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Use words to describe objects. Understand two-part and three-part patterns.
Count by memory to 100 by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s. Count and match sets of objects up to 20.
Recognize numbers 0 to 100 in random order.
Write numbers 0 to 100 in random order.
Build number families to 5. Use correct tools for measuring, time, length, and volume.
Read simple graphs.
Recognize a penny, nickel, dime and quarter, and know their values.

Language Arts

Match letters to their sounds at the beginning of words.
Listen to, tell, and talk about rhymes, fairy tales, and stories.
Print the alphabet, capital and small, and your name.
Listen for, or to, information. Share your thoughts in a group discussion.
Be able to tell a story and draw conclusions from a picture.
Be able to sequence a story.
Know initial sight words.

Science

Know the five senses and how they help us.
Know about common plants in our environment.
Know about common animals in our environment.
Know our physical environment (air, land, and water).
Know about growth.
Know about the world around them.

Social Studies

Know about where you live.
Know things in your life, which could change.
Understand that all people don't live like you do.
Understand your responsibilities.
Know days which are important to you.
Model bike, bus and personal safety.

Technology

Understand and be able to properly use the keyboard.
Understand basic computer operations.
Use hardware and software safely and properly.
Be able to use a computer as an educational tool.

Art

Know about colors, how to mix colors and making them lighter or darker.
Know about point, line, shape and texture.
Know that art is found all over the world.
Use many mediums to create art (paints, clay, paper mache, pencils).

Music

Be able to hear and make loud and soft sounds.
Be able to hear and make high and low tones.
Be able to hear and make a steady beat, long and short sounds, and fast and slow tempos.
Be able to hear and make echo and tell sections apart.
Know when music has accompaniment.
Enjoy many kinds of music from other countries.
Take care of equipment properly and be a good listening audience.

Physical Education

Apply physical education to life.
Be able to move part of your body as instructed [perceptual motor proficiency].
Move to a rhythm.
Throw and catch different sizes and shaped objects.

Religion

Recognize Christianity as a way of life.
Know yourself. Know God as the Creator.
Be able to pray, (memorized and spontaneous)
Illustrate a basic understanding of the special days, celebrations, and traditions of the Church.
Identify religious symbols.
Understand worship space.

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First Grade Curriculum
Language Arts

Be able to read, write, speak, and listen for many purposes.
Be able to read and understand the meaning of simple words.
Be able to read for meaning (main idea, sequence) and be able to read aloud smoothly.
Be able to communicate with legible and complete sentences.
Be able to discuss what you read and listen to and be able to give a brief sequenced speech about one thing or one idea.
Be able to listen attentively and politely for main ideas and sequences.
Be able to correctly spell the first thirty basic sight works.

Math

Be able to read, write, and compare numbers 100 to 999 and understand up to the hundredths place value.
Be able to regroup to the tens place.
Be able to easily recall addition and subtraction facts and processes to 18.
Be able to use standard linear for measurement.
Be able to use instruments for measuring temperature and weight.
Be able to recognize and label fractions in halves, thirds, and fourths.
Recognize all coin values Be able to count money up to one-dollar value.
Be able to tell time to the five-minute interval.

Science

Understand differences and similarities between living and non-living things.
Be able to put animals in-groups by size, shape, body coverings, and movement.
Be able to describe different body parts and systems. Understand simple machines.
Understand the properties of soil and rocks and how water moves.

Social Studies

Understand families.
Understand needs and wants.
Understand the essentials of fire safety.
Understand the meaning of elections.
Be introduced to United States history.
Be exposed to the Mexican Christmas traditions.
Learn about special Americans.
Understand about our country’s holidays and symbols.
Know about places we live. Exposure to Japanese culture.

Technology

Understand and be able to properly use the keyboard.
Understand basic computer operations.
Be able to use hardware and software safely and properly.
Be able to use a computer as an educational tool.

Art

Be able to use the elements of art, especially color and line, to make things.
Be able to use the principles of art, especially variety and repetition, to make things.
Make many kinds of art and useful things. Enjoy and learn about art make by other cultures.

