Goal 1: Developing a relationship with our loving God and learning about God’s gifts
The student will:
1. _________ Recognize self and others as gifts from God
2. _________ Recognize that we use personal gifts and talents to help others
3. _________ Recognize God’s love for His creation through stories
4. _________ Identify ways to care for God’s creation
5. _________ Identify the three persons of the Holy Trinity
6. _________ Use Jesus as a role model
Goal 2: Awareness of church as the family of God
The student will:
1. _________ Develop a sense of membership in community of people loved by God
2. _________ Identify self as a member of the Catholic community
3. _________ Participate in Mass in an age appropriate manner
4. _________ Recognize God as creator, Jesus as God’s Son, and Spirit as God’s love
5. _________ Recognize that everything God made is good
6. _________ Recognize Mary as the mother of Jesus, Joseph as the foster father of Jesus
7. _________ Recognize that Jesus is present at the celebration of Mass in a special way
8. _________ Identify the priest and discuss his special role in the local church
9. _________ Experience signs and symbols of the church, i.e., Sign of the Cross, genuflecting, kneeling, bowing, blessing with holy water
10. ________ Identify the patron saint of the school
Goal 3: The importance of prayer (spoken, sung, spontaneous, rote, etc) and
God’s Word in one’s life
The student will:
1. _________ Recognize that prayer is talking and listening to God
2. _________ Recite traditional prayers
Sign of the Cross
Meal time prayers
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Guardian Angel Prayer
3. _________ Use singing and creative movement as a form of prayer
4. _________ Verbalize spontaneous, personal prayers
5. _________ Listen respectively to God’s word
6. _________ Demonstrate reverent behavior during prayer and church
7. _________ Recognize the Bible as a special book about God and God’s word
Goal 4: Developing a sense of right and wrong behavior
The student will:
1. _________ Recognize that actions affect others
2. _________ Accept responsibility for individual actions
3. _________ Recognize the importance of always telling the truth
4. _________ Recognize that each individual is unique and should be treated with respect
5. _________ Discuss ways to express feelings
6. _________ Discuss and practice making appropriate behavioral choices
7. _________ Discuss the gift of God’s rules (the Commandments)
Language Arts
A. ORAL COMMUNICATION: SPEAKING/LISTENING
1. Repeats and recites prayers, pledge, days of the week, months of the year, seasons, songs, chants, finger plays and simple verse
2. Practices oral exercises such as show and Tell, role-playing, etc.
3. Communicates with courtesy
4. Expresses ideas and answers questions in complete sentences
5. Retells a story
6. Describes contents of a picture
7. Incorporates verbal directions into play activities
8. Dramatizes stories, fairy tales
9. Listens to a variety of literature for vocabulary development
10.Focuses attentively and follows directions
11. Demonstrates story telling ability using wordless books
Phonological Awareness
12. Recognizes letters and their sounds
13. Develops a concept of word
14. Knows beginning sounds
15. Recognizes auditory similarities and differences
B. WRITING/LANGUAGE
1. Develops fine motor skills through small manipulative play, cutting, tracing, copying, coloring, gluing and painting
2. Demonstrates holding the writing tool correctly
3. Recognizes left/right progression
4. Recognizes and writes name correctly
5. Demonstrates ideas through experience charts and drawing pictures
Purposeful Writing
6. Dictates a story or a sequence of events to be written down by an adult
7.Writes stories using pictures and/or invented spelling
C. READING
Phonetic concepts
1. Recognizes first name
2. Recognizes letters make words
3. Recognizes and differentiates beginning sounds
4. Demonstrates ability to recognize rhyming words and opposites
5. Recognizes letters of the alphabet/upper case and lower case
6. Reads rebus pictures
Vocabulary
7. Recognizes new words from books read aloud and through discussion
8. Develops language through the use of books, magazines, newspapers, big books, flannel boards and puppets
Comprehension
9.Predicts outcomes
10. Answers questions, retells stories and draws conclusions
11. Identifies the parts of a picture and/or story (beginning, middle, end) as a sequence
12. Identifies a story as real and make-believe
13. Demonstrates ability to recall details of a story
14. Uses picture clues and captions as an aid to comprehension
D. MEDIA LITERACY
1. Demonstrates ability to listen attentively at the listening center and at video presentations
2. Handles library materials with care and participates in story time
3. Learns concepts and language from bulletin boards and flannel boards
4. Demonstrates book sense: knows front, back, top, bottom and cover
5. Participates in and experiences various forms of the fine arts such as plays, storytelling, singing and dancing
6. Utilizes library visits to develop lifelong reading enjoyment
E. CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS/STUDY SKILLS (These skills should be taught and demonstrated across the curriculum)
1. Classifies and compares objects
2. Interprets visual cues
3. Formulates ideas through brainstorming activities
4. Shares new and related ideas
5. Determines cause and effect relationships
6. Develops problem solving techniques
7. Demonstrates ability to form an opinion
Mathematics
Problem Solving (Strategies)
Problem solving is integrated throughout the content strands. The development of problem-solving skills is a major goal of the mathematics program at every grade level. Instruction in the process of problem-solving, which should include problems involving Catholic Social Teaching, not just textbook word problems, will need to be integrated early and continuously into each student’s mathematics education. Students must be helped to develop a wide range of skills and strategies for solving a variety of problem types.
