To answer some of your questions about curriculum for the year please see the links below. California has now switched over to "Common Core" which is a nation wide standard system to assure everyone is learning at the same pace and the same material. For accountability, Common Core has an "I can" checklist for each subject. Each student should be able, at the completion of the year, to answer each statement in each subject with "I can". Here are the links to each checklist by subject;
Reading "I can"
Writing "I can"
Language "I can"
Speaking/Listening "I can"
Math "I can"
Reading "I can"
Writing "I can"
Language "I can"
Speaking/Listening "I can"
Math "I can"