Music

Be able to show the difference between loud and soft and between fast and slow.
Be able to hear high from low and different kinds of sounds.
Know that music is a series of sounds called notes. Be able to hear and make steady, strong, and silent beats.
Know the difference between same and different. Be able to play accompaniment.
Be able to respond to different kinds of music.
Be able to take care of equipment and be a good audience.

Religion

Know the relationship between God the Father and Jesus.
Know the story of the Fall and the story of God’s fulfillment of the promise of a Savior.
Know the two great laws of love and that Jesus forgives us when we break His laws.
Know the Paschal Mystery of Jesus. Know we are called to be active members of the Church.

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Second Grade Curriculum

Language Arts

Use multiple strategies to read new words.
Read for meaning (main idea, sequences, details) and read aloud smoothly.
Read and understand the meanings of words.
Use dictionary and thesaurus.
Communicate with a sequence of legible and complete sentences.
Write with description and apply transition words effectively.
Spell high frequency words accurately.
Speak clearly and effectively in front of a group.
Listen to gain information and follow multi-step directions.

Math

Read, write, and compare whole numbers through four digits and round two- and three-digit numbers to the nearest ten.
Recall addition and subtraction facts through 18.
Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication and division through use of arrays and manipulatives.
Add and subtract 2-digit numbers with renaming.
Read, write and compare fractions.
Identify geometric figures. Use calculators, thermometers and measurement tools.
Count coins and calculate change up to five dollars.
Tell time to minute intervals.

Science

Understand growth of plants and label plant parts.
Compare components and characteristics of various plant and animal habitats.
Define three states of matter (solid, liquid and gas) and their characteristics.
Explain attributes of air and water.
Know the water cycle.
Understand that heat,light and sound are forms of energy.
Know that germs can make us sick and how to keep them from spreading.
Explore magnetic force.

Social Studies

Compare and describe neighborhoods throughout the world.
Know the continents and oceans of the world.
Identify different kinds of landforms in the U.S.
Interpret maps and graphs.
Understand the highlights of our country’s history and culture.
Define roles of the leaders of our national, state and local government.

Technology

Understand and be able to properly use the keyboard.
Understand basic computer operations.
Be able to use hardware and software safely and properly.
Be able to use a computer as an educational tool.

Art

Use the elements of art creatively, especially shape and line.
Apply the principles of art creatively, especially pattern and movement.
Create many kinds of art with skill and a sense of pride.
Develop fine motor coordination.

Music

Hear crescendo and decrescendo, accents, and changes in dynamics.
Differentiate between families of instruments and the four different voices.
Know the intervals of the treble clef. Hear and make patterns of sounds.
Understand that music has form. Hear and make simple kinds of harmony.
Participate in patriotic, folk, and ethnic music.
Take care of equipment and be a good audience.

Religion

Recite traditional prayers.
Participate appropriately in Church celebrations, including Reconciliation, Mass and Eucharist.
Participate in outreach activities.
Demonstrate how to apply the 10 commandments to daily life.
Participate in Advent and Lenten activities.

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Third Grade Curriculum

Language Arts

Understand, use, pronounce, and spell a given vocabulary.
Be able to read for meaning (main idea, sequences, details, summarization, cause and effect, drawing conclusions).
Write a sequence of several proper and legible sentences organized around a theme.
Organize thoughts before speaking or discussing, use visual supports, and speak in complete sentences.
Gain information from different types of literature and informational presentations.

Math

Read, write, and compare whole numbers through seven digits and decimals to hundredths.
Recall addition and subtraction facts through 18 and multiplication and division 0 to 9.
Regroup numbers up to four digits in addition and subtraction.
Read, write, illustrate, and compare fractions with like denominators.
Perform basic operations using calculators Use tools for measuring.
Conduct experiments, which demonstrate probability.
Explore geometric concepts.
Apply problem solving strategies.
Recall and expand upon time telling and money concepts.

