Mrs. Arleen Perkins
Email: aperkins@rcmbs.org

Religion: Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist, seasons and celebrations of the church, ways to live out our Catholic faith and deepen our relationship with Jesus, daily forms of prayer and journaling.

Math: Addition and subtraction facts, 2 and 3-digit addition and subtraction problems, geometry, money, time, fractions, probability, measurement, introduction of multiplication and division; IXL. Students will be given their log in information for IXL in the beginning of the year.

Reading: Variety of genres, story elements, oral and listening skills, reading comprehension skills which include main idea, supporting details, drawing conclusions, decoding, dictionary skills, making predictions, etc. Spelling City will also be used. Students will be given their log in information at the beginning of the year. 

Language Arts/Phonics/Writing: decode words, spelling patterns, parts of speech, proofreading, editing, mechanics, sentence structure, paragraph structure, different styles of writing, cursive writing.

Science: Major concepts of:

• Life Science: plants, animals, life cycles, classifications, habitats
• Earth Science: earth, sun, moon, stars, planets
• Physical Science: matter, energy, forces

Science labs will help incorporate all learning topics.

Social Studies: Map skills, geography, communities, community helpers, government, historical figures, economics, America’s history.

Handwriting: Strengthen print handwriting skills and the introduction to cursive letters.

Homework will be assigned every night, Monday through Thursday. Homework is due for the next day unless otherwise noted. IXL and Spelling City are also part of homework when required and written in their assignment pads. Please check your child’s homework assignment pad each night and make sure it is completed. All class work, and homework is expected to be completed in a timely matter if your child is absent. Please note that homework, class work, and class participation are an integral part of the trimester grades. All homework assigned is to help students practice skills learned and strengthen their abilities in the topics.

Spelling and vocabulary words for homework are words that are seen in our weekly stories that will be practiced in class through grammar, phonics, and other activities. Their spelling and vocabulary list is always pasted into their notebooks for reference for the week. Homework for spelling and vocabulary will be given Monday through Thursday. As all homework, this is due for the following day unless otherwise noted. Vocabulary and spelling words are attached in each student's vocabulary notebook and spelling notebook. Our reading/comprehension tests are also on Fridays. This is based on the story we read in our Treasure's textbook during the week in class. Students have the opportunity to bring home their textbooks Thursdays to review the story at home, and must return the book on Fridays. We will be using Spelling City for spelling and vocab. This is a great additional resources to use to help reinforce skills, and will be used in addition to weekly homework. All students will be assigned activites on Spelling City to be completed by the end of the week. 
 

Monday- Physical Education, Art, and Religion
Tuesday- Spanish 
Wednesday- Physical Education
Thursday- Music
Friday- Music, Spanish, and Technology