Curriculum Highlights
PREK 3 CURRICULUM
Language Arts:
Mastery of capital letter recognition
Introduction to lower case letter recognition
Introduction to letter sounds
Nursery Rhymes
Songs
Finger plays
Daily story time
Pre-writing skills:
Tracing lines
Connect the dots
Begin practicing writing his/her name
Begin tracing letters
Math:
Counting Rote numbers: Mastery 1-10, Introduction 1-20
Mastery of shape Recognition
Mastery of color Recognition
Daily Calendar
Days of the week
Months of the year
Introduction to the concept of yesterday, tomorrow, and today
Patterns
Recognize opposites
Recognize matching
Science/Nature:
Daily weather
Seasons
In February the children make biodegradable birdfeeders and discuss how weather affects different animals
In April the children will plant seeds and watch them sprout and grow
Fine Motor Skills Development:
Introduction to snipping paper with scissors
Spring semester - cutting objects w/scissors
Gluing
Painting
Holding pencils/crayons in the correct form
Large Motor Skills Development:
Stretching during circle time
Introduction to various muscles
Running
Jumping
Playing
Social Development:
Using manners
Learning to share
Taking turns
Developing listening skills
Following instructions
Talking at appropriate times
Religion:
Daily Prayers – Hail Mary, Our Father, Guardian Angel Prayer, Sign of the Cross, Prayer before meals
Daily Pledge
Weekly Religion Lesson based on Old and New Testament stories with a craft/activity that enhances the lesson
PREK 4 CURRICULUM
Religion
· Sign of the Cross
· Our Father
· Old and New Testament Bible stories
· Nursery Rhymes
· Fairy Tales
· Letters of the Alphabet
· Short vowel sounds
· Consonant sounds
· Consonant-vowel blends
· Writing letters on lined paper
Math
· Shapes
· Numbers 1-20
· Patterns – identify and produce
· Simple graphing
· Counting
· Problem solving
· Time and money
Social Studies and Science
· Transportation
· American symbols
· Famous People
· Farms
· Christmas traditions around the world
Science
· Dinosaurs
· Animals
· Plants
· Bugs
· Solar System
· Planets
KINDERGARTEN PROFILE
Language
- Know all the consonants and short vowel sounds
- Know how to combine 3 letter words (w/short vowels) to create words
- By the end of the year the children will know 70-80 common sight words
- In October, we begin short beginning readers: BOB BOOKS and books from Starfall (visit Starfall.com to view these.)
- On lined paper, we will begin to write sentences from board to paper and begin to dictate sentences to the children using their sight words. Working on using capital letters, spacing between words and ending sentence punctuation.
- We will use poetry, songs, and traditional stories and bible stories in our reading and language area
- Learn and know how to make the Sign of the Cross
- Prayers: Our Father; Hail Mary
- Various Bible stories: Jonah, Noah, Moses and the Ten Commandments, The Easter Story, The Birth of Jesus
- Participate in various service projects throughout the year.
- Learn to live the Way of Christ and make good choices.
- Randomly recognize and write numbers 0-100
- Count by 5’s, 10’s and 2’s
- Know odd/even numbers
- Sorting and graphing by size, color and shape
- Distinguish between left/right
- Patterns and sequencing
- Time to the hour (1st semester); to the half hour (2nd semester)
- Money: recognize and count pennies, nickels, dimes, and up to 4 quarters
- Number stories, number pictures, and number problems
- Addition and subtraction problems (doubles, +1, +2, +0)
- Geometric shapes: cone, cylinder, sphere, and cube
- Measuring using standard and non standard items
Social Studies and Science
- Weather/ Seasons
- Our 5 senses
- Animals and their habitats
- Our 7 Continents
- Manners
- Health /Fitness/good eating habits
- Solar System
- Fire Safety
- Living/Non living things
- Direction—Left/right
- North/South/East/West
- Community Worker
Focus Area:
Teach:
- Parts of computer
- How to operate computer
- Learn keyboarding
- Grouping
- Incorporate reading skills
- Incorporate Math skills
- Using word program to type sight words
- Identify computer as a machine that helps people work, play and help with school work.
- Teach correct computer technology language. Example: mouse, monitor, keyboard, etc...
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- How to respect others work.
- Discuss how to use Word: change font size, single space, double space print, etc...
- Teach how to log on different programs and the Internet.
