Saint Joseph School

• Continue to improve basic written expression skills, which include proper punctuation, accurate spelling, word choice, fluency, and organization
• Be re-introduced to the outline of a five paragraph essay – Introduction – Body (3 Paragraphs) – Conclusion
• Focus on each paragraph included in an essay response using 5-7 sentences in length
• Be introduced to the idea of poetry reading and writing
• Continue to self-edit any and all written expression assignments
• Begin to peer edit writing pieces
• Determine the correct usage of punctuation through written language
• Determine all forms of nouns; common, proper, singular, plural,and possessives
• Identify all forms of verbs; action, helping, linking, transitive, intransitive, and all tenses
• Determine and identify the differences between adjectives and adverbs
• Be able to identify a preposition and phrase in which is connected
• Construct a complete sentence using all forms of grammar and the seven parts of speech correctly
• Recognize and put into practice the process of paragraph formations
• Gain an understanding and implement the six writing traits
• Develop necessary skills and experience reading a variety of age appropriate and grade level novels
• Use literary evidence when reading appropriate grade level novels
• Identifyand explain the author’s purpose; persuasive, informative, and entertainment
• Identify, describe, and use literary skills and story elements correctly; identifying characters, setting, theme, main event(s), climax, resolution, foreshadowing, making predictions, inferring, and listing differences and similarities
• Read and evaluate nonfiction compositions and materials
• Use various forms of graphic organizers to evaluate written material; Venn diagrams, compare and contrast charts, and T-Charts
• Continue to build on grade level appropriate vocabulary and implement their knowledge throughout language arts

• The Characteristics of Cells
• Observing cells with a Microscope
• Cell Structure and Function
• Lab: Surface Area to Volume Ratio in a Cell

• Levels of Organization in Organisms
• Plant Bodies as System
• Animal Bodies as System
• Information Processing in Animals

• Inheritance
• Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
• Plant Reproduction and Growth
• Animal Reproduction and Growth

• Matter and Energy in Organisms
• Investigating Decomposers
• Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
• Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

• Parts of an Ecosystem
• Resource Availability in Ecosystem
• Patterns of interactions

• Biodiversity in Ecosystems
• Changes in the Ecosystem
• Maintaining Biodiversity

• The Fossil Record
• Patterns of Change in Life on Earth
• Evidence of Common Ancestry

• Genetic Change and Traits
• Natural Selection
• Speciation and Extinction

• Artificial Selection
• Genetic Engineering
• Human Senses

• Sheep Brain
• Frog
• Earthworm

Theology

• • God ordered all of creation to the good
  • All of God’s creation and communication with man is to communicate God’s love and goodness and to invite us to share that love and goodness

• • Salvation History 
  • The Moral Law 
  • 10 Commandments
  • The Mass, the source and summit of our Catholic faith
  • Family Life instruction

• • The Saints
  • Regular visits to the adoration chapel 
  • Observance of liturgical seasons. 
  • Personal Prayer
  • Rosary 
  • Stations of the Cross

English

Science

• Natural Resources
• The Distribution of Natural Resources

• Human Population and Resource Use
• Resource Use and Earth System

• • How does God share His Life and Love with us?
  • Why does God share His Life and Love with us?

• • Faith and Reason
  • Divine Revelation: Scripture and Tradition
  • Grace and Virtue
  • Salvation History
  • The saving mission of Jesus Christ
  • Family Life instruction

• • The Saints
  • Regular visits to the adoration chapel 
  • Observance of liturgical seasons. 
  • Personal Prayer
  • Rosary 
  • Stations of the Cross

• Mapping
• History, Culture, Geography from a worldview perspective
• Citizenship and Economic Systems ranging from the very first social groups to today’s political and economic systems
• Political Systems from a worldview beginning with Egypt and moving toward today’s political systems from a worldwide cultural perspective
• World Cultural Belief Systems
• Recognizing Primary and Secondary Sources
• Development of critical thinking skills in today’s worldview environment and applying Catholic Social Teaching of same
• Various speakers, field trips, and projects throughout the school year

• Apply correct usage of comma, semicolon, colon, and parentheses in appositives, complex and compound sentences, and essential and nonessential clauses
• Distinguish between essential and nonessential clauses, using appropriate relative pronouns
• Show correct usage of interrogative pronouns such as who and whom
• Identify and demonstrate correct use of verbals and verbal phrases such as participles, infinitives,  and gerunds
• Apply correct use of subject-verb agreement in written work
• Combine related clauses into compound-complex sentences to vary sentence structure
• Create and evaluate various types of writing such as persuasive, expository, research, and five paragraph essay
• Diagram sentences to show visual representation of the structure of a sentence
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings using context, affixes, or reference materials
• Analyze how literary devices are used to develop setting, reveal character, advance the plot, and contribute to meaning
• Analyze how an author’s choice concerning a text’s organization or overall structure contributes to meaning
• Compare and contrast information presented in different mediums
• Read, revise, and edit writing with consideration for the task, purpose and audience
• Read and comprehend informational text independently
• Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems 

• Kinetic and Potential Energy
• Transformation and Transfer of Energy
• project : Build a toy that teaches the transfer and transformation of energy.

• Temperature and Heat
• The Structure of Matter
• Properties of Matter
• Atoms and Elements
• Molecules
• Lab: Measuring Density
• Investigation of Pressure Changes
• Project: Build Models of Molecules

• States of Matter
• Changes of State
• Investigation:  Observing Changes of State

• Chemical Reactions
• Chemical Equations
• Investigation of Pressure Changes
• Thermal Energy and Chemical Processes

• Natural and Synthetic Materials
• The Life Cycle of Synthetic Materials
• Project Build a lunch container that keeps food cold.

• Forces
• Gravity and Friction
• Newton's Law of Motion
• Investigation Collision of Objects

• Magnetic Forces
• Electric Forces
• Fields
• Electromagnetism
• Forces experimental kits

Theology

• • Nature of the Church
  • Church History
  • Church Teaching
  • CHOSEN Confirmation program
  • Service
  • Family Life instruction
  • Personal role and vocation in the Church

• • The Saints
  • Regular visits to the adoration chapel 
  • Observance of liturgical seasons. 
  • Personal Prayer
  • Rosary 
  • Stations of the Cross

• Analysis of Proportional Relationships
  This includes: Computation of unit rates, understanding slope as a direct variation, comparing two proportional relationships both mathematically and visually as they appear on a coordinate plane.
• Application and Extension of Rational Number Operations
  This includes: A fluency of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with rational numbers; the relationship between integers, absolute value, and their distance on the numberline; conversion of rational numbers to decimals;
• Use of Algebraic Expressions and Equations
  This includes: simplifying and faction expressions; use of equivalent representations; writing and solving equations and inequalities; using estimation and mental computation strategies to assess reasonableness of solutions.
• Construction of Geometric Figures and Understanding the Relationships Between Them
  This includes: Understanding of scale drawings; using tools to construct shapes; knowing the formulas for measurements of two- and three-dimensional geometric figures and understanding the relationships between those measurements; and solving for missing measurements of geometric figures.
• Drawing Inferences of a Population
  This includes: Analyzing different data distributions using statistical measures, comparing the numerical measures of center, measures of frequency, and measures of variability; and understanding the purpose, efficacy, and validity of using random sampling when collecting data.
• Application of Probability Models.
  This includes: Determining the probability of a simple event; predicting outcomes and performing experiments that model theoretical probability; explaining outcomes; finding probabilities of compound events.