Marking Period Themes

Marking Period 1:

ELA

Unit Theme: You Are Here

Essential Question: How do different places affect us?

Social Studies

Theme: Places in The World, Geography Themes, and Location

Essential Question: How do people best cooperate?

Science

Theme: The Earth’s Land and Water

Essential Question: Where do we find water?

Math

Topic 1: Fluently Add and Subtract Within 20

Essential Question: What are strategies for finding addition and subtraction facts?

Topic 2: Work with Equal Groups

Essential Question: How can you show even and odd numbers? &

How do arrays relate to repeated addition?

Topic 3: Add Within 100 Using Strategies

Essential Question: What are strategies for adding numbers to 100?

Topic 4: Fluently Add Within 100

Essential Question: What are strategies for adding numbers to 100?

Marking Period 2:

ELA

Unit Theme: Nature's Wonders

Essential Question: What patterns do we see in nature?

Social Studies

Theme: Production, Distribution, and Consumption

Essential Question: How do people get what they need?

Science

Theme: Changes to Earth's Land

Essential Question: What is Earth made of?

Math

Topic 5: Subtract Within 100 Using Strategies

Essential Question: What are strategies for subtracting numbers to 100?

Topic 6: Fluently Subtract Within 100

Essential Question: What are strategies for subtracting numbers to 100?

Topic 7: More Solving Problems Involving Addition and Subtraction

Essential Question: How can you solve word problems that use adding and subtracting?