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K 3 & K 4

St. John Preschool is an early childhood based curriculum pooled from a variety of different sources in order to stimulate children from varying backgrounds and levels of achievement. Our curriculum consists of basic religion lessons, a beginning language program, math readiness, and motor skills development including art and music. Our children learn while playing in an atmosphere of exploration and discovery. St. John Preschool is a five day program. Hours for K3 are 8:00 – 11:15 and hours for K4 are 8:00 – 11:30. Children may be dropped off as early as 7:45.

Kindergarten thru 8

Students in kindergarten through eighth grade are to be at school from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Children may be dropped off as early as 7:45 a.m.

All children are expected to participate in all classes and activities during school hours.  Exceptions may be approved by the principal for reasons of health or special cases.

Grades kindergarten through fifth grade are self-contained with the freedom to place a child for instruction in the grade which best suits his/her needs.

Sixth, seventh and eighth grades are departmentalized according to subject areas.

St. John Curriculum Includes

Religion Mathematics Language Arts: Reading/English (including Accelerated Reader Program) Spelling/Phonics/Vocabulary Handwriting Social Studies/History/GA History Science Fine Arts: Art/Music/Violin/Band Computer Science/Library Physical Education including Health and Safety

All students have access to computers in the classrooms.

BOOK LIST
2006-2007
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K-4
SUBJECT	PUBLISHER	TITLE	COPYRIGHT
Religion	Loyola Press	God Made the World	1996

K-5
SUBJECT	PUBLISHER	TITLE	COPYRIGHT
Religion	Silver Burdett Ginn	Blest are We	1996
Religion	Benziger	Family Life	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading Readiness (WB)	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading (WB)	2001
Math	Sadlier-Oxford	Progress in Mathematics	2005

GRADE 1
SUBJECT	PUBLISHER	TITLE	COPYRIGHT
Religion	Silver Burdett Ginn	Blest are We	1996
Religion	Benziger	Family Life	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading Readiness (WB)	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading (WB)	2001
Grammar	McGraw-Hill	Grammar Practice Book	2001
Phonics	McGraw-Hill	Phonics & Phonemic Awareness	2001
Spelling	McGraw-Hill	Spelling Practice Book	2001
Math	Sadlier-Oxford	Progress in Mathematics	2005
Science	Glencoe McGraw-Hill	Glencoe Science Series	2002
Social Studies	McGraw-Hill	Social Studies	2003
Music	Silver Burdett	The Music Connection	1995

GRADE 2
SUBJECT	PUBLISHER	TITLE	COPYRIGHT
Religion	Silver Burdett Ginn	Blest are We	1996
Religion	Benziger	Family Life	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading Readiness (WB)	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading (WB)	2001
Grammar	McGraw-Hill	Grammar Practice Book	2001
Phonics	McGraw-Hill	Phonics & Phonemic Awareness	2001
Spelling	McGraw-Hill	Spelling Practice Book	2001
Math	Sadlier-Oxford	Progress in Mathematics	2005
Science	Glencoe McGraw-Hill	Glencoe Science Series	2002
Social Studies	McGraw-Hill	Social Studies	2003
Music	Silver Burdett	The Music Connection	1995
Religion	Loyola Press	God Made Me	1996

GRADE 3
SUBJECT	PUBLISHER	TITLE	COPYRIGHT
Religion	Loyola Press	Christ Our Life Series	2002
Religion	Benziger	Family Life	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading	2003
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading Readiness (WB)	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading (WB)	2001
Grammar	McGraw-Hill	Grammar Practice Book	2001
Phonics	McGraw-Hill	Phonics & Phonemic Awareness	2001
Spelling	McGraw-Hill	Spelling Practice Book	2001
English	Loyola Press	Voyages in English	2006
Math	Scott-Foresman	Math – Millennium Edition	2002
Math	Scott-Foresman	Practice Math (WB)	2002
Science	Glencoe McGraw-Hill	Glencoe Science Series	2002
Social Studies	McGraw-Hill	Social Studies	2003
Music	Silver Burdett	The Music Connection	1995
Spanish	National Textbook Co.	Viva el Espaňol	1992