The student will apply the following problem solving strategies to solve real life situations (use of manipulatives is imperative):
I. NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS
A. Number Sense
The student will:
1.________ Count orally from 1 to 20
2.________ Touch and count objects 1 to 10
3.________ Recognize numerals from 1 to 10 in random order
4.________ Recognize the difference between numbers and letters
5.________ Equate “zero” to quantity of nothing
6.________ Print some numerals 1 to 10
7.________ Demonstrate 1 to 1 correspondence
B. Addition and Subtraction
The student will:
1.________ Guess the amount of objects before counting
2.________ Use concrete objects to perform addition and subtraction with sums and differences
3.________ Compare equal to, less than, greater than
C. Multiplication and Division – No objectives
D. Properties – No objectives
E. Fractions/Decimals/Percents – No objectives
II. MEASUREMENT
A. Linear Measurement
The student will:
1.________ Guess the relative length of objects (i.e., longer, shorter or the same) before measuring
B. Weight
The student will:
1.________ Identify common objects as heavy or light to demonstrate understanding of the terms
C. Temperature – No objectives
D. Time/Money
The student will:
1.________ Recognize a clock and a calendar as measures of time
2.________ Identify time (i.e., night-day; morning-afternoon; today- tomorrow-yesterday; day-week- month)
E. Capacity
The student will:
1.________ Identify quantity and volume (i.e., full-empty; more than-less than)
2.________ Experiment with and manipulate dry and liquid substances
III. GEOMETRY
The student will:
1.________ Identify the location of an object (i.e., top-bottom; over-under; outside-inside)
2.________ Identify basic shapes (i.e., circle, square, triangle, diamond, heart, oval, rectangle)
3.________ Match shapes
4.________ Sort objects by size and by weight
5.________ Draw simple shapes without a pattern (i.e., circle, square, triangle)
IV. STATISTICS, PROBABILITY AND DATA ANALYSIS
The student will:
1.________ Recognize and create pictographs, simple bar graphs and make graphs with concrete objects
V. ALGEBRA
The student will:
1.________ Recognize and duplicate simple sequential patterns using manipulatives (i.e.,
red block, blue block, red block or ABAB)
2.________ Identify an object that does not belong in a specific group
3.________ Separate objects to form new groups (i.e., groups of animals such as baby animals and adult animals or farm animals and zoo animals)
VOCABULARY - Long, longer, short, shorter, tall, taller, small, medium, large, more, less, big, little, heavier, lighter, near, far
Science
A. Earth and Space Science
1. Describe daily weather conditions.
2. Distinguish between day and night.
3. Identify the sun as an object in the daytime sky and the moon in the night sky.
4. Recognize the four seasons of the year and characteristics of each.
B. Life Science
1. Identify parts of the human body.
2. Identify the five senses.
3. Identify the parts of the body used to see, smell, hear, taste, and touch.
4. Distinguish between living and non-living things.
5. Identify adult animals and their offspring.
C. Science as Inquiry
1. Make simple predictions and use experiments to find results.
D. Physical Science
1. Demonstrate that some things sink or float in water.
2. Demonstrate that magnets attract some metal objects.
3. Demonstrate that wind makes things move.
4. Describe and classify objects by their physical properties(color, size, shape).
5. Demo nstrate how blocking the light forms shadows.
E. Environmental Science
1. Demonstrate that we must protect God’s world.
2. Know that air and water need to be clean and healthy for all living things.
3. Recognize that paper comes from trees and that humans depend on trees to breathe.
F. Historical Perspectives
1. Demonstrate an awareness of extinct species.
2. Recognize that technology as we know it today did not always exist.
G. Science and Technology
1. Recognize an astronaut as a person who travels in space.
2. Recognize the use of tools such as telescopes, binoculars, and magnifying glasses.
3. Recognize computers as a tool to learn about science.
H. Personal and Social Perspectives
1. Recognize that good nutrition, rest, exercise, and cleanliness are necessary to stay healthy.
2.Germs that cannot be seen can make us ill.
