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St. Vincent de Paul School Academic Programs
Pre-Kindergarten
Curriculum Overview
St. Vincent de Paul Pre-Kindergarten is
a state licensed facility that prepares 4 and 5 years old and their
families for St. Vincent de Paul Kindergarten. Pre-Kindergarten
offers a developmental curriculum, opportunities to enhance learning
through field trips, daily religious instruction that emphasizes
Jesus' presence in everyday life, and early intervention testing
and services in cooperation with Northwest Arkansas Educational
Service Cooperative and ABLE Testing Group upon teacher
recommendation and/or parent /guardian request.
We recognize the uniqueness of each
child and provide quality learning experiences and opportunities to
promote growth of the whole child. We work in partnership with
families to insure that children develop in all areas,
social/emotional, cognitive/intellectual, physical, and creative
aesthetic.
We are fortunate to be an integrated
part of the St. Vincent de Paul School and Church community. The
Pre-K class attends school assemblies, special presentations, music
and play productions, Science Fair, Mardi Gras Parade, Field Day,
ect. The program uses the school's library, computer lab,
cafeteria, activity center, and school bus. We are an active part of
parish life. We visit the Church and participate in all activities
during Catholic Schools week.
Religion
We use the I Am
Special religious Education Program in our Pre-K class. This
program is based on the belief that young children need to develop
positive self-concepts. Children's ability to know God and their
ideas about God are strongly influenced by their ideas about
themselves. Children need to feel good about themselves in order to
love others as themselves.
The I Am Special
early childhood program provides religious experiences along with
various individual and group activities that help children form
Christian attitudes.
The aim of our religion program is to
provide a foundation upon which future religious education can be
built. We recognize that our religious education is an ongoing
experience as we mature, study and learn more about God's love for
us. The learning experiences are geared toward the young child's
level of understanding and participation.
Program Objectives:
To help
children develop positive attitudes about themselves, their
families, and friends by discovering and learning more about the
many gifts, talents, and abilities God has given us.
To help
children increase their knowledge of and participation in the
Catholic Church's liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent,
and Easter.
To increase the
children's knowledge about God and their friendship with Jesus.
To increase the
children's knowledge and practice of Christian actions toward
others such as taking turns, listening, helping, caring, sharing,
loving, and thanking others.
To increase the children's
appreciation and celebration of God's love and goodness through
Scripture, music, and prayer.
Language
Arts
The Pre-K curriculum is built around
drawing. Children learn to draw the basic shapes and lines and learn
to incorporate them into drawings; a square shape becomes a shirt, a
circle a head, an oval an eye. They develop language acquisition and
vocabulary while drawing lines such as slant, curve, or straight.
Through learning to draw basic shapes a foundation is formed for
learning to write capital and lower case letters of the alphabet.
The alphabet is introduced with
attention towards correct letter formation and letter sounds.
Phonemic awareness is taught using
chants, rhymes and songs that play with sounds.
Children listen
actively and identify everyday sounds.
Children
identify similarities and differences in the sounds of words.
Children identify the separate and
sequential order of words in sentences.
Children
identify words that are made of smaller units of speech.
Children identify the initial
sound of words.
Math
Math concepts are introduced using
manipulative materials and hands on applications. Some of the Math
and Science are integrated.
To recognize,
identify and draw basic shapes.
To recognize,
identify and count numbers 1 to 20.
To do one to
one matching.
To make two,
three and four color patterns
To sort, count
and match objects.
To write
numbers one through ten using proper strokes.
Sequencing
Planning an activity and follow
through.
Science
An emphasize is placed on active
participation, doing experiments, and hands-on activities to
reinforce concepts.
The different
types of weather
How to make
predictions
The four
seasons and their changes.
Our five senses
and how they help us.
Learn and
practice proper health and hygiene.
To learn about our bodies and how
they move.
Learn about the
skeletal system in humans and animals.
Sink or float
Recycling and
protecting our environment.
Distinguish
between living and non-living
Animals and
their habitats
Identify and classify insects
Social
Studies
Expand appreciation for and awareness
of our social environment
Communities
Helpers
Families and
cultures
Our country,
state, and city
United States
symbols and patriotism
Diversity and different cultures
Motor
Skills
Develop fine
motor skills though the use of manipulative materials.
Hold a crayon,
pencil, and marker properly.
Hold scissors
properly and cut.
Practice
color/cut/glue.
Strategies to
work a simple puzzle.
Develop gross motor skills through
physical activity and dance.
Social
Skills
Share toys and
equipment
Take turns
Express empathy
Communicate
with others
Play next to
others, with others, and constructively
Follow
classroom procedures
Practice sportsmanship
We
recognize that children learn by doing. Therefore the following
techniques are used; Sensory activities, song and dance,
dramatizations, stories, poems, prayers, finger plays, art
activities, action games, scripture references, and celebrations.
Kindergarten
Curriculum Overview
Religion
Knows that God is the creator and
loves us unconditionally.
Understands the mystery of the one
God
Understands that God speaks to us
through Bible stories.
Knows that Mary is the Mother of
Jesus and our Mother
Knows that we honor Mary by
celebrating Feast days and praying the Rosary
To teach the basic prayers of the
church
To emphasize the importance of
Jesus in our daily lives
Emphasize the importance of
seasons of the Liturgical Year
In Kindergarten the students learn
about the Saints and choose one to portray in our All Saints Program.
They attend Mass on Fridays and Holy Days. They begin to develop an
understanding of the importance of the Eucharist celebration during
Mass.