GRADE 4
SUBJECT	PUBLISHER	TITLE	COPYRIGHT
Religion	Loyola Press	Christ Our Life Series	2002
Religion	Benziger	Family Life	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading	2003
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading Readiness (WB)	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading (WB)	2001
Spelling	McGraw-Hill	Spelling Practice Book	2001
English	Loyola Press	Voyages in English	2006
English	Loyola Press	Exercises in English (WB)	2003
Spelling	Sadlier-Oxford	Vocabulary Workshop	1999
Math	Scott-Foresman	Math – Millennium Edition	2002
Math	Scott-Foresman	Practice Math (WB)	2002
Science	Glencoe McGraw-Hill	Glencoe Science Series	2002
Social Studies	Scott-Foresman	Regions	2003
Music	Silver Burdett	The Music Connection	1995
Spanish	National Textbook Co.	Viva el Espaňol	1992

GRADE 5
SUBJECT	PUBLISHER	TITLE	COPYRIGHT
Religion	Loyola Press	Christ Our Life Series	2002
Religion	Benziger	Family Life	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading	2003
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading (WB)	2001
Reading	McGraw-Hill	Reading (WB)	2005
Grammar	McGraw-Hill	Grammar Practice Book	2005
English	Loyola Press	Voyages in English	2006
English	Loyola Press	Exercises in English (WB)	2003
Spelling	Sadlier-Oxford	Vocabulary Workshop	1999
Math	Scott-Foresman	Math – Millennium Edition	2002
Math	Scott-Foresman	Practice Math (WB)	2002
Science	Glencoe McGraw-Hill	Glencoe Science Series	2002
Social Studies	Scott-Foresman	The United States	2003
Social Studies	Scott-Foresman	The United States Workbook	2003
Music	Silver Burdett	The Music Connection	1995
Spanish	Power-Glide Foreign Language Course	Spanish Ultimate Year 1	2003

GRADE 6
SUBJECT	PUBLISHER	TITLE	COPYRIGHT
Religion	Loyola Press	Christ Our Life Series	2002
Religion	Benziger	Family Life	2001
English	Loyola Press	Voyages in English	2006
English	Loyola Press	Exercises in English (WB)	2003
Reading	Prentice-Hall	Literature	2002
Spelling/Vocabulary	Prestwick House, Inc.	Vocabulary from Latin & Greek Roots	2004
Math	Prentice-Hall	Middle Grades Math – Tools for Success	2001
Math	Prentice-Hall	Math Workbook	1999
Science	Glencoe McGraw-Hill	Glencoe Science Series	2002
Social Studies	Scott-Foresman	The World	2003
Social Studies	Scott-Foresman	The World Workbook	2003
Music	Silver Burdett	The Music Connection	1995
Spanish	Prentice-Hall	Realidades A/B	2004

GRADE 7
SUBJECT	PUBLISHER	TITLE	COPYRIGHT
Religion	Loyola Press	Christ Our Life Series	2002
Religion	Benziger	Family Life	2001
English	Loyola Press	Voyages in English	2006
English	Loyola Press	Exercises in English (WB)	2003
Reading	Prentice-Hall	Literature	2002
Spelling/Vocabulary	Prestwick House, Inc.	Vocabulary from Latin & Greek Roots	2004
Math	Prentice-Hall	Middle Grades Math – Tools for Success	2001
Math	Prentice-Hall	Math Workbook	1999
Science	Glencoe McGraw-Hill	Life Science	2005
Social Studies	McDougall Littell	Creating America	2003
Social Studies	McDougall Littell	Creating America Workbook	2003
Georgia Studies	Carl Vinson Inst. Gov.	The Georgia Studies Book	1999
Music	Silver Burdett	The Music Connection	1995
Spanish	Prentice-Hall	Realidades A/B	2004

