Quarter 1
Math:
-Adding and subtracting fluently within 10
-Adding and subtracting to 20
-Place Value (expanded form, word form, base ten blocks)
-One step word problems to 20
-Money word problems using pennies, nickels and dimes (within 20 cents)
Reading:
-Distinguish long vs. short vowels.
-Know common vowel team diagraphs.
-Asks and answers questions and describes characters.
-Describes the overall structure of a story.
-Uses information from text to demonstrate understanding.
Writing:
-Narrative
-Focuses on a topic and strengthens writing by revising and editing.
Language:
-Capitalizes proper nouns and uses learned spelling patterns when writing
-Uses commas in greetings and closings of letters.
-Uses and forms collective and irregular plural nouns.
-Uses sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Math:
-Understands a three-digit number represents amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones.
-Reads and writes numbers to 1,000.
-Fluently adds and subtractswithin 10.
-Adds and subtracts one-step word problems within 20.
-Solves word problems with dimes, nickels, and pennies.
Science:
Physical Science:
-Describes and classifies different objects according to their physical properties.
Physical Science:
-Observes and construct an explanation that some changes in matter caused by heating and cooling can be
reversed and some changes are irreversible.
Social Studies
-Locate and compare the geographic regions of Georgia and locate the major rivers on
a physical map.
-Define the concept of government and the need for
rules and laws.
-Identify the elected officials of the executive branch and where they work.
Quarter 2
Reading:
-Know common vowel teams: diagraphs and diphthongs.
-Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.
-Asks and answers questions and connects events, science ideas, or procedures in an informational text.
-Describes how words and phrases supply meaning.
-Describes how reasons support specific points made by the author.
Writing:
-Informative Writing
-Focuses on at topic by revising and editing
Language:
-Capitalizes proper nouns and uses learned spelling patterns when writing
-Uses commas in greetings and closings of letters.
-Uses reflexive pronouns.
-Uses root words to determine meaning of unknown words with thesame root.
Math:
-Understands a three-digit number represents amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones.
-Skip counts by 5’s, 10’s, and 100’s within 1,000.
-Reads and writes numbers to 1,000.
-Adds and subtracts within 20 using mental strategies.
-Adds and subtracts within 100 using place value strategies.
-Adds and subtracts one and two-step word problems within 20.
-Solves word problems with length using centimeters, inches, feet, and meters.
Science:
Physical Science:
-Investigates how pushes and pulls affect an object’s motion and speed.
Earth Science:
-Argues how stars come in different sizes, brightness and how they relate to our sun.
Social Studies:
-Describe how J. Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, M. Musgrove, Sequoyah, and the Creek and Cherokee adapted to
and were influenced by their environments.
-Compare and contrast the GA Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past to Georgians today.
-Describe the lives and contributions of J. Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, M. Musgrove and Sequoyah.
-Give examples of how J. Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, M. Musgrove and Sequoyah demonstrated positive
citizenship traits.
Quarter 3
Reading:
-Know common vowel Teams: diphthongs and r-controlled.
-Identify words with silent letter combinations. (ex: lamb, gnat)
-Asks and answers questions recount stories, and determines central message
-Acknowledges differences in the points of view of characters.
-Compares and contrasts two or more versions of the same story.
Writing:
-Opinion writing
-Focuses on a topic by revising and editing
Language:
-Capitalizes proper nouns and uses learned spelling patterns when writing and
-uses commas in greetings and closings of letters.
-Uses adjectives and adverbs and chooses between them.
-Produces, expands and rearranges complete sentences.
-Distinguishes shades of meaning among closely related verbs. (ex: angry, furious / run, sprint)
Math:
-Reads and writes numbers to 1,000.
-Compares 2 three-digit numbers using <, >, and = symbols.
-Adds and subtracts within 20 using mental strategies.
-Adds and subtracts within 1,000 using concrete models.
-Mentally adds and subtracts 10 or 100 to a given number 100-900.
