First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Math

• Concept & process in operations of + and -
• Skip counting: sequence of numbers; bridging the decades
• Intro to fractions
• Coin values/ recognition
• Word problems
• Simple graphing/ sampling

• Concept and process in operations of - and x
• Skip counting: powers of numbers; memorization
• +/- of like fractions
• Addition of coins; making change from notes
• More word problems
• Venn diagrams

• Concept and process in operations of x and division
• Multiples and factors
• Pre-algebra: parentheses etc
• Equivalence of unlike fractions; + of unlike fractions
• Intro to decimals; +/- of decimals to millionth place
• Mixed word problems

Geometry

• Basic concepts: point, line surface and solid
• Names of geometric solids
• Study of circles
• Study of lines: parts of lines; positions of one straight line; relations of two straight lines

• Study of angles: whole, straight, right, acute, obtuse, convex/ reflex angles, angles formed by a transversal
• Names of plane figures, including triangles and polygons
• Using constructive triangles to create various quadrilaterals

• Detailed study of triangles
• Study of quadrilaterals (parallelogram, trapezoid, rhombus, rectangle, square)
• Study of polygons (pentagon through decagon)
• Similarity, congruence and equivalence

Language

• Word study: classifying, compound words, alpha order
• Mechanics: periods and capitals
• Phonics: short and long vowels, consonant digraphs
• Spelling rules: silent 'e'
• Writing process
• Poetry and dramatic recitals
• Print handwriting
• The history of writing

• Word study: syllabication, suffixes, prefixes, antonyms
• Mechanics: periods, quotation marks, commas
• Phonics: blends, vowel digraphs, spelling tests begin
• Spelling rules: doubling final consonants, 'drop the e'
• Writing process
• Poetry and dramatic recitals
• Cursive handwriting

• Word study: synonyms, homophones, homonyms, homographs, guide words
• Mechanics: apostrophes for contraction and possession
• Phonics: review ; spelling tests
• Spelling rules: plural endings
• Writing process
• Poetry and dramatic recitals
• Cursive handwriting

Grammar

• The function of the 'noun family': article, adjective, noun
• The function of the verb
• Introduction to sentence structure: 'asking' vs. 'telling'; sentences; concept of a sentence as a complete thought

• Function of prepositions
• Function of adverbs
• Function of conjunctions
• Function of pronouns
• Function of interjections
• The four types of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory

• Study of style: studying simple texts for frequency of parts of speech
• Sentence analysis: simple sentences  with predicate, subject and object; indirect object; adverbial extensions

Biology

• Parts of five classes of vertebrates : fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
• Parts of 'plants': seaweed, moss, ferns, pine trees, flowering plants, fungi
• First knowledge of animals and plants

• Body functions of animals/'plants': (movement, anchorage, protection, support, nutrition, circulation, reproduction, dispersal)
• Beginning research into animals / 'plants' of choice
• Parts of a flower/ leaf/ root

• Advanced botany nomenclature (e.g. types of leaf margins, types of fruit, etc)
• Taxonomy: classification of animals/ plants according to a 5 kingdom model
• Research and guided report writing with Q & A game

History

• Concepts of time: noticing changes in seasons
• Graphing child's family ages
• Passage of years: making a personal timeline of child's life
• History of names of days of the week and months of the year

• Telling time on analog clocks
• Study of fundamental human needs of various cultures
• Parts of a year (semester, quadrimester, trimester, bimester, month)
• Roman numerals
• The Gregorian calendar and BC/AD or CE/BCE timeline

• The 'long black line' (an impressionistic overview of earth history)
• The 'Clock of the Eras'
• The Time Line of Life: detailed research into Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic and Neozoic Eras

Geography

• History of maps; puzzle mapping; compass directions
• Land and water forms; physical geography

• Pin maps: political boundaries of continents
• Parts of a flag; study of flags
• Beginning basic research on countries of choice

• Economic geography
• Advanced land and water forms
• More detailed research on countries of choice

Physical Science

3 yr cycle:

• Work of water (water cycle, erosion etc)
• Sound
• Parts of a river

• Sun and earth
• Nature and the elements
• Light
• The 'Creation Story'

• Composition of the earth
• Nature of the elements, cont'd
• Parts/ formation of mountains
• Magnetism