Language Arts

Reading: phonemic awareness, decoding and word recognition, reading decodable books and advancing to appropriate children’s literature for fluency, comprehension, literacy response and analysis, plot setting, characters • writing: developing central ideas, descriptive words, penmanship, script, brief narratives using regular spelling and creative spelling • Grammar: nouns, verbs and adjectives • Punctuation: periods, exclamation and question marks • capitalization • listening and speaking

Math

Number Sense: fluency in counting, adding and subtracting to 20, place value to 100, estimating, fractions • Geometry: geometric shapes in terms of their properties • Simple algebra • Mathematical Vocabulary • Measurement: standard and metric units, time, money, temperature • Simple Statistics: data organization, simple graphs/charts, probability

Science

Understanding the scientific process. • Life Science: comparing animals and plants • earth Science: earth, weather • Physical Science: matte, solids, liquids, gases • Machines

Social Studies

Prayer

Students explore theological concepts • Kitah Alef Siddur Ceremony: Students receive their first Siddur in early Spring • Students learn additional prayers in the morning service

Hebrew

Students learn the Hebrew letters and vowels and learn how to read and write • Students develop their Hebrew literacy and language skills • Hebrew literature: Students become familiar with the writing of two major Israeli authors and poets

Judaic Studies

Students use Tal-Am interactive booklets to learn about the weekly Torah portion • Through experiential approaches students explore the historical context, meaning and spirit of Shabbat and the Chagim (holidays) • Students celebrate the coming of Shabbat in the classroom and in school-wide Kabbalat Shabbat assemblies • Students are introduced to holiday vocabulary, customs, and songs • Students are introduced to the Jewish life cycle • Students recognize the flag and symbol of Israel and can find Israel on a world map • Tzedakah, g’milut hasadim, ethics and value