Lower School Curriculum Guide

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LOWER SCHOOL CURRICULUM at a glance

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BARAT CENTER COURSE OF STUDY ENGLISH

SOCIAL STUDIES

MATH

SCIENCE

TOPICS • Fiction • Non Fiction • Author/Illustrator Study • Chess • Weather & Seasons/Nature

TOPICS • Family • Feelings • Friends • School Community • Traditions

TOPICS • Numbers • Charts & Graphs • Operations • Patterns • Shapes

TOPICS • Seasons and Weather • Five Senses • Hibernation • Magnet/Water Exploration • Seeds/Plants

SKILLS • Book appreciation • Book sense • Comprehension/connections • Fine motor • Listening and speaking • Phonological awareness • Phonemic awareness • Print awareness • Sequencing • Vocabulary

SKILLS • Communicating about self and others • Empathy • Identifing feelings • Understanding similarities and differences • Understanding roles

SKILLS • Counting • Comparing size • Number recognition • One to one correspondence • Noticing, following, and creating patterns • Sorting • Shape recognition and making

SKILLS • Asking questions • Comparing • Hypothesizing • Observing • Problem solving/trial and error

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KINDERGARTEN COURSE OF STUDY ENGLISH TOPICS • Phonics/Word Study • Decoding Strategies • Comprehension Strategies • Fiction and Nonfiction • Poetry • Handwriting • Personal Narrative • Informational Writing • Persuasive Writing

SOCIAL STUDIES TOPICS • Family, Friends, and Me • Seasons and Holidays • In Town • On the Farm • Land and Water and Maps • The U.S. and the World • Around the World

THEOLOGY

MATH

TOPICS • The Sacred Heart Goals and Criteria • Sacred Heart Traditions and Founding Mothers • Jesus is the Vine and We are the Branches • Fruits of the Holy Spirit (Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Gentleness) • God Reveals His Love for Us in the Bible

TOPICS • Reading/Writing #1-999 • Creating and Recognizing Patterns • Sums to 10, 20 & beyond • Number Bonds • Decomposing #s, Bundling 10s, 100s • Creating Equal Groups for Fractions, Repeated Addition, Multiplying and Dividing • Time to the Hour and Half Hour • 2D and 3D Shapes • Graphing

SKILLS • Leading prayer experiences in class • Developing a faith life • Discovering ways to pray: formal, informal and silent prayer • Learning to see others as a reflection of God

WORLD LANGUAGE

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

TOPICS • It’s Nice to Meet You • Brown Bear, Brown Bear • My Family • Getting to Know a Famous Artist • My Expressive Face • Spring is Here!

TOPICS • Locomotor Movements • Movement Concepts in General Space and Self Space • Exploring Directions, Levels, and Pathways • Introduction to Throwing and Catching, Dribbling with Feet, Volleying and Striking with Body Parts • Coordination and Balance • Beginning Swimming and Water Safety • Basic Safety Rules of the Gym

SKILLS • Languages are taught in the target language within the context of a thematic unit • Students communicate in the interpersonal and presentational modes at the novice level using highly practiced and memorized words, phrases, simple sentences and questions

SKILLS • Running, hopping, skipping, and galloping • Hand-eye coordination • Rudimentary ball skills • Building a safe environment

ART TOPICS • Exploration of Elements of Art: Shape, Texture, Color, Line • Color Mixing: Primary, Secondary Colors • Basic Skills: Cutting, Glueing • Movable: Me portraits • Exploration of art Materials and Media: Paints (Watercolor, Tempera, Finger), Printing, Clay, Collage, Pastels, Mixed-Media 3-D work • Art Appreciation/ Master Artists

MUSIC TOPICS • Matching Vocal Pitch • Steady Beat • Percussion Instruments • High and Low Sounds • Tempo and Dynamics • Peter and the Wolf

SCIENCE TOPICS • Trees and The Animals that Live in Them • Forces and Motion • Journey to The Moon • Under the Ocean

LIBRARY TOPICS • Introduction to Library • Appreciation of Books and Reading • Author Studies • Computer Awareness • Programming • Word Processing • Mouse Skills • Online Safety/ Digital Citizenship SKILLS • Locate books of interest • Responsible for books in and away from school • Recognize author style and similarities • Able to recognize the parts of the computer and navigate programs • Programming Bee-Bots • Type, click, click and drag

