Teachers:
Mrs. Massarelli / Mrs. Ruwe

Main concepts each quarter will be:

1st Quarter

Religion
- Promote Gospel Values
- Goodness of God
- Social Justice

Math
- Data, Graphs, Facts
- Place Value
- Adding & subtracting whole numbers

Reading
- Poetry appreciation
- Improving Vocabulary Skills
- Comprehension Skills
- Research & Study Skills

Language Arts
- Statements & Questions,
- Sentences – simple & complex
- Subjects & Predicates
- Daily Use of cursive
- Editing & Creative Writing

Spelling
- Words with short & long vowel sounds
- Blends

Science
- Scientific Method
- Life Science & Energy

Social Studies
- Ohio – Geography, Resources & Early People

2nd Quarter

Religion
- Gospel Values
- Jesus, the Son of God
- Commandments & the Beatitudes

Math
- Multiplication & division facts
- Multiplication & division facts by 1 factor

Reading
- Improving Vocabulary skills
- Comprehension skills

Language Arts
- Predicates/ Verbs
- Daily Use of cursive
- Editing & Creative Writing

Spelling
- Compound words
- Homophones
- Vowels with r
- Words with –er, -est, -s, -es, -ed, -ing

Science
- Ecosystems

Social Studies
- Ohio – Becoming a state, Our Government, Ohio Today

3rd Quarter

Religion
- The Holy Spirit
- Gospel Values
- Lent
- Confirmation

Math
- Multiplication & division by 2 or more digits

Reading
- Improving vocabulary words
- Comprehension skills

Language Arts
- Adjectives, Adverbs, Pronouns
- Editing & Creative Writing

Spelling
- More blends
- Prefixes & suffixes
- Contractions

Science
- Health - Nutrition, Body Systems,
- Healthy lifestyles, Emotions

Social Studies
- Regions of the United States – focus is on Geography
- The Southeast & the Northeast

4th Quarter

Religion
- The Church
- Gospel Values
- Sacraments
- Vocations

Math
- Geometry, Fractions
- Metric & Customary Measurement
- Probability

Reading
- Improving vocabulary skills
- Comprehension skills
- Different Genres

Language Arts
- Editing & Creative Writing
- Adjectives

Spelling
- Possessives
- Vowels with no clues
- Capitalization

Science
- Weather, Simple Machines

Social Studies
- Regions of the United States – focus is on Geography
- The Middle West, The Southwest, The Western States