Curriculum English Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Religion

Reading (ELA) Scott Foresman Reading Street Recognize all of the letters of the alphabet in upper/lowercase forms. Learn sounds corresponding to consonants and vowels. Name the beginning, middle and ending consonant sounds in spoken words. Recognize rhyming words. Demonstrate phonemic awareness by clapping syllables. Read basic sight words and color words. Develop book and print awareness (identify the title, name of the author and the name of the illustrator). Indicate where a sentence starts and ends. Use left to right motion when reading. Recognize punctuation. Make predictions and use picture clues to read. Sequence a story with beginning, middle, and end. Use decoding skills (phonemic awareness) to read simple texts. Learn comprehension strategies: cause and effect, classify/categorize, compare and contrast, draw conclusions, and main idea. Develop an understanding of literacy genres: Realistic fiction, fantasy, fairy tale, fable, non-fiction (informational text).

Writing (ELA) Correctly grasp writing tools. Print upper and lowercase letters. Print first and last name. Use legible manuscript handwriting. Write from left to right and from top to bottom. Write simple sentences using sight words and phonics skills.

Math Sadlier-Oxford Progress in Mathematics Count to 100 by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. Recognize and write numerals to 100. Show one to one correspondence to 20. Recognize patterns and identify plane and three dimensional shapes. Use graphs to gather information. Sort and measure simple objects. Solve simple addition and subtraction problems (addition within 10/subtraction within 5). Tell time to the hour. Recognize value of a penny, nickel dime, and quarter. Recite the days of the week and months of the year. Order events first, next, and last. Recognize place value- 100’s, 10’s, and 1’s as we count to the 100th Day.

Science Pearson Interactive Science (Next Generation Science Standards) Physical Science Motion – Pushes and Pulls Life Science Living/Non-Living Things - Animals, Plants, and their Environments Earth Science Earth and Sky – Weather and Climate STEM What is Science - Use all five senses to observe and experiment. Generate questions and predictions using observations. Collect, describe, organize, compare and record information. Use scientific tools to help gather data for observations and measurements.

Social Studies Appreciate similarities and differences across individuals, families and traditions; understand different roles in communities. Recite personal information – birthday, phone number and address. Identify holidays and historical figures. Develop skills to understand maps, time lines, and calendar.

Religion Stories of God's Love RCL Benziger Understand that God loves us unconditionally. Know that God is the Holy Trinity- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Know that Jesus is the Son of God. Identify that Mary is the Mother of Jesus and our Mother too. Identify Joseph as Jesus’ earthly father. Recognize that Jesus, Mary and Joseph are the Holy Family and loved and cared for each other. Understand that God created us with feelings and we can share feelings with family and friends. Know that God wants us to be loving to our friends and family. Recognize that we should respect and care for God’s world. Know that we thank God in prayer at anytime or in any place. Know that prayer begins with the sign of the cross. Prayers - - Morning prayer, Grace, Afternoon Prayer, the Our Father, the Glory Be, and the Hail Mary

Social/Emotional Skills Listen attentively Raise hands and wait to speak. Act on instruction and repeat spoken directions. Engage in question and answer dialogue with classmates and teachers. Work as a team on projects/problem-solving and conflict resolution.