Spelling:

• Weekly spelling lists focusing on specific skills/patterns
• Emphasis on spelling patterns, prefixes, suffixes, roots, and to introduce students to the origins of words

Math:

• Place value, bench-marking
• Comparing and ordering whole numbers
• Adding and subtracting whole numbers
• Addition and subtraction in algebra (expressions, equations, and properties)
• Understanding time and elapsed time
• Collecting, organizing, analyzing and graphing data
• Multiplication and division skills
• Algebra: Use multiplication and division facts
• Multiply 1, 2 and 3-digit numbers by 1-digit
• Multiply by tens
• Multiply 1, 2 and 3-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers
• Standardized test prep
• Understand division and divide by 2-digit divisors
• Divisibility rules, Factors and multiples, Prime and composite numbers, Square numbers
• Geometry (lines, rays and angles; plane figures; motion geometry)
• Negative numbers and graphing
• Standardized test preparation
• Add and subtract fractions
• Outcomes and probability
• Customary and Metric measurement
• Add and subtract decimals
• Perimeter, area and volume

Science:

• The scientific method
• Science process skills (observing, measuring, classifying, modeling, experimenting, predicting, inferring, drawing conclusions from data & record keeping)
• Science safety
• Ethical science, stewards of God’s creation
• Use of simple machines to create complex machines
• Friction and resistance
• The children will build their own “chug” (a non-motorized go cart)
• Electricity and magnetism
• Sound and light waves
• Light and color, lenses and mirrors.
• Atomic structure and the mighty little atom, elements
• Structure and properties of matter
• Mixtures, solutions
• Measuring matter
• Physical changes: change of state, heat and matter
• Chemical changes
• Human anatomy [brain and sensory organs, respiratory and circulatory systems]
• Flow of energy through a food chain
• Classify organisms by structural features
• Environmental influence on organism behavior and heredity and traits
• Space and stars
• Our solar system
• Features of the Earth
• Weather and climate
• Water cycle
• Environment/resource conservation, reuse and recycle

Religion:

• Build self-esteem and teamwork
• Christian values
• Christ’s call to love one another
• Bullying (Your child will sign an anti-bullying contract)
• Types of prayer
• Prayers of the church
• Learn about Mary
• Say the rosary in devotion to Mary
• Meditative prayer
• Compose prayers
• Create a plan for personal prayer
• Old Testament stories of Noah, Abraham and the patriarchs, and Moses
• Christian service project and discuss the importance in showing love to others through service
• Organization of the Bible
• Works of Mercy
• 10 commandments
• Sin: The freedom of choice, Mortal sin
• The Beatitudes and the kingdom of God, God’s authority in the Church
• Discipleship: We the disciples of Christ
• Advent: Waiting for Jesus
• Christmas: the Birth of our Savior
• Rites and rules of the Church
• Reign of God in the community
• Peter, Paul, Apostles
• Easter Triduum; Seder
• The Easter Season (Celebrating the Resurrection)
• Pentecost and the Holy Spirit
• Source of human dignity
• Virtue, theological and cardinal virtues

Writing:

• Expository writing including comparing/contrasting/demonstrative (how-to)
• Descriptive writing
• Poetry
• Narrative
• Letter writing (on-going throughout year)
• Figurative language
• Planning, drafting, editing, and publishing final works
• Punctuation, capitalization

Grammar:

• Types of sentences
• Sentence structure (simple, compound, complex)
• Parts of sentences (subjects/predicates)
• Nouns
• Prepositions
• Verbs
• Conjunctions

Vocabulary:

• Analogies
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Context clues
• Usage in writing/speaking

Reading:

• Literary elements such as character, plot, and setting
• Locate main ideas and details
• Read a variety of genres including fiction, non-fiction, biographical
• Draw inferences from text
• Differentiate between fact and fiction
• Learn to use library sources efficiently
• Compare and contrast works of authors/illustrators
• Compare and contrast elements of text structure
• Understand point of view
• Learn to self-correct when meaning has been lost and increase comprehension skills
• Book reports
• Become proficient at selecting appropriate materials for enjoyment and information

Social Studies:

• Develop map skills, including directions, map keys, latitude, and longitude
• Learn about different regions of United States
• Thorough study of Southern and Eastern regions
• Learn 50 states and capitals