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FIRST GRADE COURSE OF STUDY ENGLISH TOPICS • Phonics/Word Study • Decoding Strategies • Comprehension Strategies • Fiction and Nonfiction • Character Study • Author Study • Poetry • Handwriting • Personal Narrative • Informational Writing • Persuasive Writing

WORLD LANGUAGE TOPICS • The Little Red Hen • Welcome Home • Getting to Know a Famous Artist (French and Spanish) • Chinese New Year • A Visit to the Nurse • The Very Hungry Caterpillar SKILLS • Languages are taught in the target language within the context of a thematic unitt • Students communicate in the interpersonal and presentational modes at the novice level using highly practiced and memorized words, phrases, simple sentences and questions

SOCIAL STUDIES TOPICS • Looking at Our Neighborhood • Identifying Neighborhood Needs • Exploring Globes • Looking at Our Country • Looking at Our World

THEOLOGY TOPICS • The Sacred Heart Goals and Criteria • Sacred Heart Traditions and Founding Mothers • Jesus is the Vine and We are the Branches • Fruits of the Holy Spirit (Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Gentleness) SKILLS • Setting up a prayer space • Developing a faith life • Discovering ways to pray: formal, informal and silent prayer • Learning to see others as a reflection of God • Discovering new ways to listen and respond with gentleness

PHYSICAL EDUCATION TOPICS • Locomotor Skills with Variation in Movement • Manipulative Skills and their Application to Game/Sport Activities • Cooperative Games • Swimming and Water Safety SKILLS • Striking with short and long-handed implements • Basic swimming strokes • Sharing equipment and taking turns • Sharing ideas with a partner or small group • Taking responsibility for the classroom • Sportsmanship, teamwork, and competition

ART TOPICS • Elements of Art: Color, Shape, Texture, Line • Introduction to Color Wheel • Complementary Colors • Warm and Cool Colors • Balance • Pattern: Patterned Animal Stick puppets • Weather: Charts, Paintings • Community: Mixed Media Collage, Structures • Art Appreciation/ Master Artists

MATH TOPICS • Place Value to Tens, Intro to Thousands • 4 Operations (+, -, x and div) • Mental Math Strategies • Identifying Patterns: abab, abba, etc.

• Beginnings of Regrouping and Renaming Numbers, Skip Counting • Decomposing #s • Number Bonds • Units of Measurement • Time to the Half and Quarter Hour • Introduction to Coins • 2D and 3D Shapes

MUSIC TOPICS • Solfege • Singing and Intonation • Quarter Notes and Rests • Melodic Direction • Percussion/Xylophones

SCIENCE TOPICS • Balance and Weight • The Seasons and Weather • Sound • The Dinosaurs • Embryology: Hatching Chicks

LIBRARY TOPICS • Library Orientation • Folk Tales • Fairy Tales and Fairies • Google Suite • Programming • Graphing • iPads • Green Screen • Internet Research • Online Safety/ Digital Citizenship SKILLS • Able to locate books of interest • Familiarity with characteristics of folk tales • Able to make connections between stories with diverse origins • Appreciation of global stories • Will be open Word and type simple words and sentences

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SECOND GRADE COURSE OF STUDY ENGLISH TOPICS • Phonics/Word Study/ Grammar • Decoding Strategies • Comprehension Strategies • Fiction and Nonfiction • Character Study • Story Elements • Theme/Big Ideas • Biography • Research/Summarize • Handwriting • Personal Narrative • Informational Writing • Persuasive Writing

WORLD LANGUAGE

SOCIAL STUDIES TOPICS • Looking at Communities • Community Needs and Wants • Exploring Maps and Globes • Exploring Our Country and State • Our Country’s Government and History • Looking at Our World

THEOLOGY TOPICS • The Sacred Heart Goals and Criteria • Sacred Heart Traditions • Founding Mothers • Jesus is the Vine and We are the Branches • God is Father, Son and Spirit • The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit • The New Testament tells Us About Jesus SKILLS • Setting up a prayer space • Developing a faith life • Discovering new ways to pray • Engaging in a retreat experience with their families • Learning to recognize the gifts of others

