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Coming in November
Nov. 1st Thurs. - All Saints Day - School Mass - Dress Uniforms

Nov. 2nd Fri. - All Saints Day - School Mass - Dress Uniforms

Nov. 6th  Tues. - End of First Quarter Saints Day * Parent Assoc. Meeting.

Nov. 9th Fri. -Flex Friday. Report Cards Issued.

Nov. 12th Mon. - Veteran's Day - No School.

  Nov. 16th Fri.- Parent/Teacher Conferences - No School.

  Nov. 20th Tues. - Quarterly Awards 11:00 AM. Thanksgiving Fest 12:00 PM.

Nov. 21st  Wed. Thanksgiving Break Begins.

Nov. 26th Mon. - School Resumes. Board of Directors Meeting.

 

 

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First Grade Scope and Sequence


Art

-        Learn & demonstrate the elements of art (line, shape, color, value, texture, form, space).

-         Develop drawing and observational skills.

Music & Drama

-         Fundamentals of music and choir.

-         Develop memorization and performance skills at age appropriate levels with plays, poetry, and music.

Language Arts

-         Read stories with class discussion & questions to test understanding.

-         Read fiction and non-fiction literature.

-         Grammar & language usage: punctuation,
parts of speech identification, sentence structure & early writing skills.

-         Guided Journal Writing

-         Handwriting skills (Bowmar-Noble Method).

-         New vocabulary weekly.

-         Auditory & visual recognition of consonants, short & long vowels, blends & digraphs

Religion

-         God Gives Us the World.

-         God Gives Us Jesus.

-         Jesus Christ Gives Us the Church.

-       Our Catholic Church and Us.

Physical Education

-         Develop motor skills in jumping, skipping, rhythmic activities, and running.

-         Training in cooperative behavior & teamwork.

Math

-         Counting (rote, rational, ordinal, backward, by 1,2,5 & 10).

-        Number families 1 through 12.

-         Vertical & horizontal addition of one, two, and three digits with carrying

-         Subtraction with 1 or 2 digits.

-         Symbols (numerals & counters).

-         More, Less, Equal discrimination.

-         Place value.

-         Problem solving & word problems.

-       Applications (money, measurement, estimation, temperature, time, weight, length, graphs, calendars, maps).

-         Simple fractions.

Science

-         Living Things and Habitats.

-         Astronomy (Sun, planets and other celestial bodies).

-         Physical Science ( States of matter, magnets, sound & light.

-         Weather.

Social Studies

-         Geography, Maps & Globes, 7 Continents

-         Early civilization (Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China).

-         Modern Culture of Mexico

-         America (early exploration & settlement, American revolution).

Spanish

-         Exposure to the language through songs and activities.

-         Basic Vocabulary – colors, numbers, food, family, familiar items.