Catholic Formation

• Understand basic attributes of God
• Recognize the story of creation
• Know basic Old Testament figures, such as Adam and Eve, Jonah, Noah, Daniel, and Moses
• Know simple reasons for Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter
• Know basic New Testament stories
• Develop a love for Blessed Mother Mary
• Develop a love for Christ

Language Arts

• Maintain sustained attention
• Listen and follow directions
• Retell and sequence stories
• Participate in choral recitation
• Use effective public speaking skills on grade level
• Orally present with expressions, clarity, and in complete sentences
• Decode one-syllable words
• Effectively use phonemic awareness
• Use book and print awareness
• Understand the English cueing system
• Use reading strategies to read simple text
• Respond to text read
• Use comprehension skills
• Understand various types of literature: fairy tales, short stories, fables, legends
• Understand elements of a story
• Develop fine motor skills and use writing utensils properly
• Use lined paper properly
• Copy words and sentences
• Choose a topic for a story and add details

Math

• Solve various one-step story problems
• Order numbers 1-20
• Estimate numbers of objects in a set
• Predict likelihood of events
• Count, read and write numbers 1-50
• Recognize sets
• Use ordinal positions 1st-10th
• Compare quantities up to 20
• Use computation vocabulary
• Know fact families up to 10
• Add and subtract whole numbers up to 10
• Write number sentences
• Understand basic measurement concepts
• Understand basic temperature concepts such as cold, hot, warm, etc.
• Understand money values
• Understand clock concepts and read analog facts to the hour
• Understand basic geometry concepts, such as position, orientation, figures: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, star, cross and solids: blocks, marbles
• Identify various simple patterns
• Collect, sort, classify, organize, compare and contrast, represent and interpret data

History

• Understand basic historical concepts
• Understand broad categories of time such as long ago, present, today
• Compare and contrast yesterday and today
• Use terms for location
• Reconstruct the recent past
• Develop knowledge of historical figures
• Acquire information from historical sources
• Communicate the past

Geography

• Understand basic location and direction
• Use a simple globe and map
• Use a simple political and world map
• Identify various places on a map and globe such as land and water
• Know basic land formations
• Know basic water formations
• Identify community characteristics
• Identify features of the earth

Science

• Develop basic concepts of the scientific process
• Identify and define variables in an experiment
• Develop scientific thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, evaluation, application, questioning, communication, and problem-solving
• Develop basic scientific habits such as curiosity, creativity, cooperation, initiative, and perseverance
• Use simple scientific tools

Physical Education

• Understand basic physical activity concepts
• Participate in physical activities
• Understand movement concepts and principles
• Develop gross motor skills
• Develop small motor skills
• Develop team-building skills
• Understand physical activity provides enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction