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MOTTO: Discovery and Instruction

(Year K/1) - 15 min lessons to deepen understanding of subjects.  Gently begin handwriting.

Literacy:

Reading/Literature    (Reading List Below)

     Objective is to begin reading orally with correct phonetic recognition, pronunciation, and expression.  Begin to demonstrate skills in comprehension, specifically identifying and describing characters, events, and their sequence.

    Integrating the Faith using Catholic Readings, writings, themes, and values.  Providing discussion of religious, moral, and family themes in the reading selections.

    Methods for learning include, but are not limited to: reading and discussing stories with parent or older siblings, answering questions related to the stories in the readings,  trips to the library for supplemental material, tests.

• Using Phonics Course as Preparation
• Here We Come/Our Home/Are Again
• This is Our Family
• These Are Our Friends
• Classic Short Stories Adapted by Paul Galdone (Clarion Books).  Titles include: The Elves and the Shoemaker; Jack and the Beanstalk; Little Red Hen; Rumplestiltskin; The Three Bears; The Three Little Pigs; The Gingerbread Boy.
• Stuart Little, E.B. White
• The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit, retold by Julius Lester
• Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales

Grammar/Composition        (English for Young Catholics 1)

    Objective is to exhibit knowledge of the alphabet and of basic kinds of words.  Identify the four types of sentences and be able to write examples of each.  Show understanding on a story's beginning, middle, and end.  Begin to identify punctuation, capitalization, and contractions.  Begin to identify antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms.  Appreciate the language arts.

    Text-workbook incorporates Catholic ideas and values through the vocabulary and story lines on the lives of saints and the bible.

Methods of learning include but are not limited to: exercises in the text-workbook, discussions, writing sentences and paragraphs, using a dictionary, developing library skills, and tests.

• Rhyming Words
• Word Study (Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homophones)
• Sentences
• Nouns
• Adjectives
• Verbs
• Pronouns
• Contractions
• Paragraph Writing
• Oral Language

• Reading and reciting poems, rhymes, songs, hymns
• Speaking and listening activities throughout the course

Spelling/Vocabulary    (Spelling for Young Catholics Level 1)

    Objective is to demonstrate developing skill in discriminating sounds, and association sounds to the correct letters and their combinations.  Begin applying spelling rules to unfamiliar words.  Proficiency in using a simple dictionary.  Value correct spelling.

    Spelling is integrated with the Faith.  Using spelling words in sentences and paragraphs that incorporate Catholic writings, themes, and values.

    Methods of learning include but are not limited to: reading, writing, studying pronunciation and spelling rules, text-workbook exercises, use of dictionary, and tests.

• Short a and i Words
• -ck Words
• Short o and u Words
• -ss and –ff  Words
• Long Vowel Words
• Long vowel words
• Words That Begin With qu
• Consonant blends • th- and wh• ch- and sh• fl- and sl• cl- and gl• bl- and pl• dr- and fr• br- and pr• cr- and gr• sp- and st- • sn- and sm• tr- and tw
• Words ending in -st, -sk, -nd, -nt, -mp, -ct, -ft, -lt and -pt

Phonics/Reading    (Phonics for Young Catholics Level 1, A and B)

    Objective is to demonstrate beginning skills in recognizing the alphabet, individual consonants and vowels, and their various sounds.  Recognize Rhyming words.  Separate the sounds in a word.  Recognize sight words.

    Integrating the Faith using pictures and drawings of religious items.  Catholic lessons in rhyming sentences.

    Methods for learning include, but are not limited to: exercises in text-workbook, following direction, oral sounding out, writing letters that create phonetic sounds, using a dictionary, sight word games, tests.

• The Sound of m, d, f, and g
• The Sound of b, t, s, and w
• The Sound of k, j, p, and n
• The Sound of c, h, l, and r
• The Sound of Short a and short o
• The Sound of v,y, z, x, and qu
• The Sound of Short i, u, e
• ck words
• Short a, o, i, u, and e
• Rhyming Words With Short Vowels
• Short Vowel Words
• Long a, i, and o

Poetry/Shakespeare   

    Short poetry readings.  “Poetry tea time” to follow after Divine Mercy Chaplet.  

• Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, by Eugene Field, illustrated by Johanna Westerman
• Over the River and Through the Wood, by Lydia Maria Child, illustrated by Brinton Turkle
• The Harp and the Laurel Wreath

Math:

Arithmetic:        (Math for Young Catholics 1)

    Objective is to demonstrate skills in the fundamentals of arithmetic: addition, subtraction, telling time, money, measurement, and problem solving.  Develop and understand the mathematical vocabulary of more, less, fewer, greater than, less than, and equal to.  Demonstrate a number sense.