GRADE 8
SUBJECT	PUBLISHER	TITLE	COPYRIGHT
Religion	Loyola Press	Christ Our Life Series	2002
Religion	Benziger	Family Life	2001
Religion	Loyola Press	Confirmed in the Spirit	2002
English	Loyola Press	Voyages in English	2006
English	Loyola Press	Exercises in English (WB)	2003
Reading	Prentice-Hall	Literature	2002
Spelling/Vocabulary	Prestwick House, Inc.	Vocabulary from Latin & Greek Roots	2004
Math	Prentice-Hall	Middle Grades Math – Tools for Success	2001
Math	Prentice-Hall	Math Workbook	1999
Algebra	Prentice-Hall	Algebra I	2001
Science	Glencoe McGraw-Hill	Introduction to Physical Science	2005
Social Studies	McDougall Littell	Creating America	2003
Social Studies	McDougall Littell	Creating America Workbook	2003
Georgia Studies	Carl Vinson Inst. Gov.	The Georgia Studies Book	1999
Music	Silver Burdett	The Music Connection	1995
Spanish	Prentice-Hall	Realidades A/B	2004

CURRICULUM
 

• K-3
  
  Social and academic objectives for K3 are met through linking literacy to play.
  
  Our children develop socially while learning:
  To get along with others, to be polite and fair
  To share with others with toys, games and experiences
  To explore new things and ideas
  To listen to stories and directions
  To look at books and learn how to use them
  To use new words learned from experiences, books, and picture
  To care for self and belongings: including bathroom and cleanup
  To play outdoors developing large motor skills, sharing, and taking turns
  To eat with others practicing good manners
  To think of others
  To protect self and to know who to turn to for protection
  To develop independence
  
  Our children develop academically while learning:
  To recognize and name numerals 1-10
  To relate numerals to sets of objects 1-10
  To count 1-20
  To recognize and name the eight basic colors
  To recognize and name the four basic shapes
  To begin to recognize the names of the letters and their sounds
  To spot differences in colors, shapes, letters, numerals, and sounds
  To develop fine motor skills, including eye-hand coordination
  To express themselves creativity through art, music and role play
  To develop listening skills including learning to follow directions
  
  
   

• K-4
  
  Pre-Kindergarten (K-4) Curriculum
  
  The following content areas are in alignment with the Georgia
  Pre-Kindergarten Program. In addition, the area of religion is also included.
  
  Language and Literacy Development—Children will develop phonological awareness, skills in listening, new vocabulary, and expand on expressive language.
  
  Mathematics—Children will begin to develop an understanding of numbers, will create and duplicate simple patterns, sort and classify objects, and develop a sense of space and an understanding of basic shapes.
  
  Science—Children will experience the world of science through explorations of the environment, and life, physical, earth, and health sciences.
  
  Religion/Social Studies—Children will develop a sense of their importance within their family, their community, and their church. They will also develop a respect for the differences in people. Basic prayers will also be introduced.
  
  Creative Expression—Children will be given opportunities to express themselves creatively through art, music, drama, and dance.
  
  Social and Emotional—Children will begin to develop social and emotional skills that allow them to successfully participate in society.
  
  Physical Development—Children will participate in a wide variety of activities designed to promote both gross and fine motor skills.
  
   

• KINDERGARTEN
  
  READING: Work on letter sound recognition, sequencing, sight words and beginning and ending sounds.
  
  MATH: Number recognition 0-32. Begin Addition and subtraction. Introduce measurement. Learn time / hour, 1/2 hour. look at geometric shapes.
  
  SOCIAL STUDIES: Talk about neighborhoods, community helpers, holidays, countries. Good Touch/Bad Touch.
  
  SCIENCE: Study weather, seasons, and space.
  