-Adds and subtracts one and two-step word problems within 100.
-Solves word problems with dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.
Science:
Earth Science:
-Investigates how shadows, moon phases and length of day change over various time periods.
Life Science:
-Explains the causes and effects of environmental changes in the local community.
Social Studies:
-Describe how J. Gordon Lowe, J. Robinson and M. Luther King Jr. adapted to and were influenced by their
environments.
-Describe the lives and contributions of J. Gordon Lowe, J. Robinson and M. Luther King Jr.
-Give examples of how J. Gordon Lowe, J. Robinson and M. Luther King Jr. demonstrated positive
citizenship traits.
Quarter 4
Reading:
-Decode two-syllable words with long vowels.
-Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
-Asks and answers questions identifies the main topic of informational text.
-Identifies main purpose of text, what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
-Compares and contrasts two informational texts on the same topic.
Writing:
-Narrative, informative and opinion
-Focuses on a topic and strengthens writing by revising and editing.
Math:
-Skip counts by 5’s, 10’s, and 100’s within 1,000.
-Reads and writes numbers to 1,000.
-Compares 2 three-digit numbers using <, >, and = symbols.
-Fluently adds and subtracts within 20 from memory.
-Adds and subtracts within 1,000 using strategies.
-Explains why the strategy works.
-Adds and subtracts one and two-step word problems within 100.
-Solves word problems with dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.
-Identifies, recognizes and draws shapes.
-Partitions circles and rectangles.
Science:
Life Science:
-Investigates and models the life cycle of different plants and animals.
Life Science:
-Constructs an explanation of an animal’s role in dispersing seeds or in the pollination of plants.
Social Studies
-Describe how J. Carter adapted to and was influenced by his environment.
-Describe the life and contributions of J. Carter.
-Give examples of how J. Carter demonstrated positive citizenship traits.
-Explain scarcity.
-Describe costs and benefits of personal savings and spending choices.
-Explain how money makes trade easier.
ELA
Parent Resources
Math:
-Adding and subtracting fluently within 10
-Adding and subtracting to 20
-Place Value (expanded form, word form, base ten blocks)
-One step word problems to 20
-Money word problems using pennies, nickels and dimes (within 20 cents)
Reading:
-Distinguish long vs. short vowels.
-Know common vowel team diagraphs.
-Asks and answers questions and describes characters.
-Describes the overall structure of a story.
-Uses information from text to demonstrate understanding.
Writing:
-Narrative
-Focuses on a topic and strengthens writing by revising and editing.
Language:
-Capitalizes proper nouns and uses learned spelling patterns when writing
-Uses commas in greetings and closings of letters.
-Uses and forms collective and irregular plural nouns.
-Uses sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Math:
-Understands a three-digit number represents amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones.
-Reads and writes numbers to 1,000.
-Fluently adds and subtractswithin 10.
-Adds and subtracts one-step word problems within 20.
-Solves word problems with dimes, nickels, and pennies.
Science:
Physical Science:
-Describes and classifies different objects according to their physical properties.
Physical Science:
-Observes and construct an explanation that some changes in matter caused by heating and cooling can be
reversed and some changes are irreversible.
Social Studies
-Locate and compare the geographic regions of Georgia and locate the major rivers on
a physical map.
-Define the concept of government and the need for
rules and laws.
-Identify the elected officials of the executive branch and where they work.
Quarter 2
Reading:
-Know common vowel teams: diagraphs and diphthongs.
-Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.
-Asks and answers questions and connects events, science ideas, or procedures in an informational text.
-Describes how words and phrases supply meaning.
-Describes how reasons support specific points made by the author.
Writing:
-Informative Writing
-Focuses on at topic by revising and editing
Language:
-Capitalizes proper nouns and uses learned spelling patterns when writing
-Uses commas in greetings and closings of letters.
-Uses reflexive pronouns.
-Uses root words to determine meaning of unknown words with thesame root.
