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