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Diocesan Math Overviews
     DFR Math Overviews Pre-K & Kdg    pdf
     DFR Math Overview Grade 1&2   pdf
     DFR Math Overviews Grades 3&4  pdf
     DFR Math Overviews Grades 5&6  pdf
     
     

Diocesan Religion Overviews
     DFR Religion Overview Pre-K &  Kdg   pdf
     DFR Relgion Overview Grade 1   pdf
     DFR Religion Overview Grade 2   pdf
     DFR Religion Overview Grade 3   pdf
     DFR Religion Overview Grade 4   pdf
     DFR Religion Overview Grade 5  pdf
     

Diocesan SS Overviews
      Pre K & K Diocesan Social Studies Curriculum Overview   pdf
     Grade 1 Diocesan Social Studies Curriculum Overview   pdf
     Grade 2 Diocesan Social Studies Curriculum Overview   pdf
     Grade 3 Diocesan Social Studies Curriculum Overview   pdf
     Grade 4 Diocesan Social Studies Curriculum Overview   pdf
     Middle School Social Studies Overview Cover Sheet   pdf
     U.S. History I - Diocesan SS Curriculum Overview   pdf
     World Geography - Diocesan SS Curriculum Overview   pdf
     

 

Pre K- Kindergarten Math Curriculum Overview - Adapted from Fall River Diocesan Curriculum Guidelines

DFR Math Overviews Pre-K & Kdg

PLEASE NOTE: These learner outcomes are presented and/or reinforced over a two-year period in Pre K (if applicable) and Kindergarten.  It is expected that students (by the end of Kindergarten) will be able to do the following:

Number Sense and Operations

1)         Count by ones to at least 20.

2)         Match quantities up to at least 10 with numerals and words.

3)         Identify positions of objects in sequences (e.g., first, second) up to fifth.

4)         Compare sets of up to at least 10 concrete objects using appropriate language (e.g., none, more than, fewer than, same number of, one more than), and order numbers.

5)         Understand the concepts of whole and half.

6)         Identify U.S. coins by name.

7)         Use objects and drawings to model and solve related addition and subtraction problems to ten.

8)         Estimate the number of objects in a group and verify results.

 

Patterns, Relations, and Algebra  

1)         Identify the attributes of objects as foundation for sorting and classifying (e.g., a red truck, a red block, and a red ball share the attribute of being red).

2)         Sort and classify objects by color, shape, size, number, and other properties.

3)         Identify, reproduce, describe, extend, and create color, rhythmic, shape, number, and letter repeating patterns with simple attributes (e.g., ABABAB…).

4)         Count by fives and tens at least up to 50.

 

Geometry

1)         Name, describe, sort, and draw simple two-dimensional shapes.

2)         Describe attributes of two-dimensional shapes (e.g., number of sides, number of corners).

3)         Name and compare three-dimensional shapes.

4)         Identify positions of objects in space, and use appropriate language (e.g., beside, inside, next to, close to, above, below, apart) to describe and compare their relative positions.

 

Measurement

1)         Recognize and compare the attributes of length, volume/capacity, weight, area, and time using appropriate language (e.g., longer, taller, shorter, same length; heavier, lighter, same weight; holds more, holds less, holds the same amount).

2)         Make and use estimates of measurements from everyday experiences..

3)         Use nonstandard units to measure length, area, weight, and capacity.

 

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

1)         Collect, sort, organize, and draw conclusions about data using concrete objects, pictures, numbers and graphs.

 


Grades 1-2 Math Curriculum Overview - Adapted from Fall River Diocesan Curriculum Guidelines

DFR Math Overview Grade 1&2

PLEASE NOTE: These learner outcomes are presented and/or reinforced over a two-year period in grades 1 and 2.  It is expected that students (by the end of grade 2) will be able to do the following:

Number Sense and Operations

1)         Name and write (in numerals) whole numbers to 1000, identify the place values of the digits, and order the numbers.

2)         Identify and distinguish among multiple uses of numbers, including cardinal (to tell how many) and ordinal (to tell which one in an ordered list), and numbers as labels and as measurements.

3)         Identify and represent common fractions (1/2, 1/3, ¼) as parts of wholes, parts of groups, and numbers on the number line.