FIRST GRADE PROFILE
Language Arts
• Open Court Reading series
• Phonics
• Comprehension strategies and skills
• Vocabulary
• Sight words
• Writing process and skills
• Parts of speech and punctuation
• Spelling strategies
• Saxon Math level 2
• Addition
• Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Geometry
• Fractions
• Patterns
• Time
• Money
• Measurement
Religion
• Christ Our Life series
• Basic prayers
• Mass order and etiquette
• Scripture
• Church celebrations
• Trinity
• Baptism
• Salvation
• Love
• Discovery Works series
• Kinds of living things
• Magnets
• Weather and seasons
• Earth’s land and water
• Keeping fit and healthy
• Silver Burdett Living in Families
• Transportation
• Family units
• Needs and wants
• Goods and services
• Neighborhoods and communities
• Our Country’s symbols and holidays
• Historical people
• Safety
• Maps and globes
SECOND GRADE PROFILE
v Fluency
v Comprehension
v Vocabulary
v Parts of speech
v Complete sentences
v Spelling strategies
v Book reports
Math
v Saxon Math level 3
v Addition
v Subtraction
v Multiplication
v Division
v Geometry
v Fractions
v Patterns
v Time
v Money
v Measurement
v First Reconciliation
v First Eucharist
v Host Mass in May
v Interactions of Living Things
v Light and Color
v Earth Through Time
v Solids, Liquids, and Gases
v What Makes Me Sick
v High Touch, High Tech
Social Studies
v We Learn in
v Learning About Communities
v Living in Groups
v Working in Communities
v Communities of Long Ago
v Communities Around the World
v Our Country Today
v Holidays People Celebrate
THIRD GRADE
Religion
- Focus on main truths Catholics believe and express in the Creed
- Students learn about and are involved in activities related to the seasons of the Church Year, including Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter
- Plan and participate in all school Mass, attend weekly Mass and monthly Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Math Saxon Math Intermediate 3
- Review addition and subtraction fact families and use them in computation
- Learn multiplication and division facts
- Continue study of fractions, decimals, geometry, and probability
- Read a variety of literature, including expository writing, fantasy, biography, nonfiction, and historical fiction
- Develop and reinforce comprehension strategies including main idea, compare and contrast, cause and effect, summarizing, fact and opinion
Vocabulary/Spelling
- Weekly vocabulary units focusing on meanings, application and relationships to other words.
- Weekly spelling lists that are from weekly vocabulary units
English
- Types of sentences
- Parts of speech
- Punctuation
- Write answers in complete sentences
- Research and write informative reports
- Write descriptive paragraphs with topic and supporting sentences
Handwriting
- Formation of cursive letters
- Communities and their likenesses and differences, their history, and natural resources,
- Using and reading maps
- Study of local, state, and national governments
Science
- Forms of energy
- Life cycles
- Nutrition
- Earth’s water
FOURTH GRADE
- Parts of speech
- Recalling information
- Cause and effect
- Fact and opinion
- Correct grammar in oral communication
- Sequence of events
- Dramatic activities using verbal and nonverbal communication
- Basic sight vocabulary
- Classify words that share a common meaning
- Synonyms and antonyms
- Become familiar with etymology of words
- Capitalization
- Punctuation
- Writing Process
- Handwriting
- Seek out and enjoy printed books of a varied interest
- Set a purpose for reading
- Read silently for an increasing amount of time
- Summarize a story
- Use prior knowledge to anticipate meaning
- Follow plot and development in stories
- Identify genres
- Number concepts – relations, operations and computation
- Problem solving /logic
- Patterns/functions
- Probability/statistics
- Measurement /geometry
- cell theory
- Simple and complex organisms
- The human body
- Environment/ecology
- Weather
- Principles of chemistry
- Map skills
- Regions of the
Religion:
- Recognizes the revelation of God
- Recognizes creation as a sign of God’s power
- Abraham and the chosen people/Moses and the Exodus
- God’s covenant with us
- Salvation
- Presentation of the Lord/Finding of Jesus in the
- Sermon on the Mount
- How Jesus continues in the church today
- Nicene Creed
- Hierarchy of the church
- Sainthood/Events in the life of Mary
- Identifies the 4 major categories of prayer
- Family life instruction
- Formation of conscience/Morality based on God’s laws
- Sin and Forgiveness/ Grace
- Social Issues
FIFTH GRADE
· Correct mechanics usage and recognition.