  RELIGION: Talk of God's love for us, our families, and the world.
  
  COMPUTER: Introduce students to basic computer vocabulary
  Discuss basic care of computers
  Use educational software to reinforce concepts taught in the classroom
  
   

• FIRST GRADE
  
  READING: Vocabulary building of over 400 words, strategic reading, and building comprehension. Enjoy stories.
  
  PHONICS: Work with ABC order, vowels, consonants, blends, digraphs, compound words, and decoding skills.
  
  MATH: Master basic skills to 10, fact families, patterns, and number relationships. Work with counting, place value, time, money, geometry, fractions, measurement, facts to 18.
  
  LANGUAGE: Learn basic grammar skills, parts of sentences, beginning writing.
  
  SPELLING: Learn to spell short vowel and long vowel words as well as special 
  words for writing.
  
  SOCIAL STUDIES: Includes Native Americans, Pilgrims, Columbus, Washington, Betsy Ross, Lincoln, Martin Luther King. Learn about families, where they live and things they need.
  
  SCIENCE: Cover units on living things, weather, seasons, magnets, Earth, water, health.
  
  RELIGION: Learn basic prayers, learn that actions have consequences, begin to understand and participate in mass, study Jesus and His love for us. Recognize that it is good to help others.
  
  HANDWRITING: Learn basic manuscript skills.
  
  COMPUTER: Recognize physical components of the computer
  Student participation in teacher facilitated communication
  Use educational software to reinforce concepts taught in the classroom
  
   

• SECOND GRADE
  
  READING: Phonics based skills, building comprehension, recognizing main idea, using critical thinking, inference and context clues.
  
  PHONICS: Review alphabetical order, study vowels, digraphs, diphthongs, consonant blends & diagraphs. Learn compound words, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, prefixes, suffixes, and contractions.
  
  MATH: Master addition and subtraction facts to 20. Work with 3 digit addition and subtraction, place value to 999, money, time, measuring, multiplication to 5X, simple division, geometry, fractions and problem solving.
  
  LANGUAGE: Grammar, composition, usage, poetry, book reports, study skills, listening and speaking skills.
  
  SPELLING: Dictionary & Thesaurus skills, proofreading, creative writing enrichment.
  
  SOCIAL STUDIES: Focus on neighborhoods and communities, stressing history, geography, economics, citizenship including lessons on other countries.
  
  SCIENCE: Use of maps and globes, charts, diagrams and time lines. Study interaction o living things, energy & motion, weather, dinosaurs, solids, liquids & gases, health.
  
  RELIGION: Study reconciliation, holy Eucharist, Prepare for First Communion Mass, Christian life, learn basic prayers. Recognize God’s gifts of family, self, life, love, and community.
  
  HANDWRITING: Review manuscript and begin cursive writing.
  
  COMPUTER: Continuation of basic computer vocabulary
  Introduce simple desktop publishing software to create stories
  Participation in teacher facilitated information gathering
  Introduction to brainstorming/webbing software to facilitate organizational proficiency
  Use educational software to reinforce concepts taught in the classroom
  
   

• THIRD GRADE
  
  READING: Increase vocabulary, comprehension, decoding skills, do word study, oral language development and structural analysis. Continuation of phonics skills.
  
  MATH: Work on place value, regrouping with 4 digits, learn multiplication facts to 12, division facts to 9, begin statistics, probability, measurement, time, geometry, fractions and decimals.
  
  LANGUAGE: Develop written and oral communications, build on dictionary and library skills. Continue grammar, correct usage, mechanics of English
  
  SPELLING: Work with vowels, clusters, endings prefixes, suffixes, compound words, contractions, dictionary skills, sentence building and use of Thesaurus.
  
  SOCIAL STUDIES: Study communities, geography, map skills, research skills, thinking skills, graphs and charts, time lines, and citizenship.
  
  SCIENCE: Study life cycles, roles of living things, matter, energy, solar system, Earth’s resources.
  