4)         Compare whole numbers using terms and symbols (e.g., less than, equal to, greater than, <, =, >).

5)         Identify odd and even numbers and determine whether a set of objects has an odd or even number of elements.

6)         Identify the value of all U.S. coins, and $1, $5, $10, and $20 bills. Find the value of a collection of coins and dollar bills and different ways to represent an amount of money up to $5. Use appropriate notation (e.g., 69¢, $1.35).

7)         Demonstrate an understanding of various meanings of addition and subtraction (e.g., addition as combination—plus, combined with, more; subtraction as comparison—how much less, how much more; equalizing—how many more are needed to make these equal; separation—how much remaining).

8)         Understand and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., 8+6=14 is equivalent to 14-6=8 and is also equivalent to 14-8=6) to solve problems and check solutions.

9)         Know addition facts (addends to ten) and related subtraction facts, and use them to solve problems.

10)      Demonstrate the ability to add and subtract three-digit numbers accurately and efficiently.

11)      Demonstrate in the classroom an understanding of and the ability to use the conventional algorithms for addition (two 3-digit numbers and three 2-digit numbers) and subtraction (two 3-digit numbers).

12)      Estimate, calculate, and solve problems involving addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers. Describe differences between estimates and actual calculations.

 

Patterns, Relations, and Algebra  

1)         Identify, reproduce, describe, extend, and create simple rhythmic, shape, size, number, color, and letter repeating patterns.

2)         Identify different patterns on the hundreds chart.

3)         Describe and create addition and subtraction number patterns (e.g., 1, 4, 7, 10…; or 25, 23, 21…).

4)         Skip count by twos, fives, and tens up to at least 50, starting at any number.

5)         Construct and solve open sentences that have variables (e.g. +7=10).

6)         Write number sentences using +, -, <, =, and/or > to represent mathematical relationships in everyday situations.

7)         Describe functions related to trading, including coin trades and measurement trades (e.g. five pennies make one nickel, four cups make one quart, 11 nickels are worth more than 5 dimes).

 

Geometry

1)         Describe attributes and parts of two-and three-dimensional shapes (e.g., length of sides, and number of corners, edges, faces, and sides).

2)         Identify, describe, draw, and compare two-dimensional shapes, including both polygonal (up to six sides) and curved figures such as circles.

3)         Recognize congruent shapes.

4)         Identify shapes that have been rotated (turned), reflected (flipped), translated (slid), and enlarged. Describe direction of translations (e.g., left, right, up, down).

5)         Identify symmetry in two-dimensional shapes.

6)         Predict the results of putting shapes together and taking them apart.

7)         Relate geometric ideas to numbers (e.g., seeing rows in an array as a model of repeated addition).

 

Measurement

1)         Identify parts of the day (e.g., morning, afternoon, evening), week, month, and calendar.

2)         Tell time at quarter-hour intervals on analog and digital clocks using a.m. and p.m.

3)         Compare the length, weight, area, and volume of two or more objects by using direct comparison.

4)         Measure and compare common objects using metric and English units of length measurement (e.g. centimeter, inch).

5)         Select and correctly use the appropriate measurement tools (e.g., ruler, balance scale, thermometer).

6)         Make and use estimates of measurement, including time, volume, weight, and area.

 

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

1)         Use interviews, surveys, and observations to gather data about themselves and their surroundings

2)         Organize, classify, represent, and interpret data using tallies, charts, tables, bar graphs, pictographs, and Venn diagrams; interpret the representations.

3)         Formulate inferences (draw conclusions) and make educated guesses (conjectures) about a situation based on information gained from data.

4)         Decide which outcomes of experiments are most likely.



Grades 3-4 Math Curriculum Overview - Adapted from Fall River Diocesan Curriculum Guidelines

DFR Math Overviews Grades 3&4

PLEASE NOTE: These learner outcomes are presented and/or reinforced over a two-year period in grades 3 and 4.  It is expected that students (by the end of grade 4) will be able to do the following:

Number Sense and Operations

1)         Exhibit an understanding of the base ten number system by reading, modeling, writing, and interpreting whole numbers to at least 100,000; demonstrating an understanding of the values of the digits; and comparing and ordering the numbers.

2)         Represent, order, and compare large numbers (to at least 100,000) using various forms, including expanded notation (e.g., 853=8 x 100 + 5 x 10 + 3).