Language Arts
To
master the alphabet by learning name, formation and sound of
consonants and vowels
To form capital and lower case
letters
To learn to sound out words
To use whole language in creative
storytelling and writing
To introduce different types of
literature
To teach pre-reading, language and
writing skills in preparation for first grade
To write their own stories
beginning with dictation and later transitioning to personal
journaling
Math
To sort and classify
To
introduce patterns
To recognize, reproduce and count
numbers to 30
To introduce the geometric shapes
To introduce the concept of
fractions
To introduce mathematics
applications such as money, time and measurement
To introduce Graphing and
Probability
To introduce Addition and
Subtraction of numbers to 10
The Kindergarten students are taught
mathematical concepts through the use of concrete materials.
Social Studies
To teach the children about
themselves, and how they relate to their friends, family and
community
To teach beginning mapping skills
focusing on city, state, country and continent.
To introduce an overview of
Arkansas and USA symbols and history
To familiarize students with
American Presidents, patriotism
To teach the meaning of traditions
of holidays
To promote good citizenship and
being familiar with the jobs community helpers do.
Science
To teach the body systems focusing on the
brain, heart, lungs, stomach and digestive system and good nutrition
To explore the five senses
To introduce students to the four
seasons, weather, climates, habitats and hibernation
To teach students to respect our
planet Earth by recycling and protecting our natural resources
To teach about life systems with
units on seeds, plants, insects, caterpillars and butterflies
To introduce students to physical
science properties such as sink & float, magnetism, weight and
temperature
To learn about dinosaurs and how
they may have become extinct
Music
Differentiates various rhythms,
steady beat and no beat
Distinguishes various melodic
movement and patterns
Explores form, tone color and
texture
Demonstrates self-expression
through drama, movement and singing
Physical Education
Enjoy and seek out physical
activity
Develop and maintain acceptable
levels of physical activity
Develop a variety of basic
movement and manipulative skills
Understand good sportsmanship is a
quality of a true athlete
Participate to the best of their
ability
Physical Education at SVdP is tailored
so all students can and do participate. We incorporate many
different activities at beginner to introductory levels.
Skills we emphasize include: basic
locomotors skills, spatial awareness, understanding boundaries in
games, gymnastic rolls, rhythmic dance, sportsmanship, and tossing,
bouncing and catching balls. All of these skills and other sports
related skills are reinforced throughout the year in various
different games.
Extra-curricular activities available
are a twice weekly running mileage club and participation in local
elementary and middle school cross county meets.
First
Grade Curriculum Overview
Religion
To teach the great love God has for his
children.
Understand the mystery of the one God
Know that the Holy Spirit is one of the
persons of the Blessed Trinity.
Know that the Bible is a holy book inspired
by God
Know the seasons of the Liturgical Year.
Understand Mary and the Saints.
Understand the Sacraments.
In First Grade the students start their first year
of sacramental prep for First Communion. They are required to attend
weekend Masses and one school wide Mass a week. They begin to
develop a deeper understanding of the Catholic Church. The are
involved in the Liturgical Year of the church. They begin to
understand being a part of the church and school community.
Language Arts
Develops and expands the desire to
read
Distinguishes between questions,
statements, exclamation, and commands.
Recalls main idea, main points,
details, and supporting detaials.
Uses the relationship between
letters and sounds as a strategy to understand unfamiliar words and
promote fluent reading.
Reads and listens to follow
sequential two step and three step directions.
Journals to stimulate thought,
reflection, and learning.
Freewrites to stimulate cognitive
and imaginative process.
Participates in small group and
whole class written pieces.
Uses the editing process to write
quality pieces.
The First Grade students are given spelling words
each week. These words are associated with the clusters, digraph,
etc. the students are learning that week. The students build their
reading skills through out the year with the use of the Accelerated
Reading and Star Reading Programs. The students participate in a
variety of writing activities. They write in journals, whole group
and small group projects. The use of Step Up To Writing helps the
student build simple sentences into paragraphs. Shirley English
helps the students develop the grammar part of their writing.
Goals
of 1st grade AR
For all
students to
Mathematics
Add and subtract one and two digit numbers
Distinguish each place value to one thousand.
Learn the basics of fractions.
Determine the appropriate measuring unit
using both metric and standard.
Identify time to the hour and half hour.
Recognize the value of each coin and dollar.
Determine strategies to solve problems.
Identify geometric shapes.
The First Grade student are taught mathematical
concepts throught the use of concrete materials. The students start
the math program Math Facts in a Flash in the very beginning. The
addition and subtraction facts are a cruicial beginning point in
their math learning.
Social Studies
Recognize important United States and State
symbols and ways to honor them.
Develop awareness of duties of citizenship to
school, community and country.
Describe the importance of knowing and
respecting customs, values and traditions of ethnic groups.
Recognizes local, state and federal units of
government.
Recognizes land masses, water masses, and
land forms on a map or globe.
Science
The First Grade science program is focused
primarily of the study of life. Topics that are studied are plants
and animals all around, living together, about our Earth, weather and
the seasons, matter and energy, and energy and forces.
Music
Develops understanding of basic note values
and time signatures
Distinguishes various aspects of
melody, harmony, texture and form.
Enjoy self-expression through the
use of instruments and games
Participates in all liturgical
singing
Physical Education
Enjoy and seek out physical
activity
Develop and maintain acceptable
levels of physical activity
Develop a variety of basic
movement and manipulative skills
Understand good sportsmanship is a
quality of a true athlete
Participate to the best of their
ability
Physical Education at SVdP is tailored
so all students can and do participate. We incorporate many
different activities mostly at beginner to intermediate skill level
and play many "lead-up" type games.
