CURRICULUM TOPICS
Social Studies	Origins of the Earth. Early man and the foundations of civilization
Geography	The relationship of man to his environment. Landforms-mountain, hills, plains, rivers, oceans, lakes, etc.
Earth & Space	The Earth: its composition, structure and place in the universe. Rocks and soils
Physical science	Forces, motion and simple machines.
Life Science	Habitats and adaptation of all species
Health	Nutrition & Dental care
Civics and life skills	Individual vs. group rights and privileges. Human development-identity and behaviour. Reasoning and restraining impulsivity
Language arts/genres	Myths and expository Narrative, poetry and plays

Mathematics Perspective and Aims

Math Curriculum

LANGUAGE ARTS

Language Perspective and Aims

Curriculum

Speaking/ Listening

• Participate as speakers and listeners in group activities including imaginative play.
• Retell a familiar story with proper sequencing of events including greater detail.
• Begin to reflect on and evaluate their use of spoken language in expressing to others their ideas.
• Develop more awareness of the use of formal vocabulary and tone in different situations.
• Share ideas, feelings, opinions and viewpoints with increasing sophistication.
• Respond and ask questions appropriately and effectively to clarify their understanding.
• Be respective to the contributions of others voicing any disagreement courteously by giving positive criticism.
• Develop skills as effective oral presenters.
• Use the language of other disciplines and develop a growing vocabulary.

Reading Mechanics & Strategies

• Able to read aloud in a variety of situations with fluency and expression.
• Able to read silently with sustained concentration.

Reading Comprehension / Literary Analysis

• Develop their own questions.
• Skim for information.
• Predict, sequence events, and recognise similarities and differences between stories.
• Begin character analysis, and determine main idea of passages in stories.
• Demonstrate a more expansive and elaborate knowledge and understanding of different genre.
• Develop a sense of personal choice in reading material.

Types of Reading

• Exposure to myths and legends.
• Beginning activities in novel studies.

Writing / Mechanics Strategies

• Use phonetic spelling
• Recognise common spelling patterns
• Write cursive proficiently
• Use capitals and punctuation accurately
• Begin to use commas in lists
• Use correct word order and simple sentences.
• Show awareness of parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives and subject pronouns.
• Write about events in the past, present, and future.
• Use verb and subject agreement correctly.
• Write a story using beginning, middle and end.
• Show awareness of organising ideas into paragraphs.

Writing Process / Skills

• Demonstrate a desire to write.
• Use the writing process.
• Use peer conferencing and editing to the writing process.

Types of Writing

• During the course of the year, complete at least one piece from each area:
• Learn to use note taking.
• Create stories and poems.
• Describe ancient Athens.
• Write an interview as a way of getting information.
• Persuade others in a writing to treat people with respect.

Literature Focus

 

Myths and Legends:

• What are the qualities of the heroes in these stories?
• How did myths and legends influence the people of the time?
• What do the myths and legends tell us about the period in which they were developed?

 

Novel Studies:

• What can we know about the character's personality from the story and from his/her behavior?
• What are the main events of the story and how do they develop the plot?

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Science Perspective and Aims

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Science Topics:

The Earth: its composition, structure and place in the universe.
Rocks and soils
Forces, motion and simple machines
Habitats and adaptation of all species
Nutrition and Dental care

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Social Studies perspective and aims

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Social Studies Topics:

Origins of the Earth.
Early man and the foundations of civilization

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Italian Perspective and Aims (in Italian)

Aims of the Italian Program

Curriculum

 

Review and consolidation of material covered in the first two years. Emphasis is on oral skills. Grammatical structures are learned intuitively.

 

SPEAKING AND LISTENING

• Acting and creating short dialogues
• Respond appropriately to instructions and listening tasks
• Oral practice of learned structures
• Vocabulary and activities related to food, clothing, animals, city and countryside, likes and dislikes, feelings, describing people and places.

READING

• Reading exercises in students books
• Simple stories and children's magazines.

WRITING

• Writing activities in student textbook
• dictation
• puzzles and written games

CULTURE

• Introduction to Italian geography
• short poems, stories
• popular songs and games

RESOURCES AND MATERIALS

• Impariamo l'Italiano, vol 3 , GIUNTI Firenze
• Cassettes, Videos, Realia

ASSESSMENT

• class participation
• physical response to oral instructions
• creating and acting out dialogues
• extract information from audio-visual material
• drawings
• dictation
• fill in maps, charts, missing information
• answer questions
• memorize poems
• oral presentations
• individual and group research projects

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Music Perspective and Aims

Curriculum

To be able to:

• identify musical symbols
• be able to follow music and words to songs with two verses or more
• identify AB form
• identify strong beat
• group instruments into family, aurally recognize
• track music with finger and eye
• melody movement - steps, skips, repeats
• identify rhythm patterns
• echo singing
• learn notes of treble clef

Content: Orff, singing and playing in class, writing and listening, use of tapes and live music, exposure to professional performances, class performances, texts, written exercises.

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P.E. Perspective and Aims

PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE PRIMARY SCHOOL

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Art Programme

 

GRADES 2 & 3 - class time is 40 minutes per week

 

Students develop their creativity and imagination through more complex activities. These help to build on their skills and improve their control of materials, tools and techniques. They become more confident in using visual and tactile elements and materials and processes to communicate what they see, feel and think.

 

Topics:

· Understanding Form and Aesthetics.

· The Elements and Principles of Art

· Understanding and Applying Art Concepts

· Developing Art Skills at Grade Level

· Art Materials and Techniques

· Participation and Behaviour

Projects include:

· Drawing

· 2D design

· Printmaking

· Sculpture

· Looking at art

Materials & techniques will include a selection from the following:

· Drawing/Pencil, coloured pencil, markers, charcoal, watercolour pastels, oil pastels

· Painting/Tempera, watercolour & combined techniques

· Collage/Using a variety of textures, patterns, colours, weights of paper and shapes

· Sculpture

· Cardboard, paper mache and clay

Assessment:

· Student Portfolio

· Observation in the classroom - engagement, speaking, listening and conduct

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• Rubrics
• Anecdotal records
• Graphic organisers
• Teacher made and commercial tests
• Spelling tests
• Dictations
• Observation checklists
• Projects
• Oral presentations
• Responses to open-ended questions
• Math problem solving
• Conference records
• Written compositions
• Self-evaluation
• Portfolios for language work
• Reading sequence charts

 

VERIFICHE IN ITALIANO

• Dettati ortografici
• Test
• Temi
• Riassunti
• Interrrogazioni alla lavagna
• Giochi
• Ricerche
• Test di lettura (comprensione e fluenza)

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