About the Teachers :

Mrs. Angela Odum
Lead 1st Grade Teacher
p: 317-786-4013 ext. 213
e: aodum@stmarkindy.org
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Mrs. Pen Ci
Instructional Assistant
p: 317-786-4013 ext. 213
e:mpenci@stmarkindy.org
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Religion



• Students will learn that God is our Father and the Creator of all
  
• Students will learn and participate in the Catholic tradition of prayer
  
• Students will celebrate the liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter
  
• Students will attend Mass once a week with the school community

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Reading

• Students will identify the elements of plot, character and setting
• Students will comprehend literature that is grade level appropriat
• Students will identify the main idea of a story

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Phonics

• Students will blend sounds to produce single and multi-syllable words​
  
• ​​Students will decode one-syllable words in the major syllable patterns ​
  
• Students will recognize common and irregularly spelled high-frequency words​
  
• Students will read words in common word families​
  
• Students will become familiar with root words, affixes, compound words and contractions

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Language Arts

• Students will recognize the components of a sentence (capitals, punctuation, etc.)
  
• Students will identify nouns and verbs
  
• Students will correctly spell words with common word patterns

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Math

• Students will demonstrate fluency with addition and subtraction facts within 20
  
• Students will use place value understanding to compare two two-digit numbers
  
• Students will solve real-world problems involving addition and subtraction
  
• Students will add within 100 using two-digit numbers
  
• Students will tell and write time to the nearest half-hour
  
• Students will define shapes as two or three-dimensional and classify their attributes
  
• Students will organize and interpret data

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Science

• Students will characterize materials as solid or liquid and investigate their properties
  
• Students will observe living organisms closely over time
  
• Students will classify living organisms according to their physical features
  
• Students will observe  basic needs for growth and survival (water, food, air, etc.)
  
  

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Social Studies

• Students will identify people and events observed in national celebrations and holidays
  
• Students will define rules and laws and the characteristics of a good citizen
  
• Students will identify the cardinal directions
  
• Students will discern between goods and services and consumers and producers

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