Religion
Students will learn:
- that God made them special
- that God made the world around them
- to be thankful for all God has given them
- that Advent is a time of waiting and preparing for Jesus
- that Christmas is Jesus’ birthday
- how they can discover God’s goodness through their senses
- that Jesus is a loving friend and helper
- that they can help and share
- about God’s plan for Springtime
- to celebrate Lent, Holy Week, Easter
- that God knows their feelings
- what prayer is
- to develop an awareness of saints
- to participate in weekly liturgies
- to participate in service projects
- about the life of Mary
Reading and Language Arts
Students will learn:
- names of alphabet letters
- sounds of alphabet letters
- sight word vocabulary
- punctuation symbols
- to write upper and lowercase letters
- recognize own name in printed form
- write their name
- color within lines
- cut with scissors on the line
- apply direction to reading and writing (left to right)
- to participate in group activities
- developmental spelling
Science
Students will learn:
- about living & nonliving things
- about life cycles
- about plant parts
- about animals & animal habitats
- to name & draw parts of the human body
- about weather and seasons
- about the 5 senses
Social Studies
Students will learn:
- need for rules
- helping others and taking turns, sharing
- themselves, friends & friendship
- respect & responsibility
- problem solving
- emotions
- how people learn
- purpose of a school
- memorize emergency numbers & strategies
- memorize full name, address, phone number
- landforms, bodies of water
- map reading/direction/drawing
- understand globe, continents, oceans
- use globe to understand day and night
- weather, seasons, temperature changes
- sense organs
- dignity of each person
- freedom & rights
- America’s symbols
- proper diet, rest, exercise
- environment /pollution/recycling
- different kinds of homes
- desert and desert life
Health
Students will learn:
- personal health
- consumer health
- growth & development
- emotional & intellectual health
- community & environmental health
- physical activity & fitness
- disease prevention & control
- safety & injury & violence prevention
- harms of alcohol/tobacco & drugs
Math
Students will learn:
- to sort & classify
- various vocabulary
- graphing, data, probability
- patterning
- numbers
- problem solving strategy
- geometry & fractions
- measurement, weight, length, estimation
- to identify a penny, nickel, dime and their value
- count forward, backward
- number patterns
- even & odd numbers
- ordinal numbers
- telling time
- simple addition & subtraction
Art
Students will learn:
- line
- color
- shape
- texture
- painting
- drawing
- symbols of holidays
