For example, Religion classes focus on creation, signs of God, and how the students can become more like God. Language Arts is composed of Reading activities in the Scott Foresman reader including learning consonants, vowels, and blends in Phonics, and sentence structure in Grammar. The 1 st graders like to demonstrate their learning through creative expression such as creating sock puppets, designing their own books, going on scavenger hunts, and writing to pen pals. Second grade is an adventuresome year, studying about dinosaurs and animal habitats in science. Mathematics bring the class into addition and subtraction with regrouping.
Writing is a priority in English class.
This is a very special year in Religion. The 2 nd graders prepare for and receive their first Holy Communion. So, through out the year we grow in knowledge and spirituality. 3 rd grade is a time for mastery of skills learned in 1 st and 2 nd grade. Mathematics focus on multiplication and geometry, Language Arts emphasize mastery in decoding and encoding skills.