St. Theresa Elementary School educates the whole child, focusing not just on academics, but the spiritual, emotional, physical, and social well-being of each student as well. We believe learning is more productive in a safe, caring environment in which each student learns the values of respect, confidence, and friendship in a Christian-centric manner. STS staff works closely with parents as well to ensure across-the-board collaboration and understanding of goals and progress for each and every student throughout the elementary school years and beyond.
All STS elementary students take the following courses, as well as spelling, penmanship, religion, art, music, and PE.
Mathematics
1st Grade
- Shapes
- Days of the week, months, and how to read a calendar
- Count to 400
- Money
- Identify math operation symbols
- Add and subtract single digit and two-digit numbers
- Read bar graphs
2nd Grade
- Number sense
- Place value
- Two- and three-digit addition and subtraction
- Addition and subtraction with regrouping
- Tell time
- Count money
- Measurements
- Line, picture, and bar graphs
- Multiplication
- Fractions
3rd Grade
- Multiply by 10, 100, and 1,000
- Division
- Parts of fractions
- Add and subtract fractions
- Factors
- Multiples
- Comparing
- Add and subtract decimals
- Convert measurements
- Graph ordered pairs
- Identify points, line segments, lines, planes
- Label angles as right, acute, or obtuse
- Find volume
4th Grade
- Multiply and divide with two-, three-, or four-digit numbers
- Least common multiples
- Greatest common factors
- Simplify fractions
- Use mixed numbers
- Multiply with fractions
- Multiply and divide decimals
- Squares and square roots
- Graphing inequalities
- Finding mean, median, and mode
- Probability
5th Grade
- Divisibility by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
- Write remainders as fractions or decimals
- Multiply fractions and mixed numbers
- Divide fractions
- Multiply and divide decimals
- Find percent of a number
- Use negative integers
- Exponents
- Scientific notation
- Draw angles
- Find discounts and tax owed
- Write ratios
- Find unit rates
- Write a proportion
- Find area and circumference of a circle
- Surface area
- Order of Operations
- Solve equations
Reading
1st grade
- Identify characters, writers, and illustrators
- Genre differences
- Read for comprehension
- Find author/illustrator purpose
- Retell stories
- Compare stories
- Grammar
- Writing
2nd Grade
-
Phonics
- Vowel sounds
- Consonant sounds
- Blends
- Digraphs
- Reading strategies
- Genres
- Poetry
- Story elements
3rd Grade
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Read
- Informational texts
- Poetry
- Traditional tales
- Fiction
- Myths
- Poetry
- Folktales
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Examples:
- "Homer"
- "Jack Draws a Beanstalk"
- "The Trail of Tears"
- "The Raven: An Inuit Myth"
- The Big Cleanup
- "Paca and the Beetle: A Folktale from Brazil."
4th Grade
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Novel studies
- Because of Winn Dixie
- The Tales of Despereaux
- Holes
- Wonder.
5th Grade
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Novel studies
- The Ransom of Mercy Carter
- The Sign of the Beaver
- Julie of the Wolves
- Return to Cheyenne
- My Brother Sam is Dead
- Turn Homeward Hannalee
- Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- Number the Stars.
English
1st Grade
- Capitalization
- Punctuation
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Parts of speech
- Nouns
- Verbs
- Sentence structure
2nd & 3rd Grade
- Sentence structure
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Parts of speech
- Singular and plural nouns
- Past and present tense verbs
- Adjectives
- Pronouns
- Adverbs
- Contractions
- Sentence types
4th & 5th Grade
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Parts of speech
- Nouns
- Verbs
- Pronouns
- Adjectives
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions
- Interjections
- Appositives
Science
1st Grade
- How scientists work
- Science tools
- Inquiry skills
- Scientific method
- Difference between human and natural materials
- Difference between living and nonliving things
- What animals need
- How to care for pets
- Ways to group animals
- What plants need
- Parts of plants
- Difference between plants and animals
2nd Grade
- Work like a scientist
- Technology
- Animals
- Plants
- Different environments
- Earth's resources
- Earth's weather
- The solar system
- Changes in matter and energy
- Magnets
3rd Grade
- Engineering process
- Ecosystems
- Water cycle
- Weather
- People and resources
4th Grade
- Engineering process
- Ecosystems and energy cycles
- Earth and space
5th Grade
- Creation of galaxy
- Air masses
- Earth's rotational effect
- Topography
- Oceans
- Erosion and deposition
- Cell parts
- DNA, genes, and traits
- Mitosis versus meiosis
- Types of plants
- Elements
- Centripetal force
- Types of energy
- Pressure
- Speed of light
- Doppler effect
- Radar
- Sonar
- Resonance
- Magnets
Social Studies
1st Grade
- Rules and laws in a community
- Leaders
- The golden rule
- Voting
- Respect
- Rights.
- Working and playing together
- Living in a community
- What taxes are
- Different government services.
- Reading maps, the compass, and the continents
- Seasons
- Recycling
- Weather
- Citizenship
- American holidays
- Presidents.
2nd Grade
- Branches of government
- Government leaders
- Types of maps
- Using a map
- North American geography
- Family histories
- American history
- Heroes
3rd Grade
- Maps
- Communities
- Role of citizens
- U.S. Geography
- World cultures
- Ancient civilizations
4th Grade
- U.S. Geography
- Climate
- Conservation of energy
- pre-Columbian people of the Americas
- Regions of the U.S.
5th Grade
- Native Americans
- The 13 colonies
- Declaration of Independence
- American Revolution
- Women in the American Revolution
- Founding fathers
- Lewis and Clark
- Underground Railroad
- World War I
- Great Depression
- World War II
- Civil Rights movement