Our goal is to build study skills, organization, and inquisitive learners
Religion:
Text: We Believe
Content: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Sacraments (Baptism, Eucharist & Reconciliation)
Sample Projects:
- Holy Spirit stained glass, Advent Wreaths, Rosary making, Bible Figure Poster Project
Language Arts
Text: Houghton Mifflin Reading California
Supplements: Raz-Kids Online Leveled Books Library (interactive e-books), Step up to Writing, and the Daily Five literacy centers
Content:
- Phonics, Comprehension skills, Vocabulary skills
- Writing (grammar usage, mechanics, style, structure)
- Poetry writing
Sample Projects:
- Write books for the annual “Young Author's Faire”
- Student-made mini books on varied topics (accordion style, flag style, flip-book style)
- Student dictionaries
- Spelling Think-Tac-Toe
Mathematics
Text: Envision Math California
Content:
- Geometry: flat surfaces, vertices, edges, plane shapes & solid figures, reasoning
- Adding and subtracting two-digit and three-digit numbers
- Fractions, Time, Data and Graphs, Counting money
- Multiplication Concepts (introduction and facts) and Division Concepts (introduction, division as sharing)
Sample Projects:
- Designing buildings from geometric shapes
- Creating math storybooks on various math topics
- Fraction pizzas
- Multiplication arrays
Social Studies
Text: Macmillan/ McGraw-Hill
Supplement: BrainPOP Jr.
Sample Projects:
- 3-D Explorer collage
- Native American Totem Poles
- Mini-maps of our neighborhoods
Science
Text: Houghton Mifflin Science Discovery Works
Supplement: BrainPOP Jr.
Physical, Life and Earth Science
Sample Projects:
- Science Journals
- Soil vs. Coffee Soil experiment
- Homemade volcano
- Crystal growing
Spanish
Alphabet, Numbers, Colors, Days of the Week & Months
Introductory phrases (greetings, basic questions)
Every day vocabulary
Sample Projects:
- Mini-Dictionaries
- Spanish Song Recital
Art
Program: Arts Attack
Content Concepts:
- Line, Color, Shape and form
- Patterns, Textures, Space
- Composition, Drawing, self-expression, culture & history of different art styles
Homework will be given Monday –Thursday, Students should read at least 20 minutes a day with an adult or independently. Content learned in class is reinforced and put to life through field trips.
Physical Education- Held twice per week