Math:
-Understands a three-digit number represents amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones.
-Skip counts by 5’s, 10’s, and 100’s within 1,000.
-Reads and writes numbers to 1,000.
-Adds and subtracts within 20 using mental strategies.
-Adds and subtracts within 100 using place value strategies.
-Adds and subtracts one and two-step word problems within 20.
-Solves word problems with length using centimeters, inches, feet, and meters.
Science:
Physical Science:
-Investigates how pushes and pulls affect an object’s motion and speed.
Earth Science:
-Argues how stars come in different sizes, brightness and how they relate to our sun.
Social Studies:
-Describe how J. Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, M. Musgrove, Sequoyah, and the Creek and Cherokee adapted to
and were influenced by their environments.
-Compare and contrast the GA Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past to Georgians today.
-Describe the lives and contributions of J. Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, M. Musgrove and Sequoyah.
-Give examples of how J. Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, M. Musgrove and Sequoyah demonstrated positive
citizenship traits.
Quarter 3
Reading:
-Know common vowel Teams: diphthongs and r-controlled.
-Identify words with silent letter combinations. (ex: lamb, gnat)
-Asks and answers questions recount stories, and determines central message
-Acknowledges differences in the points of view of characters.
-Compares and contrasts two or more versions of the same story.
Writing:
-Opinion writing
-Focuses on a topic by revising and editing
Language:
-Capitalizes proper nouns and uses learned spelling patterns when writing and
-uses commas in greetings and closings of letters.
-Uses adjectives and adverbs and chooses between them.
-Produces, expands and rearranges complete sentences.
-Distinguishes shades of meaning among closely related verbs. (ex: angry, furious / run, sprint)
Math:
-Reads and writes numbers to 1,000.
-Compares 2 three-digit numbers using <, >, and = symbols.
-Adds and subtracts within 20 using mental strategies.
-Adds and subtracts within 1,000 using concrete models.
-Mentally adds and subtracts 10 or 100 to a given number 100-900.
-Adds and subtracts one and two-step word problems within 100.
-Solves word problems with dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.
Science:
Earth Science:
-Investigates how shadows, moon phases and length of day change over various time periods.
Life Science:
-Explains the causes and effects of environmental changes in the local community.
Social Studies:
-Describe how J. Gordon Lowe, J. Robinson and M. Luther King Jr. adapted to and were influenced by their
environments.
-Describe the lives and contributions of J. Gordon Lowe, J. Robinson and M. Luther King Jr.
-Give examples of how J. Gordon Lowe, J. Robinson and M. Luther King Jr. demonstrated positive
citizenship traits.
Quarter 4
Reading:
-Decode two-syllable words with long vowels.
-Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
-Asks and answers questions identifies the main topic of informational text.
-Identifies main purpose of text, what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
-Compares and contrasts two informational texts on the same topic.
Writing:
-Narrative, informative and opinion
-Focuses on a topic and strengthens writing by revising and editing.
Math:
-Skip counts by 5’s, 10’s, and 100’s within 1,000.
-Reads and writes numbers to 1,000.
-Compares 2 three-digit numbers using <, >, and = symbols.
-Fluently adds and subtracts within 20 from memory.
-Adds and subtracts within 1,000 using strategies.
-Explains why the strategy works.
-Adds and subtracts one and two-step word problems within 100.
-Solves word problems with dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.
-Identifies, recognizes and draws shapes.
-Partitions circles and rectangles.
Science:
Life Science:
-Investigates and models the life cycle of different plants and animals.
Life Science:
-Constructs an explanation of an animal’s role in dispersing seeds or in the pollination of plants.
Social Studies
-Describe how J. Carter adapted to and was influenced by his environment.
-Describe the life and contributions of J. Carter.
-Give examples of how J. Carter demonstrated positive citizenship traits.
-Explain scarcity.
-Describe costs and benefits of personal savings and spending choices.
-Explain how money makes trade easier.
ELA
Parent Resources