* Please note that the Language Arts and Math curriculum is not in a particular order, because the standards are integrated throughout the year.
Language Arts - McGraw-Hill Reading
Religion - Faith First
Quarter 1
-God's love for us
-The Trinity
-Mary is the mother of God
-Jesus gave us the Church
Quarter 2
-The church celebrates all year
-We celebrate mass
-The four weeks of Advent
-The Season of Christmas
-Sacraments
Quarter 3
-Ash Wednesday
-The season of Lent
-We live as children of God, as a family, and as a community
-The 10 Commandments
-We love through forgiveness
Quarter 4
-Holy Week
-The Easter Season
-Jesus teaches his followers to pray
-We pray in many ways
Social Studies - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Quarter 1:
-Families and their functions
-Differences among various cultures
-Comparing and contrasting communities in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada
-States full name, address, and phone number
-Passage of time using a clock,calendar and timeline
Quarter 2:
-Thanksgiving: Colonists, pioneers and native Americans
-U.S. historical figures
-Recognizing differences in colonial days from today
-Good Citizenship
-National Leaders
- Identifies familiar symbols of our country
Quarter 3:
-Transportation: goods and services, different modes, land, air and water
- Landforms and bodies of water
-Locating oceans and continents on a map
-Obtaining information from maps and globes
Quarter 4:
-Goods and Services
-Distinguishing between basic needs and wants
-Differences between produces and service workers
Science - Harcourt
Quarter 1:
-Scientific Inquiry: Scientific method, compare data and draw conclussions, assemble graphs and interpret data
-Life Science: Identify the basic needs of animals and compare and describe characteristics of animals
Quarter 2:
-Life Science: Identify the basic needs of plants and identify the parts of plants
-Environmental Science: Demonstrates respect for God's creation, identify ways to conserve energy and resources, and identify types of pollution
Quarter 3:
-Earth Science: Identify different types of weather, relate weather to seasonal changes, and evaporation
Quarter 4:
-Physical Science: Demonstrate an understanding of light, sources of light, shadows.
Demonstrate an understanding of sound, waves, vibrations, emergency sounds, pitch and volume
Understands the effects of magnets: attract and repel
Math - Everday Math