Elementary Curriculum
Math and Language Arts Curriculum
Wonders
All Kindergarten through Fifth grade general education classrooms utilize the McGraw Hill Wonders 2020 English Language Arts Curriculum.
Wonders is designed to foster a love of reading in all children. By providing a comprehensive set of connected resources for all learners in grades K–5, Wonders offers elementary school educators the ability to adapt instruction with confidence as students grow. It focuses on teaching the whole child—and every child—preparing students to be lifelong learners and critical thinkers.
Wonders was authored by literacy experts with research on social emotional learning. It helps teachers strengthen skills, bolster learning, and encourage independence.
Fundations®
Fundations® for K-3 is a phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics and spelling program for the general education classroom. Fundations® is based upon the Wilson Reading System® principles and serves as a prevention program to help reduce reading and spelling failure.
Rather than completely replace core curriculum, Fundations® provides the research-validated strategies that complement installed programs to meet federal standards and serve the needs of all children.
Teachers incorporate a 30-minute daily Fundations® lesson into their language arts classroom instruction. Fundations® lessons focus on carefully sequenced skills that include print knowledge, alphabet awareness, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and spelling. Critical thinking, speaking and listening skills are practiced during Storytime activities. Furthermore, targeted small group intervention is available for students in the lowest 30th percentile.
Fundations® is recommended as part of a total literacy solution, including a literature-based language arts program and a Wilson Reading System® intervention and intensive program.
Please see the file below for a more detailed description of the Wilson/Fundations® program.
EngageNY Math
The EngageNY Math curriculum was originally crafted through a partnership with the New York State Education Department and teacher-writers at Great Minds, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing world-class curriculum resources to students across America. It presents mathematics in a logical progression from grade PK—12.
Kindergarten
- Module 1: Numbers 1-10; Math Tips, Homework, and Sprints
- Module 2: Two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes; Math Tips, and Homework
- Module 3: Comparison of length, weight, capacity and numbers to 10; Math Tips, Homework, and Sprints
- Module 4: Number pairs, addition and subtraction to 10; Math Tips, Homework, and Sprints
- Module 5: Numbers 10-20; count to 100 by 1's and 10's; Math Tips, and Homework
- Module 6: Analyzing, comparing, and composing shapes; Math Tips, and Homework
Videos:
Grade K: Math Fluency
Grade K: Math Fluency #2
Grade K: Math Compose and Decompose
Grade K: Counting
Grade K: Counting #2
Grade K: Double 10 Frames
Grade K: Subtraction and Renaming
First Grade
- Module 1: Sums and differences to 10; Math Tips | Homework |Sprints, and Videos
- Module 2: Introduction to place value using addition and subtraction up to number 20; Math Tips | Homework | and Videos
- Module 3: Ordering and comparing length measurements as numbers; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 4: Place value, comparison, adding and subtraction to 40; Math Tips | Homework |Sprints, and Videos
- Module 5: Identifying, composing and partitioning shapes; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 6: Place value, comparison, addition and subtraction to 100; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
Second Grade
- Module 1: Sums and Differences to 20; Math Tips | Homework |and Sprints
- Module 2: Addition and Subtraction of Length Unit; Math Tips | Homework |and Sprints
- Module 3: Place Value, Counting, and Comparison of Numbers to 1,000; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 4: Addition and Subtraction Within 200 with Word Problems to 100; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 5: Addition and Subtraction within 1,000 with World Problems to 100; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 6: Foundations of Multiplication and Division; Math Tips | and Homework
- Module 7: Foundations of Multiplication and Division; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 8: Time, Shapes, and Fractions as Equal Parts of Shapes; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
Third Grade
- Module 1: Properties of Multiplication and Division and Solving Problems with 2-5 and 10; Math Tips, Homework, and Sprints
- Module 2: Place Value and Problem Solving with Units of Measure; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 3: Multiplication and Division with Units of 1, 6-9, and Multiples of 10; Math Tips | Homework and Sprints
- Module 4: Multiplication and Area; Math Tips | Homework | and Pattern Sheets
- Module 5: Fractions as Numbers on the Number Line; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 6: Collecting and Displaying Data; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 7: Geometry and Measurement Word Problems; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
Fourth Grade
- Module 1: Place Value, Rounding, and Algorithms for Addition and Subtraction; Math Tips | Homework |and Sprints
- Module 2: Unit Conversions and Problem Solving with Metric Measurement; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 3: Multi-Digit Multiplication and Division; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 4: Angle Measure and Plane Figures; Math Tips and Homework
- Module 5: Fraction Equivalence, Ordering and Operations; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 6: Decimal Fractions; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 7: Exploring Measurement and Multiplication; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
Parent Guide for Fourth Grade Math
Fifth Grade
- Module 1: Place Value and Decimal Fractions; Math Tips | Homework |and Sprints
- Module 2: Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers and Decimals; Math Tips | Homework |and Sprints
- Module 3: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions; Math Tips | Homework |and Sprints
- Module 4: Multiplication and Division of Fractions and Decimal Fractions; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 5: Addition and Multiplication with Volume and Area; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
- Module 6: Problem Solving with Coordinate Plane; Math Tips | Homework | and Sprints
Human Growth and Development Curriculum
The Litchfield Elementary School District teaches Human Growth and Development in fifth grade and seventh grade. Fifth grade students watch Just Around the Corner (MARSHMedia, Nos. 9224 & 9225).
Just Around the Corner- For Girls (No. 9224, video length: 13:52)
The curriculum identifies instructional goals as:
- To provide a definition of puberty.
- To identify certain physical changes girls will experience during puberty.
- To explore emotional changes that may occur during puberty.
- To identify the structures of the female reproductive system.
- To explain the process of menstruation.
- To promote good hygiene and health habits during puberty.
- To promote a positive attitude toward change.
Just Around the Corner - For Boys (No. 9225, video length 9:47)
The curriculum identifies instructional goals as:
- To provide a definition of puberty.
- To identify certain physical changes boys will experience during puberty.
- To explore emotional changes that may occur during puberty.
- To identify the structures of the male reproductive system.
- To prepare boys for some of the common experiences of puberty, such as voice change and the occurrence of nocturnal emissions.
- To promote good hygiene and health habits during puberty.
- To promote a positive attitude toward change.
*Due to copyright laws, these videos may not be posted online. Please contact your child’s school to request to view the video.
In accordance with LESD Governing Board Policy, girls and boys view the videos separately. Parent/Guardian permission forms are sent prior to the Human Growth and Development presentations yearly with fifth and seventh grade students.