    A catholic math text-workbook allows for faith integration as long as asking, the Lord, our Blessed Mother, the angels, and the saints for help in learning arithmetic.

    Methods for learning include, but are not limited to: text-workbook, discussing problems, flash cards, manipulatives, tests.

• Writing Words and Numbers 0 Through 12
• Order 0-12
• Order Before, After, Between
• Counting Back, Before, After
• Between, Compare
• Compare
• Odd and Even
• Ordinals
• Finding Patterns
• Problem-Solving
• Addition, Addition Sentences, Addends, Additions Facts
• Addition, Sums 0 through 6
• Cumulative Property
• Patterns of Addition
• Making a Graph
• Subtraction
• Subtraction Sentences
• Find the Difference
• Subtracting 0 and 1
• Difference of 0
• Subtraction Patterns
• Addition and Subtraction Relation
• Zero in Facts
• Choosing the Operation
• Sums of 7 through 10
• Subtracting From 10
• Addition Table 0 Through 10
• Sums of 11 and 12
• Number Line Addition
• Addition Patterns
• Doubles Facts
• Adding Three Numbers
• Chain Addition
• Subtract from 7 Through 12
• Number Line Subtraction
• Check by Adding
• Fact Families
• Sums and Differences to 12
• Numbers 10-19 and Place Value
• Number Words Ten to Nineteen
• Counting by Tens
• Numbers 20-39, 40-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-99
• Hundred Chart
• Greater Than - Less Than
• Counting by Fives
• Equal Groups
• Equal Shares
• Separating Into Groups
• Adding Coins: Nickels and Pennies, Dimes and Pennies, Quarters, Dimes and Nickels, Mixed Coins
• Counting Coins - Equal Amounts
• Time: Hour, Half Hour
• Geometry: Sides and Corners; Plane Figures; Same Shape and Size; Solid Figures; Cube, Pyramid, Prism; Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
• Bar Graph
• Fractions: One-Half, One-Third, One-Fourth
• Fraction - Part of a Set
• Adding and Subtracting Tens
• Adding and Subtracting Tens and Ones
• Add and Subtract Mentally
• Measurement: Perimeter, Inches, Centimeters; Cups, Pints, and Quarts
• Sums of 13 Through 18
• Fact Families
• Three Addends
• Balancing Number Sentences
• Missing Operations
• Missing Numbers
• Regrouping Money
• Regrouping for Addition
• Regrouping for Subtraction
• Three Addends: No Regroup
• Hundreds, Tens, Ones
• Add Three-Digit Numbers
• Subtract Three-Digit Numbers
• + or - Three-Digit Numbers

Religion:

Religious Education:        (A Year With the Saints)(Jesus and I)(Religion 1 For Young Catholics)(The Miracles of Jesus)(Angel Coloring Book)(Mary My Mother)(The Holy Spirit)

    Objective is to understand the fundamentals of the Catholic Faith:  Creed, Commandments, Sacraments, and Prayer.  Identify major events, people, and teachings in the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ.  Appreciate the Faith.

    Methods include, but are not limited to: Prayer, memorizing catechism, reading, mass attendance, obeying commandments, practicing virtues, tests, and discussing the Faith.

• Prayers
• The Creed
• The Commandments
• The Sacraments
• The Catholic Church
• Sacramentals

Science/Health

Science:    (Science For Young Catholics 1)

    Objectives are to demonstrate basic understanding of the purpose, elements, and operation of the main parts of the human body.  How to care for major parts of the body.  Food Groups and Proper Nutrition.  Basic understanding of First aid and safety.  Understanding of spiritual creations:  Soul, glorified bodies, and angels.  

    Catholic textbook integrates the faith and promotes the recognition of the existence and design of the human body as signs of the existence, nature, and activity of God.  Instilling a sense of Christian stewardship for the human body.

    Methods include, but are not limited to: Discussion of textbook topics, simple experiments, library visits for supplemental information.

• The Food Pyramid
• Keeping Teeth Healthy
• How the Eyes Work
• Difference between Light and Sound Waves
• Hearing
• Muscles
• Sense of Smell
• Sense of Taste
• The Skin
• Blood
• Blood Cells and How they Work
• The Heart and How it works
• SKeletal System
• What to do in an Emergency
• Burns
• The Soul
• The Resurrection and the Glorified Body
• The angels

Nature Study:        (Keeping a Nature Journal, Secrets of the Animal World)

    Keeping Nature Journals and going on nature walks.

