Curriculum Update

October 29 Curriculum Update

Thank you parents for the amazing support and love we receives during Teacher Appreciation week! 

Social Studies

      During our social studies unit, our focus will be on learning about culture, society, and identity.   Students will compare and contrast the cultural characteristics of different countries.  Students will learn that different cultures meet human needs in different ways.  Most importantly, students will learn that despite our differences in language, religion, art, music, and food we are all part of one human family.

Language 

      Students have been immersed in traditional tales: fairy tales, folk tales, fables and more. They are working on understanding character development. Children will have opportunities to get to know many new characters and to use important reading strategies to understand text at a much deeper level. In addition, students will enjoy reading and writing adapted fairy tales from around the world. As always, we encourage each child to maintain an active reading practice at home and for families to discuss literature on a regular basis. We are encouraging children to read more narrative, text-based books as opposed to graphic novels in order to build their exposure to narrative voice and text-based inferring. 

Questions your children may ask themselves while reading:

• What traits does this character have? Which text clues make me think this?
  
• How does the character change during the story? How do I know?
  
• What is the theme, or message, of the story? What makes me say this?