3. Identify ways of preventing illnesses.
4. Identify poisons that can make you sick.
5. Identify community helpers and their jobs.
I. Ethical/Moral Perspectives
1. Recognize awareness of God as Creator of the Earth and all living things on it.
2. Recognize that people need to be respectful and care for the Earth and all living things.
3. Recognize that God is a part of everything in our world.
The student will:
1. _________ Recognize self and others as gifts from God
2. _________ Recognize that we use personal gifts and talents to help others
3. _________ Recognize God’s love for His creation through stories
4. _________ Identify ways to care for God’s creation
5. _________ Identify the three persons of the Holy Trinity
6. _________ Use Jesus as a role model
Goal 2: Awareness of church as the family of God
The student will:
1. _________ Develop a sense of membership in community of people loved by God
2. _________ Identify self as a member of the Catholic community
3. _________ Participate in Mass in an age appropriate manner
4. _________ Recognize God as creator, Jesus as God’s Son, and Spirit as God’s love
5. _________ Recognize that everything God made is good
6. _________ Recognize Mary as the mother of Jesus, Joseph as the foster father of Jesus
7. _________ Recognize that Jesus is present at the celebration of Mass in a special way
8. _________ Identify the priest and discuss his special role in the local church
9. _________ Experience signs and symbols of the church, i.e., Sign of the Cross, genuflecting, kneeling, bowing, blessing with holy water
10. ________ Identify the patron saint of the school
Goal 3: The importance of prayer (spoken, sung, spontaneous, rote, etc) and
God’s Word in one’s life
The student will:
1. _________ Recognize that prayer is talking and listening to God
2. _________ Recite traditional prayers
Sign of the Cross
Meal time prayers
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Guardian Angel Prayer
3. _________ Use singing and creative movement as a form of prayer
4. _________ Verbalize spontaneous, personal prayers
5. _________ Listen respectively to God’s word
6. _________ Demonstrate reverent behavior during prayer and church
7. _________ Recognize the Bible as a special book about God and God’s word
Goal 4: Developing a sense of right and wrong behavior
The student will:
1. _________ Recognize that actions affect others
2. _________ Accept responsibility for individual actions
3. _________ Recognize the importance of always telling the truth
4. _________ Recognize that each individual is unique and should be treated with respect
5. _________ Discuss ways to express feelings
6. _________ Discuss and practice making appropriate behavioral choices
7. _________ Discuss the gift of God’s rules (the Commandments)
Language Arts
A. ORAL COMMUNICATION: SPEAKING/LISTENING
1. Repeats and recites prayers, pledge, days of the week, months of the year, seasons, songs, chants, finger plays and simple verse
2. Practices oral exercises such as show and Tell, role-playing, etc.
3. Communicates with courtesy
4. Expresses ideas and answers questions in complete sentences
5. Retells a story
6. Describes contents of a picture
7. Incorporates verbal directions into play activities
8. Dramatizes stories, fairy tales
9. Listens to a variety of literature for vocabulary development
10.Focuses attentively and follows directions
11. Demonstrates story telling ability using wordless books
Phonological Awareness
12. Recognizes letters and their sounds
13. Develops a concept of word
14. Knows beginning sounds
15. Recognizes auditory similarities and differences
B. WRITING/LANGUAGE
1. Develops fine motor skills through small manipulative play, cutting, tracing, copying, coloring, gluing and painting
2. Demonstrates holding the writing tool correctly
3. Recognizes left/right progression
4. Recognizes and writes name correctly
5. Demonstrates ideas through experience charts and drawing pictures
Purposeful Writing
6. Dictates a story or a sequence of events to be written down by an adult
7.Writes stories using pictures and/or invented spelling
C. READING
Phonetic concepts
1. Recognizes first name
2. Recognizes letters make words
3. Recognizes and differentiates beginning sounds
4. Demonstrates ability to recognize rhyming words and opposites
5. Recognizes letters of the alphabet/upper case and lower case
6. Reads rebus pictures
Vocabulary
7. Recognizes new words from books read aloud and through discussion
8. Develops language through the use of books, magazines, newspapers, big books, flannel boards and puppets
Comprehension
9.Predicts outcomes
10. Answers questions, retells stories and draws conclusions
11. Identifies the parts of a picture and/or story (beginning, middle, end) as a sequence
12. Identifies a story as real and make-believe
13. Demonstrates ability to recall details of a story
14. Uses picture clues and captions as an aid to comprehension
D. MEDIA LITERACY
1. Demonstrates ability to listen attentively at the listening center and at video presentations
2. Handles library materials with care and participates in story time
3. Learns concepts and language from bulletin boards and flannel boards
4. Demonstrates book sense: knows front, back, top, bottom and cover
5. Participates in and experiences various forms of the fine arts such as plays, storytelling, singing and dancing
6. Utilizes library visits to develop lifelong reading enjoyment
E. CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS/STUDY SKILLS (These skills should be taught and demonstrated across the curriculum)
1. Classifies and compares objects
2. Interprets visual cues
3. Formulates ideas through brainstorming activities
4. Shares new and related ideas
5. Determines cause and effect relationships
6. Develops problem solving techniques
7. Demonstrates ability to form an opinion
Mathematics
Problem Solving (Strategies)
Problem solving is integrated throughout the content strands. The development of problem-solving skills is a major goal of the mathematics program at every grade level. Instruction in the process of problem-solving, which should include problems involving Catholic Social Teaching, not just textbook word problems, will need to be integrated early and continuously into each student’s mathematics education. Students must be helped to develop a wide range of skills and strategies for solving a variety of problem types.