Our units include: soccer, basketball,
floor hockey, jump rope, cup stacking, dance, gymnastics, volleyball,
cooperative games, track and field, tennis and scooters
Extra-curricular activities available
are a twice weekly running mileage club and participation in local
elementary and middle school cross county meets.
Second
Grade Curriculum Overview
Religion
Appreciate everyone and everything
as a gift from God
Know that creation shows us God's
love and power
Know that God's greatest gift to
us is Jesus
Know that Jesus is the Son of God
and truly human
Know that Jesus suffered, died,
and rose to save us
Know that Jesus sent the Holy
Spirit to be our helper
Know that the Bible is a story of
God and His people
Become familiar with Old and New
Testament stories
Understand the commandments
Know that Christ is truly present
in the Church
Understand the sacraments as
special celebrations based on the example and teachings of Jesus
Know how to celebrate the
sacrament of Reconciliation and develop the desire to do so
Understand and appreciate the
meaning of the Eucharist
Become familiar with the parts of
the Mass and attend Mass regularly
Prepare Catholic students to
celebrate their First Holy Communion with love and joy
Teach children that the saints are
followers of Jesus
Know Mary is the mother of Jesus
and our mother
Experience praying the rosary
Know that prayer is talking and
listening to God
Memorize common Catholic prayers
Come to know the church as family
Language Arts
Develop listening, speaking,
reading, and writing skills
Develop decoding skills
Identify the structural analysis
of words
Develop vocabulary skills and
beginning dictionary skills
Enhance comprehension and critical
thinking skills
Introduce grammar and usage in
sentence structure
Introduce and develop punctuation
and language mechanics skills
Introduce basic study and research
skills
Develop concentration skills
Polish manuscript handwriting
skills
Enhance phonetic spelling and
sounds in both written and spoken language
Develop an enjoyment of reading
independently using appropriate books in student's Accelerated
Reading Range
Enhance comprehension and
vocabulary skills through use of Reading Renaissance program
Introduce basic sentence structure
using Shurley English method
Use Step up to Writing program to
develop writing skills including complete sentences and expository
paragraphs
Write many types of texts
including letters, poems, narration, and descriptive
Intro to short essay questions
using CSRQ method (Complete Statement that Restates the Question)
Goals
of 2nd grade AR
For all
students to
Continue
to develop reading fluency
Demonstrate
reading growth
Be
introduced to chapter books by the end of the year
Math
Develop mental math skills
Add and subtract whole numbers
using one, two and three digits with and without regrouping
Memorize basic addition and
subtraction facts using the Math Facts in a Flash program to assess
progress
Understand basic concepts of
multiplication and division
Learn basic concepts of fractions
Learn units of measurement using
standard and metric forms
Understand basics of telling time
on a digital and analog clock using hour, half-hour, 15 minute,5
minute and 1 minute time intervals
Tell elapsed time
Name and recognize parts of a
calendar
Learn basics of reading
temperature using Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers
Recognize and count all coins
Solve consumer math problems
Use basic operations, estimation,
critical thinking skills and strategies to solve problems
Make and interpret graphs
Learn geometric words and identify
geometric shapes
Social Studies
Explore different groups and
communities in which people belong and the changes that take place
within them
Learn about needs and wants
Explore local, state and national
governments
Discuss how we choose leaders and
how to be a good citizen
Study our physical environment and
how people adapt to and change their surroundings
Learn basic map reading skills
using the following: land and water maps, tables, charts, timelines,
directions, and map scale
Identify and appreciate the
diversity of the various cultures within our community and how they
helped form our country
Recognize the contributions made
by historical figures from past to present
Identify goods and services and
people who provide them
Distinguish between producers and
consumers
Learn the economics of producing
goods and trading throughout the world
Science
To develop Process Skills:
Observe, Compare/Contrast, Classify, Sequence, Measure, Hypothesize,
Infer, Draw Conclusions, Predict, Investigate and Communicate.
To introduce and develop these
Science curriculum units: Life Science, Earth Science, Physical
Science, Health and Body Systems.
To develop an appreciation of our
environment and be caregivers to our natural resources.
Music
Expands understanding and
performance of basic rhythms, tempos and time signatures
Understands melodic contour,
harmony and textures (sing in 2 parts, contrasts etc...)
Basic understanding of note
reading (treble clef)
Demonstrate appropriate singing
skills (classroom and liturgical)
Physical Education
Enjoy and seek out physical
activity
Develop and maintain acceptable
levels of physical activity
Develop a variety of basic
movement and manipulative skills
Understand good sportsmanship is a
quality of a true athlete
Participate to the best of their
ability
Physical Education at SVdP is tailored
so all students can and do participate. We incorporate many
different activities mostly at beginner to intermediate skill level
and play many "lead-up" type games.
Our units include: soccer, basketball,
floor hockey, jump rope, cup stacking, dance, gymnastics, volleyball,
cooperative games, track and field, tennis and scooters
We also have a school-wide free throw
"hoop shoot" contest open to all students 8-13.
Extra-curricular activities available
are a twice weekly running mileage club and participation in local
elementary and middle school cross county meets.
Third Grade
Curriculum Overview
Religion
Help children appreciate the
Sacramental celebrations.
Lead children to enjoy and
identify with the stories of Jesus
Develop a sense of belonging by
taking part in the Mass (Take up Gifts)
Encourage students to live the Ten
Commandments by doing good works in every day life.
