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Grades One and Two
The curriculum focuses on language arts and mathematics as the
foundations of academic growth. While expectations are high, teachers
are sensitive to individual differences in rate of development and
learning styles. Basic skills like phonics, spelling, addition
and subtraction are studied at each grade level so that the child
can apply them to widening areas of experience with increasing flexibility
and confidence. Students use these skills as they study geography,
focusing first on the continents and then on the United States.
Students use computers as tools for accomplishing age-appropriate
tasks. Homeroom experiences are supplemented with regular classes
in science, music, visual arts and physical education.
Grades
Three and Four
-View the Lower School SlideShow
-Visit the Grade Three classes in The Egg
Children begin to relate ideas to the facts and forms they have
learned. They start to be independent thinkers, using with increasing
mastery the basic skills they acquired earlier. They come to understand
themselves as individuals, forming social relationships through
which they distinguish between responsibilities to themselves and
to others.
The curriculum focuses
on arithmetic operations of all sorts, and, in English, a growing
awareness of style as well as widening vocabulary and skill in writing.
The history program explores Native American culture and the peopling
of New York City. It then moves beyond the immediate community into
other parts of the world including historical civilizations like
Sumer, Ancient Greece and Egypt with an emphasis on the continuing
growth of values into our own time. The study of geography focuses
on Europe and the countries around the Mediterranean Basin. In science,
children develop an increasingly abstract sense of the systems that
control our environment. Students begin study of French or Spanish
language and culture focusing on pronunciation and oral comprehension.
Music, art, crafts, and drama are an important part of the curriculum
and technology is integrated throughout the curriculum.
GRADES
ONE AND TWO
- phonemic awareness, phonics,
spelling rules and
handwriting: keeping a personal journal
- pleasure in reading: interpreting
stories,
fairy tales, fables, mysteries, folk tales,
poetry, non-fiction
- simple computations and word
problems: using
manipulatives to progress from the concrete to
the abstract; geometric figures, measurements;
introduction to fractions; math games
- exploration and celebration
of holidays and
families around the world; U.S. geography
- hands-on work in the science
laboratory:
reasoning, observing, experimenting,
classifying, measuring
- introduction to computer software
- pottery, ceramic sculpture,
painting, collage
- rhythm, melody, dances, songs;
assembly
performances
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GRADES
THREE AND FOUR
- strengthened writing skills:
spelling, grammar,
paragraph formation; study skills; spontaneous
expressive writing; reading critically, fluently,
enthusiastically
- mastery of number facts and
operations;
symbols and terminology; multiplication
tables; long division; coordinate geometry;
beginning statistics
- growth of cities in relation
to immigration
and technology; ancient civilizations;
European geography
- astronomy; geology; ocean life;
animal
and plant life; force and motion
- introduction to French or Spanish
language
and culture
- introduction to Old Testament,
Bible stories;
myths and legends of many cultures
- computer software integrated
with broader
curriculum in writing, research and math
- musical literacy; choral singing,
instrumental
instruction; folk dances
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