BIBLE
- remember Bible stories
- give thoughtful responses
- believe the Bible is God’s word
- remember the overall story of the Bible as God’s plan of salvation
- learn songs related to Christian themes
- love God, others, self
- desire to serve God
- relate Bible to daily life
- witness to others
- show sensitivity to spiritual matters in prayer
MEMORY WORK
Students will participate in weekly memory verses. Verses are from the New International Version (NIV). Some of the passages include:
- Genesis 8:22
- Genesis 12:1-3
- Genesis 1:1,31a
- Genesis 22:17a
- The Lord’s Prayer
- Psalm 24:1,2,7,10
- Proverbs 3:5-6
- Luke 2:4-10
- Psalm 100
- Joshua 24:15a,c
- Psalm 119:11
- Psalm 96:1-6
- Psalm 24:1,2,7,8
- Psalm 150:1-6
- Psalm 23
- Psalm 139:14
- John 10:11,27,28
- Matthew 28:1-7
- John 3:16
- Matthew 22:37-39
READING, LANGUAGE, PHONICS, HANDWRITING & WRITING PROCESS
- understand that language is a gift from God
- read using phonetic, picture, and contextual clues
- read basic sight words
- read orally with expression
- determine cause and effect
- determine main idea
- predict outcomes
- draw conclusions
- compare literary information
- read fiction and non-fiction books
- introduced to dictionary skills
- study authors
- speak with voice appropriate to audience
- publish at least two pieces of writing per year
- write in journal at least three times each week
- write manuscript letters legibly
- write complete sentences using nouns and verbs correctly
- write using end punctuation
- recognize and use contractions
MATH
- understand God’s world as a world of order and precision
- tell time to hour and half hour
- count to 100
- count by twos, fives, and tens
- make trend graphs
- introduced to geometry and fractions
- give reasonable estimates
- know days of the week
- know addition and subtraction facts to 18
- count nickels, dimes, and pennies to $.99 and quarters to $1.00
- recognize and make patterns
- know place value through 99
- introduced to measurement concepts
SCIENCE
- recognize God as creator of the universe
- acquire basic scientific knowledge about God’s world
- develop an appreciation of the beauty of God’s world
- realize responsibility as image bearer in God’s world
- learn about nutrition: make healthy choices
- develop safety awareness
- learn about dental health
- learn how we grow
- participate in field trips to a farm and zoo
- living/non-living
- plants
- animals
- water/air
- sun, moon, earth
- weather
- matter
- machines
- magnets
SOCIAL STUDIES
- understand the uniqueness of each individual in God’s eyes
- understand we are children of God
- introduced to maps and understand use of maps
- acquire basic knowledge about family, community, and country
- develop an appreciation for the society in which they live
- develop an appreciation for the people with whom they interact
- learn about and celebrate holidays
- learn about key people and groups in our nation’s history:
Columbus, Pilgrims/Indians, Martin Luther King, Jr., George Washington, Betsy Ross, Abraham Lincoln, John Chapman
- learn about our nation’s capitol