Kindergarten
By the end of kindergarten, students understand small numbers, quantities, and simple shapes in their everyday environment. They count, compare, describe, and sort objects, and develop a sense of properties and patterns.

Listening, speaking, and writing are integrated through the kindergarten grade language arts program and are used in social studies, science, and math. By the end of kindergarten, students are able to communicate using developmentally appropriate reading, writing and speaking skills.

Students in kindergarten are introduced to basic spatial, temporal, and causal relationships, emphasizing the geographical and historical connections between the world today and the world long ago. The concept of civic behavior, following rules, and respecting the rights of others is introduced.

First Grade
By the end of first grade, students understand and use the concept of place values for ones and tens. Students add and subtract one and two digit numbers with ease. They measure with simple units and recognize plane and solid figures. They describe data and analyze and solve simple problems.

Listening, speaking, and writing are integrated through the first grade language arts program and are used in social studies, science, and math. By the end of first grade, students are able to communicate using developmentally appropriate reading, writing, and speaking skills.

The first grade social studies program is designed to develop the student’s understanding of himself/herself as an individual, and as a member of a family and groups. Students learn the importance of rules and regulations, families, and begin to learn that societies pass on traditions and cultures. They continue to develop problem solving and observational skills.

Second Grade
By the end of second grade, students understand place value and number relationships in addition and subtraction and they use simple concepts of multiplication. They measure quantities with appropriate units. They classify shapes and see relationships among them by paying attention to their geometric attributes. They collect and analyze data for the answers.

Listening, speaking, and writing are integrated through the second grade language arts program and are used in social studies, science, and math. By the end of second grade, students are able to communicate using developmentally appropriate reading, writing, and speaking skills.

The second grade social studies program is designed to develop the student’s understanding of people who make a difference in their lives and in history. They study community people who supply goods and services to understand our interdependence.

Third Grade
By the end of third grade, students deepen their understanding of place value and their understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers. Students estimate, measure, and describe objects in space. They use patterns to help solve problems. They represent number relationships and conduct simple probability experiments.

Listening, speaking, and writing are integrated through the third grade language arts program and are used in social studies, science, and math. By the end of third grade, students are able to communicate using developmentally appropriate reading, writing, and speaking skills.

Students in third grade learn more about our connections to the past and the ways in which particularly local, regional, and national government and traditions have developed and left their marks on current society. Emphasis is on the physical and cultural landscape of California, including the study of Native Americans, the subsequent arrival of immigrants, and the impact they have had in the forming the character of our contemporary society.