Main Area

  Main Area Objective

  Grade Level Objective

  Specific Objectives

Reading and literature

Use appropriate reading strategies to analyze and respond to challenging texts.

Read independently, using reading strategies appropriate for grade level. (RS)

Read a variety of simple written materials for different purposes (e.g., for practice, information, vocabulary building, enjoyment). (CT, PR)

Select, independently, stories and other reading materials by a variety of authors. (RS)

Read aloud in a way that communicates the meaning.

Use the phonemic cueing system to decode new words.

Use simple sound patterns (e.g., rhyming words) to learn new words.

Use predictable word patterns to determine the meaning of sentences.

Use picture cues and context to construct meaning.

Retell a simple story in proper sequence and recall information in it accurately.

Follow written directions.

Hypothesize and predict what will happen next in a story.

Express clear responses to text, relating the ideas to his/her own knowledge and experience.

Compare and contrast information.

Comprehend story vocabulary and language structures appropriate for grade level.

Connect new information to information learned previously.

Apply self-monitoring and self-correcting reading strategies.

Use some conventions of written text (e.g., punctuation, title) to help understand what is read.

Identify ways in which different kinds of written materials are organized (e.g., stories, reference books). [P]

Writing

Write effectively for a variety of purposes using the writing process and the appropriate language conventions.

Produce short pieces of writing, using simple forms. (WP)

Begin to organize information so that the writing conveys a clear message. (LC)

Communicate ideas and create simple stories for specific purposes. (WP)

Use language patterns to construct text.

Apply key vocabulary in writing.

Spell high-frequency words correctly.

Use inventive spelling.

Begin to use resources to aid conventional spelling.

Write simple sentences using proper punctuation (period, capitals, question marks[P]).

Apply language structures in writing.

Write using the Colegio Bolivar (D’Nealian) model of writing.

Speaking, listening and viewing

Interact appropriately and effectively in both social and academic situations.

Listen to and comprehend stories, instructions and audiovisuals.  (OE)

Begin to use appropriate English language structures. (OE)

Begin to communicate effectively and confidently in English in structured situations.  (OE)

Listen attentively and develop confidence in expressing needs and ideas in English.

Listen for a variety of purposes.

Demonstrate comprehension through ability to follow instructions.

Develop confidence in expressing needs and ideas in English. Prepare oral presentations using increasingly complex language structures.

Listen critically, ask and answer questions in English from peers and teachers.

Memorize and recite poems using correct pronunciation and intonation.

Identify and use unit vocabulary.

Listen and react to stories.

  Contents

  Resources

Reading and Literature

Phonics – consonants, consonant clusters, blends, short vowels

Onset/rime

Rhyming words

Word meaning

Context clues

Picture cues

Main idea/details

Story sequence

Comparing

Anticipations, predicting and drawing conclusions

Story mapping

Characterization

Story elements

Question words

Oral reading

Recalling and retelling

Visualizing

Comprehension monitoring

Description

Fairy Tale*

Folktale*

Realistic fiction*

Poetry*

Informational article*

Word order

Writing

Writing process – brainstorming, writing a first draft, proofreading, publishing and sharing

Research skills

Language patterns

Capitalization and periods

Spelling from high frequency word list

Personal narratives and responses

Stories with beginning, middle and end

Complete sentences

Questions words

D’Nealian handwriting

Speaking, Listening and Viewing

Listening skills: attentive, critical, appreciative and informative

Pronouns: subject, objective and possessive (I)

Tenses: present, present progressive, past and future (I)

Adjectives: basic comparative and superlative (I)

Prepositions (I)

Regular plurals (I)

Poetry recitation

Unit vocabulary

Oral presentations

Basic grammar structures

Days and months

Daily weather

Movies and cassettes in English

Expositions in English (Around the World)

Computer games

Circle time/calendar activities

Teacher’s instructions and commands

Presentations of stories, songs, poems and plays

Group discussion

Body language and cues

Journal entries

Word wall

Student-created short stories with models and sentence structures presented

Sets of developmentally staged readers 

Class sets of “Ready Readers” (Modern Curriculum Press)

Big books

Trade books

Charts

Posters

Bulletin boards

Puppets and manipulatives

Pocket charts, sentence and story strips

Student-made books

Unit vocabulary flashcards

Sight word bingo and other games

Library collection (especially thematic units and author studies)

Songs, chants and finger plays

Poems

CB-generated reading workbook

CB-generated phonics workbook

Books (variety of genres – see content *)

Expresión Oral

Comunicará oralmente sus ideas, demostrando organización y argumentación para interactuar respetuosamente en contextos sociales y académicos.

Expresará sus experiencias organizadamente, justificando sus ideas, teniendo en cuenta a quién le habla, que desea comunicar y para qué.

