore various elements of non-fiction and create non-fiction pieces
Write in complete sentences
Apply conventions of spelling, mechanics, and grammar
LEARNING GOALS FOR HANDWRITING:
CORE RESOURCE:
Handwriting Without Tears, Emily F. Knapton
LEARNING GOALS FOR WRITING:
Learn and practicelower case cursive alphabet
LEARNING GOALS FOR LISTENING AND SPEAKING:
Follow multi-step directions
Actively participate in class discussions
Speak clearly and with confidence
Ask relevant questions
Respond to questions with a complete thought
Explain thinking
Deliver oral presentations
Library & Information Literacy
LEARNING GOALS FOR Library & Information Literacy:
Begin to understand simple keyword search in the online catalog to locate books
Begin to understand Dewey Decimal classification
Define biography books
Identify parts of books
Recongize and describe the characteristics of award-winning books
Recognize specific genres
Music
LEARNING GOALS FOR MUSIC:
Gain an appreciation of classical music, world music, and composers
Learn repertoire of folk dancing (e.g., concentric circles, lines, sequences)
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
Science & Engineering
THEME: Think like a Scientist
UNITS:
Simple Machines
Life Cycles
Rock Cycles
Nutrition
LEARNING GOALS FOR SCIENCE:
Practice reading scientific literature
Begin to understand mistakes as part of process
Record observations by drawing a scientific sketch and labeling it with words
Scientific Method + ORHECK (Observation, Research, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Conclusion, Knowledge)
Begin to connect experiments and content
Ask scientific questions
Sort scientific questions and understand the difference between “what?” and “why?”questions
Discuss “what happened” in experiments and begin to theorize why
Practice steps of Engineering Design Process
Identify challenge, brainstorm, design, build, test, evaluate, redesign, share solution
Begin to understand concept of “trial and error”
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
Develop understanding of place value to 1,000
Count, read, write, and compare numbers to 1,000
Skip count by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s
Understand odd and even numbers
Use estimation strategies
Understand the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction
Know addition facts to 20 and subtraction facts from 10
Add and subtract with and without regrouping for two-digit numbers
Explore multiplication
Recognize and name common fractions
Explore fractions as parts of a whole and parts of a group
Solve addition and subtraction word problems
Use visual models and manipulatives to develop conceptual understanding of math concepts
MONEY
Know value of coins to $1.00
Know equivalents and make change
Solve problems using combinations of coins and bills
ALGEBRA AND FUNCTIONS
Recognize place value patterns on number grid
Understand, create, and predict patterns
Find missing addends
GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT
Identify, describe, classify, and sort two and three dimensional shapes
Explore symmetry and construct symmetrical designs
Solve spatial problems (2-D and 3-D problems, pattern block problems, tangram puzzles, etc.)
Measure length, weight, capacity, area, and perimeter in non-standard and standard units
Tell time to the minute
Know relationships of time (e.g., minutes in an hour, days in a month)
STATISTICS, DATA ANALYSIS, AND PROBABILITY
Collect, represent, and organize data
Interpret graphs
PROBLEM SOLVING
Develop and use a range of effective problem solving strategies
Explain problem solving method orally and in writing
Develop mental math strategies
Social Studies
UNITS: Togetherness + rural/urban *this curriculum is still a work-in-progress
Learning Goals for Social Studies
Begin exploring the links between past and present
Learn about the impact of landscape on lifestyle/livelihoods
Learn about the needs and wants
Learn about the roles and responsibilities of community members
Learn the cardinal directions and create compass roses
Learn about map symbols, legends, and coordinates
Develop and use map skills and make own maps
Please note: Curriculum Guides are an articulation of the core aspects of the academic program at Wildflower Collaborative and The 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.