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Preschool Three-Year-Olds Language Arts Recognition of name, sound, and picture for short vowels and consonants Formation of vowels and consonants in upper and lower case. Language development and listening skills that include color words, shapes, animals, transportation, countries, community helpers, health, safety, manners, science. Numbers Simple counting 1–25, Number concepts 1–10, Simple counting 1–30, Number concepts 1–15. Fine Arts Arts and Crafts Bible Stories
K4 Four-Year-Old Kindergarten Language Arts Phonics and Reading Recognition of name, sound, and picture of long and short vowels and consonants. Sounding of blends and one and two-vowel words. Reading of sentences and stories with one- and two-vowel words Language Language development and Listening skills that include color words, shapes, animals, transportation, countries, community helpers, health, safety, manners, science. Handwriting Formation of letters, blends, and words. Writing of first name Numbers Number recognition and counting 1–100, Number concepts 1–20, Numbers before and after 1–20, Numbers largest and smallest 1–20 Addition facts 1 + 1, 5 + 1, 2 + 1, 6 + 1, 3 + 1, 7 + 1, 4 + 1, 8 + 1 Bible Lessons such as Creation, Noah, Boy Samuel, Daniel, Boyhood of Jesus, Zacchaeus, Good Samaritan Fine Arts Music, Arts and Crafts
K5 Five-Year-Old Kindergarten Language Arts Phonics and Reading Recognition of name, sound, and picture of long and short vowels and consonants. Sounding of blends, one- and two-vowel words, and words with special sounds. Beginning phonics rules and special sounds. Reading of sentences and stories from twelve books containing one- and two vowel words and special sounds. Language Recognition of sentences by Capital letters and periods. Handwriting Letters, blends, words, and sentences. Name. Numbers Number recognition, counting, and writing 1–100. Number concepts 1–100. Numbers before and after 1–100. Numbers largest and smallest 1–100. Counting and writing by tens to 100. Counting and writing by fives to 100. Counting and writing by twos to 100. Number sequences by ones. Using number words 1–10 and first–tenth. Value of coins and dollar bill. Telling time. Using the calendar. Days of the week . Addition facts through 10. One-step story problems in addition. Beginning subtraction. Social Studies Community Helpers & Children of the World. America: Our Great Country (map studies, famous Americans and places). Science Plants : God’s Plan for Seeds. Animals: God’s Plan for Animals & God’s Plan for the Seashore. Health and Human Biology: God’s Plan for Me. Earth and Space: God’s Plan for Weather & God’s Plan for Seasons. Bible Lessons such as Creation, Noah, Boy Samuel, Daniel, Boyhood of Jesus, Zacchaeus, Good Samaritan Fine Arts Music, Arts and Crafts.
1First Grade
Language Arts Phonics and Reading Review of vowels, consonants, blends, one- and two-vowel words, consonant blends. Recognition and use of all phonics special sounds in reading Spelling rules: doubling consonants, dropping silent e, changing y to i . Oral reading. Language Capitalization of first word in a sentence, proper names, days of the week, and months of the year. Correct punctuation at the ends of sentences. Recognition of complete sentences. Words using suffixes, prefixes, syllables, compound words, rhyming words, opposite words, same meaning words, and contractions. Alphabetizing of words. Writing complete sentences and short stories. Creative writing. Spelling and Poetry Weekly phonics-based word list. Weekly test with phonics. Reinforcement activities. Handriting Review of letter formation. Daily seatwork practice in all academic areas. Arithmetic Number recognition, counting, and writing 1–1,000. Greatest and least. Counting and writing by tens, fives, twos, and threes. Number sequences. Ordinal numbers. Addition facts through 13 and three-digit addition with carrying. Subtraction facts through 13 and two-digit subtraction. Story problems. Numbers before and after by ones, twos, tens. Between numbers. Counting and combining coins. Telling time to the nearest five minutes. Recognizing odd and even numbers. English and some metric measures. Place value in ones, tens, and hundreds. Unit fractions. Reading a thermometer. Using a ruler. Multiple combinations. Concept of multiplication. Calendars. Reading pictographs and bar graphs. Developing listening skills. Roman numerals History and Geography This Is My America: My America’s Flag, My America’s Freedoms, Symbols of My America, Great People of America, My America Grows, My America Talks, My America Travels, My America Is Beautiful, My America Sings. This Is My World: Mexico, Peru, Virgin Islands,, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, England,, the Netherlands, Norway,, France, Germany, Switzerland,, Italy, Israel, Egypt, Kenya,, India, China, Australia, Guam,, American, Samoa. Science Health and Human Biology: Discovering Myself, Energy, Discovering My Toys. Animals: Discovering Animals, Discovering Insects. Plants: Discovering Plants. Seasons: Discovering Seasons. Health, Safety, Manners Health: Eating good foods. Exercising, Rest, Posture, Care of body, clothes, home. Safety :At home and away from home, On streets, playgrounds, water. Manners: At home, school, church, public. Fine Arts Arts and Crafts Bible Christian Liberty: Studying God’s World.
