CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
RELIGION
Christ Our Life: (God is Good)
- God is our good Father
- God sent his son as our savior
- Jesus is good
- Jesus’ great love
- Apps: Seesaw & Nearpod
LANGUAGE ARTS
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys ELA/Literacy program aligned to the Common Core ELA Standards
- Print concepts
- Phonological awareness
- Phonics and word recognize
- Fluency
- Vocabulary
- Grammar: Parts of Speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, articles, & adverbs
- Accelerated Reader Program — Personalized goals for independent reading practice
- Writing strategies to compose: Narrative, Informational, Opinion, Persuasive, Descriptive, & Poetry
- Apps: Spelling City, Freckle, AR, Seesaw and Epic!
- Additional Projects:
- Trick-or-Treat Book Report
- Black and White Report
- Polar Express Unit
MATHEMATICS
McGraw-Hill, My Math…aligned to Common Core Math Standards
- addition concepts and subtraction concepts up to two-digits
- place value
- basic graphing
- basic measurement and time
- two and three dimensional shapes
- Apps: Freckle, SumDog, & Seesaw
SOCIAL STUDIES
Houghton Mifflin, History-Social Science, School and Family
Topics include:
- Culture
- Citizenship
- Communities
- Patriotism
- Location on the map
- Changes over time
- Additional resources:
- Studies Weekly
- Scholastic Reader
- Projects:
- City Unit
- City Report
- Apps: Seesaw & Nearpod
SCIENCE
Houghton Mifflin, Science
- Weather and sky
- Describing matter
- Energy sources and motion
- Life science:
- Plants and animals
- Pumpkin, apple, penguin, & butterfly units
- Students raise their own butterflies
- Hands-on Experiments and Use of Technology
- Life science
- NGSS Aligned Curriculum
- Additional resources:
- Scholastic Reader
- Apps: Seesaw & Nearpod
ENRICHMENT CURRICULUM
FIELD TRIPS
- St. Catherine of Siena Parish Retreat
- Shipley Nature Center
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
- Movement concepts
- Social skills
- Team building
- Flexibility
- Locomotor Movement
- Manipulative skills
- Fitness Concepts
- Healthy choices
- Dance
ART
- Describe and replicate repeated patterns in nature, in the environment and in works of art.
- Mix secondary colors from primary colors and describe the process.
- Create a representational sculpture based on people, animals, or buildings.
- Sculpture: clay assemblage and mixed media
- Projects include:
- Clay – Coil Pots
- Clay – Leaf Prints from real leaves
- Pinch Pots turned into animals
- Turkeys – radial design, nature patterns
- Snowflake lesson on folding, cutting to create positive negative patterns
- Printmaking – collagraph human form
- Visual perception – in front of and behind painting
- Butterfly Transfers – Bilateral symmetry
- Easter crosses using pastel and Radial Design
- Nativity using simple shapes/collage to make the Holy family.
- Penguins – looking to find detail and meaning
- Tulips – In front of and behind – Atmospheric perspective
MUSIC
- Apply vocal and instrumental skills
- Listen to, analyze, and describe music
- Sing age-appropriate songs from memory
- Sing and play simple singing games from various cultures
- Read, write, and perform simple patterns of rhythm
- School-wide participation in the Pacific Symphony’s Class Act program
SPANISH
- Learn basic listening/speaking skills
- Basic vocabulary concepts include: Greeting, stating your name, classroom objects, numbers 1-15, colors, days of the week, directions, animals, adjectives, body parts, clothing, family, community, food and feelings.
TECHNOLOGY
- Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship — Online Safety, Cyberbullying, Copyright, Social Networking