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

ART

TOPICS • My Stuffed Pal • Let’s Pack Our Bags • Getting to Know a Famous Artist (French and Spanish) • Chinese New Year • My Community • The Long Island Sound

TOPICS • Continuation of Manipulative Skills and Their Application to Game/Sport Activities • Modified Small-Sided Games • Basic Fitness Physiology • Swimming

SKILLS • Languages are taught in the target language within the context of a thematic unit • Students communicate in the interpersonal and presentational modes at the novice level using highly practiced and memorized words, phrases, simple sentences and questions

SKILLS • Greater mastery of basic fine and motor skills • Basic swimming stroke mechanics and confidence in water • Problem solving • Learning to compromise/ resolve conflicts

TOPICS • Texture Unit (charts, paintings, sculpture) • Foreground, Middleground, Background • Overlapping • Symmetry • Form • Still-life • Metal Repousse • Basic Clay Techniques • Symbolic Butterfly Migration • Long Island Sound Posters • Fish Printing • Art Appreciation/Master Artists

MATH TOPICS • Place Value Through Thousands • # Patterns Involving + and • Skip Counting 2s, 3s, 5s, 10s, 100s • Introduction to Bar Modeling • Standard Units of Measurement • Money: Making Change • Time to the Half and Quarter Hour • 2D 3D Shapes and Attributes • Arrays: Beginnings of Multiplication • Multiplication Facts 2s, 5s, 10s and More as Possible • Area and Perimeter Introduction • Fractions: Equal Parts

MUSIC TOPICS • Choral Singing • Canon Form • Musical Notation • Choir Chimes • Composer Study • Lower School Musical

SCIENCE TOPICS • Monarchs, Metamorphosis and Migration • Rocks and Minerals • Chemistry and the Properties of Water • Long Island Sound Study

LIBRARY TOPICS • Library Orientation • Chris Van Allsburg Author Study • Caldecott Unit • Keyboarding • Programming • Coding • Word • Green Screen Broadcast Studio • Google Slides SKILLS • Locate books of interest • Familiarity with online library catalog and locating books in the library • Deeper understanding of the visual and textual work of Chris Van Allsburg • Introductory knowledge of Caldecott Medal winner and honor books

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THIRD GRADE COURSE OF STUDY ENGLISH TOPICS • Word Study/Grammar • Comprehension Strategies • Fiction and Nonfiction • Mystery • Character study • Story Elements • Theme/Big Ideas • Summarize • Cursive Handwriting • Personal Narrative • Informational Writing • Persuasive Writing

WORLD LANGUAGE TOPICS • A Visit to the Zoo • Our School Community • Getting to Know a Famous Artist (French and Spanish) • Chinese New Year • Mealtime!

SKILLS • Languages are taught in the target language within the context of a thematic unit • Students communicate in the interpersonal and presentational modes at the novice level using highly practiced and memorized words, phrases, simple sentences and questions

SOCIAL STUDIES TOPICS • Mapping a Community • Exploring a Community • Mapping the United States • Exploring the United States • Mapping the World • Exploring the World

THEOLOGY

MATH

SCIENCE

TOPICS • The Sacred Heart Goals and Criteria • Sacred Heart Traditions • Founding Mothers • God is Father, Son and Spirit • The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit • The Covenant We Make with God is Lived Out in the World

TOPICS • Place Value to Millions • Comparing & Ordering #s • Sequences, Patterns, Increases and Decreases • Bar Modeling & Word Problems • Number Bonds & Decomposing • 3 x 1 digit algorithms • Long Division 1 into 3 Digits • Coin Values and Operations • Fractions & Operations with Fractions • Elapsed Time, Calendar Work • Advanced Vocabulary with 3D shapes • Hands-On Algebra

TOPICS • Electricity • Animal Adaptations in the Arctic and Antarctic • Rivers, Dams and Erosion

MUSIC

LIBRARY

SKILLS • Leading prayer • Developing a faith life • Discovering the gift of silent prayer • Reflecting through journaling • Learning to see others as a reflection of God • Identifying with holy men and women • Navigating the Bible

