Curriculum Information – as of October 5, 2009
The Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions guide what the students are learning in the curriculum, changing with the Units we are studying.
English Language Arts Unit 2: Just For Fun
Enduring Understandings:
- My friends and I learn new things as we grow.
- Everything that I know and everything that I do helps me to understand others.
Essential Questions:
- Why is it important to learn new things?
- Why do I need to understand others?
- How do I know when I understand others?
Mathematics Unit 2: Number Sense
Enduring Understandings:
- Knowing how things are alike and different is important.
- There are many ways to “tell about” a number.
- I can think in numbers.
Essential Questions:
- Why do we need numbers? How are they used in our world?
- How can I tell about how things are different and how they are alike?
- How can I “tell about” a number in different ways?
- Why is it important for me to think in numbers?
Social Studies
Enduring Understandings:
- I know who the leaders are in my school community and can identify the responsibilities of leaders to make the school a place of learning.
- I know my responsibilities as a classroom citizen and I have a basic understanding of jobs in my community.
- I understand the role of individuals as consumers.
Essential Questions:
- Can students identify leaders in the school community and their responsibilities?
- Can students identify responsibilities as members of the school community?
- Can students recognize American symbols and patriotic songs?
Science
Enduring Understandings:
- I understand the structure and basic functions of the systems of the human body.
- I can identify major parts and systems of the human body.
Essential Questions:
- Can students state the purpose of a skeleton?
- Can students identify and describe the parts of the body involved in digestion?
- Can students describe the pumping action of the heart and explain that it sends blood to all parts of the body?
- Can students describe muscles that are voluntary and involuntary?
- Can students locate the heart on his or her body? The stomach? The lungs? Certain bones?
