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Within
this page you will learn about the curriculum we use here
at Saint Brendan Parish School. We are a fully accredited
school in the Archdiocese of Seattle. |
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Religion |
The Focus in Religion this year is the Four
Marks of The Church, learning to locate information in the
Bible and about the Sacraments. Each grade has prayers they
are to learn and show mastery in. Grade level prayers can be
found on the download section of the site. At Saint Brendan
we teach Second Step®,
Steps To Respect®, and Talking about
Touching. Our Text is Blest Are We |
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Math |
Math is currently under review. Staff
is working to align our math curriculum to the newly
released Core Content and and Strands. Our current text book
in Grade Three is Mathematics by Scott Forseman. We place a
strong emphasis of mastery of the basic facts. |
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Language
Arts |
Grades K-5 use Open Court which is an
integrated program.It is concentrated on reading and writing
and builds on the natural curiosity and imagination of
children. |
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Social
Studies |
The focus this year is on Communities
and is integrated with our Language Arts program. |
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P.E. |
Personal Fitness. Mr. Evans
strives to teach the children to be conscience of their body
levels and helps them learn what their target heart rate is.
Every Friday is Fitness Friday and the children participate
in a rotation of various fitness activities. |
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Technology/Library |
Mrs. Carlson teaches the students
about the library system and shares award winning stories
with them. In computer the students learn a variety of
skills ranging from keyboarding to use of Power Point and
other productivity programs. |
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Handwriting |
Beginning to learn cursive
writing. We use the Zaner- Bloser method. |
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Science |
Science is integrated throughout
Language Arts. Topics could include, cause and effect,
water, human body and the solar system.
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