Communication Arts

During this quarter your child will learn:

• Use different strategies to figure out unknown words
• Locate and use information in: table of contents, title, and glossary
• Identify fiction, poetry, and drama by how it looks on the page
• Use details from poetry and drama to show special sounds and comparisons
• Compare:
  • fiction and non-fiction
  • text ideas and own experiences
  • text ideas and the world
• Write friendly letters to a specific audience and for a specific purpose
• Read and follow two step directions to complete a task*
• Use details from the text to:
  • explain details about setting, character traits, and problem/solution
  • make predictions
  • draw conclusions
  • compare/contrast characters and changes in problems and settings
  • identify the narrator
  • identify cause and effect
  • identify beginning, middle, and end
  • identify author’s purpose
• Apply after-reading skills to tell the difference b/w the main idea and supporting details.
  • question to make clear (clarify)
  • think about the story (reflect)
  • thing about why certain things in the story were believed (analyze)
  • decide why the story was written (draw conclusions)
  • shorten the story to only the most important ideas (summarize)
  • change words from the story to your own words (paraphrase)

Math

During this quarter your child will learn:

Unit 2:

• to describe the effects of adding and subtracting whole numbers
• to make ballpark estimates
• to use the “turn around rule” when adding
• to add or subtract 3 digit numbers
• identify properties of addition

Unit 3:

• to find the PERIMETER of polygons
• to use personal references (HAND, PAPERCLIP) to estimate and compare objects and distances
• to show number stories as number sentences/models

Unit 4:

• to model multiplication number stories
• to model number stories with objects or drawings

Science – Animal Studies Kit

During this quarter your child will learn:

• how plants, animals and insects live with other living things or live within their habitat.
• that different habitats supply the needs of different types of plants and animals.
• how humans help or harm living things in Missouri.
• how body parts and senses help animals and insects survive in their habitat.
• what inside and outside changes cause animals and insects to behave in certain ways.
• how to predict which plant, animal, or insect will be able to survive in a habitat based on it*s body parts or behaviors.
• to describe some Missouri ecosystems.

Social Studies – Government

During this quarter your child will learn:

• to identify and explain why we have city laws and ordinances (rules).
• the responsibilities of citizenship.
• the purpose of the Declaration of Independence.
• the purpose of the Constitution.
• how the National Anthem (the Star Spangled Banner) symbolizes America.
• peaceful ways authorities solve disagreements.
• how decisions and laws are made AND enforced by the government.
• to identify the three branches of government and what they do.
• to identify who is in charge of each branch of government.

Social Studies – Economics

During this quarter your child will learn:

• to identify public goods and services and explain what they are.
• to identify natural, capital, and human -resources (like water, money, and employees).
• to identify opportunity costs.
• to identify who pays taxes.
• to explain what taxes are and what they are -used for.

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