1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

Curriculum

First and Second Grade

• Religion (1st):  Sadlier, We Believe – God Loves Us; Ruah Woods, Revealed; weekly Mass attendance and participation in religious school events
• Religion (2nd): Sadlier, We Believe – Jesus Shares God's Life; Ruah Woods, Revealed; weekly Mass attendance and participation in religious school events; preparation for the Sacraments of Reconciliation and First Eucharist with RCL Benzinger, Reconciliation and Eucharist.
• Math: Sadlier, Math, with emphasis on learning addition and subtraction facts
• Reading, English, & Spelling:  HMH, Into Reading series
• Phonics: Heggerty Phonics daily and HMH, Into Reading phonics integrated
• Handwriting: Learning Without Tears My Printing Book and Printing Power; cursive added for the second half of second grade through Universal Publishing, Writing Our Catholic Faith
• Science & Social Studies: HMH, Into Reading series has many science and social studies standards integrated into reading, along with Scholastic News and Mystery Science to supplement
• Library and Shared Time Specials

Third and Fourth Grade Curriculum

• Religion: Sadlier, We Believe – We Are the Church and God's Law Guides Us; Ruah Woods, Revealed; weekly Mass attendance and participation in religious school events
• Math: Sadlier, Math, with emphasis on mastery of addition and subtraction facts and learning and reinforcing multiplication and division facts
• Reading & Spelling: HMH, Into Reading series
• English: Houghton Mifflin, English
• Handwriting: Cursive with Universal Publishing, Writing Our Catholic Faith
• Science: FOSS, Science
• Social Studies (3rd): Hillsdale, Meet Michigan
• Social Studies (4th): McGra Hill, Impact Social Studies Regions of Us
• Library and Shared Time Specials

Mr. Jack Carroll – 3rd Grade Homeroom

• 3rd and 4th Math – 60% assessments, 30% homework, 10% math facts and Xtra Math
• 3rd Science – 50% assessments, 50% daily work/homework/labs
• 3rd Social Studies – 50% assessments, 25% participation/daily work, 25% homework
• 3rd English – 50% assessments, 25% essays, 15% homework, 10% daily work
• 3rd Religion – 50% assessments, 40% homework/daily work, 10% Mass participation

Mr. Alex Berg - 4th Grade Homeroom

• 3rd and 4th Reading – 50% assessments, 30% daily work, 20% homework
• 3rd and 4th Spelling – 100% assessments
• 4th Science – 50% assessments, 50% daily work/homework/labs
• 4th Social Studies – 50% assessments, 50% daily work/homework/
• 4th English – 50% assessments, 25% essays, 15% homework, 10% daily work
• 4th Religion – 50% assessments, 40% homework/daily work, 10% Mass participation

Mass Participation looks like:

• Opening the book
• Hold the book up (not on the pew)
• Singing the words
• Stating the prayers
• Hold your hands as an altar at your heart – SAY, "AMEN." Jesus goes in the less dominate hand, and pick it up with the dominate hand.
• Reverence and respect