Reading

In Reading this year we will:

• Ask questions
• Identify main idea and supporting details
• Visualize/analyze character
• Determine text importance
• Identify sequence of events
• Summarize and Synthesize
• Analyze story elements
• Make connections
• Make inferences
• Fix-up monitoring
• Summarize information
• Make predictions
• Compare and Contrast
• Identify cause and effect
• Draw Conclusions

Writing

In writing this year we will write narrative, informational, and opinion pieces. The units we will write are below:

• Small Moments: Writing personal stories
• Nonfiction Chapter Books: Writing about something they know a lot about
• Writing Reviews: Writing an opinion through a review
• Writing Fictional Stories: Writing stories that are realistic fiction

Math

In math this year we will:

• Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction (word problems)
• Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction
• Add and subtract within 20
• Work with addition and subtraction equations
• Extend the counting sequence (count to 120)
• Understand place value (tens and ones)
• Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract (add within 100)
• Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units
• Tell and write time
• Represent and interpret data
• Reason with shapes and their attributes (2D and 3D shapes, fractions)