Religion
Scripture, Doctrine and Church Teaching
- Know the seven sacraments
- Define what a sacrament is and how they relate of their faith journey
- Associate the roots of the sacraments in the Gospels
- Trace God’s call to a life of service and stewardship in the Gospels
Prayer and Worship
- Cultural differences and traditions in prayer and worship
- Demonstrate the relationship between faith and culture
- Participate in the planning of school liturgies and prayer services
- Incorporate sacramental, symbols, and rituals into meaningful prayer experiences and liturgies
Christian Life, Service, and Stewardship
- Read, Interpret, and apply scripture to daily life
- Engage in age appropriate service to family, parish, local and global communities
- Grow in the understanding that personal relationships are based on dignity of every person as a child of God
Family Life
- Know that families, though different, are all loved by God
- How American culture and media portray family life and family relationships in light of Catholic teachings
- Know that I am unique and created in the image and likeness of God
- Value all life as a gift from God
- Trace adolescent development/puberty in males and females integrate the biology related to the procreative process with the values and teachings of the Catholic Church
Language Art
Reading
Word Study
- Read with appropriate speed and comprehension
- Use decoding strategies to construct meaning and identify unknown words and determine their meaning as used in context
Comprehension
- Use critical reading skills to draw conclusions, make inferences and identify author’s intended purposes
- Substantial independent reading across the various genres
Cultural Awareness
- Analyze how characters, communities and cultures reflect life in positive and negative ways
- Discuss the key themes of Catholic Social teaching and traditions
Writing
Spelling
- Correctly spell high frequency and cross curriculum words
- Utilize previously learned strategies to correctly spelled unfamiliar words
Grammar/Mechanics
- Following capitalization and punctuation rules create legible documents through handwriting and/or word processing
- Recognize and apply key parts of speech
- Write simple and compound sentences applying standard conventions
Types of Writing
- Use the five steps writing process publish a variety of writings
Oral Communication
Listening
- Demonstrate social courtesies while listening
- Follow multiple oral directions
- Recall, interpret and summarize information presented orally
Speaking
- Listen to and respect other’s opinions
- Organize thoughts and speak in complete sentences
- Write and deliver a simple speech using note cards or an outline
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Math
Function
- Demonstrate the ability to use manipulative to show patterns
- Demonstrate the ability to problem solve with patterns
- Demonstrate the ability to use variables
Measurement
- Describe, define, and demonstrate an understanding of geometric concepts through illustration.
- Identify properties and describe relationships among shapes
- Measure familiar shapes using appropriate tools and units of measurement
- Demonstrate an understanding of transformation of objects
- Develop 3-dimensional spatial sense
Data Analysis
- Learn to collect, interpret, and organize a variety of date in charts, tables, and graphs
Numeration
- Read and write whole numbers in standard form, expanded notation, written form and scientific notation
- Convert fractions to their simplest form
- Illustrate geometric representations of numbers
- Round numbers to a given place value
- Identify and use the prime factorization of composite numbers
- Demonstrate an ability to round numbers to a given place value
- Apply models and use written expressions to show ratio and percent
- Identify and apply rules for divisibility, multiplication and use of factors
Operations
- Model, represent and explain basic operations
- Demonstrate the ability to estimate the results of computations
- Compare and contrast theoretical and empirical probabilities
Applications
- Apply problem solving steps and strategies to determine possible solutions
- Use appropriate technology to compute complex problems
- Analyze various algorithms
- Identify and describe objects in terms of their directions and degree equivalence
- Communicate with others using mathematical vocabulary
- Use mental math when appropriate
Science
Earth Science
- Identify processes that alter the earth’s surface, and demonstrate cause and effect relationships
- Investigate what makes up weather and identify causes of different weather patterns
- Learn about types and effect of human activities on the hydrosphere
Life Science
- Examine the relationship of living and non-living things within various ecosystems and biomes
- Describe the function and structure of various systems within multi-celled organisms
- Compare and contrast animals using a classification system
Physical Science
- Classify types of matter and the changes they undergo
- Investigate the different energy waves
- Investigate the laws of motion to design a create a machine to solve an everyday problem
- Investigate how magnetism and electricity are related
Space
- Learn the effect of the earth and moon on each other
- Identify the major constellations and their relationship to each other in the night sky
- Compare and contrast space phenomenon
- Research space exploration
Social Studies
History
- Identify and describe key factors and events of North American history in relationship to the United States
- Interpret the significance of events during the historical periods of American History
Geography
- Name and locate the states, capitals, provinces and major cities of the regions of North America
- Understand how latitude and longitude are used to locate cities, countries etc. on a map
- Recognize how the geography of the regions influenced the development of North America
Economy
- Recognize how geography, natural resources, and weather etc. impact the supply and demand for goods and services from/for that region
- Describe how employment in a region is related to geography, weather, resources, etc.
- Explain how advances in science and technology have influenced the economy of a region
Government and Politics
- Identify core democratic values and describe their significance
- Explore the development of the North American Governments
- Understand the specific structure of the US Government
- Identify the rights and responsibilities of citizenship
Culture
- Recognize how the culture/s of a region/s are related to its diverse development
- Relate current events to the past, present, and future of a region
- Explain how experiences may be interpreted differently by people from different regions
- Explore ways in which language, stories, folktales, music, arts and recreation serve as expressions of the culture or a region
*Additional instruction given in: Spanish, Computers, Art, Music, and Physical Education |