· Development and expansion of writing techniques including expository, persuasive, narrative, comparison/contrast, and research.
· Organizational strategies for writing.
· Complete sentence and paragraph structure and appropriate word choice.
Vocabulary: Study and understanding of how focus words are used correctly in context, as parts of speech, and appropriate synonyms and antonyms for them.
· Algebraic expression-use of variables and formulas.
· Problem solving and logic
· Pattern recognition.
· Geometry-lines, rays, angles, shapes, figures
· Measurement-metric and U.S. Customary
· Probability and statistics
· Graphing
Science: Several areas in Life Science and Earth Science are explored including:
· Cell theory and the study of the human body and its systems
· Plants and the understanding of photosynthesis
· Earth’s processes
· Conservation/preservation of resources
· Weather and climate
· Ocean processes
· An expanded exploration of our solar system and the universe
· Prehistory of our continent
· Native American origins
· Our nation’s early Europeans
· Expansion
· Slavery
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· Recent history
In addition, area field trips enhance our curriculum. The Monnig Meteorite Gallery at TCU is explored along with the planetarium at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History as we learn about our solar system and universe. In Social Studies, we coordinate our study of the Civil War with our visit to the Texas Civil War Museum. Trips to Bass Hall, and theatrical, dance and choral performances add to our fine arts appreciation.
SIXTH GRADE
English:
· Parts of speech
· Recalling information
· Cause and effect
· Fact and opinion
· Correct grammar in oral communication
· Sequence of events
· Dramatic activities using verbal and nonverbal communication
· Basic sight vocabulary
· Classify words that share a common meaning
· Synonyms and antonyms
· Become familiar with etymology of words
· Capitalization
· Punctuation
· Writing Process
· Handwriting
· Seek out and enjoy printed books of a varied interest
· Set a purpose for reading
· Read silently for an increasing amount of time
· Summarize a story
· Use prior knowledge to anticipate meaning
· Follow plot and development in stories
· Identify genres
· Number concepts – relations, operations and computation
· Problem solving /logic
· Patterns/functions
· Probability/statistics
· Measurement /geometry
Science:
· cell theory
· Simple and complex organisms
· The human body
· Environment/ecology
· Weather
· Principles of chemistry
· Map skills
· Regions of the
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Religion:
· Recognizes the revelation of God
· Recognizes creation as a sign of God’s power
· Abraham and the chosen people/Moses and the Exodus
· God’s covenant with us
· Salvation
· Presentation of the Lord/Finding of Jesus in the
· Sermon on the Mount
· How Jesus continues in the church today
· Nicene Creed
· Hierarchy of the church
· Sainthood/Events in the life of Mary
· Identifies the 4 major categories of prayer
· Family life instruction
· Formation of conscience/Morality based on God’s laws
· Sin and Forgiveness/ Grace
· Social Issues
SEVENTH GRADE
Math
- Operations with fractions and decimals
- Integers
- Fraction, decimal and percent relationships
- Ratios, rates, and proportions
- Exponents
- Measurement
- Geometry
- Patterns and rules
- Graphing in a coordinate plane
- Displaying and analyzing data
- Probability
- Equations and inequalities
Science
- Focus on Earth Science
- Composition of matter
- Rocks and minerals
- Weathering and erosion
- Earthquakes and volcanoes
- Plate tectonics
- Weather and climate
- Astronomy
- Humans and the environment
- Focus on
- Geography of
- Exploration and settlement of
- American colonization in
- Industries of
- Grammar – usage, capitalization, punctuation
- Composition – process of writing, business letters, compositions (narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive), weekly journals
- Vocabulary – correct usage, synonyms, antonyms, connotation, root words
Literature
- Novels – one every three weeks
- Oral Tradition – tales, fables, Greek mythology
- Short Stories – setting, character, plot
- Nonfiction – autobiography, biography, essay
- Poetry
- Drama
- Literary Terminology
- Critical and Creative Writing
- Sustained Silent
- Accelerated
- Library – weekly
- Focus on Jesus
- Prayer – daily scripture reading, meditation, journal
- Service – monthly letters to senior citizens, filling church bulletins
- Liturgy – weekly Mass, monthly Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
EIGHTH GRADE
Math
- Algebra I
- Rational numbers
- Variables and function patterns
- Exponents and exponential functions
- Solving equations
- Solving inequalities