Science

Recognize the differences and similarities between animals.
Know the various ways animals produce and care for their young.
Analyze animal habitats
Observe, classify and explain the properties, states, and changes of matter.
Examine simple machines to make a complex machine.
Understand the relationship between the sun, moon, and the planets in the solar system.
Explain geological structure of the earth and its changing elements.
Differentiate between types of weather and identify weather instruments and their uses.
Describe the sense organs and their functions.

Social Studies

Acquire a general knowledge of maps and globes.
Understand the culture of a specific Native American group.
Identify Jamestown as the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Explain the origin of San Antonio as a Spanish mission.
Know how the United States became a country.
Understand the uses of resources and care of the environment.
Know about US westward movement. Understand the role of immigrants in shaping America.
Recognize contributions of famous Americans
Appreciate cultural contributions of African Americans to American society.

Technology

Demonstrate proper use the keyboard.
Understand basic computer operations.
Use hardware and software safely and properly.
Be able to use a computer as an educational tool.

Art

Use the elements of art, especially texture and value, to create art and objects.
Understand the principles of art, especially balance and unity, to make art and objects.
Demonstrate many kinds of art materials, especially clay-like materials and painting materials
Appreciate and know about art made by other cultures.

Music

Understand the purpose of dynamics in music.
Hear timbre in instruments and voices.
Understand the treble clef and improve your ability to sing solfege
Understand values of notes in basic patterns and meters in 2's and 3's
Recognize musical phrase form and repeated patterns.
Understand how sounds are combined or layered.
Be able to participate in folk music, ethnic music, and historically important music.

Physical Education

Demonstrate the knowledge and skills in individual sports and recreational activities.
Increase muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, body awareness, and agility through fitness and recreational activities
Shows skills in dance and rhythmic movements.
Be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills, which will make you, better in individual and dual sports and recreational activities.

Religion

Read, interpret, and apply Scripture to life.
Possess a basic understanding of the history of the Church.
Know key mysteries of the Church.
Understand the importance of Sacraments in the life of the early Church and the life of the Church today.
Demonstrate personal and communal prayer forms.
Make moral decisions consistent with Scripture and Church beliefs.
Participate in service to the community.
Prepare and lead school liturgies.
Become aware of the Church’s social teachings and our responsibility to them.

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Fourth Grade Curriculum

Language Arts

Increase your vocabulary and reading rate in all subject areas.
Read for meaning (main idea, cause and effect, details, summarization) and aloud.
Write quality paragraphs, expressive poems and stories.
Orally ask and answer questions, and present an organized group report using note cards.
Write a research paper using notes and following an outline.

Math

Read, write, and estimate whole numbers through nine digits and decimals to thousandths.
Round four-digit numbers to the nearest thousand and estimate sums and differences.
Add and subtract whole numbers to seven places. Know multiplication and division facts.
Multiply using one- and two-digit multipliers and divide four-digit dividends by a one-digit divisor.
Relate to parts of a whole using fractions, decimals and percent. Understand and apply +, - to decimals to thousandths.
Recognize, identify, and classify various geometric terms and shapes.
Work with metric units.
Compare and order integers.
Estimate and calculate averages and percentages and know about ratios.
Use mathematical skills to solve number problems.

Science

Describe plants and their processes.
Work in school gardens,
Research & report information about vertebrates.
Describe the characteristics of light, sound, heat and electricity.
Understand major human body systems: digestive, circulatory, nervous body systems.
Participate in an animal feeding project to teach nutritional information and eating habits.

Social Studies

Develop a visual sense of our world.
Give examples of how living in a geographical region affects how people live.
Describe how people are dependent on one another for goods and services.
Examine the people and heritage of each region of the U.S. Learn what it means to be an American
Learn how history affects a region.

Technology

Demonstrate proper use of the keyboard.
Understand basic computer operations.
Use a word processing program.
Show proper and safe use of hardware and software.
Introduce Power Point.
Be able to use a computer as an educational tool to learn and share information.