Appreciate the Saints as role
models who stand for morality, justice, and faith.
Understanding the Liturgical year.
Become comfortable with a variety
of prayer forms.
Reading
Improve Listening/ Speaking skills
for various purposes
Encourage the use of a variety of
word identification strategies; silent letters, multiple meaning
words, context clues.
Improve reading with fluency and
understanding.
Use a wide variety for different
purposes in varied sources; AR program.
Develop an extensive vocabulary.
Practice a variety of strategies
to help with comprehension; Make Inferences, Author's purpose,
Point of View, Draw Conclusions, Form Generalizations.
Develop the ability to work
independently to complete assignments.
Recognizing and understanding
story elements; setting, characters, beginning, middle, and ending.
Goals
of 3rd grade AR
For all
students to
Demonstrate
reading growth
Be
successfully reading chapter books by mid-year
Successfully
comprehend non-fiction books
Writing
Encourage students to think.
Help students write clear,
concise, and organized papers.
Help students write great Topic
Sentences.
Learn transitions to use
effectively.
Help students give accurate
reasons, details, or facts to support their topic.
Help students give examples and
explanations.
Help
students write conclusions that stay on the topic.
Spelling
Encourage students to use phonics
to spell correctly.
Help students become familiar with
Compound Words, Contractions, Homophones, Suffixes, Antonyms,
Synonyms, Multisyllabic words, and words from other cultures.
Spell accurately in final drafts.
Grammar
Encourage the proper use of
grammar.
Help students use mechanics
correctly.
Increase awareness of the correct
usage of words.
Penmanship
Students are introduced to the
Zaner-Bloser method of cursive writing.
Students learn all lower and upper
case letters.
Students learn keys to legibility
including slant and spacing.
Mathematics
Review and extend essential skills
previously taught about Number Sense, Concepts, Operations,
Measurement, Algebraic Thinking, Data Analysis, Probability,
Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Introduce and master all
multiplication facts for factors 0 through 12.
Introduce basic fact division.
Social Studies
Help students understand what
Social Studies is? History, Geography, Economics, Civics and
Government, and Culture and Society.
Learn about and explore Geography
Themes. Location, where is it. Place, what is it like.
Human-Environment Interactions, how people's lives are shaped by a
place. Regions, what features make this place different. Movement,
how do people, products, and ideas get from one place to another.
Practice skills used to help
students understand Social Studies such as maps, graphing, current
events, flow charts, time lines, categories, generalizations, and
drawing conclusions.
Science
To understand that God is the
Creator of all things and to be Good Stewards of God's creations.
Teach and encourage students to
use the science processing skills of Observe, Compare, Classify,
Measure, Record Data, Display Data, Plan and conduct investigations,
Predict, and Infer.
Study and understand Plants and
Animals, Plants and Animals Interact, Earth's Land, Cycles on
Earth and In Space, Investigating Matter, Exploring Energy and
Forces, and Health Issues.
Students use the text as well as
hands on labs to accomplish these tasks.
Music
Understands rhythms, meter, tempo
and time signatures
Demonstrates melodic direction,
intervals and chords
Performs, repetition,
call-response and ostinatos
Differentiates various melodic
forms, tone colors and textures
Knowledge of basic music history
and composers
Understand notes of treble clef
Demonstrate appropriate liturgical
movement and singing
Physical Education
Enjoy and seek out physical
activity
Develop and maintain age
appropriate acceptable levels of physical activity
Develop a variety of basic
movement and manipulative skills
Understand good sportsmanship is a
quality of a true Christian athlete
Participate to the best of their
ability
Physical Education at SVdP is tailored
so all students can and do participate. We incorporate many
different activities mostly at beginner to intermediate skill level
and play many "lead-up" type games.
Our units include: soccer, basketball,
floor hockey, jump rope, cup stacking, dance, gymnastics, volleyball,
cooperative games, track and field, tennis and scooters.
We also have a school-wide free throw
"hoop shoot" contest open to all students 8-13.
Extra-curricular activities available
are a twice weekly running mileage club and participation in local
elementary and middle school cross county meets.
Fourth Grade Curriculum Overview
Religion
To teach children that God reveals
Himself in creation, sacred scripture, the Church, and in His Son
To motivate students to nourish
faith through prayer, celebration of the sacrament and obedience to
God's will
To teach appreciation of the
Sacrament of the Eucharist and the Ten commandments
To teach children how to show love
for God as outlined in the first three commandments
To teach the
commandments, and that they guide Christians to love others and
ourselves
To develop reverence
for the gifts of life and the earth
To teach the Beatitudes and help
children use them as a guide
To teach ministry to the church by
Altar serving and reading intercessory prayers
Language Arts
To develop higher level word
attack skills
To develop abstract thinking
skills
To develop paraphrasing skills
To develop the ability to classify
topics and concepts
To develop the ability to
summarize reading material and to identify main ideas
To teach elementary research
skills to enable students to write and give oral reports on varied
topics (learning to use reference material, etc.)
