Grammar Curriculum

Religion

  • 1st: From Joshua and completing the Old Testament
  • 2nd: Entire New Testament

Literature

  • Before you read the story:
    • Title, author, illustrator, copyright date, cover illustrations
  • As you read the story:
    • Vocabulary words, new concepts, important ideas, illustrations, prediction, characters, setting, plot
  • After you read the story:
    • Main topic, what did you learn, review vocab words

Poetry

  • Before you read:
    • Title, prediction, how many lines, how many stanzas, when was it written,
  • As you read:
    • Listen for rhythm, cadence, rhyme,
  • After you read:
    • Summarize what happened, what did you learn, new words, how did it make you feel, illustrations

Cursive

  • 1st: Introduction to all the letters
  • 2nd: Review 6 letters per week and writing in all cursive by week 10

Spelling & Dictation

  • Introduction and definitions
  • Phonics flashcards and sight words
  • Word study questions
  • Guided student work
  • Written spelling tests

Reading

  • Pronounce and spell vocabulary words
  • Pre-read and post-read activities
  • Comprehension questions
  • Over 100 sight words
  • Fluency and comprehension

Phonics

  • Beginning and ending consonant blends
  • Consonant teams
  • Vowel teams
  • R controlled vowels
  • Letter teams

English Grammar

  • Nouns
  • singular and plural pronouns
  • Verbs
  • Helping verbs, present and past tense, action, singular, being verbs, irregular verbs, adding ed and ing
  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Subject and predicate
  • Types of sentences
  • Conjunctions
  • Proper nouns
  • Abbreviations
  • Punctuation
  • Possessive nouns
  • Commas
  • Synonyms, antonyms, homophones
  • Compound words
  • Root words, prefixes, suffixes
  • Writing paragraphs with main idea and supporting details

Music

  • Learn about composers and pieces of music

Pre-Latin (2nd)

  • Latin alphabet and pronunciation of vowels and consonants
  • Pronounce, spell, and translate 125 Latin words
  • Learn 25 practical Latin expressions
  • 4 full prayers
  • Count 1-10
  • Names of popular constellations

Math (1st)

  • Writing numbers 1-117
  • Skip counting by 2, 5, 10
  • Calendar – day, month, date, year
  • coin name and value of penny, nickel, dime, and quarter
  • even and odd numbers
  • addition
  • subtraction
  • addition of two digit numbers without regrouping
  • time: hour and half hour
  • inches and cm
  • fractions 1/2, 1/3, 1/6

Math (2nd)

  • Story problems
  • Addition of two and three digit numbers
  • Subtraction
  • Fractions
  • Venn Diagram
  • Bar graphs
  • Line of symmetry
  • Measurement
  • Money – showing amounts by combining quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies
  • Time
  • Perimeter
  • Area using 1” cubes
  • Locating points on a coordinate graph
  • Multiplying by 2
  • Rounding to the nearest 10
  • Doubling a number
  • Dividing by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Social Studies/History

  • Learn about important people in history
  • Mapping skills
  • Inventions that changed the world
  • Cultures of different places
  • Thanksgiving story
  • Christmas around the world
  • Presidents of the United States

Science (1st)

  • Tea leaves
  • Tie dying with berries
  • Animals and habitats
  • Weather and clouds
  • Sink or float
  • Trees
  • Volcanos
  • Polar Region
  • Simple machines
  • Human body – organs and teeth

Science (2nd)

  • Seasons
  • Seeds
  • Weeds and wildflowers
  • Plants we eat
  • Fam animals
  • The zoo
  • Pets
  • Mammals in the winter
  • Winter birds
  • Moon, stars, sun
  • Water cycle
  • Insects

Art

  • Describe, analyze, and interpret weekly pieces of art and learn about the artist