Religion
Doctrine, History and Church Teaching
- Reasons for believing in God
- Discern the active presence of God in historical events
- Liturgical seasons and feasts
Prayer and Worship
- The meaning and symbols of the seven sacraments
- Include cultural and ethnic celebrations
- Demonstrate the relationship between faith and culture
- Class liturgies and prayer services
- Use formal and informal prayer
Christian Life, Service, and Stewardship
- Read and apply scripture to daily life
- Refer to Scripture, Beatitudes, Ten Commandments and Churchteachings when making choices
- Life in the Faith community is a way to know God
- We are all called to a life of Catholic/Christian service
Family Life
- All families are loved by God
- Treat ourselves and others with respect, love and forgiveness
- Feelings are a gift from God
- We each have unique gifts
- All life is a gift from God
Language Art
Reading
- Word Study
- Identify sight words and sound out to decode words, and syllable division
- Use prefixes, suffixes, and root/base words
- Use contractions, compound words, homonyms and homophones
- Apply spelling rules
Comprehension
- Read and use various text formats and genres
- Construct meaning employing many strategies
- Ask and answer questions
Fluency
- Use mechanics to read for meaning
- Read with an appropriate level of speed and expression
Vocabulary
- Determine meaning through text
- Use a dictionary
- Understand synonyms, antonyms, similes, metaphors, and analogies
Cultural Awareness
Read and listen to text of different ethnic and family cultures
Respond verbally or in writing to various texts
Writing
- Handwriting
- Write correctly and legibly in cursive
- Use manuscript or cursive when appropriate
Spelling
- Spell high frequency words correctly
- Use invented spelling in rough drafts
- Develop strategies for spelling new words
- Use correct spelling in final drafts
Grammar/Mechanics
- Write complete sentences
- Use correct sentence mechanics
- Identify key parts of speech
Composition
- Answer questions with complete sentences
- Write daily
- Use the writing process for different forms of writing
- Describe events, ideas, and personal stories with details and sequencing
Oral Communication
Listening
- Demonstrate social courtesies while listening
- Listen to, retain, process, question, synthesize, and evaluate information
- Follow multi-step verbal directions
Speaking
- Demonstrate social courtesies
- Enunciate and speak properly
- Give oral presentations
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Math
Function
- Learn to identify a pattern
- Demonstrate how to continue a pattern
- Demonstrate how to create a pattern
- Describe the relationship within a pattern
Measurement
- Identify, contrast and compare types of plane and geometric figures
- Identify and sort polygons, and non-polygons
- Identify and create 3-dimensional figures
- Identify and describe geometric concepts
- Create patterns using manipulative inside an existing space
- Recognize appropriate unites of measurement for length, capacity, weight, time, and temperature
Data Analysis
- Collect, organize and display data using a variety of formats
- Interpret information from charts and graphs
- Organize data to answer a particular question or solve a problem
- Create, test, interpret, and draw conclusions
Numeration
- Identify place value in a six digit number
- Understanding of place value when using whole numbers and decimals
- Ability to round and estimate whole numbers
- Identify fractions and decimals
- Compare and contract fractions and decimals
- Compare and order whole numbers, fractions and decimals
- Find fractional parts of a group
Science
Earth Science
- Describe causes and effects of natural changes in the earth’s surface
- Track and analyze seasonal climate changes
- Compare and contrast temperatures and conditions locally and nationally
- Effects of water on the land surface
- Describe how much water covers the earth and how much of that is usable
Life Science
- Living things adapt and change
- Basic requirements for living things
- Physical and behavioral characteristics that help organisms survive
- Describe and compare/contrast types of habitats
- Interdependence and interrelationships of living things
- Cells are the basic structure of life
- Muscles and bones
Physical Science
- Classify common objects by properties
- Define the properties of the three states of matter
- Measure weight, dimensions, and temperature
- Compare mixtures and separate them into component parts
Space
- Compare and contrast sun, moon, and earth
- Motions of the earth and moon around the sun
- Compare size and distances among objects in space
Social Studies
History
- Communities have a past, present, and future
- Past decisions have influenced the community’s present
- Present decisions will influence the future
Geography
- Explore maps of different communities
- Community’s geographic location in relationship to our country
- Climate and weather are influenced by geographic location
- Recognize differences and similarities between communities
Culture
- Appreciate the contributions that many cultures make in a community
- The culture of a community includes: language, stories, folktales, music, art and recreation
Government and Politics
- Explore rights, responsibilities and freedoms of a citizen
- Functions of a local government
Economics
- Employment is related to geography and weather resources
- Community needs are met through services and resources
*Additional instruction given in: Spanish, Computers, Art, Music, and Physical Education
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