Purpose:

At CSD, while we certainly teach isolated skills, we strive to continuously give students meaningful and purposeful opportunities to use those newly learned skills.  All students at all grade levels are always participating in multi-disciplinary, integrated units of study that give the students an opportunity to participate in meaningful, purposeful and relevant studies.  Rather than memorizing isolated facts, students will ponder and reflect upon big ideas that truly matter in the larger picture of life. For every unit, there are one or two of the core commonalities studied as threads that tie our learning together.  We adhere to the brain research that supports helping students find connections across all learning.

We explore the growth and development of our community to help us understand how these processes change and impact the world around us.  We explore our responsibilities as citizens of our community.

Units of Study:

• My Community Past and Present: Davidson vs. Charlotte
• My Community Present and Future: Local Environmental Issues and Conservation – Plants, Soil, Animals
• My World Around Me: Earth – Landforms, Geology, Natural Resources; Space – Solar System
• Skeletal Systems – growth and development
• Fables and Folk Tales
• The Artist in Me:  Norman Rockwell, Grandma Moses, Romere Bearden, Ansel Adams
• The Author in Me:  Shel Silverstein, Chris VanAllsburg, Patricia MacLachlan, Cynthia Rylant

For detailed NC Standard Course of Study information, please see:

www.ncpublicschool.org/curiculum/