Religion Blest Are We     RCL Benzinger http://www.blestarewe.com/family                                                                                                                                                                  The Church Is One –The children will know that the Holy Spirit guides us, we receive the Sacraments of Christian Initiation, we show our love for one another, and that Jesus taught us to pray.                                                                                        The Church Is Holy - Jesus shows us how to forgive and heal, Jesus       teaches us how to love, we pray to the Holy Spirit, and we celebrate  Reconciliation and healing.   The Church Is Catholic - The children will realize that the Catholic Church welcomes all people, God calls us together to celebrate the Mass,  we are called to serve others, and we pray for all people. The Church Is Apostolic – The children will see that the Church continues The Apostles’ mission, we are committed through the sacraments, we are called to use our talents to serve, and to pray for faith. The Church Has a Mission to the World – They will see that we are called to be signs of God’s Kingdom in the world, we share blessings, we respond to the suffering of others, and that we work for justice and to be peacemakers.” Social Studies Communities       Macmillan/McGraw-Hill www.macmillanmh.com       The students will understand how where you live affects how you live.        They will see how communities change over time.        They will understand how people change communities.        They will see how people in a community meet their needs.        They will understand why communities need governments. Language Arts: Reading and Writing Treasures        Macmillan McGraw-Hill www.macmillanmh.com      Foundations for Literacy: Concepts of Print      Alphabetics: Phonemic Awareness, Decoding Phonics Analysis and                           Decoding Structural Analysis      Fluency: Reading Fluency and Self-Selected Reading      Vocabulary/Word Identification: Word Meaning Skills and Strategies      Comprehension: Prereading Strategies, Comprehension Strategies, and                               Comprehension Skills      Literature: Explore Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry Genres, Literary                                                     Devices and Elements, Author and Illustrator Craft, and                          Literary Response      Study Skills, Research and Informational Literacy: Study Skills, Text                        Features, Research and Informational Literacy, and                        Technology      Writing: Modes and Forms, Prompts, Writing Traits, Processes,                         Penmanship, Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage, Spelling,                         Listening, Speaking, Viewing, and Representing   Language Arts: Spelling Treasures        Macmillan McGraw-Hill www.macmillanmh.com      Words with: short vowels, long vowels, digraphs, blends, consonant                          clusters, double consonants, schwa words, words with                          silent letters, words with hard and soft letters, compound                          words, prefixes and suffixes, and spelling patterns   Language Arts: Grammar Treasures        Macmillan McGraw-Hill www.macmillanmh.com       Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage: Sentence Concepts: Statements, Questions, Exclamations, and Commands                                      Complete and Incomplete Sentences and Fragments                      Nouns: Common, Proper, Singular, Plural, and Possessive                      Verbs: Action, Helping, Linking, and Irregular                      Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, and Articles                      Subjects and Predicates                      Contractions and Conjunctions                      Correct Capitalization: Sentences, Proper Nouns, Titles, and                                  Abbreviations                      Correct Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation                                   Marks, Commas, Apostrophes, and Quotation Marks   Science Science       Macmillan McGraw-Hill www.macmillanmh.com      Life Science: Looking at Plants and Animals:                           How living things are alike, the needs of plants and animals,                           Life cycles, how they grow, parts of animals, and the kinds ,                         of animals                           Where Plants and Animals Live:                           Ecosystems, food chains and webs, roles for plants and                           Animals, competition among living things, adaptations for                           survival, and changing ecosystems      Earth Science: Our Earth:                              Minerals and rocks, soil, fossils and fuels, water in sea,                               Land, and air, saving our resources, landforms, and fast                              And slow changes on land                              Cycles on Earth and in Space:                              Weather, the water cycle, describing weather, how Earth                              Moves, phases of the moon, and the sun and it’s planets       Physical Science: Forces and Motion:                              Motion and speed, forces, changes in motion, doing work, l levers and pulleys, and more simple machines                              Looking at matter and energy: Properties of matter,                              Comparing solids, liquids, and gasses, building blocks of                              Matter, how light and heat travel, properties of sound,                              And paths for electricity   Mathematics Everyday Mathematics      Wright Group www.wrightgroup.com/parent_connection/index.html   Number and Numeration: Rote counting, rational counting, place value,                     Use of fractions, number theory, equivalent names for                     Whole numbers, equivalent names for fractions, decimals,                      And percents Operations and Computation: Addition and subtraction facts, addition and subtraction procedures, multiplication and division            Facts, multiplication and division procedures, procedures                              For addition and subtraction of fractions, computational                              Estimation, and models for operations Data and Chance: Data collection and representation, data analysis,                              And qualitative and quantitative probability Measurement and Reference Frames: Length, weight, and angles, area,                              Perimeter, volume, capacity, units and systems of                              Measurement, money, temperature, and time Geometry: Lines and angles, plane and solid figures, transformations                              And symmetry Patterns, Functions, and Algebra: Patterns and functions, Algebraic                               Notation and solving number sentences, order of                               Operations, and properties of arithmetic operations