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4th Quarter Syllabus
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Westhills Elementary School                                            4th Quarter Syllabus

                                                                                                                             2016-2017

Kindergarten

Reading/Language Arts

*Identify story elements: character, setting, plot

*Fluently Read Pre-Primer and Primer Sight Words

*Identify beginning, medial, and ending sounds

*Correctly identify all letter sounds (A-Z)

*Correctly form upper- and lowercase letters (A-Z)

*Identify all short vowel sounds

*Identify all long vowel sounds

*Use letter-sound matches to decode simple words

*Add or substitute sounds to make new words

*Understand and use question words

*Write complete sentences independently

*Identify pronouns I and me

*Recognize capitalization and punctuation in sentences

*Use inflections and affixes

Social Studies

*Landforms and bodies of water

*Cultural Differences and similarities

*Recognize places on maps and globes

Math

*Correctly count to 100   *Skip count by 10’s and 5’s to 100

* Count forward beginning with a given number (0-100)

*Solve addition story problems 0-10, using manipulatives

*Solve subtraction story problems 0-10, using manipulatives

*Find the missing addend to make 10  

*Fluently add and subtract within 5

*Correctly name quarter/dime/ nickel/penny

*Correctly identify all 3D shapes

 

Science

*Types of Transportation

*Types of Big machines and construction equipment

*Peoples’ Homes and Animal Habitats

*Earth Day and the 3 R’s (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)

 

 

 

First Grade

Handwriting

*Print lower and upper case letters

*Print their name, cities, states, months of the year, and days of

     the week, correctly

*Print sentences correctly

Language

Adjectives

   *Words that tell colors, shapes, sizes, what kind, how many,

         and articles

   *Identify words that describe

Review previous objectives

(nouns, verbs, statements, questions, exclamations, capitalization, punctuation)

Compound Words

   *Identify and write compound words

Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms

   *Identify and write synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms

Reading

Drawing Conclusions

*Using facts and details in a story to understand the characters

Plot

*Understanding why the author wrote the story by looking at the

     beginning, middle, and end

Fact and Detail

*Using pictures and words to understand the story

Literary Elements

*Characters in the story *Setting of the story

*Theme or meaning of the story

Cause and Effect

*Understand what happens in a story and why

Math

Telling Time:    *Tell time to the hour and half hour                  

Adding and subtracting two digit numbers:

   *Add 2digit & 3 digit numbers without regrouping

Addition and Subtraction fluency to 20:

    *Fluently add and subtract problems to 20

Measurement:

*Understand the ruler     *Measure in inches *Measure in centimeters

Science

Animals 2x2:           *Compare goldfish and guppies  

*Compare Land and water snails      *Compare Big and little worms

Day and night sky :

   *What causes day and night           *Moon attributes

Recycling :

   *Natural resources

 

Social Studies

Roles and responsibilities of leaders

   *Government and laws     *Define mayor, governor, and president

   *The election process

Past and present modes of transportation

   *Education today and long ago

   *How people communicate


Second Grade

Math

*Addition and Subtraction within 20 fluently

*Add up to four two digit numbers

*Solve word problems using money (dollars and cents)

*Write equations for rectangular arrays

*Tell time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five

     minutes

*Solve word problems

*Represent and interpret data

*Measure and estimate lengths in standard units

*Identify and draw shapes with specified attributes

*Identify and draw equal parts

Language

*Produce and expand complete simple and compound sentences

*Use proper grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

   when writing

*Identify and use pronouns

*Identify and use contractions

*Identify and write compound Sentences

*Write opinion pieces, informative and narrative texts

*Determine meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words

 

Reading

*Fact and Opinion       *Visualization        *Cause and Effect                                 *Plot and Theme       *Main Idea and Supporting Details    

*Story Structure       *Inferring                  *Character Setting

*Compare and Contrast                       *Author’s Purpose

Science

*Identify earth’s events (tornado’s, volcanic explosions, and earthquakes)

*Identify evidence of erosion and weathering of rocks

*Create models to identify physical features of earth

*Identify water found on earth as a solid or a liquid

Social Studies

*Use calendars and timelines for reconstructing the past

*Describe segments of time (year, decade, score, and century)

