*Reading
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-Genres:Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry
-Comprehension Strategies: Summarizing, Questioning, Predicting, Inferring, Visualizing, Evaluating, Synthesizing, Connecting, Monitoring, and Clarifying
- Skills: Fact and Opinion, Cause and Effect, Decoding Strategies, Story Elements, Noting Details, Interpreting Details, Character Traits, Character Development, Categorizing, Symbolism, Drawing Conclusions, Compare and Contrast, Illustrator' Craft, Fantasy and Realism
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*Writing
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- Types:Narrative, Informational, Persuasive, Letters, Biographies, Interviews, and Poetry
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*Spelling
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- Word Study: Short/Long Vowels, Word Patterns, Rules, Vocabulary, Suffixes, Homophones, and Application to reading and writing
Textbook Used: Spelling Connections by Zaner-Bloser
* Cursive Handwriting*
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* Math
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- Concepts:Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers, Linear Measures and Area, Multiplication and Division, Place Value in Whole Numbers and Decimals, Geometry, Fractions, Probability, and Problem Solving
**Students must memorize multiplication math facts 0-12 by the end of the school year**
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*Science
* Social Studies
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- Concepts: Rocks and Minerals, Plant Growth and Development, and Chemical Tests
- Concepts: Government and Economics
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