Kindergarten- 2nd grade

Kindergarten is the first year students go to all 6 special courses once a week with the exception of PE four times a week. They also get to eat in the cafeteria for the first time.  The big program in Kindergarten is the Kindergarten Fashion Show where students are assigned a character and get to dress up, memorize lines and present their character to the whole school with song pairings.

Students will focus on each letter sound of the alphabet and master red words. Students will also focus on reading skills and story elements like listening, identifying titles, characters, setting and learning the jobs of the author and illustrator. They will begin picking problems, solutions and sequences out of a story.

Students will work on perfecting their full name and the number of vowels and consonants in their name as well as mastering all uppercase and lowercase letters. Students will work with CVC words and practice blending sounds into words. They will begin writing dictated sentences with CVC words. By the end of the year students will be writing full sentences.

Focus: Recounting and one to one correspondence to understand greater than, less than and equal to values. Recounting and one to one correspondence to understand greater than, less than and equal to values. Compose and decompose numbers to 10. Subtraction, measurement, height, length, capacity and the practice of classifying objects. Three dimensional shapes and math equations.

Focus: The five senses, life cycles, animal habits, seasons and weather. Force, motion, magnets and the solar system. Students will learn about gardening, butterflies, recycling and the ocean.

Focus: All Saints Day, All Souls Day, Advent and Christmas. Creation and all the church seasons.

Students will attend school Mass each Friday, Adoration each Tuesday and do the Stations of the Cross weekly during Lent.

Focus:  Then vs. now and holidays around the world. American History, famous Americans and community helpers. Our world community, the difference between want vs. need and what goods and services are.

Second grade is an exciting year! Catholic students will receive their First Penance and First Communion. Along with the excitement of a sacramental year, second grade is a big academic year as well. Students are further encouraged to be independent. They receive a planner the first day of school and begin learning the importance of writing down their own assignments, learn how to manage google classroom to check for assignments and submit work and start working on cultivating time management, study skills and organization. Second graders also begin the Accelerated Reader program.

Focus:  Reading fluently with expression and reading comprehension. Ability to identify each part of a story. Short and long vowel sounds, two sound patterns and layering 3 phonics patters. Conventions of writing (capitalization, punctuation and spelling).  Write a well-organized paragraph. Identify key features in stories: realistic fiction, fiction, informational text.

Focus: Students learn addition strategies and vocabulary skip count using a 100 chart, even and odd numbers, master 50 and 100 addition facts. Place value to 1,000. Adding and subtracting two digit numbers. Learn 2D and 3D shapes. Counting money.

Focus: Explore change in matter, work in classroom garden to learn about plants. Explore Ecosystems.

Focus: Sacramental preparation. Introductory Rites (prayers and responses), Act of Contrition. Liturgy of the Word and 10 Commandments. Liturgy of the Eucharist. Concluding Rites.

Focus: History of American symbols and monuments. Democratic values. Map skills and direction. Comparing physical features of different regions. Identify and recognize historical figures. Significance of national holidays. Production and distribution process. Supply and demand of natural resources.