2 Second Grade
Language Arts Phonics and Reading Review of vowels, consonants, blends, one- and two-vowel words, consonant blends. Recognition and use of all phonics special sounds in, reading. Spelling rules: doubling consonants, dropping silent e, changing y to i. Oral reading. Language Capitalization of first word in a sentence, days of the week, months of the year, special, holidays, people, and places. Correct punctuation at the ends of sentences. Complete sentences, questions, and exclamations. Words using suffixes, prefixes, abbreviations, compound words, rhyming words, opposite words, same-meaning words, singular and plural words, singular possessive words, and contractions. Alphabetizing words and other dictionary skills. Word usage rules. Writing of complete sentences, questions, exclamations, and short stories. Writing letters and thank-you notes. Creative writing. Spelling and Poetry Weekly phonics-based word list. Vocabulary words and definitions second semester. Weekly test. Reinforcement activities. Spelling glossary. Cursive Writing Review of letter formation. Guided creative writing. Creative writing journal. Daily seatwork practice in all academic areas.
Arithmetic Number recognition, counting, and writing 1–10,000 and beyond. Numbers greatest and least 1–1,000. Counting and writing to hundred thousands, threes to 36, fours to 48. Ordinal numbers. Addition facts through 18, column addition, four-digit addition with carrying. Subtraction facts through 18, four-digit subtraction. Multiplication facts 0–5. Division facts 1–5. Story problems. Multiple combinations. Estimation. Rounding. Numbers before and after by ones, twos, threes, fours, fives, and tens. Counting and combining coins and bills. Telling time to the nearest minute. English and some metric measures.. Drawing and measuring lines to one-half inch. Developing listening skills. Calendars. Place value to thousands. Unit fractions. Making change. Reading a thermometer. Reading pictographs, bar graphs, and line graphs. Roman numerals. History and Geography America, Our Home: Our Flag. Our Patriotic Holidays. Our Songs. The People Who Built America: The Separatists. America’s Indians. The Colonists. America’s Pioneers. America’s Cowboys. The New Americans. Tomorrow’s America. Science Plants: Enjoying the Plant World. Animals: Enjoying the Animal World. Health and Human Biology: Enjoying Myself and Others. Earth and Space: Enjoying our Earth and Sky. Matter: Enjoying the Air Around Us. Energy: Enjoying the Air Around Us. Enjoying Things That Move. Conservation: Enjoying Things That Work. Together. Health, Safety, Manners Health: Posture. Nutrition. Exercise. Rest. Cleanliness. Diseases. Safety: At home and away from home. On streets. Around water. During bad weather. Manners: Politeness. Kindness. Cheerfulness. Respect. Thoughtfulness. Thankfulness. Patience. Table and telephone manners. Fine Arts Arts and Crafts Bible Christian Liberty: Studying God’s World.
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