• Religion

  Textbook: We Believe -- Sadlier

  Growing in Jesus Christ Jesus leads us to happiness Sin in our world Our conscience our guide Penance and reconciliation The ten commandments Learning about Gods love Christ second and third commandments

  Strengthened by the eucharist Commandments help us to love others Fourth, fifth and sixth commandments Seventh and eighth commandments We are called to holiness Ninth commandment Tenth commandment Growing in holiness

  We are the church Seasonal chapters Advent Lent Triduum Easter Liturgical year Ordinary time

• Mathematics

  Textbook: Progress in Mathematics -- Sadlier-Oxford

  Place value Addition and subtraction concepts Addition and subtraction Estimating sums and differences Multiply by one and two digits Problem solving strategies Problem solving applications Divide by one digit Divide by two digits

  Measurement Temperature and time Statistics and probability Graphing and outcomes Fractions Comparing and ordering fractions Geometry Perimeter, area and volume Decimals

• Science

  Textbook: Discovery Science -- Scott Foresman
  Supplemented by Science Studies Weekly

  Classifying plants Where plants get energy Food chains Animal adaptations and behavior Matter and Volume How things work Energy and work are related Electricity and magnetism Sound How light travels

  Landforms Volcanoes and earthquakes Oceans and how they are important Measuring weather conditions Temperature and pressure Clouds and precipitation Solar system How earth moves Plants and other objects in the solar system

• Reading

  Textbook: Trophies -- Harcourt

  Strategic reading skills Narrative elements Realistic fiction sections Vocabulary skills Context clues Making inferences Classify/categorize Cause and effect Figurative language

  Main ideas Details Locating information Drawing conclusions Comparing and contrast Fact and opinion Nonfiction elements Multiple meaning words Authors Purpose

• Language Arts

  Textbook: World of Language -- Silver Burdette ad Ginn

  Sentence structure Four types of sentences Subjects and predicates Time order Using a thesaurus Writing Writing process: prewrite draft, revise, check, and publish Personal narrative Persuasive paragraphs Poems How to Biography Descriptive Nouns Writing with nouns

  Singular and plural Common and proper Possessive nouns Pronouns Subject and object pronouns Possessive pronouns Homophones Using I, me, we and us Verbs Action and linking verbs Main verbs and helping verbs Tenses and verbs Spelling verbs correctly Prefixes

  Agreement Using verb agreement Irregular verbs Contractions – control clues Adjectives Using a, an and the Comparing things Using more or most Suffixes Adverbs Tell where and when Synonyms and antonyms Expanding sentences

• Spelling

  Textbook: Trophies -- Harcourt

  • Words with long and short a, e, i, o, u
  • Words with är, ôr, or, âr sound
  • Plurals
  • Possessive nouns
  • Words that end in y or ey
  • Prefixes un and dis
  • Prefixes non, in, and re
  • Changing y to i
  • Contractions
  • Homophones
  • VCCV words
  • VCV words

• Social Studies

  Textbook: Texas Adventures in Time and Place -- MacMillan/McGraw Hill
  Supplemented with Texas Studies Weekly

  Geography skills Regions of the United States and Texas People coming to the western hemisphere Newcomers to the Americas Native Americans and other explorers that came from Europe Missions in Texas Spanish influence in Texas Struggle for Independence in Texas Learn about Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston Battle of the Alamo and San Jacinto Becoming our own country Joining the United States

  Civil War, and Reconstruction African Americans and slavery Texans join the army Major battles of the Civil War Lincoln's assassination Reconstruction Cowboys and railroads in Texas How cattle drives and railroads changed Texas Change in the century Oil boom Repression and war Texas government – how it is run