Third Grade Curriculum at a Glance

Religion: The Parish, the Mass, Marks of the Church, Bible, Liturgical Seasons, Saints, Prayer

Language Arts: Six major themes for reading which includes composition, grammar, punctuation, spelling, poetry, and various other language arts skills.  Review of handwriting: manuscript and cursive.

Math: Addition, subtraction with regrouping, geometry, multiplication, division, graphing, time, and measurement.

Social Studies: US history: Columbus to present, Geography, Map Skills, African-American History.

Science: Energy, Earth’s Resources, Light, Sound, Oceanography, Biomes, and Ecology.

 

Fourth Grade Curriculum at a Glance

Religion: 10 Commandments, Virtues, Beatitudes, Memorare, Acts of Faith, Hope, Love, Mysteries of the Rosary, special prayer services, and Mass liturgies.

Language Arts: Reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, creative writing, spelling, journal writing, book reports, listening skills, literature, etc.

Math: Review addition and subtraction, more difficult multiplication and division, problem solving, whole number operations, geometry, graphs, time, data, fractions, and decimals.

Social Studies: Pennsylvania history and geography and US regions

Science: Physical: classifying matter, motion, forces, electricity, magnetism. Earth science: weather. Life science: simple vertebrates and invertebrates, embryology, drug/alcohol studies.

 

Fifth Grade Curriculum at a Glance

Religion:  The Sacraments, Liturgical Year, the Mass, and Prayers.

Language Arts:  Six themes of integrated language arts including:  Reading comprehension and vocabulary, spelling, grammar, creative writing and journal writing, book report projects, independent reading, and handwriting.

Science:  Physical Science: Matter, motion. Earth Science: Changing Earth, space. Life Science:  Plants, Digestive system, circulatory system, respiratory system, excretory system, endocrine system, skin system, and embryology.

Math:  Numbers and Operations, measurement, geometry, algebra concepts, data analysis and probability, mental math, drill, and problem solving.

Social Studies:  US History:  Migration to the Americas to End of Reconstruction, US Geography, and Current Events.