Course Title: Religion

Significant Curriculum Guidelines
Students will:

• continue to develop the role of the Church as the People of God.
• emphasize the importance of God’s law - the Ten Commandments.
  
• continue the study of the sacraments as sanctifying moments in our lives
  
• realize the importance of morality
  
• learn the names and roles of our Church leaders and the importance of community in the Church.
  
• appreciate the beauty of the gift of life.
• study the importance of scripture.
• study the importance for prayer in our lives.

Teaching Strategies Used
Students will:

• work in large groups
• participate in small group instruction
• role play
• discuss orally
• express their thoughts in written activities

Special Features
Students will:

• actively participate in the planning of a Mass once a semester.
• have a role in one of the Masses done by their class
• visit nursing home patients as service to others in the community.

Evaluations

• Chapter tests
  
• Religious vocabulary tests
  
• Various booklets and/or posters
  
• Oral discussions
  
• Written activities
• Classroom participation
   

Course Title: Language Arts

Significant Curriculum Guidelines
Students will:

• learn and apply the fundamentals of grammar, mechanics, and sentence structure.
• continue to enhance their knowledge of word structure and phonics to spell new words.
  
• be able to write a good paragraph with a topic sentence and supporting details.
  
• apply paragraph styles to write narrative, descriptive and non-fiction paragraphs and articles.
  
• provide opportunities for students to plan, revise, rewrite and rethink their writing activities.
  
• continue to develop printing and cursive handwriting skills.
  
• be able to listen to and retell stories with an emphasis on sitting, characters, and plot.
  
• support their interpretations of information they have read with facts and specific examples.
• Write differemt styles of poetry using examples (cinquain, haiku, limerick, couplets)
• Use 10 reading stratgies tp build comprehension skills

Teaching Strategies
Students will:

• work in large groups
• cooperative small group instruction
  
• work independently
  
• participate in oral discussion
  
• write on a daily basis

Special Features
Students will:

• construct a simple research paper
• complete special projects related to the Language Arts Curriculum
• develop and write their own stories
• write to a classroom "Pen Pal"
• keep a Writing binder with all work done in class

Evaluations

• Tests
• Workbook pages
  
• Various writing activities (paragraphs, short stories)
  
• Oral presentations
  
• Classroom participation

Course Title: Science

 
Significant Curriculum Guidelines
Students will:

• show mastery of the following information in the four areas of science

Life Science

• learn how animals adapt to their environment
• define extinction and how it can be prevented
• identify living things in a water environment
• identify natural habitats of five animals
• develop an appreciation for preserving our environment

Earth Science

• understand that air is matter
• understand evaporation and condensation

Physical Science

• be able to describe two physical changes and two chemical changes
• illustrate and list three states of matter

Space Science

• distinguish between eclipses of the sun and the moon
• to understand orbit, rotation, and revolution

Teaching Strategies Used
Students will:

• do workbook pages that are used to supplement lessons
• take tests produced by the publisher at the end of each chapter
• participate in large group instruction unless special help is needed
• use the summary and questions at the end of each lesson as a review

Special Features
Students will:

• be responsible for reports/presentations as assigned

Evaluations

• Workbook review at the end of each lesson
• Special papers and projects
• Tests at the conclusion of each chapter
  
• Unit reviews

Course Title: Social Studies

Significant Curriculum Guidelines

Students will:

• discover that members of a community learn to adapt to their environment
• understand that people consider their wants as well as their needs in choosing a community
• demonstrate understanding of directions, land forms, and water areas
• become familiar with maps and globes
• develop an understanding of the United States and its fifty states
• begin to understand that history is a record of events set in time
• learn about United States and local government
• develop an awareness of the seven continents
• realize that all members of any group must respect each others’ rights
• be able to name and locate several major cities in the United States
• will understand what is meant by the term “human rights”
• will understand that we are all committed to take care of the earth  

Teaching Strategies Used

Students will:

• participate in large group instruction
• work on group activities to reinforce skills
• take part in oral discussions
• complete written activities

Evaluations

• Workbook pages
• Written assignments
• Oral discussions
• Special projects
• Participation

 Course Title: Reading

Significant Curriculum Guidelines
Students will:

• use phonetic clues to decode new words.
• use context and structured clues to understand new words.
  
• read orally with fluency and expressions.
  
• recognize figures of speech (similar metaphor, idiom)
  
• evaluate a lesson in a story and substantiate the outcome.
  
• comprehend material read independently.
  
• apply and use library/research skills.
  
• interpret the implied meaning of a narrative passage.
  
• write an explanation of the moral or value presented.
  
• instill a life-long enjoyment of reading.
• evaluate a lesson in a story and substantiate the judgment made
• read selections in various genres

Teaching Strategies
Students will:

• work in large groups
• cooperative in small group instruction
  
• work independently
  
• participate in oral discussion
  
• write in journals

Special Features
Students will:

• give a variety of book reports (oral, written, and creative).
• write original stories of various genres following guidelines.
  
• participate in D.E.A.R. (Drop everything and Read).
  
• construct a float for a "Parade" featuring displays of favorite book.
• devise a "Summer Reading List".
• keep a weekly “Reading Log” (notebooking).

Evaluations:

• Oral reading practice
• Performance assessments
  
• Diagnostic checks
  
• Vocabulary tests
• Book reports
• Comprehension quizzes
   

Course Title: Math

Significant Curriculum Guidelines
Students will:

• represent and analyze patterns and functions, using words, tables, and graphs.
• identify and use mathematical properties in computation.
  
• express mathematical relationships as equations.
  
• develop an understanding of place value.
  
• know basic facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
  
• recognize equivalent fractions, decimals.
  
• solve word problems using a variety of divergent thinking activities.
  
• classify two and three dimensional shapes.
  
• apply appropriate techniques, tools and formulas to determine measurements.
  
• organize relevant data to solve problems.
  
• apply basic concepts of probability.

Teaching Strategies Used
Students will:

• work in large groups
• cooperate in small groups
  
• use manipulatives
  
• participate in daily board and drill activities
  
• problem solve to understand word problems

Special Features
Students will:

• take part in weekly math games or activities that reflect the week’s instruction
• understand real life situations in addition to problems found in the book

Evaluations

• Chapter tests
• Quizzes
  
• Informal assessments (oral responses, performance during math activities)
  
• Homework, daily classroom work
  
• Classroom participation