Art

Use the elements of art, especially point, space, and form to create art and objects.
Use the principles of art, especially emphasis, to make art and objects.
Use a wide variety of art materials, especially molding and carving materials and simple forms of printing to create art and useful things to decorate.
Appreciate and know about art made by other cultures and by two or three major artists chosen for status and to be multi-culture/gender fair.

Music

Understand dynamic contrast.
Understand timbre in instruments and voices.
Understand key tonal center and the treble and bass clefs and be able to play the recorder.
Understand the basic notes and the basic elements of tempo.
Understand musical phrase form.
Be able to make harmony using different methods.
Understand some styles of music and how they originate.
Be able to take care of equipment, be a good audience, and be a good group member.

Physical Education

Show knowledge and skills which better enable and/or improve participation in group and team sports (basketball, soccer, softball, and volleyball).
Increase muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, body awareness, and agility through fitness and recreational activities.
Improve movement through rhythms, dancing and juggling.
Demonstrate the knowledge and skills, which better enable participation in individual and team recreational activities.

Religion

Study the Beatitudes.
Learn and understand the 10 commandments.
Understand how Christianity is a way of life.
Understand your relationship to Church through community.
Learn and be able to use different forms of prayer.
Celebrate our faith with the school and church communities.
Learn how to read the Bible.

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Fifth Grade Curriculum

Language Arts

Be able to advance vocabulary and reading rate with recreational reading and study of all subjects.
Be able to skim and scan and read for meaning and for inference.
Be able to write a variety of letters, poetry, and multiple paragraph themes about a single topic.
Be able to deliver complete and structured presentations.
Be able to listen and view to summarize, to ask clarifying questions, and to learn.

Math

Be able to read, write, and estimate whole numbers through nine digits and decimals to thousandths.
Be able to multiply using three-digit numbers.
Be able to divide using two-digit divisors.
Be able to work with metric units and geometry.
Be able to add/subtract fractions with like denominators and multiply/divide.
Be able to compare and order integers, fractions, and decimals.
Understand and be able to apply +, -, x, ÷ to decimals to thousandths.
Be able to estimate and calculate averages and percentages and know about ratios.

Science

Understand that the cell is the basic unit of life.
Be able to classify and identify living organisms using their characteristics.
Understand motion and speed.
Understand the building blocks of matter.
Understand the earth's surface and changes which affect it.
Understand various forms of energy (fossil, wind, nuclear, and geothermal).
Understand the wasteful use of natural resources, conservation, pollution (of air, land and water) and pollution reduction.
Be able to use the physical properties and chemical composition to classify rocks and minerals.
Understand the scientific process through a science fair project.
Be able to identify the path of the respiratory system.

Social Studies

Understand the life of the first Americans.
Understand key influences in United States history.
Possess a mental timeline of key influences on United States history.
Be able to use visual skills to help you in understanding United States history.
Technology
Understand and be able to properly use the keyboard.
Understand basic computer operations.
Be able to use a word processing program
Be able to use hardware and software safely and properly.

Art

Be able to use the elements and principles of art to analyze and make creative products.
Be able to use a wide variety of art materials to create both two-dimensional and three-dimensional art.
Appreciate the many kinds of art made around the world and appreciate major American artists.
Be able to explain how art is connected to other subjects.

Music

Melody/Harmony: Understand the relationship of note placement on the grand staff and be able to play the recorder.
Rhythm: Understand note values and their corresponding rests.
Form: Understand musical form, especially the chaconne.
History/Style: Possess a basic knowledge and appreciation of American music Audience/Performance
Skills: Be able to take care of equipment, be a good audience, and be a good group member

Physical Education

Demonstrate knowledge and skills which better enable and/or improve participation in group and team sports and recreational activities.
Be able to increase muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, body awareness, and agility through fitness and recreational activities.

German

Be able to greet people in German.
Be able to imitate language sounds in German.
Be able to respond to basic questions and classroom directions in German.
Be able to use simple sentences.
Be able to watch and listen for main ideas and details.
Possess basic knowledge of German culture.
Understand basic structures of German and be able to use them in the present tense.

