Teachers: Mrs. Massarelli [1] / Mrs. Ruwe [2] / Miss. Catrambone [3]
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
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