• Read basic readers
• Expand sight word vocabulary
• Recall the sequence of events in oral and written stories
• Differentiate between fiction and nonfiction stories
• Discuss story elements such as plot, character, events, and setting
• Identify the main idea and details in a story
• Print legibly
• Recognize single and plural forms of nouns
• Write in complete sentences
• Understand basic punctuation
• Use descriptive language

Math

• Understand greater than, less than, lighter than, heavier than, the same as, etc.
• Recognize and write numbers up to 100
• Count backwards from any given point from 100
• Mentally add numbers to 10
• Add and subtract with pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
• Tell time to the hour and half hour
• Recognize symmetry in drawings and shapes
• Combine shapes to make other shapes
• Identify, describe, and reproduce patterns with number, shapes, colors, or words
• Use simple graphs to record information
• Recognize simple mathematic symbols (e.g. "+", "= ",">","<")
• Begin to understand simple fractions
  

Social Studies

• Locate the United States, the seven continents, and the four oceans on a large map or globe
• Construct and interpret simple maps with cardinal directions and map key
• Demonstrate awareness of current news
• Participate in group decision making
• Understand traditions that reflect American ideals and influences from diverse cultures within the nation
• Create charts and timelines demonstrating an understanding of past and present
• Recognize shared values and goals as students in the same community, despite differences in backgrounds
  

Science

• Use tools such as a magnifying glass, ruler, and balancing scale
• Learn basic needs of living things by caring for animals in class
• Experiment with balls and ramps to investigate forces such as gravity, momentum, and friction
• Explore formation of the earth's surface using water, sand, silt, and pebbles
• Develop an awareness of the water cycle
• Conduct simple experiments; observe and record results
  

Other Subjects

• Art: Mix primary colors to make secondary colors
• Music: Use hand percussion instruments to learn rhythmic patterns
• Physical Education: Improve eye-hand coordination, balance, flexibility, and ball handling.