What will we be learning this month?
Grade: Kindergarden A
Month: February 2013
Math
Simple addition (review) and Simple subtraction
Phonics
Blends – long vowel sounds made with VCe pattern e.g. ape; snake; lice
Reading
Writing
Social Studies and Science
Reading high frequency words and familiar text
Answering questions about the meaning of a story and retelling them with
a beginning, middle and end.
Writing names with upper and lower case letters
Writing simple sentences with high frequency words
Using sounds to construct spellings
People and the jobs they do
Body parts
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: Kindergarden B
Month: February 2013
Math
Simple addition (review) and Simple subtraction
Phonics
Segment and blend phonemes/p/m/s/ and /a/o.
Word families: ug, un; at, ap; ut, ub; ill, ip.
Reading
Writing
Social Studies and Science
Reading high frequency words and familiar text
Respond to simple questions about reading.
Write words based on how they sound, using initial consonants and some
ending sounds (with the help of the teacher).
Write first and last name.
Use drawing and writing to convey meaning and provide information.
Families
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 1 (Teacher Sally)
Math
Month: February 2013
Common shapes: comparing, sorting and identifying patterns
Length: comparing and measuring
Language Arts
Grammar: prepositions; pronouns and possessive adjectives
Writing: to retell a story with pictures and simple sentences
Social Studies and Science
Habitats: comparing where things live and how they adapt to their
surroundings (Geography and ICT)
Spelling lists
Words with –oo; words with –ing; words with –aw; words with -ew
Reading Programme
Varies with groups
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 1 (Jesse)
Month: February 2013
Math
Length: comparing and measuring
Language Arts
Grammar: pronouns and possessive adjectives
Writing: writing text related to picture books
Social Studies and
Science
Habitats: comparing where things live and how they adapt to their
surroundings (Geography and ICT)
Spelling lists
Words with –am,-im,-um; words with –ad,-id,-ud; words with –all and -ell
Reading Programme
Varies with groups
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 2
Math
Month: February 2013
Addition and subtraction: finding missing numbers; linking adding and
subtracting; mental addition and subtraction
Language Arts
Grammar: plurals; simple past tense
Writing: story beginnings and endings; telling a story
Social Studies and Science
Understanding and using our 5 senses
Spelling lists
Words with ow and ou; words ending in –ing; words with long e sound
spelled with y (e.g. happy)
Reading Programme
Varies with groups
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 3
Math
Language Arts
Month: February 2013
Mental Calculations: strategies for mental addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division
Grammar: Sentence Structure
Writing: Choosing lively, active verbs and drafting, writing, editing and
publishing of Grade 3’s own Into the A,B, Sea book.
Science
Systems of the body
Social Studies
Habitats around the world and how people adapt to them.
Spelling lists
Compound words; words with silent letters; homophones
Reading Programme
Varies with groups
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 4
Month: February 2013
Math
Perpendicular and parallel lines
Language Arts
Grammar: Different types of sentences (compound and complex)
Writing: Sentence Fluency: choosing the length and structure of sentences to
make your writing flow exactly as you want it to.
Science
Life cycles of animals (focusing on chickens, frogs and insects)
Social Studies
Water: how it makes up our planet, water habitats and use of water around the
world
Spelling lists
Words with the silent e at the end; Words with double consonants; High
frequency word list
Reading Programme
Varies with groups
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 5
Math
Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
Spelling lists
Reading Programme
Grade: 6
Math
Language Arts
Month: February 2013
Area of a triangle
Ratio: finding ratios and equivalent ratios
Grammar: Possessive pronouns; pronoun-antecedent agreement; sentence
variety
Writing: Word choice- powerful verbs and subject specific vocabulary
Electric circuits and using electricity
History: creating a timeline and researching important historical events in
Cambodia and around the world
Regular long sound of E, as in eve; Regular short sound of E, as in end; Sound
of E before r, verging toward the sound of u in urge; Regular long sound of I as
in ice
Varies with groups
Month: February 2013
Ratio: comparing ratios; ratio word problems
Percentages: fractions and percentages; word problems
Grammar: Verbs; adjectives; plurals
Writing: Word choice- choosing specific verbs and adjectives to make the
meaning more powerful
Science
Forces
Social Studies
Puberty; female reproductive cycle; the growth of a baby in the womb
Spelling lists
Words accented on the first syllable