Religion

Apply Christian principles to interpersonal relations.
Understand the history of the Church.
Use appropriate resources to plan and participate in liturgies and prayer experiences in order to express personal and communal spirituality.
Understand the Seven Sacraments and their importance in our lives.
Engage in service to the community in response to the Gospel call.
Exercise responsible stewardship.
Retell and apply Scripture to life experiences.
Understand your role as an evangelist.

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Sixth Grade Curriculum

Language Arts

Increase vocabulary and reading rate.
Read for meaning and to evaluate, interpret, and draw conclusions.
Write quality stories, descriptions, and reports.
Be able to present interpretations and evaluations in groups and alone.
Process verbal information and critically analyze speeches.

Math

Use standard and metric units of measure.
Compare and order integers.
Integrate the use of the four operations with whole and decimal numbers in estimating and finding actual answers.
Estimate and calculate averages and percentages and define ratios and proportions.
Possess a basic understanding of the four operations with fractions and mixed numbers.
Calculate the linear dimensions of polygons and the area of squares, rectangles, and triangles.
Solve basic algebraic equations.
Possess an understanding of graphs.
Posses a basic understanding of the four operations with integers.
Solve problems using order of operations.

Science

Understand the relationship between the various bodies in the universe.
Understand the earth’s physical changes that take place over time.
Understand human body growth and body systems.
Understand ocean life and its development.

Social Studies

Understand key influences which shaped and still shape the world.
Possess a mental timeline of world and Minnesota history.
Possess a mental map of the world and of Minnesota.
Understand key influences which shaped and still shape Minnesota.

Technology

Properly use the keyboard.
Understand basic computer operations.
Use a word processing program
Be able to use a computer as an educational tool.
Use software safely and properly.
Be a responsible computer user.

Art

Combine the elements and principles of art to make creative two- and three-dimensional products which have purpose and aesthetic appeal.
Possess an understanding of theme, style, and technique.
Create unique and personally expressive creative products.
Be familiar with art-based career choices.

Music

Use the components of music in an expressive performance.
Understand the composition of a choir.
Identify key signatures in treble clef, major scale, and major triads.
Understand the function of time signature, note values in simple meter and musical phrase forms.

Physical Education

Show knowledge and skills which enable participation in group and team sports.
Increase muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, body awareness, and agility through fitness and recreational activities.
Demonstrate the knowledge and skills which enable participation in individual and recreational activities.

German

Greet people in different situations in German.
Imitate language sounds in German.
Respond to basic questions and classroom directions in German.
Use simple sentences.
Watch and listen for main ideas and details.
Possess basic knowledge of German culture.
Understand basic structures of German and be able to use them in the present tense.
Ask and answer questions of personal information and everyday functions and respond verbally and in action to classroom directions and instructional vocabulary.

Religion

Be able to read, interpret, and apply Scripture to life.
Understand the roots of Christianity.
Identify the relationship between faith and culture.
Engage in community service in response to God’s call.
Use appropriate resources for prayer and plan meaningful liturgies and prayer services.

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Seventh Grade Curriculum

Language Arts

Be able to increase your vocabulary and reading rate with multi-purpose reading techniques and advanced study skills.
Be able to read to understand literary genre and literary devices.
Be able to write quality paragraphs to persuade, inform, and entertain.
Be able to understand and utilize grammar, its usage and mechanics.
Be able to identify and correctly use the eight parts of speech.
Be able to understand the rules for proper capitalization of sentences, quotations, salutations, names and titles of people, names of places, and other proper nouns and adjectives.

Math

Be completely comfortable with operations with integers.
Be able to apply standard and metric measures for temperature, volume, area, mass, and money to real-life situations.
Be able to apply ratios, proportions, averages, and percentages to real-life situations.
Be able to apply fractions and decimals to real-life situations.
Be able to use geometric principles to draw and compare lengths, area, and volume.
Be able to solve basic algebraic equations.