- Graphing functions
- Linear equations and graphs
- Systems of equations and inequalities
- Polynomials and factoring
- Quadratic equations and functions
- Radical expressions and equations
- Rational expressions and functions
Science
- Focus on Physical Science
- Energy and Motion
- Work and simple machines
- Atomic structure and chemical bonds
- Chemical reactions
- Waves, light, and sound
- Electricity and magnetism
History
- Focus on
- Discovery and exploration of the
- Life in the English colonies
- The American Revolution
- Industrial growth in the
- The Civil War and Reconstruction
- Current events
English
- Grammar – usage, capitalization, punctuation
- Composition – process of writing, business letters, compositions (narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive), weekly journals
- Vocabulary – correct usage, synonyms, antonyms, connotation, root words
Literature
- Novels – one every three weeks
- Greek mythology
- Short Stories – setting, character, plot
- Nonfiction – autobiography, biography, essay
- Poetry
- Drama
- Literary Terminology
- Critical and Creative Writing
- Sustained Silent
- Accelerated
- Library – weekly
Religion
- Focus on Church
- Prayer – daily scripture reading, meditation, journal
- Service – monthly letters to senior citizens, filling church bulletins, Catholic Charities
- Liturgy – weekly Mass, monthly Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Physical Education - Kindergarten
Development of elementary motor skills and coordination is the major goal. Play and group games are used as tools to assist skill development and physical fitness. Basic skills of run, jump, hop and skip are taught. Jump rope is accomplished with both a double rope and single rope by the end of the year.
Physical Education - 1st Grade
Development of elementary motor skills and coordination is the major goal. Play and group games are used as tools to assist skill development and physical fitness. Jump rope is accomplished with both a double rope and single rope by the end of the year. Presidential Physical Fitness Test is used to evaluate.
Physical Education - 2nd Grade
The program expands on the fundamentals learned in grade one. Activities focus on hand-eye and eye-foot coordination. Also incorporated in the program are basic sports skills, square dancing, and physical fitness. Presidential Physical Fitness Test is used to evaluate.
Physical Education - 3rd Grade
The program builds on the skills developed in the previous years. The students are also given their first school experiences in team sports as lead-up games are developed for the following: baseball, basketball, soccer, volleyball. Presidential Physical Fitness Test is used to evaluate.
The program at this level incorporates gross and fine motor skills, previously learned in earlier grades, into sports situations. Students participate in the same sports, in a modified manner that middle school teams play. Aerobic-fitness activities are performed on a regular basis; Presidential Physical Fitness Testing is used as an evaluation.
The program at this level incorporates gross and fine motor skills, previously learned in earlier grades, into sports situations. Students participate in the same sports that middle school teams play. These sports would be volleyball, basketball, soccer and softball. Aerobic-fitness activities are performed on a regular basis; Presidential Physical Fitness Testing is used as an evaluation.
The program at this level incorporates gross and fine motor skills, previously learned in earlier grades, into sports situations. Students will participate in volleyball, soccer, badminton, bowling, basketball and dance. Aerobic-fitness activities are performed on a regular basis; Presidential Physical Fitness Testing is used as an evaluation. Health and body concepts are covered in class.
The program at this level incorporates gross and fine motor skills, previously learned in earlier grades, into sports situations. Students will participate in volleyball, soccer, badminton, bowling, basketball and dance. Aerobic-fitness activities are performed on a regular basis; Presidential Physical Fitness Testing is used as an evaluation. Health and body concepts are covered in class. Dance from various time periods are introduced.
The program at this level incorporates gross and fine motor skills, previously learned in earlier grades, into sports situations. Students will participate in volleyball, soccer, badminton, bowling, basketball and dance. Aerobic-fitness activities are performed on a regular basis; Presidential Physical Fitness Testing is used as an evaluation. Health and body concepts are covered in class. Dance from various time periods are extended into class and the class is finalized with an elegant Civil War ball.
