Reading

We use the series Reading 2005 by the Houghton Mifflin Company. These are the different themes and the stories that we will read this year.

• Theme 1 - Off to Adventure!
  • Cliffhanger
  • Mulan
  • Lost and Found
• Theme 2 - Celebrating Traditions
  • The Keeping Quilt
  • The Talking Cloth
  • Grandma's Records
  • Dancing Rainbows
• Theme 3 - Incredible Stories
  • Dogzilla
  • The Mysterious Giant of Barletta
  • Raising Dragons
• Theme 4 - Animal Habitats
  • Night of the Puffings
  • Seal Surfer
  • Two Days in May
• Theme 5 - Voyagers
  • Across the Wide Dark Sea:  The Mayflower Journey
  • Yunmi and Halmoni's Trip
  • Trapped by the Ice!: Shackleton's Amazing Antarctic Adventure
• Theme 6 - Smart Solutions
  • Pepita Talks Twice
  • Poppa's New Pants
  • Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Math

We are using a math series from McGraw-Hill. All classes will work from the 3rd grade Math book and focus on a variety of skills including: 

• Place Value
• Money
• Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers
• Time, Data, and Graphs
• Multiplication Concepts
• Multiplication Facts
• Division Concepts
• Division Facts
• Multiplying by 1-Digit Numbers
• Dividing by 1-Digit Numbers
• Measurement
• Geometry
• Fractions and Probability
• Relating Fractions and Decimals

Social Studies

We will be studying the following units throughout the year:

• Economy
• Government
• Land Forms
• Map Skills

Science

We will be studying the following units throughout the year:

• Cells
• Environmental Issues
• Mechanics - Forces & Motion and Friction
• Weather
• Matter and Its Changes
• Astronomy