3)         Demonstrate an understanding of fractions as parts of unit wholes, as parts of a collection, and as locations on the number line.

4)         Select, use, and explain models to relate common fractions and mixed numbers (1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10, 1/12, and 1½), find equivalent fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals, and order fractions.

5)         Identify and generate equivalent forms of common decimals and fractions less than one whole (halves, quarters, fifths and tenths).

6)         Exhibit an understanding of the base ten number system by reading, naming, and writing decimals between 0 and 1 up to the hundredths.

7)         Recognize classes (in particular, odds, evens; factors or multiples of a given number; and squares) to which a number may belong, and identify the numbers in those classes. Use these in the solution of problems.

8)         Select, use, and explain various meanings and models of multiplication and division of whole numbers. Understand and use the inverse relationship between the two operations.

9)         Select, use, and explain the commutative, associative, and identity properties of operations on whole numbers in problem situations (e.g., 37 x 46 = 46 x 37, (5 x 7) x 2 = 5 x (7 x 2)).

10)      Select and use appropriate operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) to solve problems, including those involving money.

11)      Know multiplication facts through 12 x 12 and related division facts. Use these facts to solve related multiplication problems and compute related problems (e.g., 3 x 5 is related to 30 x 50, 300 x 5, and 30 x 500).

12)      Add and subtract (up to five-digit numbers) and multiply (up to three digits by two digits) accurately and efficiently.

13)      Divide up to a three-digit whole number with a single-digit divisor (with or without remainders) accurately and efficiently.

14)      Demonstrate in the classroom an understanding of and the ability to use the conventional algorithms for addition and subtraction (up to five-digit numbers), and multiplication (up to three digits by two digits).

15)      Demonstrate in the classroom an understanding of and the ability to use the conventional algorithm for division of up to a three-digit whole number with a single-digit divisor (with or without remainders).

16)      Round whole numbers through 100,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000. 10,000, and 100,000.

17)      Select and use a variety of strategies (e.g., front-end, rounding, and regrouping) to estimate quantities, measures, and the results of whole-number computations up to three-digit whole numbers and amounts of money to $1000, and to judge the reasonableness of the answer.

18)      Use concrete objects and visual models to add and subtract common fractions.

 

Patterns, Relations, and Algebra  

1)         Create, describe, extend and explain symbolic (geometric) and numeric patterns, including multiplication patterns like 3, 30,300,3000…

2)         Use symbol and letter variables (e.g. Δ. X) to represent unknowns or quantities that vary in expressions and in equations or inequalities (mathematical sentences that use =, <,>).

3)         Determine values of variables in simple equations (e.g. 4106 – Δ =37, 5 = μ + 3).

4)         Use pictures, models, tables, charts, graphs, words, number sentences, and mathematical notations to interpret mathematical relationships.

5)         Solve problems involving proportional relationships, including unit pricing (e.g., four apples cost 80¢, so one apple costs 20¢) and map interpretation (e.g. one inch represents five miles, so two inches represent ten miles).

6)         Determine how change in one variable relates to a change in a second variable (e.g., input-output tables).

 

Geometry

1)         Compare and analyze attributes and other features (e.g., number of sides, faces, corners, right angles, diagonals, and symmetry) of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes.

2)         Describe, model, draw, compare, and classify two-and three-dimensional shapes (e.g., circles, polygons—especially triangles and quadrilaterals—cubes, spheres, and pyramids).

3)         Recognize similar figures.

4)         Identify angles as acute, right, or obtuse.

5)         Describe and draw intersecting, parallel, and perpendicular lines.

6)         Using ordered pairs of numbers and/or letters, graph, locate, identify points, and describe paths (first quadrant).

7)         Describe and apply techniques such as reflections (flips), rotations (turns), and translations (slides) for determining if two shapes are congruent.

8)         Identify and describe line symmetry in two-dimensional shapes.

9)         Predict and validate the results of partitioning, folding, and combining two- and three-dimensional shapes.

 

Measurement

1)         Demonstrate an understanding of such attributes as length, area, weight, and volume, and select the appropriate type of unit for measuring each attribute.

2)         Carry out simple unit conversions within a system of measurement (e.g., hours to minutes, cents to dollars, yards to feet or inches, etc.).

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