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2/3 Math Curriculum Continued:
2nd Grade Math Content Includes
Numbers, Addition and Subtraction, Place Value, Money, Time, 3-D and 2-D Shapes, Whole-Number Operations and Number Stories, Patterns and Rules,
Numbers and Routine, Fractions, Measurement, Decimals and Place Value, Whole-Number Operations, Multiplication
3rd Grade Math Content Includes
Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers, Linear Measures and Areas, Multiplication and Division, Place Value in Whole Numbers and Decimals, Geometry, Fractions, Measurement and Data, Probability
2/3 Science Goals and Content
Overarching K-5 Science Goals: We want our students to…
- think logically and critically like scientists.
- ask questions and seek their own answers.
- follow their own interests as well as the topic of the lesson.
- make predictions and to draw conclusions.
- be curious and follow their curiosity to discovery.
- design and implement age-appropriate experiments.
- communicate knowledge and demonstrate understanding.
- respect and understand natural life and our planet.
2/3 Science Content Includes (in a two year rotation)
- systems around us
- recognizing constancy and change
- experimenting formally and informally to answer questions
- solution chemistry
- inherited and acquired traits
- habitats and ecology
- soils
- earth surface changes
- solar energy
- hygiene and nutrition
- recycling, composting, and earth stewardship
- who scientists are and what they do
- introduction to simple machines
- forms of energy: sound, light, and heat
- magnetism
- electricity
- solar system, moon phases, seasons
Not all science topics will be covered the same way in every classroom because, where possible, science topics are integrated with the classroom themes.
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