COMPUTER CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHT
First Grade
- Learn how to use a computer
- Educational games-Software and Internet
- Introduce keyboarding
Second Grade
- Introduce Microsoft Word applications
- Introduce Information Literacy (Internet Research)
- Continue building keyboarding skills
- Continue building keyboarding skills with emphasis on accuracy and speed
- Information Literacy
- Expand Microsoft Word knowledge
- Introduce Microsoft Publisher creating a card
- Introduce Microsoft PowerPoint creating a diagram slide on a World Record
Fourth Grade
- Begin typing short sentences in keyboarding
- Expand Information Literacy skills
- Introduce Microsoft PowerPoint creating a 4 slide presentation
- Begin keyboarding for improved speed of 20 wpm
- Introduce Microsoft Excel creating spreadsheets and charts
- Learn the rules of Netiquette
- Expand knowledge in all Microsoft Office programs
Sixth Grade
- Continue keyboarding for improved speed of 22 wpm
- Learn Microsoft Office terminology
- Learn Internet terminology
- Expand knowledge in all Microsoft Office programs
- Microsoft Publisher-create a brochure and a “Lost Pet” flyer
Seventh Grade
- Continue keyboarding for improved speed of 25 wpm
- Learn important people in the History of Computers
- Learn and create a timeline of the History of Computers
- Expand knowledge in all Microsoft Office programs
- Microsoft PowerPoint-create a presentation on a decade
- Microsoft Publisher-create a 13th birthday invitation
- Continue keyboarding for improved speed and accuracy
- Expand knowledge in all Microsoft Office programs
- Microsoft Excel-Create spreadsheets using formulas and functions
- Microsoft Publisher-create a HFCS school brochure
Microsoft PowerPoint-Create an “All About Me” pres
SPANISH PROFILE BY CLASS
Kindergarten
-introduced to the Spanish language through Prayers, Songs, and Group Activities
-Introductions and Greetings, the Numbers from 0 to 10, basic Colors, the names of common Classroom Objects, Family words, Food and Drinks, and Clothing
First Grade
- expand their knowledge of Spanish through Prayers, Songs, and Group Activities
- Introductions, Greetings, and Polite Words, the Numbers from 0 to 20, Colors, Classroom Objects, Food, Clothing, the Face, Family, and Animals
- introduced to the Spanish Alphabet and begin writing simple words
Second Grade
- expand their knowledge of Spanish through Prayer (including the Our Father and Hail Mary) and Songs
- Learn basic expressions, the Numbers from 0 to 39, Days of the Week, Classroom Objects, Clothing, Food, the Body, the Family, and the House
- Introduced to the use of the words Tú and Usted and will be taught to use Verbs and Adjectives
- continue learning the Spanish Alphabet and begin writing simple sentences
Third Grade
- expanding their knowledge of Spanish through Prayer (including the Our Father and Hail Mary) and Songs
- expand their learning of Basic Expressions, the Numbers from 0 to 59, Days of the Week, Classroom Objects, Months, Gender, the Body, Face and Emotions
- expand their use of the words Tú and Usted, learn about Singular and Plural, and Definite/Indefinite Articles
- writing sentences and will be introduced to basic reading
Fourth Grade
- expanding their knowledge of Spanish through Prayer (including the Our Father and Hail Mary), the Pledge of Allegiance and Songs
- Greetings and Dialogue, the Numbers from 0 to 100, Days of the Week, Classroom Objects, Months and Seasons, Gender, the Body, and Mealtime
- use Dialogue while learning about Plurals of Nouns, Gender of Nouns, Possessive Adjectives, and Diminutives
- watching Spanish movies to learn word recognition and listening skills
Fifth Grade
- expanding their knowledge of Spanish through Prayer (including the Our Father and Hail Mary), the Pledge of Allegiance and Songs
- begin learning Frequently Used Expressions, Tell Time, Sports, Sizes, Shapes, and Transportation
-Frequently Used Expressions while learning about Occupations and Possessive Adjectives, Antonyms, Prepositions, Subject Pronouns, and Regular/Irregular Verbs
- watching Spanish movies to improve word recognition and listening skills while writing a sentence about what they hear.
