SACRAMENTS

• Defines sacrament as an outward sign of God’s love for us
• Identifies the seven sacraments of the Catholic Faith broken down into sacraments of initiation, healing, and             commitment
• Celebrates the sacraments, particularly the Eucharist and reconciliation
• Understands sacraments as celebrations of life
• Sees Jesus as the sacrament of God’s Presence
• Recognizes the Catholic Church as the Sacrament of Jesus’  presence in the world

SCRIPTURE

•  Studies and prays psalms
• Reads various New/Old Testament scriptures
• Enhances masses by participating and preparing

LITURGY/PRAYER

• Participates in morning offering and petitions, noon prayer, and afternoon prayer
• Employs various prayer forms including the traditional prayer
• Performs the Rosary and Stations of the Cross

SOCIAL JUSTICE

•  Makes visits to a convalescent home
  
• Assists primary children during monthly Masses
  

READING

•  Builds vocabulary through understanding of word structure, use of synonyms, antonyms and homonyms, as well    as the use of the dictionary and thesaurus
• Increases comprehension through prediction, inference, comparison, and the drawing of conclusions
• Understands cause and effect
• Differentiates between fact and opinion
• Identifies story elements as well as author’s point of view
• Employs various reference tools to effectively find information within books, journals, newspapers, and libraries as  well as accessing on-line information

WRITING

• Utilizes writing process strategies: pre-writing, rough draft, proof reading, revising, and final copy
• Constructs effective writings of varying length to include single and multiple paragraph works
• Develops writings of different genre to include: comparative, explanatory, expository, personal
  narrative, persuasive, and story writing
  Produces a research paper using multiple sources and including the correct citing of sources
• Writes using captivating wording, correct grammar, and mechanics
  

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• Processes oral information in order to formulate thought provoking questions to enhance learning
• Engages in constructive dialogue
• Clarifies views with supportive examples.

NUMBER SENSE

• Works comfortably with very large (millions) and very small (thousandths) numbers
• Utilizes addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with multi-digit whole numbers and decimals
• Understands number line placement of integers, decimals, fractions, and mixed numbers
• Identifies least common multiple and greatest common factor of number pairs
• Equates proper, improper, and mixed fractions
• Uses rounding and compatible numbers to estimate
• Adds and subtracts negative numbers

ALGEBRA AND FUNCTIONS

• Constructs and solves simple algebraic expressions with one variable
• Places ordered pairs in the four quadrants of the coordinate plane
• Graphs simple algebraic expressions
• Maps and extends geometric and numeric patterns

MEASUREMENT AND GEOMETRY

• Chooses appropriate unit of measure for weight, length, volume, and temperature
• Employs correct terminology with regard to line,angle, circle, and three-dimensional rectangular prisms
• Calculates perimeter and area of a variety of polygons and circles
• Finds the surface area and volume of rectangular prisms
• Explores tessellation, translation, reflection and figure rotation
• Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability
• Calculates mean, mode, and median of a given set of numbers
• Employs appropriate types of graphs to most effectively display data
• Utilizes graphs to predict trends.
  

MATHEMATICAL REASONING

• Deciphers information in word problems to determine means to arrive at its successful solution
• Utilizes various strategies to problem solve
• Makes precise calculations and verifies to assure validity
  

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

• Students understand elements, their combinations and how they account for all of the varied types of matter in        the world

EARTH SCIENCE

•  Students know water on earth moves between the oceans  and land through the process of evaporation and
  condensation

LIFE SCIENCE

•  Knows that all living things are made of cells and use energy to survive
• Learns that the complex interplay of various systems within the human body enables it to adapt
  to the constant demands of the external environment

INVESTIGATION AND EXPERIMENTATION

•  Students ask meaningful questions and participate in investigations to develop further understanding of concepts

HISTORY

• Traces earliest migration of prehistoric tribes into North America and their adaptations to the environment
• Identifies various explorers and their accomplishments
• Studies include: colonization, independence, government formation, western frontier expansion, and the division of the union

GEOGRAPHY

• Distinguishes various geographic regions within the United States and understands the relationship between human survival and the land
• Locates the 50 states and identifies their capitals

ECONOMICS

• Recognizes the significance of trade between Europe and the Americas
• Studies the economies of the early colonies
• Analyzes the British debt after the French and Indian War
• Understands the importance of a dependable monetary system in the young United States
  

CULTURE

•  Sees the USA as a pluralistic society
• Studies life as an explorer
• Understands life at the dawn of the Revolutionary War
  

ETHICS AND BELIEFS

• Distinguishes between Puritan, Quaker, and Native American belief systems
• Contrasts the arguments for and against slavery in the United States
  

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS

• Compares Native American and Colonial American cultures
• Juxtaposes Matriarchal and Democratic forms of government
  

KEYBOARDING

• Increases touch type to 30 words per minute with 80% accuracy
• Emphasizes home row
• History
• Discusses origins of modern computers
• Builds technical vocabulary of computers and software

CREATIVITY

• Creates original art work and graphics.
  

INTERNET

• Comprehends copy write ethics
• Aware of need for use of Internet safety measures

EXERCISE AND CALISTHENICS AND SPORT SKILLS

• Plays agility games and relay races
• Takes part in, and learn the rules for, basketball, football, baseball, soccer, track, and volleyball
• Builds good sportsmanship and teamwork
• Improves ball skills
• Develops an understanding for physical health and nutrition.

MEDIA

• Uses various media including pencil, ink, crayon, watercolor paint, chalk, and oil pastels
  

HISTORY

• Studies a variety of artists throughout history
• Emulates simplified versions of various artists’ techniques
  

MUSIC APPRECIATION

• Sings various songs
• Uses rhythm instruments
• Is exposed famous composers and compositions

• Simulated Mars Mission (Rueben H. Fleet Science Center)
• Midway Museum
• Helix Water District Treatment Plant           

• International Day
  
• Science Fair
  

Chroniciles of Narnia        C.W. Lewis

Series of Unfortunate Events        Lemony Snicket

The Lightening Thief        Rick Riordan        

Dear America Series      

 I Survived Series            Lauren Tarshis