Curriculum Summary
Literature
- Model oral reading for enjoyment and expression
- Daily recreational reading
- Expand skills
- Read books, stories and poetry
- Write to extend comprehension
- Writing related to book reports, letters and original stories
English
- Use dictionaries and thesauruses
- Proper word usage
- Speaking and listening skills
- Grammar
Spelling
- Learn commonly misspelled words
Mathematics
- Differentiate and understand the algorithms, and know the working order of, the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, decimals and fractions
- Interpret and design graphs
- Compare, order round and estimate to 12-digit numbers
- Describe, define, draw and measure geometric figures
- Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Understand the interconnection of decimals, fractions and percents
- Communicate orally and in writing using mathematical vocabulary
- Identify and compare prime and composite numbers
Life Science
- Discover the classification and interaction of living and non-living organisms
- Investigate biomes, energy, matter, species population, food chains and ecosystems and understand human relationship to them
Human Body
- Compare and contrast the functions and interdependence of the Muscular, Nervous, Circulatory, Skeletal and Muscular systems; and how they are effected by different human behaviors
Oceanography
- Discover the physical properties (including topography, makeup and movement) as well as the ecology (resources and preservation) of our oceans
Weather – Climate
- Discover weather, climate, precipitation, energy balance, severe weather and atmosphere; and how all of these affect
Solar System
- Examine components of our solar system, including planets, stars, tools used in study, and potential life possibilities
Religion
- Explore Scripture, doctrine, and Church history with a focus on our Sacramental lives
- Reflect upon and connect personal experience to an understanding of faith and its manifestation in our words and actions
- Read from Scripture daily
- Practice different forms of prayer (formal, informal, personal and communal)
- Celebrate weekly Liturgies, saints and others who affect our spiritual journey
Social Studies
- Interpret graphs, maps, globes, timelines and diagrams
- Explorers of the new world and cultural exchange
- Native Americans of North and South America
- Learn about the beginnings of the United States up to the American Revolution
- Learn study skills
- Chapter evaluations