Social Studies:

History:     (Amer. Hist. 1 for Young Catholics)

Objective is to identify some of the major people and events from American history.  Develop an appreciation for great people and historic achievements.  Instill patriotism and the qualities of good citizenship while demonstrating the important part played by Catholics in the formation of America.  Identify the American flag and other symbols of the United States.  Learn the Pledge of Allegiance.

Faith integration by using a textbook and biographies of the saints that highlight important Catholic Americans and Catholic contributions to American history

Methods of learning include, but are not limited to: Textbook, maps, field trips, library supplemental material, at home discussion.

   

• Voyages of Discovery
• Columbus Discovers America
• The Conversion of Mexico
• St. Augustine: Oldest City in the U.S.
• The First Thanksgiving
• Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
• Maryland Colony
• Paul Revere
• Declaration of Independence
• George Washington
• Betsy Ross
• Charles Carroll
• Junipero Serra
• Lewis and Clark, Explorers
• St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
• St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
• Irish Immigrants
• St. John Neumann
• Abe Lincoln
• Mother Francesca Cabrini
• Cardinal Gibbons

Geography & Maps:        (Maps Charts and Graphs A)

    Objectives is to introduce the student to maps and charts.  Recognize the shape of the U.S. and state on maps.

• Direction Words
• Cardinal Directions
• Map Symbols
• Following Directions and Tracing Paths
• Measuring and Comparing Distance
• Locating Places on World Map
• Locating Places on U.S. Map
• Pictographs and Bar Graphs

People and Places:    (Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton)(Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha)

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• Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
• Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha

Foreign Language: - UNDECIDED

Art:

Art:        (Art for Young Catholics 1)

Objectives are to begin using different materials and techniques.  Identify and understand color, design, and shape.  Develop dexterity, small muscle control, and hand-eye coordination.  Appreciate the liturgical year.   

The Faith is integrated by the liturgical season.  Catholic themes, symbols, facts, and events in different forms of art.

Methods include, but not limited to: using different medias, working with glue, scissors, and crayons, making shadow boxes, working with various patterns and hands on materials.   

               Lenten Season

• Ash Wednesday - A Lenten Windsock
• A Lenten Mouse
• Saint Patrick’s Day - Card
• Saint Joseph’s Day - Stained Glass Window
• The Annunciation - Cut out Figures.

                            Holy Week

• Palm Sunday
• Holy Thursday - The Last Supper
• Good Friday - Easter - A Crucifixion and Resurrection Activity
• Holy Saturday - Easter Eggs

                            April - November       

• Honor Mary, Our Mother--A Month-Long Activity
• . Ascension Thursday--A Ribbon
• . Pentecost--The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• . Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth--A Banner
• . Trinity Sunday--Shamrock and the Holy Trinity
• . Corpus Christi--Jesus Truly Present in the Tabernacle
• . Sacred Heart of Jesus
• . The Immaculate Heart of Mary
• .  Birth of St. John the Baptist--Baptismal Shell
• . Transfiguration of the Lord--An Icon
• . Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• . Queenship of the Virgin Mary
• .  Birth of Mary--An Activity and Card
• .  Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• .  The Holy Cross
• .  Our Guardian Angels--Make a Prayer Card
• . Our Guardian Angels--Make an Angel
• . Our Lady of The Rosary--Make a Rosary
• . Feast of All Saints
• . All Souls Day--Prayer List
• . Presentation of Mary--Bank for the Poor
• .Christ the King

Advent/ Christmas

• An Advent Angel
• . Gifts for Baby Jesus
• . Saint Nicholas Stocking
• . Immaculate Conception Medallion
• . Christ Is Born--Pop-up Nativity
• . Mary, Mother of God
• The Holy Family
• . Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus--Card
• The Epiphany Figures
• . The Baptism of Jesus--Pop-out Scene
• . The Presentation of Jesus--Shadow Box
• . Our Lady of Lourdes
• . Saint Valentine's Day--Give Your Heart to Jesus

Music:

    Objective is to develop and appreciation for singing and music.  Distinguish between melodic rhythm and steady beat by sight and sound.  Describe changes in dynamics and tempo.  Identify high and low pitches.     

    Integrated with the Faith through songs and hymns with Catholic themes.  Showing how music is a particularly appropriate way to give glory to God.

    Methods of learning include, but not limited to: Singing, dancing, listening to performances, putting on performances, and using library supplemental books

• Listen, learn, and sing songs: The Creed, The Church, the Sacraments, Prayer, and the Commandments.
• Listen to songs and music on audio
• Dramatize Songs and Poems
• Compose Simple Songs
• Sing a variety of songs individually and in groups
• Perform dances and games