Classrooms

Grade 1 - Ms. Lena Morelli

In the Religion curriculum, we focus on the themes “God loves me”, “we love God”, “Jesus is God’s son” and “our Church family”. Some of the specific lesson topics include an understanding of Baptism and what it asks of us, prayer as a way to communicate with God, and understanding our role as members of the Church.

The course of study in language arts includes topics in reading, writing, spelling, handwriting, listening, speaking, study skills and phonics. The reading topics include recognizing main ideas and applying word identification skills in meaningful contexts. Writing focuses on fluency, confidence and the D’Nealian manuscript. Emphasis is placed on listening including concepts such as retelling a story and responding appropriately.

Mathematics topics include counting to 100 and also counting by 2, 5 and 10. In addition, we teach place value to tens and addition and subtraction facts to 18. The student begins to learn fractions and money topics as well.

The student in social studies begins to use maps and globes and to understand directions. We also talk about the various physical and man-made features of a neighborhood, discuss the basic needs of all people and introduce American studies topics such as the first and current president and important cultural icons.

We study topics in science such as the variety of living things and changes in the earth as well as conservation and weather topics. Our health curriculum at this age focuses on growth and development, exercise and fitness and personal hygiene habits