• Studying characters and making interpretations in fiction stories
• Strategies for reading complex nonfiction
• Informational research projects
• Book clubs
• Exciting classroom read-alouds

Writer's Workshop

• Personal narratives
• Opinion debate and essays
• Literary essays
• Informational essays
• Poetry

Math

• Math Talks to help build number sense and confidence
• Problem solving skills and strategies
• Number sense
• Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions and decimals
• Place value
• Algebra
• Measurement and geometry
• Graphing

Social Studies: United States History

• North American Native Americans
• Early Explorers
• 13 Colonies
• Revolutionary War
• United States government

Science

• Living Systems
• Mixtures and Solutions
• Earth and Moon
• FOSS Science Investigations and regular science labs
• Work in the school garden

Character Education

• ThinkFirst/Second Step: district adopted character education and bullying prevention programs
• Kid Power: Empowering students to make wise choices behaviorally, socially, and academically

Art/Music/P.E./Library/Garden

• 40 minutes of art a week with the art teacher
• 30 minutes of music a week with the music teacher
• Two, 30 minute P.E. classes a week with our P.E. Teacher. Students also receive an additional 40 minutes a week of class P.E. with their classroom teacher
• 30 minutes of library a week with librarian
• 1 hour in the garden every two weeks