To continue grammar study by
learning names and functions of all parts of speech and learning
names and usage of basic punctuation
To learn basic rules for
capitalization
To develop paragraph writing
skills
To develop note-taking skills
To continue developing study
skills
Goals
of 4th grade AR
For all
students to
Demonstrate
reading growth
Be
introduced to historical fiction
Challenge
themselves by reading longer, more difficult books
Mathematics
Develop skills to understand whole
numbers and operations
Develop skills to interpret time,
data and graphing
Develop estimation skills
Introduction to problem solving
skills
Achieve mastery of multiplication
and division facts
Multiply by one and two digit
divisors
Introduce algebraic expressions
Introduce geometry to include
polygons and angles
Introduction to fractions and
probability
Introduce measurement and decimals
Social Studies
To develop an ability to
understand and relate geographic terms and concepts
To be able to use several
different types of maps, charts, tables and graphs
To achieve an understanding of the
rights and responsibilities of an American citizen
To be able to identify the fifty
United States on a map
To develop an appreciation of
different cultures throughout the United States
To develop an understanding of
basic economics concepts
Science
Develop the skills used in the
scientific method (problem, hypotheses, procedure, data, conclusion)
Develop skills needed to produce a
Science Fair project
Complete a class Science Fair
project
Science is broken into six
different units - 1) World of living things 2) Animal Science 3)
Earth Science 4) Water and Weather 5) Matter 6) Matter
Gain an understanding of the
skills needed to observe, infer, and ask questions
Music
Continue knowledge and
demonstration of various rhythmic values, tempos, and meters
Performs various melodic
directions, registers, harmonies and textures
Understands history of popular
composers Bach - present
Thorough understanding of
instruments of the orchestra
Explore styles of music in the
United States
Perform secular and liturgical
music
Physical Education
Enjoy and seek out physical
activity
Develop and maintain acceptable
levels of physical activity
Develop a variety of basic
movement and manipulative skills
Understand good sportsmanship is a
quality of a true athlete
Participate to the best of their
ability
Physical Education at SVdP is tailored
so all students can and do participate. We incorporate many
different activities mostly at beginner to intermediate skill level
and play many "lead-up" type games.
Our units include: soccer, basketball,
floor hockey, jump rope, cup stacking, dance, gymnastics, volleyball,
cooperative games, track and field, tennis and scooters.
Fourth grade students also begin to
work in groups to participate in a 4- 7th grade school jump rope
contest.
We also have a school-wide free throw
"hoop shoot" contest open to all students 8-13.
Extra-curricular activities available
are a twice weekly running mileage club and participation in local
elementary and middle school cross county meets.
Fifth Grade Curriculum Overview
Religion
Students will be further
introduced to the tradition and teaching of the Catholic Church and
the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
To grow a deeper understanding
of sacramental life.
To continue moral formation
through study of the Church's teachings.
To introduce children more
deeply to forms of prayer: adoration, praise, thanksgiving,
intercession, and expression of sorrow for sins.
To teach students to be good
citizens of our community as well as good stewards.
To increase awareness of
vocations.
To increases the awareness of
missionaries.
To grow the ability to
distinguish right from wrong.
Promote participation in the
literary
Provide opportunities for
students to participate in the Mass through lecturing, altar
serving, petitions, and singing in the choir.
Share Biblical stories as well
as the lives of the saints.
Heighten the interest in the
human life of Jesus.
Language Arts
To further develop listening,
speaking, reading and writing skills.
To analyze structure of works
read.
To expose students to wider
varieties of literature (myths, legends, etc.)
To teach awareness of writers
purpose and point of view.
To learn to identify story
elements: plot, setting, character, and theme.
To develop the ability to
summarize, categorize, and predict material in readings.
To enable students to classify
various types of literature.
To introduce note taking and study
skills.
To further develop critical
reading skills.
To set reading goals and
expectations.
To develop the ability to use
context clues to define words.
To build grammar skills by adding
concepts of agreement, tense and person, number, and modification to
parts of speech.
Apply writing strategies and the
writing process to create original written works.
To analyze some twenty different
parts of speech and their uses.
To develop the multi-paragraph
paper.
TO develop the ability to compare
and contrast ideas.
To enable students to generalize.
To develop the basic inductive and
deductive reasoning skills.
To enhance descriptive and
narrative creative writing skills.
To develop necessary skills used
to build reading comprehension.
Develop the ability to write good
topic sentences.
To continue to develop the
research report writing process.
To sharpen word attack skills.
To continue phonics practice.
To develop grammar and usage
skills through sentence analysis.
Goals
of Middle School AR
For all
students to
Reach
their reading potential
Continue
challenging themselves by reading longer, more difficult books
Read
from a special book genre each quarter(e.g., historical fiction,
classic fiction, history non-fiction, sports biography, etc.)
Leave
with the tools needed to be lifelong learners
Mathematics
Read and write whole numbers and
decimals in standard form, expanded form and identify place value
Add, subtract, multiple and divide
basic facts to a level of automatic recall
Add, subtract, multiply and divide
whole numbers and decimals
Introduction to the order of
operations
To develop the ability to select
the correct operation to solve word problems
Basic fraction-decimal conversions
Customary and metric units
Least common multiple and greatest
common factor
Prime and composite numbers
Introduction to fraction
operations
Geometric figures
Basic angles
Probability
Analyze data and graphs
Make basic graph given a set of
data
Introduction to exponents
Basic beginning algebra solving
Social Studies
To understand and recognize
people, places, and events that have shaped American history
To develop the geography skills of
map usage, graphs, charts, tables, etc. and to analyze the
information given
To develop communication skills,
both oral and written, by researching and reporting on related
American history topics
To develop further knowledge and
understanding of our government structure (local, state, and
federal) and how to was established
To understand and appreciate our
rights and freedoms as Americans and the importance of good
citizenship
To use higher order thinking
skills in understanding WHY events happened and their effects both
then and now
To incorporate current events into
the curriculum that affect our country and world today
To use videos, supplementary
handouts and materials, maps, notes, reports, teacher-guided
discussions, and a variety of teaching strategies
to enhance the learning process
To incorporate technology such as
video-streaming and computer-generated activities into the 5th grade
curriculum
Science
To respect and value all forms and
stages of life as God's creation.