Sixth Grade
- Culture
- develop, reinforce, and refine proficiency in listening , speaking, reading, writing, and culture
- writing complete sentences using correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation
- Spanish movies to improve word recognition and listening skills while writing a sentence about what they hear
- Word of the Day program to expand vocabulary
Seventh Grade
- continue to develop, reinforce, and refine proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture
- develop written and oral communication skills through interactive classroom activities while learning to use proper grammar
-continue watching Spanish movies to improve word recognition and listening skills while writing multiple sentence paragraphs about what they hear
-continue the Word of the Day program to expand vocabulary
Eighth Grade
-continue to develop, reinforce, and refine proficiency in listening , speaking, reading, writing, and culture
- continue developing written and oral communication skills through interactive classroom activities and exercises while learning to use proper grammar
- continue watching Spanish movies to improve word recognition and listening skills while writing a short story about what they hear
-continue the Word of the Day program to expand vocabulary
MUSIC
Kindergarten and First Grade
Different voices: inner, talking, whispering, singing and calling
Sounds in our world
Perform steady beat
Classical, patriotic, religious, and seasonal music literature
Use of variety of classroom instruments
Identify loud, soft, quarter, eighth and whole notes and quarter rest
Perform in our Christmas program in December
Second Grade
Recognize sounds as being soft, loud, fast, slow, high and low.
Classical, patriotic, religious, and seasonal music literature
Review loud, soft, quarter, eighth and whole notes and quarter rest
Begin time signatures, form of music and accompaniment on simple
instruments
Learn different parts of the orchestra
Perform in our Christmas program in December
Learn the notes on the staff
Begin study of chords, phrases, polyrhythms
Classical, patriotic, religious, and seasonal music literature
Perform in our Christmas program in December
Play autoharp and spend at least one quarter playing recorders
Steps, leaps, repeats and melodic/rhythmic patterns and sequences
Review of time signatures; theme and variation
Classical, patriotic, religious, American folk songs and seasonal music
literature
Perform in our Christmas program in December
Learn major and minor scales
Fifth Grade
Sing canons and have major parts in the December Christmas program
Introduce guitar chords, I IV V
Write simple melodies, learn conducting patterns
Classical, patriotic, religious, American Indian and songs from other cultures
American Folk Songs
Sixth Grade
First quarter all 6th Grade students choose a band instrument and play throughout the first quarte
In the second quarter, students may choose to continue in band or go to the general music class.
In general music, 6th grade plays simple bell pieces, reviews notes and rhythms, and works on a STOMP routine to perform in the Spring program.
They also receive teaching in music history, covering how music has evolved from Ancient times to the Present.
Students may choose to play in the school band or join a general music class. If in band, they perform twice a year, once at Christmas and once in the spring program. Band students are also encouraged to play in the school masses on Thursday mornings.
If the student chooses to attend general music class, they will:
Learn hand chime pieces and perform several times a year in church and at school functions and programs.
Those who show an interest will work on solo and ensemble vocal pieces.
Study music history, covering how music has evolved from Ancient times to the Present.
Prepare a major spring musical with singing, dancing and acting.
LIBRARY
- Introduce picture books.
PreK 4
- Differentiate between author and illustrator.
Kindergarten
- Learn parts of book
- Learn procedures for checking out books.
- Learn how to care for books.
First Grade
- Learn Fiction v. Non-fiction.
- Learn key word searches.
- Learn how to take an Accelerated Reader test.
- Learn how to find fiction books.
- Introduce different genre.
- Learn about Dewey Decimal system.
- Learn how to use a dictionary.
- Introduce advanced searches, including Boolean operators.
- Learn about adaptations of materials.
- Introduce methods of evaluating resources.
- Learn differences between primary and secondary sources.
- Learn about copyrights.
Seventh Grade
- Introduce different bibliography styles.
- Learn about ISBN.
- Learn about Socratic discussion.
ART PROFILE BY GRADE
1st Grade:
1. Develop and use art vocabulary
2. Learn basic elements of art (line, shape, color, texture)
3. Learn uses of different art materials
2nd Grade:
1. Continue learning elements of art and recognize characteristics
2. Continue art vocabulary
3. Begin exploring artists and their different styles
1. Continue art vocabulary
2. Continue elements and principles of art
3. Continue exploring artists and their different styles
1. Art vocabulary
2. Elements and principles
3. Learn about different artistic styles and movements
5th Grade:
1. Art vocabulary
2. Elements and principles
3. Styles, movements, historical/cultural influences
1. Art vocabulary
2. Elements and principles
3. Styles, movements, historical/cultural influences
4. Techniques/ different media
7th Grade:
1. Elements and principles
2. Techniques/ different media
3. Interpretation of different artworks
8th Grade:
1. Elements and principles
2. Techniques/ different media
3. Interpretation of different artworks