Organizará coherentemente sus ideas, conocimientos y sentimientos.

Utilizará adecuadamente las funciones del lenguaje según la intención del hablante al preguntar, responder y narrar.

Expresará sus opiniones, teniendo en cuenta la pertinencia y la forma del lenguaje.

Presentará y argumentará puntos de vista cuando participa en actos comunicativos.

Lectura

Analizará e interpretará estructuras y temáticas en textos literarios y no literarios, construyendo múltiples significados.

Comprenderá, opinará y construirá sentidos a partir de textos líricos, narrativos y funcionales.

Memorizará y disfrutará el aprendizaje de poemas, adivinanzas, trabalenguas.

Valorará la lectura como medio de información, investigación y recreación.

Reconocerá y utilizará las estructuras de tarjetas, cartas, notificaciones, adivinanzas, cuentos.

Analizará los textos trabajados en clase teniendo en cuenta quien escribe, a quien, quien narra, qué narra, cómo lo narra.

Imaginará situaciones y planteará hipótesis como estrategias previas a la lectura e interpretación de textos.

Reconocerá la temática general en diferentes textos.

Avanzará en la mecánica de la lectura (utilización del punto, coma, interrogación).

Escritura

Escribirá diferentes tipos de textos que evidencien la apropiación de modelos estructurales y semánticos para comunicarse y re-crear el mundo.

Nota: en pre-primaria se diferencia lenguaje escrito de escritura.

Recreará, valorará y expresará ideas sentimientos y experiencias en forma escrita, teniendo en cuenta las siluetas de los textos trabajados.

Organizará coherentemente sus ideas al expresar por escrito sus experiencias, necesidades y conocimientos.

Utilizará el modelo caligráfico del Colegio Bolívar en sus escritos.

Utilizará en la escritura mayúscula, punto, coma, signo de interrogación.

Utilizará

la escritura con fines lúdicos, estéticos y prácticos, mediante:  cartas, tarjetas, notas, adivinanzas, cuentos.

Escribirá sin omisiones, inversiones o adiciones y separando palabras.

Recursos

Experiencias de su vida cotidiana (fin de semana, vacaciones, fiestas)

Exposición de lecturas realizadas, tareas, investigaciones y tradiciones

Acuerdos de clase

Cuentos

Textos poéticos (adivinanzas, poemas, trabalenguas)

Textos narrativos (cuentos, fábulas)

Textos informativos (cartas, notas, invitaciones, periódicos)

Textos prescriptivos (recetas, instrucciones de juego)

Textos expositivos (diario)

Conocimiento de las características textuales de las adivinanzas, carta receta, tarjeta (silueta, tipo de discurso)

Construcción de frases (omisión, sustitución, inversión, coherencia, separación de palabras)

Uso de mayúscula y el punto

Dialogo

Conversaciones

Visitas

Textos fotocopiados

Carteles

Afiches

Cuadernos

Libros originales (elaborados por los niños)

Selección de cuentos y poemas

Revistas

Cuaderno de los niños

  Main Area

  Main Area Objective

  Grade Level Objective

  Specific Objectives

Computation

The student will use mathematical algorithms.

Perform operations of addition and subtraction up to 12.

Count by rote from 0-100.

Perform addition and subtraction using one- and two-digit numbers in a column (0-10).

Recall addition and subtraction facts to 12.

Develop estimation skills.

Use algorithms to represent operations.

Mathematical Concepts

The student will understand and explain mathematical concepts.

Understand and explain basic mathematical concepts using whole numbers.

Explore the structure of our base 10 numeration system.

Identify and compare geometric figures in two and three dimensions.

Explore and manipulate objects of sets 0-100.

Develop an awareness of the relationship between numbers.

Develop an understanding of addition and subtraction.

Understand measurement concepts using nonstandard units.

Develop an understanding of time relationships though calendar and daily plan activities.

Problem Solving

The student will solve mathematical problems.

Solve problems involving whole numbers.

Build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving.

Contents

  Resources

Number Sense and Operations

Number concepts 0-20

Exploring numbers 10-20

Recognizing numerals to 100

Labeling sets (10-20)

Printing/writing numbers to 100

Exploring subset combinations (2-20)

Rote counting to 100

Skip counting (by 2s, 5s and 10s)

Ordering numbers from 1–100 (before, after and between)

Ordinal numbers

Comparing numbers (< , >, =

Subset combinations of 2-20

Addition of whole numbers

Exploring addition concept to 12

Concrete and pictorial representation of addition

Representing/recording addition (horizontally and vertically)

Solving addition sentences/algorithms (one digit, two and three addends with no regrouping)

Addition facts to 12 (counting on, adding 0, adding one more, doubles, near doubles)

