• understand that by our membership in the Church we are part of God’s Kingdom.
• participate in the life of the church through planning liturgies, and prayer services.
• learn Creed, Sign of the Cross, Hail Mary, grace before and after meals.
• practice different prayer forms: recitation, spontaneous prayers, guided meditation, gestures, song and dance.
• focus on actualizing the Christian message by serving others through school and class service projects.
• understand how life begins and is nurtured in a loving family.
• learn name and symbols of the 7 sacraments.
• participate in activities to learn about the different liturgical seasons.
• describe the Holy Trinity and the role each Person has.

2nd Grade

• read and comprehend grade level text.
• ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• retell stories from variety of genres with essential message, lesson, moral.
• describe how characters respond to events and challenges.
• describe story structure with beginning introduction and ending action.
• acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters.
• explain how text features, illustrations, words contribute and clarify text.
• compare/contrast versions of same story by different authors/cultures.
• identify the main idea of a multi-paragraph text.
• know/use various text features to locate key facts information in text.
• compare and contrast to text on the same topic.
• use knowledge to decode words.
• fluently read grade level text with accuracy understanding and expression.
• participate in collaborative conversations with peers and adults.
• understand text by determining/restating key ideas and details.
• ask/answer questions to clarify, deepen understanding, gather info.
• audibly retell/create story with facts, details, and coherent sentences.
• demonstrate command of conventions of standard English grammar/usage.
• demonstrate conventions of standard English when writing.
• generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words.
• consult reference materials to check and correct spelling.
• use knowledge of language when writing, speaking, reading, listening.
• use strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases.
• write and spell grade level high frequency words.
• recognize common spelling patterns.
• write opinion pieces supplying reasons that support the opinion.
• write informative/explanatory text using supporting ideas.
• write narrative pieces with sequenced events.
• edit, revise, and publish writing.
• use a variety of tools to produce and publish writing.
• participate in share research and writing projects.
• properly form all upper and lower case letters.
• use to top, middle, and bottom lines to form letters.
• use proper spacing and handwriting skills in all written work

3rd Grade

• define and distinguish between main idea and details.
• recognize compound words, synonyms, and antonyms.
• demonstrate the use of metacognitive and comprehension strategies such as: summarization, sequencing, cause and effect, inference, drawing conclusions, comparisons, and prediction.
• understand the basic features of a reading and apply this knowledge to achieve fluent oral and silent reading.
• read and respond to a wide variety of significant works of literature, including scripture.
• listen and respond critically to oral communication.
• read at home with follow up book reports assigned.
• write clear and coherent sentences and paragraphs that develop a central idea.
• write and speak with a command of standard English conventions that are appropriate to the grade level.
• write compositions that describe and explain familiar objects, events and experiences.
• practice cursive for legibility and fluency.
• demonstrate the proper use and understanding of subjects, predicates, contractions, kinds of sentences, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, and adverbs.
• write in a variety of forms……. poetry, letters, and book reports.
• use the process of composing, prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, and publishing.
• write creatively for a variety of purposes……descriptive, summarization, compare, and contrast, and explanatory.
• use a word processing program.
• write a research report.
• listen and respond critically to oral communication.
• deliver brief recitations and oral presentations about familiar experiences or interests.
• participate in class or cooperative group discussions.
• share positive and constructive feedback with peers.

2nd Grade

• solve word problems using addition and subtraction with them 100.
• fluently add and subtract numbers within 20 using mental strategies.
• work with equal groups of objects to gain foundation of multiplication
• explain the place values of digits in three digit numbers.
• count within 1000.
• skip count by 5’s, 10’s and 100’s.
• determine when a three-digit number is or equal to another number.
• fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value.
• add and subtract with them 1000.
• write and explain the process used to solve addition and subtraction problems.
• mentally add or subtract 10 or 100 to a given number 100-900.
• measure length of objects by selecting and using appropriate tools.
• measure how much longer one object is than another using standard units.
• add and subtract lengths within 100.
• tell and write time, analog, and digital to the nearest five minutes.
• solve word problems involving currency using symbols appropriately.
• generate measurement data to the nearest whole unit.
• create bar graphs.
• identify and use defining attributes of a shape.
• partition circles and rectangles into whole, halves, thirds, and fourths.

3rd Grade

• use place value understanding to round numbers to nearest 10; 100.
• calculate and solve problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• understand fractions as a number on a number line.
• use models to show equivalent fractions.
• substitute variables for numbers.
• solve missing term problems.
• measure liquid volumes and masses of objects using metric units.
• solve problems involving perimeters of polygons.
• relate area to multiplication/addition.
• guess and check/make organized lists, draw pictures, write simple problems, make a graph, chart, diagram, work backwards, look for patterns, work with a partner

• make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
• determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
• represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
• describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
• provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
• use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
• analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
• construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
• represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
• define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

• investigate and describe the lives and hardships of the Pilgrims, early settlers, and pioneers.
• identify and write cause and effect statements.
• identify the equator and prime meridian and locate places relative to these.
• identify and describe the way of life of Native American tribes.
• read and create a simple time line.
• define and identify examples of human adaptation.
• use a map grid and map scale to determine actual distances.
• know 8 directions on a map.
• understand keys and legends.
• locate and name 7 continents.
• study geography and its affect on living things (desert, mountains, oceans, costal areas).
• recognize their role in promoting environmental awareness and empowerment, within their community.
• understand the importance of communities.