*Explain production and distribution processes

*Identify imported and exported goods

*Describe consumer choices and decisions on supply and demand

*Describe natural resources and human-made products

*Describe the importance of cultural unity and diversity within and across groups

*Describe how and why people from various cultures immigrate to the United States

Westhills Elementary School                                           4th Quarter Syllabus

                                                                                                                             2016-2017

Third Grade

Reading

*Phonics/Decoding Skills  *Reads fluently with comprehension

*Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction

*Generalizing                     *Appropriate Phrasing/ Text structure

*Subject Verb Agreement             *Fact and Opinion

*Inferring                                     *Predict and Set Purpose

*Cause and Effect               *Main Idea and Key Details

Math

*Fluently multiply and divide within 100 using strategies and

   properties of multiplication

*Understand and apply math vocabulary terms

*Represent and model equivalent fractions using concrete

   objects, pictures, and number lines

*Represent and solve problems using multiplication and division

*Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and

   explain patterns in arithmetic

*Measurement: apply and compare measurements of volume,

   mass, time, and length

*Solve multiple-step word problems

Social Studies

*Explain the significance of representations of American values

   and beliefs

*Identify ways to prepare for natural disasters.

*Recognize functions of the Declaration of Independence and

   the Constitution of the United States.

*3 R’s Recycle

 

Language

*Main, helping, linking, action, irregular verbs

*Prefixes and suffixes

*Verb Phrases

*Multiple meaning words and unfamiliar words

*Context clues

*Dictionary skills

*Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns

*Uses rich vocabulary in oral and written expression

*Oral presentations

*Demonstrates the steps of the writing process

Science

*Motion and Stability

*Forces and Interactions

*Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular

*Technology

*Nature and Environment

Technology

*Navigating the internet as a resource across the curriculum

*Research

*Fluent keyboarding

 

Fourth Grade

Reading

*Drawing Conclusions

*Cause an Effect

*Fact and Opinion

*Summarizing

*Monitor and Clarify

*Sequence

*Inferring

*Generalizing

*Predict and Set Purpose

*Graphic Sources

*Using background knowledge

*ACT prep/ review materials

Math

*Multiplying fractions and mixed numbers by a whole number

*Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100

*Identify and draw points, lines, line segments, rays and angles

*Classifying Triangles

*Identifying Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

*Determining whether a figure has a line of symmetry

*Solving problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit

*Comparing units of time

*Elapsed time

*Using formulas to find area and perimeter

*Mathematical Task

 

Language

*Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases       *Conjunctions

*Synonyms and Antonyms

*Capitalization and Abbreviations

*Multiple meaning words                            *Using Commas

*Unfamiliar Words                                        *Context Clues

*Suffixes                                                        *Prefixes

Science

*Electricity

*How energy changes

*Classifying Plants and Animals

*Plants and Reproduction

*How plants make food

*Adaptations

*Ecosystems

*How living things affect the environment

*Natural Resources

*Fossils and their purpose

Social Studies

*Early European Settlement in Alabama

*American Settlers in Alabama

*Alabama’s statehood and resources

*The Civil War and Reconstruction

*Alabama and World War I

*Farming and Industry in Alabama

*Alabama’s natural resources


Fifth Grade

Math

*Adding/Subtracting Fractions  

*Multiplying/Diving Fractions

*Mixed Numbers/ Improper Fractions

*Compare and Order Fractions  

*Converting Units of Measurement

*Geometry and Volume   *Probability  *Ordered Pair

Social Studies

*Events of the American Revelation

*Steps in the development of the Constitution

*War of 1812     *Industrial Revolution   *Immigration

*Causes of the Civil War        *The Struggle for equality

Language

*Pronoun and Antecedents

*Indefinite & Reflective Pronouns

*Suffixes             

  *Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

 

Reading

*Figurative Language                 *Generalizations

*Drawing Conclusions                *Context Clues

*Main Idea and Detail                 *Homonyms/ Synonym

*Antonyms             *Predict and Set Purpose           *Genre: poetry

Science

*Plan and carry out investigations

*Engineering; construct and interpret models

*Scientific Method

*Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics

       Consumers/Producers; Biomes; Plants/ animals

*Earth’s Systems

Atmosphere; Biosphere; Geosphere; Hydrosphere

*Acids and Bases


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