September Core Subject Plan
SEPTEMBER (First month of school)
FINLEY
Language Arts
Folk Tales and Cursive Writing
Story Summaries and Cursive
Three Sentence Paragraph
Paragraph Composition
Sentence Composition
Spelling Games
Math
Communicative and Associative Properties
Carrying and borrowing place value
Multiplication Chart
Months; translating oral problems into written equations
Ordinal Numbers; sand clock; sundial
Telling Time
Science
Earths Rotation and Revolutions
Phases of the moon; animal behavior
Traditional methods of timekeeping
Gravity
Plants; decomposition
Water vapor; evaporation experiment
Social Studies
The fall of the Byzantine Empire —> Revolutionary War
Introduction to the founding Fathers
The Declaration of Independence
The US Constitution
Bill of Rights
Branches of the Government
Health
Natural Body Changes
Personal Privacy
Good Grooming Habits
Disease and Illness Prevention
Medical Careers
Unit 1 Review: Physical Body
Physical Education
Research
Self Study
Biography
Gardening
Foreign Language
Music
Visual Arts
Daily Journal
Reading Aloud
Weekly Reading
Piano
Hawaiian Language Study
Cooking
Kiwi Crate