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• Better communicators: both orally and in written language
• Develop Speech skills by preparing presentation of Storybook
• Develop organizational skills: introduce daily planner and organizational binder
• Cursive Handwriting introduced
• Prepare for Stewardship Mass in February (focused on school theme for current year)
• Prayers learned and recited: The Apostles’ Creed; Gloria; Come Holy Spirit
• Conduct family interviews and experience Family Cultural Presentations
• Stewardship Project: sending letters to U.S. soldiers serving oversees
• Enhance leadership skills by working with Kindergarten buddies

Religion:

• Learn about the Holy Trinity through Scripture and Tradition
• Learn and understand the Creed, a statement of our Catholic belief
• Recognize the presence of Christ through Liturgical Celebrations and the Sacraments
• Experience and practice various forms of prayer

Language Arts:

• Reading Strategies
• Determine meaning of words and phrases used in all text
• Describe characters in a story (traits/feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to sequence of events
• Determine main idea and key details in informational text

Writing Skills:

• Develop and strengthen skills on planning, revising, and editing
• Conduct short research project that builds knowledge about topic
• Language – demonstrate knowledge of English language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, and listening

Math:

• Learn concept of multiplication and division
• Solve real-world word problems using all operations
• Understand concept of fractions
• Recognize and understand concepts of area and perimeter
• Fluently add and subtract numbers within 1,000

Science:

Life Science:

• Learn about the impact environmental changes have on organisms
• Expand knowledge of plants and animals and learn that they depend on each other and on nonliving resources in their ecosystems to survive

Physical Science:

• Learn how forces change the motion of objects
• Learn to identify several different forms of energy

Social Studies:

• Civics – Applies the key ideas of unity and diversity within a community (we contribute our own diverse culture in the classroom)
• Geography – Uses maps and globes to study the physical, political, and cultural characteristics of places, regions, and people in America
• History – Understand how various cultural groups have shaped the history of the community and world