Language Arts:

Reading Program Kick Off

Reading Strategies

• Predict/Infer
• Phonics/Decoding
• Monitor/Calrify
• Question
• Evaluate
• Summarize

Theme 1 Off to Adventure

• Lost and Found
• The Ballad of Mulan
• The Waterfall

Theme 2 Celebrating Traditions

• The Keeping Quilt
• Anthony Reynoso: Born to Rope
• The Talking Cloth
• Dancing Rainbows

Additional materials and vocabulary can be found at www.eduplace.com/kids

Math:

Unit 1 Numbers to 10,000

• Chapter 1 Place Value
• Chapter 2 Order and Rounding whole Numbers

Unit 2 Addition and Subtraction

• Chapter 3 Addition
• Chapter 4 Subtraction

Science:

Life Science

• Chapter 1 Adaptations in land environments
• Chapter 2 Adaptations in water environments

Social Studies:

Unit 1 Land and Water in Your Area

• Lesson 1 What are the land and water like in your area?
• Lesson 2 How have people used the land in your region?

History of Cerritos

Reading Tips for Parents

• Read  to your child everyday.
• Listen to your child read everyday.
• Get your child a library card and go to the library.
• Provide books on his/her reading level. (I can provide that information.)
• Get your child a subscription to a child's magazine; Nickelodeon, Mathmania, Zoobooks, National Geographic for Kids, Highlights, etc.
• Read signs, billboards, buildings, etc. Challenge your child to read them to you.
• Have your child read directions and recipes to you.
• Let your child see you reading.
• Encourage their reading - Praise, Praise, Praise!
• Remember you are your child's first and most important teacher. They model you whether you want them to or not.