Develop practices to build an ongoing relationship with our loving God
Recognize the Ten Commandments, Beatitudes, Good Samaritan and Prodigal Son as scripture passages about God’s love for us, our lover for others and our need for mercy and forgiveness
Read and reflect on Scripture passages in the Bible
Understand God is revealed in creation, Sacred Scripture, morality and the Church
Understand that our faith is Trinitarian as expressed in Baptism
Understand that Mary is the Mother of God as she is the Mother of Jesus
Demonstrate how saints are models of love and mercy
Demonstrate reverence behavior in church
Understand that the sacraments are signs of grace and encounters with Jesus Christ
Explain that God created us in his own image with a spiritual soul, including intellect and free will
Demonstrate Catholic Social Teaching by reaching out to others through positive words and actions
Compare and contrast communal prayer and private prayer
In Reading, students will:
Analyze and describe characters in a story utilizing character traits
Determine the main idea, theme and or central message of a story
Use text features to develop an understanding of nonfiction texts
Understand the structure of a story though the structures of problem/solution, cause/effect, and comparisons
Visualize what the author is telling the reader
Predict and infer to show a deeper understanding of the text
Identify and understand figurative language
Summarize without retelling
In Writing,students will:
Write a cohesive paragraph with a focus on a single topic
Write a multi-paragraph narrative and informative text on a single topic
Apply research process to organize notes into cohesive sentences and paragraphs
Understand and utilize the steps of the writing process including brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing and publishing
Apply standard English grammar: verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases; create compound and complex sentences; spelling; capitalize appropriately; punctuate dialogue
Include figurative language and dialogue to create richness in writing
Draw evidence from texts to support analysis and reflection in written pieces
Utilize technology to produce and publish writing pieces
Journal with and without story starters on fiction/nonfiction topics to build creativity
In Grammar, students will:
Communicate effectively through oral and written expression
Distinguish between different sentence types: subject/predicate; compound subject/compound predicate; run-on sentences
Identify main types of speech: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs/conjunctions and punctuation/capitalization
Write and speak in complete sentences
Use correct capitalization and punctuation
In Math, students will:
Number Sense and Operations in Base Ten
Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers with numbers up to 100,000,000
Round multi-digit whole numbers to 10,000,000
Compare two multi-digit numbers up to 100,000,000 (<, >, =)
Multiply whole number up to 4-digits by 1-digit whole number; multiply 2-digit number by 2-digit number
Number Sense and Operations in Fractions
Recognize, generate, explain and illustrate why two fractions equivalent
Compare two fractions with like and unlike denominators (<, >, =)
Add and subtract fractions with like denominators
Understand that fractions are decimals are equivalent to the same quantity
Relationships and Algebraic Thinking
Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems
Solve multi-step whole number problems involving the four operations and variables to interpret reasonableness
Determine if a whole number is prime or composite, and find all factor pairs for whole numbers within 100
Generate a number pattern that follows a given rule
Use words or mathematical symbols to express a rule for a given pattern
Geometry and Measurement
Draw and identify points, lines, line segments, rays, angles, perpendicular lines and parallel lines
Classify 2-dimensional shapes by their sides and/or angles
Construct lines of symmetry for a 2-dimensional figure
Identify angles and their measure
Draw and measure angles in whole-number degrees using a protractor
Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of customary measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit
Use the four operations to solve problems involving distances, intervals of time, capacity, weight of objects and money
Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles to solve problems
Data and Statistics
Create line plot, bar graph, double bar graph, or line graph to display measurement data
Solve problems involving addition and subtraction by using information presented in a data display
Analyze data in a frequency table, line plot, bar graph, double bar graph or picture graph
Analyze data from graphs to find mean, median, mode and range.
In Social Studies, students will:
Civic
Identify important principles in the Declaration of Independence
Identify important principles in the Constitution
Identify important principles in the Bill of Rights
Distinguish between powers and functions of local, state and national government
Identify and explain the three branches of government in the federal government
Economics
Explain the relationship between profit and loss in economic decisions
distinguish between natural, capital and human resources
Explain how the government utilizes taxes to provide goods and services
Geography
Identify and locate specific regions, states, capitals, river systems, and mountain ranges in the United States
Construct and interpret historical maps and current maps
Identify and compare the diverse human geographical characteristics of the United States
Analyze how people are affected by, depend on, adapt to, and change their physical environment in the past and in the present
History
Identify and describe the contributions of historically significant individuals to American and the United States prior to c. 1800
Describe the discovery, exploration and early settlement of America by Europeans prior to 1800
Describe the reasons African peoples were enslaved and brought to the Americas prior to 1800
Identify the roles among Native Americans, immigrants, African Americans, women and others form early migration to 1800
Analyze the preservation of cultural life, celebrations, traditions and commemorations over time
Social Science Inquiry
Analyze and evaluate primary and secondary social studies sources
Analyze and use artifacts to share information on social studies topics
Create maps, timelines, charts, models, diagrams to communicate information and understanding
Conduct and present social studies research to an audience using appropriate resources
distinguish between facts and opinion and recognize bias and point of view in social studies topics
In Science, students will:
Physical Science
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat and electric currents
Explanation of energy transformation through temperature change, light, sound, motion, and magnetic effects
Develop a model to describe that objects can be seen only when light is reflected off them or when they produce their own light
Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information
Life Science
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior and plant reproduction
compare and contrast the major organs/organ systems that perform similar functions for animals belonging to the different vertebrates classes
Earth and Space Science
Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment
Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in landscape over time
Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosions by water, ice, wind, or vegetation
Plan and construct scientific investigations to provide evidence of how natural processes shape Earth’s surfaces
Interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans