Northfield Elementary Curriculum Chart

Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth grade Fifth Grade

Science Scientists Plant Structure Matter Weather Energy Geosphere

Sun Animal Structure Temperature Tropical climate Electricity Hydrosphere
Wind Offspring Heat Temperate climate Sound Atmosphere
Snow Animal survival Water Polar climate Light Biosphere
Rain Sun Oceans Natural Hazards Heat Surface water
Temperature Moon Rivers Electrical Force Renewable resources Groundwater
Severe Weather Stars Lakes Magnetic Force Nonrenewable Ocean
Forces Light Ponds Motion resources Gravity
Motion Sound Wind Plant Survival Waves Sun
Plants Erosion Animal Survival Rock formations Stars
Animals Fossils Weathering Earth
Natural Resources Habitats Ocean floor Moon
Plant life cycle Mountains Matter
Animal life cycle Earthquakes Food chains / webs
Volcanoes
Animal sense receptors
Social Rules Rules Rural communities Historic Ellicott City Maryland geography American Revolution
Studies Goods Citizenship Urban communities Transportation Native Americans Declaration of
Services Cultures Suburban Communication European explorers Independence
Human resources Maps communities Global trade Founding of Maryland Government
Natural resources Goods Production of goods Natural disasters Colonial regions Federalists
Technology Services Global trading Maps Colonial government Anti-Federalists
Symbols of USA Production of goods Technology Immigration Triangle trade Bill of Rights
Maps Wants World markets U.S. Regions Slavery Maryland government
Globes Transportation Citizenship Geography Global trade Slavery
Transportation Communication Local leaders Money Finance Underground Railroad
Communication Democracy War of 1812
Goods Civil War
Services Citizenship
Taxes
Community leaders

Language Storybooks Stories Stories Stories Stories Stories

Arts Poems Poems Fables Fables Dramas Dramas
Alphabet Informational text Folktales Folktales Poems Poems
Rhymes Poems Myths Myths Graphic novels
Informational text Informational text Dramas Informational text Informational text
Poems
Informational text
Math Numbers to 20 Addition Addition All operations All operations All operations
Counting to 100 Subtraction Subtraction Fractions Fractions Decimals
Length Length Length Area / perimeter Measurement Fractions
Weight Time Time 2-D Shapes Area / perimeter Volume
Shapes 2-D / 3-D Shapes Money Symmetry
Fractions
Art Primary colors Picasso Egyptian art Greek vases Pop art George Segal
Secondary colors James Rizzi Aboriginal Surrealism Warhol Fashion design
Monet DaVinci Mandalas Picasso Cartooning Op art
Mondrian Kandinsky Oaxacan animals Bamboo painting Contemporary art Illuminated
Impressionism Van Gogh Interior design manuscripts
Calligraphy
Weaving
Music Edvard Grieg Sergei Prokofiev Camille Saint -Saëns Ilyich Tchaikovski Igor Stravinsky Modest Mussorgsky
Tempo Simple instruments Mozart National anthem Sea chanties Jazz / blues music
Pitch Orchestra instruments Orchestra instruments National anthem Folk instruments
Voices
P.E. Tumbling Tumbling Tumbling Tumbling Tumbling Tumbling
Nutrition Nutrition Dance Nutrition Dance Dance
Heart Heart Nutrition Heart Nutrition Nutrition
Locomotor skills Locomotor skills Heart Football Heart Heart
Non-locomotor Non-locomotor skills Locomotor skills Basketball Football Football
skills Non-locomotor skills Soccer Basketball Basketball
Soccer Soccer
Media Nursery Rhymes Dinosaurs Jan and Ron Barrett Poetry Cynthia Ryland Earth’s Systems
Mo Willems Yuyi Morales Nonfiction books Chris Van Allsburg Jazz Music Historical Fiction
Laura Numeroff Jerdine Nolen Inventions Biographies Legends Speeches
Eric Carle Fairy Tales Joseph Bruchac Disaster Preparedness
Realistic Fiction
Immigration
Created by Julie Papperman, November 3, 2017, Based on the Common Core Standards and Howard County Curriculum