Religion
This Is Our Faith (Silver Burdett Ginn, 1998)
God's Gifts
Jesus' Life and Teachings
The Holy Spirit
Prayers - Sign of the Cross, Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father, etc.
Belonging to the Church
Celebrations in the Church
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Science
Hands-On Activities for Grades K-2 (Parker Pub. Co., 1999)
Life Science - Animals; Plants and Seeds; Five Senses
Earth Science - Air; Water; Weather; The Earth
Physical Science - Energy; Light; Sound; Simple
Machines; Magnetism
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Handwriting
Handwriting (Zaner Bloser, 1999)
manuscript upper and lower case letters; numerals
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Reading
Scribner Basal Series (Scribner Laidlaw, 1989)
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Phonics skills
Vocabulary - word structure, word meaning, sentence structure, context clues
Comprehension - sequencing, drawing conclusions,
predicting outcomes, cause and effect, main ideas and
details, summarizing, fact and opinion, etc!
Communication - listening, speaking, writing

Phonics
Phonics (Modern Curriculum Press, 1995)
Consonants, vowels, consonant blends, contractions, plurals, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, etc!
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Social Studies
Resources will be Scholastic News and a wide variety of children's literature
Focus will be on Self and Family - for example:
• understanding specific roles in the family, school,
• community, and church groups
• how basic needs are met
• the need for laws and rules
• reinforcing values
• "Scholastic News" for current events
• "All Together" (Scott Foresman, 2005) School, community, work, earth's resources, country, world
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