Elementary Course Descriptions

Grade One

Language Arts

Students will be able to:

• speak simple sentences in English by using daily routines
• learn and understand letter/sound relationships using phonics
• use phonics to improve reading ability
• practice reading in class; as well as at home to foster a love for reading within each child
• correctly form upper and lower case letters

Mathematics

Students will be able:

• count, compare and order numbers from 1 to 20
• count to 100 using number patterns
• add and subtract numbers  to 20
• learn number facts up to 12
• tell the time to the hour and half past
• read and understand the calendar
• identify 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes and their properties
• identify fractions (1/2, 1/3. 1/4 ) and their properties

Science

Students will be able to:

• learn and identify their five senses and body parts
• distinguish between living and nonliving things
• identify parts of a plant and how  plants grow and change
• classify different animals as either mammals or other animal groups
• identify how animals grow and change, get food and how they stay alive
• learn about the sun, moon, stars, 4 seasons and weather words
• learn about natural resources and caring for the earth

Grade 2

Language Arts

Students will be able to:

• focus on sentence structure
• learn to use the following punctuation marks correctly in a sentence: capital letters, periods/full stops, and question marks
• recognize and classify common and proper nouns, as well as simple adjectives
• use the present continuous tense, future tense
• continue to read on a daily basis and practice the correct formation of letters.
• write simple sentences

Mathematics

The student will be able to:

• understand the meaning of place value up to 1,000
• practice two –digit addition and subtraction, with and without regrouping
• learn to tell the time to the nearest hour, half –hour and quarter-hour
•  recognize simple shapes and common fractions
• begin three-digit addition and subtraction
• begin measurement.

Science

The student will be able to:

• understand plants and animals

• understand habitats of animals and plants
• learn about day/night, seasons, moon
• three states of matter, heat, light, sound

Grade  3

Language Arts

Students continue to work on basic punctuation and sentence structure. They will learn to use adjectives and use both regular past tense verbs (-ed) and irregular past tense verbs. They use of adverbs and the correct use of the apostrophe will be introduced.

Students will begin to learn how to write both upper and lower case letters in cursive.

Mathematics

Students will be introduced to two-dimensional plane shapes and three-dimensional figures and their properties. Students will continue to practice addition and subtraction of three-digit number. They will discover the link between repeated addition an multiplication. They will learn multiplication facts from 1 to 10 and be able to do simple one-digit multiplication. Students will learn to divide by two, three, and four. Emphasis will also be placed on mathematical problem –solving.

Science

In science students will study the need of plants and animals. They will also study parts of animals and different kinds of animals. They will study where plants and animals live and how plants and animals live together in an ecosystem. Students will learn about minerals,  rocks, and soils. They will also learn about changes that occur on land. They will learn about motion and speed and forces. They also learn about levers and pulleys and other simple machines.

Grade 4

Language Arts

Students will be able to differentiate between the subject and predicate in a sentence. They will learn about subject and possessive pronouns. They will review verb tenses and study linking/helping verbs. Grade 4 should be independent readers. Students will be expected to use cursive handwriting fro all assignments.

Mathematics

Students will understand place value and be able to work with numbers up to 10,000. They will be able to add, subtract, estimate and round using 4-digit numbers. They will be able to multiply using two digit numbers and divide by one digit numbers. Division by two digit numbers will be introduced. Students should also be able to multiply using 10,000 recognizing patterns. Students will be expected to know the multiplication tables 2 -10. Students will be able to use and interpret simple graphs and plot coordinates on a grade. Students will learn how to add and subtract fractions with like an d unlike denominators and explore the use of decimals. Problem solving will be emphasized with each topic.

Science

In Science students will learn how to classify organisms. They will also learn about the various characteristics of animals. They will discover what you can learn from rocks and the shaping of the Earth’s surface. They will study the water cycle and weather. They will also study about heat, light, and sound.

Grade 5

Language Arts

In Language Arts, students will learn to use compound sentences and conjunctions. They will learn how to use quotation marks correctly. They will be able to classify pronouns, use the definite and indefinite article and comparative adjectives. In comprehension they will be able to infer and deduce from clued given in a passage. They will continue to refine their creative writing skills, using cursive writing for all assignments. Grade 5 students should able to read independently.

Mathematics

Students will work with numbers of 5 digits. They will order, compare and estimate whole numbers. They will add and subtract decimals up to 100^th. Students should be able to recite all multiplication tables from 2 to 10. They review 2D and 3D shapes and their properties. They will study metric, measurement: perimeter, area and volume. They will practice long division.

Science

In science students will study classifying living things. They will also study the parts of plants and the importance of plants. They will learn about plant and animal adaptations. They will examine how living things interact in their environments. They will study the properties of matter and energy. They will also study elements, compounds, mixtures and solutions. They will learn about motion, sound and light.