The student will apply the following problem solving strategies to solve real life situations (use of manipulatives is imperative):
I. NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS
A. Number Sense
The student will:
1.________ Count orally from 1 to 20
2.________ Touch and count objects 1 to 10
3.________ Recognize numerals from 1 to 10 in random order
4.________ Recognize the difference between numbers and letters
5.________ Equate “zero” to quantity of nothing
6.________ Print some numerals 1 to 10
7.________ Demonstrate 1 to 1 correspondence
B. Addition and Subtraction
The student will:
1.________ Guess the amount of objects before counting
2.________ Use concrete objects to perform addition and subtraction with sums and differences
3.________ Compare equal to, less than, greater than
C. Multiplication and Division – No objectives
D. Properties – No objectives
E. Fractions/Decimals/Percents – No objectives
II. MEASUREMENT
A. Linear Measurement
The student will:
1.________ Guess the relative length of objects (i.e., longer, shorter or the same) before measuring
B. Weight
The student will:
1.________ Identify common objects as heavy or light to demonstrate understanding of the terms
C. Temperature – No objectives
D. Time/Money
The student will:
1.________ Recognize a clock and a calendar as measures of time
2.________ Identify time (i.e., night-day; morning-afternoon; today- tomorrow-yesterday; day-week- month)
E. Capacity
The student will:
1.________ Identify quantity and volume (i.e., full-empty; more than-less than)
2.________ Experiment with and manipulate dry and liquid substances
III. GEOMETRY
The student will:
1.________ Identify the location of an object (i.e., top-bottom; over-under; outside-inside)
2.________ Identify basic shapes (i.e., circle, square, triangle, diamond, heart, oval, rectangle)
3.________ Match shapes
4.________ Sort objects by size and by weight
5.________ Draw simple shapes without a pattern (i.e., circle, square, triangle)
IV. STATISTICS, PROBABILITY AND DATA ANALYSIS
The student will:
1.________ Recognize and create pictographs, simple bar graphs and make graphs with concrete objects
V. ALGEBRA
The student will:
1.________ Recognize and duplicate simple sequential patterns using manipulatives (i.e.,
red block, blue block, red block or ABAB)
2.________ Identify an object that does not belong in a specific group
3.________ Separate objects to form new groups (i.e., groups of animals such as baby animals and adult animals or farm animals and zoo animals)
VOCABULARY - Long, longer, short, shorter, tall, taller, small, medium, large, more, less, big, little, heavier, lighter, near, far
Science
A. Earth and Space Science
1. Describe daily weather conditions.
2. Distinguish between day and night.
3. Identify the sun as an object in the daytime sky and the moon in the night sky.
4. Recognize the four seasons of the year and characteristics of each.
B. Life Science
1. Identify parts of the human body.
2. Identify the five senses.
3. Identify the parts of the body used to see, smell, hear, taste, and touch.
4. Distinguish between living and non-living things.
5. Identify adult animals and their offspring.
C. Science as Inquiry
1. Make simple predictions and use experiments to find results.
D. Physical Science
1. Demonstrate that some things sink or float in water.
2. Demonstrate that magnets attract some metal objects.
3. Demonstrate that wind makes things move.
4. Describe and classify objects by their physical properties(color, size, shape).
5. Demo nstrate how blocking the light forms shadows.
E. Environmental Science
1. Demonstrate that we must protect God’s world.
2. Know that air and water need to be clean and healthy for all living things.
3. Recognize that paper comes from trees and that humans depend on trees to breathe.
F. Historical Perspectives
1. Demonstrate an awareness of extinct species.
2. Recognize that technology as we know it today did not always exist.
G. Science and Technology
1. Recognize an astronaut as a person who travels in space.
2. Recognize the use of tools such as telescopes, binoculars, and magnifying glasses.
3. Recognize computers as a tool to learn about science.
H. Personal and Social Perspectives
1. Recognize that good nutrition, rest, exercise, and cleanliness are necessary to stay healthy.
2.Germs that cannot be seen can make us ill.
3. Identify ways of preventing illnesses.
4. Identify poisons that can make you sick.
5. Identify community helpers and their jobs.
I. Ethical/Moral Perspectives
1. Recognize awareness of God as Creator of the Earth and all living things on it.
2. Recognize that people need to be respectful and care for the Earth and all living things.
3. Recognize that God is a part of everything in our world.