Language Arts
Your child advances to read longer and more complex texts. Independently, writing and sharing with teachers and classmates are also part of this grade level.
Topics and activities include:
- Independently reading a variety of grade-level texts for increasing amounts of time
- Using word parts and letter sounds to read words with more than one syllable
- Writing for various purposes and audiences
Social Studies
Your child studies the impact of important individuals and events on the history of the community, state, and nation.
Topics and concepts include:
- Relationship between humans and their environment
- Role of consumers and producers in the economy
- Exploring American beliefs and principals
- Functions of government and services provided by local governments
Science
Your child studies the purpose, functions, and discoveries of scientists. Your child studies different organisms and how they depend on each other and the environment; the exploration of different types of energy is also explored. At least 60% of science instructional time should be spent on hands-on activities that include lab and/or field investigations.
Topics and activities include:
- Evaluating how forces cause a change
- Exploring weather patterns and objects in the sky
- Exploring the water cycle
- Classifying matter by physical properties and determining how it changes
- Examining how the basic needs of plants and animals are met by their environment and other living things
- Comparing how behaviors and physical characteristics help plants and animals
meet their basic needs
Mathematics
Your child develops an understanding of the base-10 place value systems, along with place value concepts. This includes counting in units and multiples of 10, 100 and 1,000.
Concepts and activities also include:
- Identifying when addition and subtraction can be used to solve real-world problems
- Using the relationship between skip counting and equal groups of objects to
represent repeated addition or subtraction of equivalent sets - Representing and recognizing fraction units as part of a whole
- Building on previous knowledge and concepts of financial literacy