Grade Level Curriculum Standards
Religion
Scripture / Christian Life
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Recognizes creation as God�s gift
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Expresses thanks to God for the world and all things in it
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Understands that people are gifts of God�s love
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Discovers that Jesus is a sign of God�s love
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Becomes familiar with stories from the Bible
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Recognizes the Bible as a book of God�s love
Sacraments / Worship
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Experiences prayer as listening and talking to God
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Prays: Sign o f the Cross, Glory be, Our Father, Hail Mary,
Grace before and after meals and Angel of God
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Expresses love of God and personal needs in spontaneous
prayer
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Gathers with God�s family at Mass
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Begins to pray at Mass
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Celebrates rituals and activities which express our
Christian beliefs (Advent Wreath, Christmas crib, etc.)
Morality / Social Justice
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Knows that Jesus taught love by his example and through
story
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Names how she/he loves God, self and others
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Shows care for others and God�s creation
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Recognizes the need to say �I�m sorry� and begin to love
again
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Tries to live at peace with oneself and with others
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Learns to develop friendship s and share with others
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Participates in Mission awareness and other Christian
service activities
Christian Faith and Practice
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Recognizes that God creates people and the world out of love
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Begins to recognize that God sent Jesus to show us how to
live and love
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Learns to identify Church as a community of people who come
together in God�s name
Prayers
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Sign
of the Cross
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Glory Be
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Lord�s Prayer
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Hail
Mary
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Grace (before and after meals)
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Angel of God
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Learning and Working Now and Long Ago
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Students demonstrate an understanding that being a good
citizen involves acting in certain ways
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Students recognize national and state symbols and icons such
as the national state flag, the bald eagle, and the Statue
of Liberty
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Students match simple descriptions of work that people do
and the names of those jobs with examples from the school,
local community and historical accounts
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Students compare and contrast the locations of people,
places, and environments and describe the human and physical
characteristics of places
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Students put events in temporal order by using a calendar,
placing days, weeks, and months in proper order
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Students understand that history relates to events, people,
and places of other times
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Problem Solving
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Reasoning
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Communication
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Mathematical Connections
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Estimation
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Number Sense and Numeration
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Concepts and Whole Number Operations
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Whole Number Computation
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Geometry and Spatial Sense
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Measurement
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Statistics and Probability
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Reading:
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Word
analysis, fluency, and systematic vocabulary development
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Concepts about print
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Phonemic awareness
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Decoding and word recognition
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Vocabulary and concept development
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Reading Comprehension
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Structural features of informational materials
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Comprehension and analysis of grade level appropriate text
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Literary response and analysis
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Narrative analysis of grade level appropriate text
Writing:
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Writing strategies
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Organization and focus
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Penmanship
Written and Oral Conventions:
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Written and oral language conventions
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Sentence structure
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Spelling
Listening and Speaking:
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Listening and speaking strategies
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Comprehension
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Speaking applications � genres and their characteristics
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Speaking applications
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Science
Physical Science:
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Properties of materials can be observed, measured, and
predicted
Life
Science:
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Different types of plants and animals inhabit the earth
Earth Science:
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Earth is composed of land, air, and water
Investigation and Experimentation:
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Science progress is made by asking meaningful questions and
conducting careful investigations
Health:
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Acceptance of personal responsibility
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Respect for and promotion of health of others
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An
understanding of the process of growth and development
Informed use of health-related information, products and
services
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