Social Studies

We have adopted a new social studies curriculum this year! This curriculum covers the following topics:

Unit 1: People and Traditions

Unit 2: Where We Live

Unit 3: Beginning Economics

Unit 4: Good Citizens

What we’re doing in Social Studies:
Unit 3 - Beginning Economics
- Students are learning about the importance of goods and services.
- We will be talking about why we need money and exchanging money for goods
- Discussing the importance of producers, sellers, and buyers.
- Making choices and character values such as honesty, courage, and responsibility.

Science

We have also adopted a new science curriculum this year called Inspire Science.  This curriculum follows the next generation science standards and focuses on science and literacy integration.  Students will also be introduced to a variety of fascinating S.t.e.m. careers and are able to practice real-world problem-solving skills. 

There is a total of 6 science topics covered in the new curriculum:

- Sound energy

- Light energy

- Using energy to communicate

- Plants and animals

- Offspring and their parents

- Earth and Space

What we’re doing in Science:
- Life Science
- We currently have 24 chicken eggs incubating in our classroom.  Students will be learning about life cycles as we observe and discuss the development of chicks in their eggs.

“Always Question, Always Wonder”