August
Building A Reading Community
Building a Writing Community
Reading and Writing CVC Words
Reviewing Kindergarten Math Concepts (ex. counting, numeral writing)
Understanding Our Identity and the Identities of Our Classmates
Digital Citizenship
September
Building Good Reading Habits
Writing Stories About Our Lives
Reading and Writing Words With Blends and Digraphs
Writing, Representing and Ordering Numbers 0-20
Sound And Light
Understanding Our Identity and the Identities of Our Classmates
Geography: Using and Making Maps
Scratch Identity Project
October
Building Good Reading Habits
Writing Stories About Our Lives
Reading and Writing Words With Silent E
Addition Within 20
Life Science: Animals
Understanding Our Identity and the Identities of Our Classmates
Sound and Light
Scratch Identity Project
November
Word Detectives: Using Everything We Know To Read Words
Writing Stories About Our Lives
Reading and Writing Words With Vowel Teams
Two-Digit Numbers
Sound and Light
Diversity: We Are All Different and That's a Good Thing
Legos Designing
December
Word Detectives: Using Everything We Know To Read Words
Writing Stories About Our Lives
Reading and Writing Words With R Blends
Subtraction Within 20/2-D Shapes
Animal Adaptations
Diversity: We Are All Different and That's a Good Thing
Legos Designing
January
Learning About the Real World: Reading Non-Fiction
Writing Non-Fiction Chapter Books
Reading and Writing Words with Word Endings (s,ed,ing)
Addition/Comparing Numbers 0-100
Earth Science: Air and Weather
Now and Long Ago
Diversity: We Are All Different and That's a Good Thing
Legos Designing
February
Learning About the Real World: Reading Non-Fiction
Writing Non-Fiction Chapter Books
Reading and Writing Multi-Syllabic Words and Contractions
Subtraction/Common Fractions
Life Science: Plants
Symbols, Icons and Traditions of the United States
Justice: What is Fair/Not Fair
Data: Minecraft
March
Readers Have Big Jobs: Fluency, Phonics, Comprehension
Opinion Writing: Writing Reviews
Reading and Writing Words With Vowel Teams
Writing Numbers 0-120/time to the half hour/subtraction
Weather
Justice: What To Do When Things Aren't Fair
Data: Minecraft
April
Readers Have Big Jobs: Fluency, Phonics, Comprehension
Opinion Writing: Writing Reviews
Reading and Writing Words with R-Controlled Vowels
Addition Strategies
Life Science: Plants and Animals
Action: Taking Care of the Earth
Data: Minecraft
May
Story Elements
From Scenes to Series: Writing Series Books
Reading and Writing Words with Long Vowel Teams
2-Digit Addition/Fact Families
Life Science: Plants and Animals
Action: How can we make the world better?
Data: Minecraft