  RELIGION: Study Sacraments, Stations of the Cross, Learn to Pray the Rosary.
  
  COMPUTER: Demonstrates understanding of basic technology and follows established rules for the care and use of technology tools
  Continuation of brainstorming/webbing software to facilitate organizational proficiency
  Participate in class multimedia project
  Use educational software to reinforce concepts taught in the classroom
  
   

• FOURTH GRADE
  
  READING: Increase comprehension, including main idea, sequence, word referents, story mapping, summarizing, cause & effect.
  
  MATH: Review basic math facts, place value, multiply by one and two digits, divide by one and two digits, measurement, statistics and probability, fraction concepts, addition and subtraction of fractions, geometry, perimeter, area, and volume, dividing by two digits, addition & subtraction with decimals.
  
  LANGUAGE: Continue written and oral communications, speaking and listening skills, build on dictionary and library skills. Continue grammar, correct usage, mechanics of English.
  
  VOCABULARY: Study synonyms, antonyms, parts of speech, spelling and word associations.
  
  SOCIAL STUDIES: Study regions of the U.S. with a special look at Georgia, examine history, geography, economics, humanities, and citizenship. Use of maps & globes, latitude & longitude, time lines, flow charts, graphs, etc. Georgia history and geography are integrated.
  
  SCIENCE: Study weather & climate, magnetism & electricity, properties of matter, classifying living things, Earth’s land including shape, natural resources and recycling.
  
  RELIGION: Parts of the Bible, commandments, beatitudes, eternity, communion of Saints, reconciliation, prayer.
  
  COMPUTERS: Formal keyboarding instruction begins with emphasis on proper fingering technique. Grade is determined by passing a typing proficiency test.
  Introduction to Word Processing software using standard and formatting toolbars to create and edit documents
  
   

• FIFTH GRADE
  
  READING: Improve comprehension, thinking strategies for reading and writing, build competence in recalling, analyzing, inferring, synthesizing and evaluating.
  
  MATH: Review math skills using whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Learn skills in place value, probability and graphing, geometric concepts, customary units of length, capacity, weight, metric measurement, area, volume, ratio, proportions and percent.
  
  LANGUAGE: Writing skills include prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading & publishing. Grammar usages stresses rules of grammar, capitalization, and punctuation in sentence structure. Critical and creative thinking skills are also stressed.
  
  VOCABULARY: Study of words, definitions, parts of speech, synonyms and antonyms.
  
  SOCIAL STUDIES: Study of chronological events of United States History from the early settlements through the twentieth century.  Georgia history and geography are integrated.
  
  Science: Study includes systems in living things, the solar systems, populations & ecosystems, the Earth, matter & energy and light and sound.
  
  RELIGION: Learn more about each sacrament, Church creed, commandments, beatitudes, parts of the Bible and kinds of prayer.
  
  COMPUTER: Continuation of keyboarding skills using timed writings
  Proficiency in using word processing software
  Introduction to Desktop Publishing software to create flyers, cards, etc.
  Use Internet to conduct basic research with teacher guidance.
  Introduction to spreadsheet software creating simple graphs with teacher guidance
  
   

• SIXTH GRADE
  
  LITERATURE: Literacy skills emphasized include characterization, suspense and climax, plot, foreshadowing and cause and effect. Genres such as legends, myths, folktales, and poetry are studied.
  
  MATH: Mastery of math facts using whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Other areas of study include statistics and probability, geometry, measurement, ratio, proportion, percent, consumer math, integers and coordinate graphing, and an introduction to pre-algebra.
  
  LANGUAGE: Study skills and writing skills are practiced. Emphasis is placed on understanding and applying rules of language.
  
  VOCABULARY: Students study word families based on Greek and Latin roots. Study of spelling and of subject-specific vocabulary are also included.
  