Creating and solving addition story problems

Subtraction of whole numbers

Exploring subtraction concept to 12 (concretely)

Concrete and pictorial representation of subtraction

Representing subtraction (horizontally and vertically)

Recording subtraction sentences

Solving subtraction sentences/algorithms to 12 (one digit)

Subtraction facts to 10 (counting back, subtracting 0, subtracting one less, subtracting the same number

Addition/subtraction relation (fact families, turn-arounds)

Addition subtraction strategies (number line, counting on, counting back)

Creating and solving subtraction story problems

Geometry

Positions (top, bottom, before, after, in front of)

Plane shapes (triangle, square, circle, rectangle and oval)

Manipulating

Sorting

Relating real-world objects to geometric shapes

Identifying plane shapes

Solid shapes (cube, cone, sphere, rectangular prism, cylinder)

Manipulating

Sorting

Identifying solids

Relating real-world objects to geometric shapes

Identifying characteristics (roll stack)

Identifying sides, faces and corners

Measurement

Ordering events (before, after)

Reading the calendar

Ordering days of the week, months of the year

Reading and writing dates

Discussing weather

Comparing length, width, height and weight

Measuring length, weight and size in nonstandard units

Comparing sets (more, fewer, same)

Estimating quantities

Estimating length

Estimating time

Patterns

Sorting and re-sorting (by 2 or 3 attributes)

Identifying the sorting rule

Patterning (linear, growing and surrounding part)

Statistics, Graphing and Probability

Graphing pictorially and symbolically

Creating and interpreting pictographs and bar graphs

Tallying

Linking cubes

Unifix cubes

Wooden space figures

Geoboards

Flash cards

Balance

Clocks

Calendar

Measuring tapes

Number lines

Dominoes

Gameboards

Gamecards

Counters

File folder games

Workbook

Stamps

Tangrams

Mats

Boards

Big dice

Attribute toys

Attribute blocks

Sorting sets/toys

Graphing mat

Graphic paper

Number cards

Pattern blocks

Number bingo

Adding bingo

Tiles

Number tiles

Colored cubes

Parketry blocks

Pentominoes

Two-color counters

Pegboards

Number cards

Number grids

CD Roms

Puzzles

Rubber bands

Measuring cups

Beads, threading

Line masters

Collectables

Prepared materials (teacher-made line masters)

Mats for sorting

Spinner and cubes

Number line

Books

Exploration in Math. Addison-Wesley Alternative Primary Program

Exploration 1 black line masters. Addison-Wesley

Every day counts. D.C. Heath Mathematics, 1992

Mathematics their way. Mary Baratta Lorton

Math works, Book A. Houghton Mifflin Canada Ltd.

El niño reinventa la aritmética. Constance Kazuki

Counting ourselves and our families. Dale Seymour Publications

Main Area

  Main Area Objective

  Grade Level Objective

  Specific Objectives

Knowledge/Concepts

Acquire scientific knowledge and concepts.

Acquire knowledge and concepts in biological, physical and environmental science.

Identify animal characteristics and habitats.

Identify ways to keep your body healthy and safe.

Identify environmental issues.

Skills/inquiry

Acquire and develop the skills necessary to experiment and research.

Acquire and develop skills necessary to experiment in biological, physical and environmental science.

Make observations and record information.

Demonstrate curiosity about the natural environment.

Research animals and animal habitats.

Predict outcomes of experiments.

Explore the properties of magnets.

Application/analysis

Demonstrate an understanding of their knowledge and concepts through problem solving and critical thinking.

Demonstrate an understanding of biological, physical and environmental science concepts through problem solving and critical thinking.

Demonstrate care of own body.

Demonstrate a commitment to aid the environment at a personal level.

Interpret observations and data.

Classify animals by group and habitat.

  Contents

  Resources

Animals

Characteristics

Classification

Needs

Significance to humans

Habitats

Characteristics

Classification

Human Impact

The Environment

Importance

Human impact

Small-scale solutions

Pollution – water, air

Keeping My Body Healthy

Body parts

Exercise

Nutrition

Magnets

Characteristics

Properties

Uses

Weather and Seasons

Vocabulary

Seasonal Weather Changes

Weather Conditions

How people, animals and plants adjust to seasonal changes

Discovery Works Science Packages – Silver Burdett Ginn Science

Keeping Fit and Healthy

The Food Pyramid

Balanced Meals

Healthful Snacks

Exercise

Muscles

Sleep

Cleanliness

Good Dental Care

Kinds of Living Things

Plants and Animals

Plants

Plant Groupings

Animals

Animal Movement

Animal Body Coverings

Animal Homes

Animal Mouth Parts

Animal Groupings

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