2/3-109 AND 4/5-211

Ms. Solomon

msolomon3@schools.nyc.gov

Ms. Wilson

awilson48@schools.nyc.gov

2/3-109 Curriculum

Second Grade

Literacy

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Changing the World

• ​Seeds of Change

• On Meadowview Street

• A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt

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Making Decisions

• Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday

• A Chair for My Mother

• Do I Need it or Do I Want it?

• I Wanna Iguana

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Understanding Communities

• Charlotte’s Web

• Showshoe Hare’s Winter Home

• On the Farm

• The House on Maple Street

• Mercy Watson

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Building Ideas

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Marching with Aunt Susan

• The Man Who Made Parks

• City Green

Pioneering New Ideas and New Worlds

• Seed by Seed

• Johnny Appleseed

• Pioneers to the West

• Going West

Writing

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Opinion pieces

• Writing about main idea and main characters

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Writing summaries and Narratives:

• Create captions, write opinions to form a verbal debate

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Additional writing assignments/features for second graders:

• Dialogue, new scenes and endings for stories, informational writing

• Timelines, ask and answer questions, shared research on historical figures

• Compare and Contrast books, opinion, narrative

Mathematics

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• Number Concepts to 1,000

• Problem Solving

• Basic Facts & Relationships

• 2-Digit Addition with Money Concepts

• 2-Digit Subtraction

• Problem Solving

• 3-Digit Addition and Subtraction

• Problem Solving

• Money, Time, Data

Third Grade

Literacy

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Observing the World Around Us

• The Case of the Gasping Garbage

• Location, Location, Location

• Thunder Cake

• At the Root of It

• Rainforest

• The Moon Seems to Change

Connecting Character, Culture and Community

• The Year of Miss Agnes

• The Athabascans: Old Ways and New Ways

• The Frog Princess: A Tlingit Legend from Alaska

• What Is a Community? From A to Z

• Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day

• City Homes

Seeking Explanations

• Storm in the Night

• Knots on a Counting Rope

• Paul Bunyan

• Weather

• Living Through A Natural Disaster

• On the Same Day in March

Becoming an Active Citizen

• Brave Girl

• The Ride: The Legend of Betsy Dowdy

• Back of the Bus

• What is a Government?

• Who Really Created Democracy?

• A More Perfect Union

Writing

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Personal Narrative Writing

• Writing personal stories, working on beginning, middle, and end with developed paragraphs

​Informational Writing

• Writing about an expert topic, creating 5 developed paragraphs, using technical expert language and strong transitions

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​Narrative Writing

• Chapter 18 (create your own extension of "The Year of Miss Agnes")

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​Opinion Writing

• Compare and Contrast: "The Year of Miss Agnes" v. "The Athabascans"​

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Informational Writing

• Create a brochure (students research general information and climate about a state of their choice)

​​Informational Writing

• Rube Goldberg Project (students write a step-by-step about their project, where/when it will be sold)​

Poetry

• Students write different types of poems (acrostic, limerick, etc.)

Mathematics

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• Number Concepts to 1,000

• Problem Solving

• Basic Facts & Relationships

• 2-Digit Addition with Money Concepts

• 2-Digit Subtraction

• Problem Solving

• 3-Digit Addition and Subtraction

• Problem Solving

• Money, Time, Data

4/5-211 Grade Supply List (2020-2021 School Year)

These supplies are suggested and not mandatory.  We thank you in advance for the supplies!

Suggested Supplies for Students in Class 4/5-211

• 2 boxes of #2 pencils

• 2 large erasers

• 4 2-Pocket Folders

• 4 Composition Notebooks

• 2 bottles of Purell Hand Sanitizer

• 2 boxes of tissues

• 1 pack of white printer paper

• 1 desk pencil sharpener

• 2 packs of disinfecting wipes

• 1 pencil case (to fit in desk)

• 12-inch ruler

• 1 pack of washable markers

• 1 pack of colored pencils

4/5-211 Curriculum

Fourth Grade

Literacy

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Biographies

• The Boy Who Drew Birds

• The Tarantula Scientist

Comparing Points of View / Understanding different Cultures

• Island of the Blue Dolphins

• Esperanza Rising

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Writing a Legend/ Traditions and Cultures

• Northwest Coast People

• Hiawatha and Pecos Bill (and other legends)

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Compare and Contrast Texts

• Earthquakes and The Monster Beneath the Sea

• Anatomy of a Volcanic Eruption and Escape From Pompeii

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Innovative Solution Short Story

• Lunch Money and Coyote School News

• Innovation Project Proposal, Stock Market and Using Money

Writing

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• Biographical Writing

• Paragraph Writing

• Persuasive Essay

• Legends

• Compare and Contrast Essays

• Personal Essays

• Poetry

Mathematics

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• Place value

• Numbers and operations in base 10

• Operations and algebraic thinking 

• Numbers and Operations in Base 10

• Measurement and Data – Area and Perimeter

• Measurement in Line Plots

• Number and Operations in Fractions – Equivalent Fractions and Comparing Fractions

• Measurement and Data: Measuring Angles, Using a Protractor 

• Number and Operations in Fractions – Adding and Subtraction, Multiplying and Dividing

• Measurement Word Problems

• Number and Operations Comparing Decimals

• Decimals and Percents

Fifth Grade

Literacy

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Depending on Each Other

• Spadefoot Toads

• Rachel Carson: Pioneer of Ecology

Finding Courage

• Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

• Escape to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Adventures of Callie and William

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Understanding the Universe

• George’s Secret Key to the Universe

• Our Solar System

Exploring New Worlds

• Hudson

• The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened & How It Changed the World

Writing

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• Literary Essay

• Theory Charts

• Opinion Writing

• Biographies

• Narrative Writing

• Journalism/Newspaper Creation

• Informational Writing 

• Sci-Fi Writing

• Persuasive Writing

Mathematics

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• Place value, multiplication, and expressions

• Dividing whole numbers

• Adding and subtracting decimals 

• Multiplying decimals

• Dividing decimals

• Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators

• Multiplying fractions

• Dividing fractions

• Algebra: Patterns and graphing

• Convert units of measure

• Geometry and Volume