They learn that a good paragraph will always focus on one main idea. The children work with nouns, verbs and editing skills. Learning to use a dictionary as well as other resources for editing will be stressed. The children will be learning to read and write cursive all year. Much of the reading program will emphasize comprehension skills as well as decoding.
Multiplication is introduced in the winter.
Fractions and decimals along with time and money will be our focus later in the year. We will end our year with geometry concepts, measurement and review for the SOLs. Science - Our year begins with the study of butterflies, life processes and scientific method. In the winter the children will learn the mysteries of simple circuits using C cell batteries, small bulbs and wire. They take apart a light bulb to see how it works.