To use the scientific method to
make inferences, form hypothesis, collect and describe data.
To identify the processes of
living things.
To develop an understanding of the
interaction of living things with each other and their environment.
To identify Earth's processes
that are constantly occurring on and within its crust, in its
atmosphere, and on and within its waters.
To develop an understanding of the
relationships between Earth, moon, sun, and the solar system.
To demonstrate and apply knowledge
of matter, including its physical and chemical characteristics.
To identify the interaction of
forces and motion.
Music
Demonstrates increased knowledge
of rhythms, articulations, time signatures, tempos and meter through
the use of recorders.
Demonstrates melodic direction,
intervals, phrases and registers through the use of recorders.
Distinguishes chords, polyphonic
and monophonic melodic line.
Identifies and performs various
forms: AB, Rondo, ABA
Performs various tempos and
dynamic levels through both instrumental and vocal techniques.
Expresses appreciation for music
of different cultures: sacred and secular
Demonstrates knowledge of correct
performance techniques: posture, movement, behavior.
Physical Education
Enjoy and seek out physical
activity
Develop and maintain acceptable
levels of physical activity
Develop a variety of basic
movement and manipulative skills
Understand good sportsmanship is a
quality of a true athlete
Participate to the best of their
ability
Physical Education at SVdP is tailored
so all students can and do participate. We incorporate many
different activities mostly at beginner to intermediate skill level
and play many "lead-up" type games.
Our units include: soccer, basketball,
floor hockey, jump rope, cup stacking, dance, gymnastics, volleyball,
cooperative games, track and field, tennis and scooters. Fifth grade
students will also work in groups to participate in a 4-7th grade
school jump rope contest.
Fifth grade girls will watch a video on
puberty and discuss video implications in their lives.
We also have a school-wide free throw
"hoop shoot" contest open to all students 8-13.
Extra-curricular activities available
are a twice weekly running mileage club and participation in local
elementary and middle school cross county meets.
Sixth Grade Curriculum Overview
Religion
To discover how we grow in our
faith in God.
To identify that God has revealed
himself and his love for all people through the Bible.
To discover how the prophets
brought hope to the People of God.
To help understand the mysteries
of God.
To discover that Jesus is the new
and everlasting Covenant.
To identify the work of the Holy
Spirit in the Church.
To explain why the Church
celebrates the liturgy and the sacraments.
To explain what the Bible tells us
about celebrating special days and feasts.
To identify what the Church
celebrates and shares in at Mass.
Language Arts
To develop greater comprehension
skills.
To enable students to relate
reading to own experiences.
To develop students ability to
distinguish elements of style and tone.
To enable students to identify
character types.
To enable students to identify
plot, theme, setting, and characters.
To enable students to identify the
various genres.
To further develop vocabulary
skills.
To introduce literary terms
foreshadowing, mood, simile, metaphor.
To introduce sentence types:
simple, compound, and complex.
To continue grammar foundations.
To improve upon the mechanics of
punctuation and capitalization.
To develop narrative, descriptive,
and persuasive writing skills.
To understand the principals of
adding dialogue to writing.
To be able to create and follow a
research plan.
To be able to write a multi
paragraph paper.
To maintain spelling skills and to
expand vocabulary.
To enhance descriptive and
narrative creative writing skills.
To develop necessary skills used
to build reading comprehension.
Develop the ability to write good
topic sentences.
To continue to develop the
research report writing process.
To sharpen word attack skills.
To continue phonics practice.
Goals
of Middle School AR
For all
students to
Reach
their reading potential
Continue
challenging themselves by reading longer, more difficult books
Read
from a special book genre each quarter(e.g., historical fiction,
classic fiction, history non-fiction, sports biography, etc.)
Leave
with the tools needed to be lifelong learners
Mathematics
Read and write whole numbers and
decimals in standard form, expanded form and identify place value
Add, subtract, multiple and divide
basic facts to a level of automatic recall
Add, subtract, multiply and divide
whole numbers and decimals
Order of operations- more in depth
level including exponents
To develop the ability to select
the correct operation to solve word problems
Basic fraction-decimal-percent
conversions
Intro ratio
Customary and metric units
Least common multiple and greatest
common factor using prime factorization
Prime and composite numbers
Fraction operations
Geometric figures
Circle -vocabulary
Angles
Basic area, perimeter and volume
Probability of simple and compound
events
Analyze data and graphs
Make basic graph by conducting a
simple survey
Exponents
Algebra- expressions, solving and
patterns
Integers- compare and order,
operations
Social Studies
To understand and recognize
people, places, and events that have shaped world history
To continue developing the
geography skills of map usage, graphs, charts, tables, etc. and to
analyze the information given
To continue developing
communication skills, both oral and written, by researching and
reporting on related world history topics
To realize that events of the past
have formed the present, and will effect the future
To understand and appreciate our
democratic form of government by studying forms of governments
of other countries in the world
To use higher order thinking
skills in understanding WHY events happened and their effects both
then and now
To incorporate current events into
the curriculum that affect our country and the world today
To use videos, supplementary
handouts and materials, maps, notes, reports, teacher-guided
discussion, and a variety of teaching strategies
to enhance the learning process
To incorporate technology such as
video-streaming and computer-generated activities into the 6th grade
curriculum
To understand and recognize the
influences of economics, geography, and culture in affecting
historical events
Science
To respect and value all forms and
stages of life as God's creation.
