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RELIGION:
Text: We Believe
- God as a loving Father and Creator
- Jesus as Savior and Son of God
- Holy Spirit as Paraclete and Counsellor
- Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Eucharist, & Reconciliation) and the other four sacraments.
- Church as people of faith who form a loving community
- Morality as taking care of and sharing God’s gift of creation
- Bible as a special book about God's love for us
- Prayers – formal prayers (Hail Mary, Our Father, Glory be to the Father), Eucharistic Liturgy ( Mass), and spontaneous prayers
Celebration of Feasts: (Advent, Christmas, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, & Epiphany)
- Honoring Saints as special celebrations, such as St. Francis of Assisi, Guardian Angels, St. Nicholas, St. Lawrence O'Toole, St. Patrick, St. Joseph and special feasts of Mary.
HANDWRITING / MANUSCRIPT:
Children learn proper formation of letters using journals, reading logs, workbooks, and homework notebooks. Also they are encouraged to use proper penmanship in their creative writing.
READING / LITERATURE / LANGUAGE ARTS:
Text: Houghton Mifflin Reading and other Literature Books
- Phonemic Awareness
- Decoding and Word Recognition
- Vocabulary and Concept Development
- Reading Comprehension
- Literary Response and Analysis
- Writing
- Listening and Speaking
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Communities
- Leaders and Rules
- Weather and Seasons
- Cities, Towns and Suburbs
- Our Country
- Citizenship
- Map Skills
- Learning about the Past
- Heroes and Symbols of our Country
PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
- Children will be competent in many movement activities.
- Children will achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
- Children will demonstrate responsible personal behavior while participating in movement activities
TECHNOLOGY:
- Children integrate technology in all curriculum areas.
- Children log into network with assistance.
- Children type in a word processing program.
SCIENCE:
- Physical Science: Materials come in different forms (states), including solids, liquids, and gases.
- Earth Science: Weather can be observed, measured and described.
- Life Science: Plants and animals meet their needs in different ways.
- Investigation and Experimentation: Draw pictures and record observations.
MATHEMATICS:
- Number Sense
- Classification, Patterns and Numbers
- Graphing
- Understanding Addition and Subtraction
- Measurement and Geometry
- Time and Money
- Mathematical Reasoning
SPANISH:
- Greetings, Polite Words, and Introductions
- Numbers
- Colors
- Clothing
- Food
- Family
- Animals
- Community
- Alphabet
FIELD TRIPS: (integrated into academic units)
- Pumpkin Patch
- Service Project- Mercy Center
- Chabot Science Center
- Christ the Light Cathedral
- Junior Center of Art and Science
- Oakland Zoo