"My faith is an important part of whom I am and God has given me a special responsibility and privilege to be a light in this dark world. I am truly blessed to work and teach God’s children and see the light of Christ grow in each of them."
Learn prayers: The Sign of the Cross, The Lord’s Prayer, The Hail Mary, The Glory Be, Prayer Before Meals, and Prayer After Meals
Participate in prayer (including weekly mass)
Understand that God loves us and wants us to love others
Understand that God created the universe
Understand that God gave us Jesus
Learn about feasts and liturgical seasons
Reading
Demonstrate developmental understanding of concepts of print texts such as how to hold books, how to track print, and how to distinguish words from pictures and letters from words
Recognize sentences and begin to understand that sentences begin with capital letters and end with some type of punctuation
Identify letters and distinguish letter sounds
Demonstrate basic understanding of the sound-print code: words contain sounds that are represented by letters, and letters combine to make words
Identify 20 basic sight words
Recognize and produce rhyming words
Writing
Write letters of the alphabet and begin to represent words with letters
Write expressively using drawings, letters, and words
Communication
Discuss prior knowledge of topics, relate to text, and make predictions before reading
Sustain their attention for an age-appropriate length of time while reading or listening to books
Complete a two-step task based on oral instructions
Listen attentively to others
Express ideas clearly in oral speaking
Mathematics
Count, compare, describe, and sort objects
Connect numerals to the quantities they represent
Identify, write, and order numerals 0-20
Model (act out or use objects) problem solving involving simple addition and subtraction situations
Recognize and name basic geometric shapes
Explore objects in terms of their measurements
Identify coins by name and value: penny, nickel, and dime
Follow a daily schedule to help develop the concept of time
Name the days of the week
Identify, extend, and create patterns AB, ABB, ABC
Understand comparative and positional terms: more than, less than, equal to, above, below, left, right, top, middle, bottom
Understand and create simple graphs
Science
Use the five senses to make observations about the physical world
Name and identify seasons
Make daily weather observations
List characteristics and life cycle of a bean plant and a painted lady butterfly
Demonstrate how to care for their nose and teeth
Name body parts
Learn about personal safety through the “Talking About Touching” program
Social Studies
Develop responsibility by completing assigned weekly jobs
Recognize that all people have needs and wants
Describe how each person is special and unique
Recognize and follow family and school rules
Describe resources in the community (e.g. police officer, firefighter, library, etc.)
Recognize national symbols and recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Learn about holidays
Art
Art is taught regularly, as well as incorporated into daily activities
Further curriculum enrichment includes:
Field trips
Guest speakers
Service projects
Reading incentive program
Extracurricular activities
* Physical Education, Music, Spanish, Library, and Technology are taught
by specialists trained in these areas.