Science

taken at public middle school

Social Studies

Understand the five themes of geography (location, place, human environment interaction, movement, and regions).
Understand and use the tools of geography (globes, map projections, latitude, longitude, scale, graphs, and charts).
Possess knowledge of physical and cultural geography (landforms, climate, vegetation, resources, people, economy, government, and activities). For each region covered students will display knowledge of the importance of geography.

Technology

Understand and be able to properly use the keyboard.
Understand basic computer operations.
Be able to use hardware and software safely and properly.
Be able to use a computer as an educational tool.
Be able to use a word processing program
Be able to use hardware and peripherals.
Be able to complete applications with word processing programs.
Be able to keyboard using the touch system with speed and accuracy.

Physical Education

Taken at public middle school

Performing Arts

Possess basic drama literacy.
Appreciate drama and be able to perform a character analysis.
Understand the interrelationship between sound, light, set, props, costume/makeup, and publicity.
Understand and appreciate drama as an expression of many cultures.
Be able to function positively as an individual in a large group.
Appreciate and participate in the creative process to express emotions and feelings.
Strive to show basic rehearsal etiquette and appreciative attendance to the performance of others.
Be able to work in a group to improve effort and to create a quality performance integrating the expressive elements of drama, movement, and costume.

Religion

Understand the life, values and teachings of Jesus.
Understand the sacraments of Eucharist and Reconciliation as gifts from Jesus and signs of hope.
Be able to answer Jesus’ question, “Who do you say that I am?”
Be able to read, interpret and apply Scripture to life.
Understand respect for life at all levels.

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Eighth Grade Curriculum

Language Arts

Increase vocabulary and reading rate and evaluate the validity of what is read.
Be able to read to understand various literary genres (short stories, essays, novels, myths, and lyric poetry).
Be able to write quality essays to persuade, inform, and entertain.
Be able to write major research papers and deliver research-based presentations.
Be able to read/listen/view and evaluate popular media (news, advertisements, and editorials).
Be able to understand and utilize grammar, its usage, and mechanics.

Math

Be able to solve consumer-related problems.
Be able to analyze and interpret statistics and graphs.
Be able to solve problems using operations with rational numbers.
Be able to solve problems using measurement, precision, and conversion.
Be able to draw conclusions and solve problems using geometric principles.
Be able to solve multi-step algebraic equations and solve and graph linear equations.
Be able to translate from English terms to algebraic equations.

Science

taken at public middle school

Social Studies

Understand the events that led to the development of the United States as an independent, unified nation.
Possess knowledge of geography’s influence on the development of the United States.
Understand the economic development of the nation.
Appreciate the cultural development of the United States.
Understand political formation in the United States.

Technology

Understand and be able to properly use the keyboard.
Understand basic computer operations.
Be able to use hardware and software safely and properly.
Be able to use a computer as an educational tool.
Be able to use a word processing program

Physical Education

Taken at public middle school

German

Be able to greet people in different situations in German.
Be able to imitate language sounds in German.
Be able to respond to basic questions and classroom directions in German.
Be able to use simple sentences.
Be able to watch and listen for main ideas and details.
Possess basic knowledge of German culture.
Understand basic structures of German and be able to use them in the present tense.
Be able to ask and answer questions of personal information and everyday functions and respond verbally and in action to classroom directions and instructional vocabulary.

Performing Arts

Possess basic drama literacy.
Appreciate drama and be able to perform a character analysis.
Understand the interrelationship between sound, light, set, props, costume/makeup, and publicity.
Understand and appreciate drama as an expression of many cultures.
Be able to function positively as an individual in a large group.
Appreciate and participate in the creative process to express emotions and feelings.
Strive to show basic rehearsal etiquette and appreciative attendance to the performance of others.
Be able to work in a group to improve effort and to create a quality performance integrating the expressive elements of drama, movement, and costume.

Religion

Understand their Christian heritage through a study of the major historical periods of the Church.
Understand that as Christians, God calls us to active participation in the life of the Church, our faith community, through worship, prayer, celebration of the sacraments and service to others.