Language Arts
Teacher: Lisa Parnello

Core textbook: Rigby Literacy, Harcourt Supplemental Publisher’s, Inc. Barrington, IL. 2004 

Curriculum Overview: 
Students will learn reading strategies to decode words as well as comprehend text that has been read. The curriculum uses leveled readers to guide students on their path of learning to read. Each level of the readers increases the level of difficulty by moving from predictable text to longer, more complex stories that require the use of inference

Language Arts Goals:

• Recognize high frequency words.
  
• Understand use of labels and diagrams in text.
  
• Identify root words and their endings.
  
• Understand the use of dialog in text.
  
• Use inferences to understand text.
  
• Identify the setting and sequence of events in a story.
  

Mathematics
Teacher: Lisa Parnello

Core textbook: Mathematics, Scott Foresman, Addison Wesley. Pearson Education; Glenview, Il. 2008 

Curriculum Overview: 
Over the course of the year students will develop the ability to recognize numbers and use various operations to solve mathematical problems. They will learn concepts involving money, measurement, addition, subtraction, and fractions.  Students will learn the purpose of each operation and develop a basic understanding of when they are used.

Math Goals:

• Count, read and write numbers to 1,000
• Skip count numbers
• Count coins
• Read and write fractions
• Estimate and round whole numbers
• Add and subtract numbers up to 3 digits
• Use repeated addition to understand multiplication
• Identify solid figures and polygons

Science
Teacher: Lisa Parnello

Core textbook: HSP Science, Harcourt School Publishers. Orlando, FL. 2009 

Curriculum Overview: 
This course teaches students about plants and animals, as well as the environment. Students will learn about weather, seasons and objects in the sky such as the moon. They will be introduced to matter and will observe solids, liquids and gasses. The concept of energy is explored using a variety of methods in a laboratory setting. 

Science Goals:

• Describe the phases of the water cycle
• Identify living and nonliving things
• Define solid, liquid and gas
• Describe the characteristics of heat, light and sound
• Identify celestial bodies
• Define natural resources and their uses
• Describe various habitats

Social Studies
Teacher: Lisa Parnello

Core textbook: California Vistas, People and Places, Macmillan/McGraw Hill, New York, NY 2007 

Curriculum Overview: 
This course uses events in history to teach students how to read maps, and understand geography. Students will be introduced to the history of California and how immigrants and settlers came to live in the state. Students will learn to identify needs and wants, including the importance of farming and trading to satisfy those needs. They will also learn the role of our government and the meaning of democracy. Lastly, the students will learn how people in our society affect our community such as good citizenship and everyday heroes.

Social Studies Goals:

• Identify and read a map
• Use timelines
• Summarize
• Locate information
• Understand photographs
• Sequence events
• Identify the main idea and supporting details