Curriculum

Epiphany of Our Lord School follows the curriculum guidelines of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The following is a brief overview of the subjects covered. (Download as PDF)

Kindergarten

  • ILA: Letter Recognition, Formation and Sounds, Sight Words, Early Reading, Reading Color and Number Words, Reading Readiness
  • Math: Counting from 1 to 100, Measurement, Graphs, Money, Telling Time, Addition and Subtraction, Math Readiness
  • Religion: Creation, The Importance of God and Jesus in Our Lives, Saints, The Church Year, Prayers (Hail Mary, Our Father, Glory Be, Angel of God)
  • Social Studies: Neighborhood & Environmental Awareness, Community Helpers, Geographic Skills
  • Science: Water & Air, Magnets, Machines, Cooking (following a recipe), Animals

First Grade

  • ILA: Reading- Decoding, Vowel and Consonant Sounds, Blends, Digraphs, Diphthongs, High Frequency Words, Library Skills. WritingSentence Structure, Grammar, Spelling, Listening Skills, Critical Thinking, Study Skills. Handwriting-Letter Formation, Keys to Legibility
  • Math: Number Concepts, Operations, Problem Solving, Mental Mathematics, Estimation, Geometry, Measurement, Reasoning Skills, Data, Technology, Telling Time, Conversion of Money
  • Religion: God the Father, Creation, Living in God’s World, The Catholic Church as a Community and Family, The Saints and their Impact on our Lives, the Church Year, The Introduction to the Sacraments, Prayers (Morning Offering, Hail Mary, Our Father, Angel of God)
  • Social Studies: Family Framework, Communities and Neighborhoods, Elections, Political History, Transportation, Introduction to Various Cultures and Map Studies
  • Science: Living and NonLiving Things, Weather, Matter, Caterpillars to Butterflies, Force and Motion, Magnets, Sound, the Solar System and the Senses

Second Grade

  • ILA: Grammar, Fiction/NonFiction, Library/Reference Skills, Use of Dictionary and Thesaurus, Poetry, The Writing Process, Various Forms of Composition, Cursive Handwriting
  • Math: Number Sense, Counting from 1 to 100, Number Patterns, Number Words, Ordinal Numbers, Skip Counting, Basic Facts of Addition and Subtraction, Place Value, Estimating, Problem Solving, Geometry, Measurement, Money, Telling Time
  • Religion: The Sacraments of Baptism, First Penance and First Communion, Celebration of Mass, Liturgical Year, Mary, Prayer and Worship
  • Social Studies: Meeting Basic Needs in Nearby Social Groups (Neighborhoods), Holidays, Historical People, Maps, Pennsylvania, Pledge of Allegiance
  • Science: Solar System, AnimalsVertebrates and Invertebrates, Insects, States of Matter

Third Grade

  • ILA: Reading-Vocabulary and Comprehension Skills, Story Elements, Main idea, Drawing Conclusions, Cause and Effect, Summarize, etc. Language Arts-Spelling, Writing Skills, Grammar Skills, Parts of Speech, Types of Sentences, Dictionary and Encyclopedia Skills, Fiction/Non-Fiction
  • Math: Addition and Subtraction up to Four Digit Numbers, Place Values Up to six digits, Multiplication with Regrouping, Division with 2-digit Quotients, Fractions, Decimals, Angles, Perimeter, Area, Volume, Time and Money
  • Religion: The Morning Offering, The Apostles Creed, The Ten Commandments, Mary and the Rosary, The Stations of the Cross, The Sacraments, Advent and Lent, Saints and Apostles, The Parts of the Mass
  • Social Studies: Communities, Map Skills, Geography, Natural Resources, Resources of Land and Sea, Resources in Urban areas, Community, State and National Government
  • Science: Basic Science skills, Life Science – Human Body, Cells, Tissues, Organs, Skeletal and Muscular Systems, Earth Science –Geology – Rocks, Minerals, Soil Formation, Weathering, Erosion, Natural Resources, Physical Science –Forces and Motion, Work and Machines

Fourth Grade

  • ILA: Literary Genres, Author’s Voice and Point of View, Reading Comprehension Strategies, Critical Reading Skills, Vocabulary Building, Forms of Poetry, Steps of the Writing Process, Writing for Various Purposes, Sentence Structure and Punctuation, Parts of Speech, Parts of the Friendly Letter, Spelling Strategies, Speaking, Listening and Study Skills, Library and Reference Skills, Penmanship
  • Math: Readiness Concepts, Algebraic Thinking, Number Concepts, Problem Solving Strategies, Four Operations, Properties of Operations, Probability and Statistics, Geometry, Measurement, Estimation, Mental Mathematics, Technology
  • Religion: God Our Father, Jesus Christ Our Savior, Mary Our Role Model, Ten Commandments, Eight Beatitudes, Sacrament of Reconciliation, Works of Mercy, Liturgical Year,Saints, Feasts, Prayers, Chief Truths of Our Faith, Developing our Conscience, Social Justice, Cardinal Virtues
  • Social Studies: Geography of Pennsylvania (PA), Native Americans in PA, Colonial PA, Life in Colonial PA, PA’s Part in the American Revolution, PA and the Industrial Revolution, Economy in PA, PA’s Constitution, US Constitution,Philadelphia
  • Science: Scientific Method, Oceanography, Systems of the Human Body, Nutrition, Meteorology, Earth’s Atmosphere, Matter, Plant and Animal Structure