  SOCIAL STUDIES: Sixth graders study world history and geography. Map skills are emphasized. The course of study is organized chronologically. Critical thinking skills such as cause-effect, classification, and analysis are taught.
  
  SCIENCE: Earth Science including formation of the Earth, rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, weather, oceanography, and astronomy. Catholic teachings on different scientific studies and theories are also studied.
  
  RELIGION: Old Testament with reference to parallel stories in the New Testament. Family Life components include family and community relationships, personal growth, development of the unborn baby and its birth, and personal responsibility.
  
  COMPUTER: Use proper keyboarding techniques with increasing speed and accuracy
  Internet Safety and Computer Ethics Unit
  Use webbing software to plan, create, and present simple multimedia project
  Introduction to spreadsheet software
  Identify basic technology tools. Recognizes and manipulates the physical components of the computer
  
   

• SEVENTH GRADE
  
  LITERATURE: Study is continued in recognizing and appreciating genres such as legends, myths, folktales, poetic devices and foreshadowing.
  
  MATH: Mastery of math facts using whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Other areas of study include expressions, equations, inequalities, integers, number theories, metric measurement, ratio, consumer math, area, volume, statistics and graphing, algebra, rational number topics.
  
  LANGUAGE: Review study methods, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and correct usage. Reference skills, listening skills and expository writing are also studied.
  
  VOCABULARY: Students study word families based on Greek and Latin roots. Study of spelling and of subject-specific vocabulary are also included.
  
  SOCIAL STUDIES: Seventh graders study U.S. and Georgia history through the Reconstruction era (1877). Critical thinking skills and map skills continue to be emphasized.
  
  SCIENCE: Life Science, cells, genetics, kingdoms, and organ systems. Catholic teachings on different scientific studies and theories are also studied.
  
  RELIGION: Seventh graders study the New Testament, especially the life, times, and teachings of Jesus.  Emphasis is given to living the Beatitudes and to living the Fifth through Tenth Commandments.  The D.A.R.E. program is also included in seventh grade religion class.  The family life component focuses on respect-for-life issues.
  
  
  COMPUTER: Use proper keyboarding techniques with increasing speed and accuracy
  Use webbing software to plan, create, and present multimedia project
  Creates, manages and utilizes information using spreadsheet software
  Introduction to database software.
  
   

• EIGTH GRADE
  
  LITERATURE: Studies include the novel, short story, poetry, nonfiction, drama, myths and folktales. Students build literacy, composition, and vocabulary skills.
  
  MATH: Mastery of math facts using whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Areas of study include equations, inequalities, integers, rational numbers, number theory, ratio, percent, consumer math, probability, geometry, measurement, and algebra.
  
  LANGUAGE: Knowledge and application of guidelines for written work. Review of basic skills and study of advanced sentence structures including participles, gerunds and infinitives. Practice of essay writing.
  
  VOCABULARY: Students study word families based on Greek and Latin roots. Study of spelling and of subject-specific vocabulary are also included.
  
  SOCIAL STUDIES: Eighth graders study post-Reconstruction U.S. and Georgia history. Essay-writing, analysis, and synthesis are emphasized.
  
  SCIENCE: Physical Science, which includes the fundamentals of chemistry and physics. Many theories and natural laws are discussed, and Catholic teachings on these theories and laws are also studied.
  
  RELIGION: Eighth graders spend first semester preparing for Confirmation. Basic Catholic teachings are reviewed, especially the creed, the gifts of the Spirit, Catholic prayers, the
  sacraments, and the marks of the Church. Second semester includes a study of Church history and the family life component, which focuses on peer and family relationships.
  
  COMPUTER: Use proper keyboarding techniques with increasing speed and accuracy.
  Operation of digital camera, scanner, and desktop publishing skills used to produce yearbook . Use webbing software to plan, create, and present multimedia project
  Creates, manages, and utilizes information using spreadsheet software.
  Introduction to database software
  Create web page using FrontPage
   

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