Religion

• Identify specific ways God revealed Himself through all ages in the Old Testament as the one true God
• Understand the definition of Divine Providence
• Understand and identify prefiguring in the Old Testament
• Explain how God created the universe
• Describe how creation is the manifestation of God’s love
• Differentiate between evolution and creation
• Construct a hierarchy of creation
• Explain how Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promise through Biblical prophecies
• List ways the Holy Spirit was gradually revealed through the Old Testament
• Describe the role of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament
• Describe the covenant God made with his people in the Old Testament
• Recognize the importance of the Patriarchs of the Old Testament
• Identify the seasons of the liturgical year
• Understand the parts of the Mass, vestments and vessels
• State that in Hebrew Scripture, grade is ‘finding favor with God’
• Define ‘free will’
• Trace the roots of evil through the Torah
• Understand ‘original sin’
• State that a redeemer was promised who would conquer sin and death -- Jesus
• Understand the definition of virtue
• Understand the definition of conscience
• Give examples of ways to form a good conscience Understand the definition of intercession
• Recognize that we can pray to the Saints in the Old Testament who will intercede for us
• Understand the definition of chastity
• Understand the definition of modesty
• Describe marriage as designed by God to be permanent, faithful and life giving

Science

• Understand that new technologies may lead to new discoveries
• Understand and use the scientific method
• Understand parts of an experiment
• Use appropriate experimental design required to solve problems
• Know selected scientists and their accomplishments
• Know that scientific ethics demand that scientists must not knowingly subject humans and animals to harm
• Understand how atmospheric pressure affects the water cycle
• Extend and refine ways people reuse, recycle, and reduce resource
• Use to improve the quality of life
• List the layers of the atmosphere
• Understand the concept of air pressure and the factors that affect it
• Know the effects of the tilt of the earth on polar climates
• Know the relative position of the moon, earth, and sun during each phase of the moon
• Know that the planets differ in size, characteristics, and composition, and that they orbit the sun
• Know that gravity is the one force that keeps planets arranged in orbits around the sun, the moon, and the earth
• Understand the position of the sun, earth, and moon to determine the phases of the moon
• Compare solar and lunar eclipses describing the positions of the earth, moon, and sun during each
• Know the orbit of the earth is slightly elliptical and that the earth is closest to the sun in the Northern Hemisphere in winter
• Know that the angle that the sun’s rays strike the earth determines the amount of energy received and the season of the year
• Understand how heliocentric and geocentric models of the solar system differ
• Know that Kepler, Galileo, Copernicus, Ptolemy and their contributions to space discovery

Language Arts

• Read aloud narrative and expository text fluently with appropriate pacing, intonation and expression
• Identify and interpret figurative language, words with multiple meanings, similes and metaphors
• Recognize the origins and meanings of frequently used foreign words in English and use in writing and speaking
• Use context and word structure clues to interpret words and ideas in a text
• Recognize and explain ‘shades of meaning’ in related words
• Explain effective word choice, use of dialect and sensory or figurative language in poetry
• Distinguish between connotation and denotation
• Analyze word relationships
• Introduce word relationships
• Identify the structural features of various media
• Knowledge and use of text that uses the compare-and contrast organizational structure
• Use pre-reading strategies to aid in comprehension
• Connect and clarify main ideas by identifying their relationships to other sources and related topics
• Understand text by using graphic organizers and creating outlines, notes, summaries and reports.
• Predict ideas or events that may take place in the text and provide a rationale for ongoing predictions as the story develops
• Make inferences and generalizations about what is read
• Use a variety of prewriting strategies for different writing purposes
• Compose documents with appropriate formatting
• Follow multi-step instructions (written and verbal)
• Write notes, outlines, comments and observations that reflect comprehension content from a variety of contexts of sixth grade level or higher
• Recognize and use grade-appropriate grammar as a preparation tool for spelling and writing
• Use conventions of punctuation including commas, colons, semicolons, quotation marks and apostrophes
• Use correct capitalization
• Identify and use patterns and rules found in the English language for grammar usage and mechanics
• Introduce and recognize the appropriate time for formal and informal English based on audience and purpose
• Revise draft to a ‘publishable’ draft using an assessment rubric and peer’s notes as a guide
• Summarize main points and supporting details orally and in writing

Social Studies

• Create primary and secondary sources based on historical or current events
• Explain what can be learned from prehistoric people including the contributions they made to civilization
• Identify on a map where the earliest human fossil has been discovered
• Analyze the significant changes that took place in the way people of the Stone Age lived
• Illustrate major physical features of Egypt
• Analyze the role of geography in the development of Ancient Egypt
• Explain how the natural wealth of the first empires positioned them as leaders in an emerging society
• Evaluate the important contributions of Egyptian society to civilization
• Illustrate the order of ancient Egyptian society and the contributions each level of society gave to Ancient Egypt
• Explain the importance of Egyptian religious beliefs and how these beliefs affected daily life and also societal roles in Ancient Egypt
• Analyze the major achievements of the Mesopotamian evaluates the significance of Hammurabi’s Code of Law and its impact on ancient society
• Evaluate the influence of the cultural contributions of Mesopotamian civilizations summarizes the contributions of the Hebrews to both ancient and modern civilizations
• Analyze the role of the family in ancient Chinese society
• Evaluate the technological developments of the Chinese dynasties
• Analyze the impact of the Silk Road on trade between civilizations and Ancient China
• Compare the teachings of Confucius and Buddha
• Explain the significant developments during the reign of Kublai Khan
• Explain the significance of Greek religion in society