Curriculum Overview for the 1st Grade Religion: The focus of the 1st grade Religion curriculum is to foster growth as a member of the church community and to facilitate expressing the Love of Jesus in the Christian community. Religion themes include: our Church community our loving God God’s son Jesus The Holy Spirit Feast Days/Holy Days Church Calendar Family Life is a supplement to the core religious education and is incorporated into our religious education program. The 1st grade will also be participating in community service projects, liturgical and prayer services, as well as various other activities to promote and encourage strong Catholic values. Language Arts: Phonics consonant sounds short and long vowel sounds consonant blends digraphs Comprehension Main idea cause and effect sequencing author’s purpose predicting Grammar nouns verbs adjectives complete sentences (subjects and predicates) short paragraphs review correct letter and number formation correct letter case within sentences Writing is incorporated throughout the entire 1st grade curriculum Math: The 1st grade mathematics curriculum will include daily exercises to encourage independent mathematical exploration, including: numbers through 100 understanding single digit addition and subtraction geometry identifying money telling time to the hour and ½ hour place value (ones, tens, hundreds) fact families through 18 fraction concepts (½, ?, ¼) standard forms of measurement graphs Writing is done through the use of reflections and written responses to word problems Science: The 1st grade science curriculum is a broad exploration of Life, Physical, Earth, Space and Technology Sciences, including: healthy living five senses living and nonliving things plants and animals matter movement and sound energy the sun and moon simple machines Critical thinking is promoted throughout the science curriculum through hands-on scientific investigations Social Studies: We use Scholastic News to Cover Current Events, including: citizenship rules we follow communities (laws and leaders) holiday traditions different kinds of weather inventors, innovators, and inventions geography and map skills American history economics (needs and wants, goods and services, and jobs) Extended Programs: Physical Education Health Computer Skills Music Art