To use the scientific method to
make inferences, form hypothesis; collect and analyze data.
To develop an understanding of
Geology and its relationship to other physical sciences.
To identify various land and water
formations.
To develop an understanding of
Life Science and the interdependence of living organisms, natural
systems and the environment and how organisms can adapt to changes
in their environment.
To identify cellular organisms and
define materials required to maintain life - growth and
development.
To introduce chemistry of atoms
and matter, atomic model structure and mass.
To develop an understanding of the
makeup of all matter and the results of interactions of that matter.
To develop an understanding that
motion is the result of forces that interact with each other and
acts on objects.
To understand the relationship of
our solar system to the Universe.
Music
St. Vincent de Paul 6th
graders choose between vocal music and band.
Vocal
Vocal students sing at most
Liturgical Celebrations, a school concert and an annual musical
production.
Recognize and perform various
rhythms, tempos, articulations, dynamics and meters.
Demonstrate melodic direction,
intervals and contour
Demonstrate appropriate clef,
chords, repetition, and harmony
Identifies and performs Mass
Service Music, hymns, psalms gestures and movements.
Demonstrate knowledge of correct
posture, musical
and vocal
techniques.
Band
Band students choose from the following
instruments: flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone,
baritone or percussion. This first year of beginning band is spent
learning the basic technique of playing the chosen instrument. Band
students also perform in an annual musical.
Demonstrates appropriate knowledge
of assembling, cleaning, posture and playing techniques for
individual band instrument.
Recognize and perform various
rhythms, time signatures, articulations and tempos.
Distinguish melodic direction,
intervals, contour and repetition.
Identifies intervals, chords,
contrasts and themes.
Recognizes and demonstrates
dynamics, various scales and natural sounds.
Performs mass service music, hymns
and liturgical gestures.
Explores cultural differences in
music and interprets mood of music.
Follows directions of conductor
and performs in scheduled programs.
Physical Education
Enjoy and seek out physical
activity
Develop and maintain acceptable
levels of physical activity
Develop a variety of basic
movement and manipulative skills
Understand good sportsmanship is a
quality of a true athlete
Participate to the best of their
ability
Physical Education at SVdP is tailored
so all students can and do participate. We incorporate many
different activities mostly at beginner to intermediate skill level
and play many "lead-up" type games.
Our units include: soccer, basketball,
floor hockey, jump rope, cup stacking, dance, gymnastics, volleyball,
cooperative games, track and field, tennis and scooters. Fifth grade
students will also work in groups to participate in a 4-7th grade
school jump rope contest.
Sixth grade boys will watch a video on
puberty and discuss the changes in their lives.
We also have a school-wide free throw
"hoop shoot" contest open to all students 8-13.
Extra-curricular activities available
are a twice weekly running mileage club and participation in local
elementary and middle school cross county meets.
Seventh Grade Curriculum Overview
Religion
Develop a
deeper understanding of who Jesus is and foster a desire to follow
Him
To regard scriptures
To identify the
Beatitudes as guidelines for Christ-like living
To develop a
desire to live by Christ's moral standards
To review the
sacraments and enhance understanding
To review the
Ten Commandments and enhance understanding
To help
students acquire a healthy self-esteem and keep God in the center of
their lives
To learn the
use of free will to do the good and right things in decision making
To recognize
that through faith and virtue, our live of grace grows
To help
students have a greater appreciation of the life of Jesus won for us
by his death and resurrection
To teach the
sacredness of human life, intellect and free will
To know what it
means to follow Jesus in daily life
To explore the
costs and rewards of discipleship
To discuss
Christian morality
To learn about
the Church at Corinth and Paul's vision of love
To discuss theological and moral
virtues
Discuss common
good, just society and social sin
Lead prayer
services
Participate in community service
and middle school ministries
Language Arts
To enhance vocabulary through
drill and proofreading of work.
To introduce concept of literary
analysis for the adolescent.
To teach the ability to
distinguish between fact and opinion.
To teach the ability to name and
recognize the various genres.
To teach the ability to identify
literary terminology associated with analysis of works.
TO teach students to write about
literature.
To introduce skills suited to
build adolescent comprehension.
To enhance inductive and deductive
reasoning skills.
To develop the ability to identify
plot, theme, setting, and point of view, character types.
To recognize fact from opinion.
To make inferences.
To develop the ability to
recognize and to write expository, narrative, persuasive, and
descriptive writings.
To begin to identify figures of
speech and literary terms used in discussing poetry, prose, and
drama.
To be able to construct a well
written research report with little guidance.
To continue to master the writing
process.
To enhance the ability to compare
and contrast specifics between literary works.
To enhance research skills.
To enhance ability to answer essay
questions.
To enrich written and oral usage
skills through more comprehensive knowledge of grammar and usage.
To gain understanding on how
grammar is used in developing writing.
To make real life connections
between literature ad the students life.
To develop mature writing skills
through practicing the writing process.
To further improve basic
comprehension skills.
To enhance ability to analyze
information in order to draw conclusions.
To develop more expressive and
coherent paragraphs.
To teach students to identify and
construct simple, compound and complex sentences.
To work on all aspects of Language
Arts, i.e., reading, writing, listening, speaking.