Fifth Grade

  • ILA: Spelling, Vocabulary, Critical Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Speaking and Listening Skills , Study Skills, Literary Genres, Composition of Various Forms of Writing, Appreciating and Composing Poetry, Correct Usage of Grammar, Study of the Parts of Speech, Rules of Punctuation, Proper Syntax, Library and Reference Skills
  • Math: Four Operations of Whole Numbers and Fractions, Probability and Statistics, Geometric Concepts, Measurement in Customary Units and Metric, Problem Solving Skills, including MultiStep Problems, Use of Formulas, and Patterns, Mental Math, Number Concepts, Estimation, Technology
  • Religion: Sacraments of Initiation, Sacraments of Healing, Sacraments of Service, Major Beliefs about Mary, Mary and Christian Devotion, Days in Honor of Mary, Prayers, Titles of Mary, Shrines to Our Lady, Symbols of Mary
  • Social Studies: Geography of the Western Hemisphere, Map Skills
  • Science: Environmental Science, Animals, Sound and Light, Astronomy, Human Body Systems

Sixth Grade

  • ILA: Spelling-Strategies and Pronunciation, VocabularyMeanings, Usage and Relationships, Writing-The Five Steps of the Writing Process, Grammar-Parts of Speech, Sentence Diagramming, Reading Comprehension, Library Skills, Literature-Analyze, and Critique Various Genres, Exploration of Various, Age appropriate, Young Adult Novels, and Making Literary Connections through Cross curricular subjects such as History, Theatre, Art and Music
  • Math: Using Statistics to Analyze Data, Patterns and Algebraic Thinking, Four Operations with Decimals, Investigating and Using Fractions, Ratios, Proportions and Percents, Tools of Geometry, Geometry and Measurement, Algebra-Integers and Graphing, Exploring Probability, Problem Solving, Estimation, Mental Math, Technology
  • Religion: Old Testament, Choosing a Special People, Moses, Exodus and the covenant, Joshua, Judges, Kings, Important Queens, Prophets, Biblical Women, Christ Fulfills the Old Testament, Mary: Dogmas Believed, Days in Honor of Mary, Prayers, Biblical Places and Mary, Mysteries of the Rosary
  • Social Studies: Geography of the Eastern Hemisphere, Map Skills, Appreciation of Diverse Cultures
  • Science: Electricity and Magnetism, Motion and Energy, Chemistry, Geology, Cells (Microbiology)

Seventh Grade

  • ILA: Spelling-Strategies and Pronunciation, VocabularyMeanings, Usage and Relationships, The Five Steps of the Writing Process, Grammar-Parts of Speech, Sentence Diagramming, Reading Comprehension, Library Skills, LiteratureAnalyze, and Critique Various Genres, Exploration Age-appropriate, Young Adult Novels, and Making Literary Connections through Cross-curricular subjects, i.e., History, Theatre, Art, Music
  • Math: Interpreting Data and Statistics, Applications of Decimals, Algebra: Integers and Equations, Fractions and Number theory, Application of Fractions, Proportions and Percents, Geometry, Measurement, Probability, Algebra: Patterns and Functions, Graphing in the Coordinate Plane, Problem Solving, Estimation, Mental Math, Technology
  • Religion: Jesus, The New Testament, Liturgical Year, Saints, Feasts, Special People, Blessed Mary, Prayer, Sacramentals, Social Justice
  • Social Studies: U.S. History from Prehistory to 1840s, Applying Social Studies Skills
  • Science: Microbiology, The Six Kingdoms of Living Things, Human Biology, Health

Eighth Grade

  • ILA: Spelling-Strategies and Pronunciation, VocabularyMeanings, Usage and Relationships, Writing-The Five Steps of the Writing Process, Grammar-Parts of Speech, Sentence Diagramming, Reading Comprehension, Library Skills, Literature-Analyze, and Critique Various Genres, Exploration of Various, Age appropriate, Young Adult Novels, and Making Literary Connections through Cross curricular subjects such as History, Theatre, Art and Music
  • Math: Drawing Conclusions from Statistical Data, Integers and Variable Expressions, Equations and Inequalities, Graphing in the Coordinate Plane, Rational and Irrational Numbers, Application of Proportions and Percents, Patterns in Geometry, Functions and Polynomials, Probability, Number Concepts, Problem Solving, Solids, Measurement, Reasoning Skills, Mental Math, Technology
  • Religion: The Marks of the Church, Church History, Prayer, The Ten Commandments
  • Social Studies: U.S. History from 1840s to 1960s, Applying Social Studies Skills
  • Science: Chemistry, Earth Science, Astronomy, Oceanography, Energy Resources

Eight Grade Honors Math Curriculum

Concepts and Expressions, Relations, Functions, Formulas, Solving Equations and Inequalities, Linear Equations and Functions, Linear Inequalities and Absolute Value Functions, Systems of Equations and Inequalities, Quadratic Equations and Functions, Exponents and Exponential Functions, Rational Expressions and Equations, Polynomials and Factoring, Radical Expressions and Equations

Additional Subjects

  • Spanish Language (Kindergarten through Grade 8)
  • Honors Math (for students who qualify in Grades 4-8) – Honors Math classes work at an accelerated pace. The students complete a complete course in Algebra I prior to graduation.
  • Computers/Technology (Pre-K through Grade 8)
  • Music (Pre-3 through Grade 8)
  • Gym (Pre-3 through Grade 8)
  • Art (Pre-3 through Grade 8)