PHYSICAL EDUCATION TOPICS • Introduction to Team Sports: Field Hockey, Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball, and Softball • Modified Small-Sided Games • Fitness • Swimming SKILLS • Applying manipulative skills in modified games which involve variation in movement • Basic skills in field hockey, soccer, basketball, volleyball, and softball • Swimming stroke mechanics and water safety • On-task behavior in small groups without direct supervision • Learning to compromise/ resolve conflicts

ART TOPICS • Printmaking: Additive, Reductive • Cultural Artifacts • Symbols • Fiber Unit: Sheep to Shawl (Picking, Carding, Washing, Spinning, Dyeing, Weaving) • Art Appreciation/ Master Artists

TOPICS • Instruments of the Orchestra • Choral Singing • Note/Rhythmic Reading • Recorders • Composer Study • Lower School Musical

TOPICS • Library Orientation • Dewey Decimal System Unit • Native American Folktales and Research • Programming • Google Suite • Keyboarding • Excel • Online Safety/ Digital Citizenship • Animation: Stykz, Pivot • Online Research SKILLS • Able to locate books of interest • Familiarity with online library catalog and locating books in the library • Knowledge of the 10 non-fiction sections and their topics/sub-topics

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FOURTH GRADE COURSE OF STUDY ENGLISH TOPICS • Word Study/Grammar • Comprehension Strategies • Fiction and Nonfiction • Historical Fiction • Character Study • Story Elements • Theme/Big Ideas • Research/Notetaking/ Summarize • Cursive Handwriting • Personal Narrative • Informational Writing • Persuasive Essay

WORLD LANGUAGE

SOCIAL STUDIES TOPICS • Getting Started with Maps and Globes • Political and Physical Maps • Grid Systems • Thematic Systems • Looking at Regions

THEOLOGY TOPICS • The Sacred Heart Goals and Criteria • Sacred Heart Traditions and Founding Mothers • God is Father, Son and Spirit • The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit • The books of the Old and New Testament SKILLS • Leading different forms of prayer • Developing a faith life • Reflecting through journaling • Locating scripture passages in the Bible • Identifying with holy men and women • Discovering ways to be the heart of God in the world

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

TOPICS • All About Me • Getting to Know a Famous Artist (French and Spanish) • Chinese New Year • My School LIfe • My Favorite Season

TOPICS • Field Hockey, Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball, Lacrosse, Squash, and Softball • Small-Sided Games • Fitness • Swimming

SKILLS • Languages are taught in the target language within the context of a thematic unit • Students communicate in the interpersonal and presentational modes at the novice level using highly practiced and memorized words, phrases, simple sentences and questions

SKILLS • Basic skills in field hockey, soccer, basketball, volleyball, lacrosse, squash, and softball • Game strategies • Swimming strokes and water safety • Learning to compromise/ resolve conflicts • Developing leadership skills

MATH TOPICS • Place Value to Billions • Expanded and Standard Forms • Rounding, Comparing and Ordering • Factors & Multiples, Divisibility Rules • Order of Operations Incl Exponents • Word Problems and Bar Modeling • Algorithms for X and Dividing • Conversions of Units to Measure • Operations with Money • Fractions: Equivalencies, Comparing and Ordering, and Operations, Decimals

ART

MUSIC

TOPICS • Principles of Design: Balance, Emphasis, Movement, Contrast, Unity, Proportion, Variety • Fundamentals of Drawing: Line, Composition, Texture, Perspective, Rhythm, Value • Introduction to Advanced Drawing Tools • Observational Drawing • Expressionism • Brush Painting • Reductive Printmaking • Clay Techniques: Slab, Coil • Corn Husk Dolls • Long Island Sound Posters • Art Appreciation/ Master Artists • Constructive Feedback • Constructive Criticism

TOPICS • 2 Part Choral Singing • Orff Ensembles • Recorders • Note/Rhythmic Reading • Composer Study • Lower School Musical

SCIENCE TOPICS • Ecosystems, Pollution, Food Chains and Webs • Geology: The Earth Inside Out • Microscopes

LIBRARY TOPICS • Library Orientation • Greek Mythology • Online Research Project Statee • Google Suite • Keyboarding • Broadcast • Online Safety/ Digital Citizenship SKILLS • Locate books of interest • Proficient in using the library online catalog and locating books in the library • Recognize the ancient Greek Gods and classic myths • Understand the purpose of myths to ancient civilizations

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