Goals
of Middle School AR
For all
students to
Reach
their reading potential
Continue
challenging themselves by reading longer, more difficult books
Read
from a special book genre each quarter(e.g., historical fiction,
classic fiction, history non-fiction, sports biography, etc.)
Leave
with the tools needed to be lifelong learners
Mathematics--Pre-Algebra
Read and write whole numbers and
decimals in standard form, expanded form and scientific notation
Add, subtract, multiple and divide
basic facts to a level of automatic recall
Add, subtract, multiply and divide
whole numbers and decimals
Order of operations- more in depth
level including exponents, nested grouping and advanced grouping
symbols
To develop the ability to select
the correct operation to solve word problems
Basic fraction-decimal-percent
conversions
Percent increase and decrease
Square roots- estimating and
perfect
Pythagorean Theorem
Customary and metric units
including conversions
Rate, ratio and proportions
Least common multiple and greatest
common factor using prime factorization
Prime and composite numbers
Fraction operations
Geometric figures-lines, angles
and polygons
Symmetry and tessellations
Triangles
Hierarchy of polygons
Basic area, perimeter and volume
Lateral & surface area
Circles- area, perimeter and
percent
Probability of simple and compound
events
Analyze data and graphs
Make graphs by conducting surveys
and interpreting results using measures of central tendency
Exponents
Algebra- expressions, solving (one
and two step) and patterns
Basic graphing of equations
Integers- compare and order,
operations
Coordinate graphs
Social Studies
To recognize the diversity yet
interdependence of nations in the world today living in a global
community
To identify the various regions of
the world including the nations, cultures, and geography that define
a particular region
To continue developing the
geography skills of map usage, graphs, charts, tables, etc. and to
analyze the information given
To continue developing
communication skills, both oral and written, by researching and
reporting on related Social Studies topics
To develop further understanding
of a nation's role and its interaction with other nations
To identify major figures on the
world stage and their role in shaping events
To continue the study of different
forms of government and how they influence the role of the country
in the world today
To use higher order thinking
skills in understanding WHY events happened and their effects both
then and now
To incorporate current events into
the curriculum that affect our country and world today
To study major world nations
including their history, geography, and economic systems
To use videos, supplementary
handouts and materials, maps, notes, reports, teacher-guided
discussion, and a variety of teaching strategies
to enhance the learning process
To incorporate technology such as
video-streaming and computer-generated activities into the 7th grade
curriculum
Science
To respect and value all forms and
stages of life as God's creation and their accountability to
protect their environment and all forms of life.
To use the scientific method to
make inferences, form hypothesis; collect, analyze, and apply data.
Demonstrate and apply knowledge of
matter, including their properties and changes.
To develop an understanding of
Life Science and the interdependence of living organisms, natural
systems, and the environment.
To identify cellular organisms and
define materials required to maintain life.
To define a system of
classification and know the characteristics of each category.
To introduce chemistry of atoms
and matter, use the periodic table of elements, calculate atomic
numbers and identify chemical symbols.
Music
St. Vincent de Paul 7th
graders choose between vocal music and band.
Vocal
Vocal students sing at most
Liturgical Celebrations, a school concert and an annual musical
production.
Recognize and perform various
rhythms, tempos, articulations, dynamics and meters.
Demonstrate melodic direction,
intervals and contour
Demonstrate appropriate clef,
chords, repetition, and harmony
Identifies and performs Mass
Service Music, hymns, psalms gestures and movements
Demonstrate knowledge of correct
posture, musical
and vocal techniques
Follow directions of conductor and
interpret mood of music
Perform at scheduled programs and
for the joy of self-expression
Band
7th grade band is considered
intermediate band. The student must have successfully completed one
year of beginning band to be eligible for 7th grade band.
7th grade band students perform weekly at Liturgical
Celebrations, an annual band concert and as singers, actors dancers
and stage crew in the Christmas musical.
Demonstrates appropriate knowledge
of assembling, cleaning, posture and playing techniques for
individual band instrument.
Recognize and perform various
rhythms, time signatures, articulations and tempos.
Distinguish melodic direction,
intervals, contour and repetition.
Identifies intervals, chords,
contrasts and themes.
Recognizes and demonstrates
dynamics, various scales and natural sounds.
Performs mass service music, hymns
and liturgical gestures.
Explores cultural differences in
music and interprets mood of music.
Follows directions of conductor
and performs in scheduled programs.
Express style of music through
performance for the joy of self-expression.
Physical
Education
Enjoy and seek out physical
activity
Develop and maintain acceptable
levels of physical activity
Develop a variety of basic
movement and manipulative skills
Understand good sportsmanship is a
quality of a true athlete
Participate to the best of their
ability
Physical Education at SVdP is tailored
so all students can and do participate. We incorporate many
different activities mostly at beginner to intermediate skill level
and play many "lead-up" type games.
Our units include: soccer, basketball,
floor hockey, jump rope, cup stacking, dance, gymnastics, volleyball,
cooperative games, track and field, tennis and scooters. Fifth grade
students will also work in groups to participate in a 4-7th grade
school jump rope contest.
Seventh graders also receive 10 units
of Health, comprising of Self-Esteem, Nutrition, Personal Health
Care, Steroids, and Substance Abuse.
We also have a school-wide free throw
"hoop shoot" contest open to all students 8-13.
Extra-curricular activities available
are a twice weekly running mileage club and participation in local
elementary and middle school cross county meets.
Eighth Grade Curriculum Overview
We will open our 8th
grade in Fall 2008. For information about the progress of our 8th
grade you can visit the following site:
http://www.mediamax.com/SVdP_8thGrade
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