Academics

Kindergarten Curriculum

1st Grade Curriculum

2nd Grade Curriculum

3rd Grade Curriculum

4th Grade Curriculum

5th Grade Curriculum

6th Grade Curriculum

7th Grade Curriculum

8th Grade Curriculum

 

Kindergarten Curriculum/Key Learnings

BIBLE

• Understand studying the Bible can leads you to know God and learn to be like Him

• Understand that the God family – “God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit” work in perfect unity, yet are separate and unique beings

• Know that God is the Creator of the Universe and that He is everywhere at once and all-knowing

• Learn the story of the origin of sin and God’s plan of salvation

• Realize how you benefit from following Christ’s example in your daily life

• Understand that God depends on you to spread the Good News of salvation

• Understand how you show our commitment to God

• Know that people have similar spiritual gifts found in the Bible characters

• Understand the freedom to choose good or evil

• Explain the importance of prayer and praise

• Know the need to be thankful in all circumstances

• Know that Jesus is coming back

LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH

Literature

• Participate in shared reading from a variety of cultures and time periods

• Recognize rhythm and repetition

• Identify characters, settings and important events

• Distinguish between real and make believe

• Identify the title and the author of a book       

Comprehension

• Understand and apply pre-reading concepts: Left-to-Right Progression, print conveys meaning, picture clues, visualization

• Tell and retell for main ideas, facts, meaning and sequence

• Make simple predictions and draw conclusions

• Connect text to real life

Phonetics

• Begin to use graphic-phonemic knowledge to understand print

• Know sound/symbol relationship of consonants and vowels

• Recognize when letters, words or sounds are the same or different

• Recognize and produce pairs of rhyming words

Vocabulary

• Recognize first and last name

• Begin to use context clues to predict new words

• Begin to understand key words (e.g., directional, safety, colors, etc.)

• Begin to identify basic sight words from a story

 

Writing Conventions, Structure and Grammar

• Practice forming letters using uninterrupted strokes

• Write with left-to-right progression

• Practice upper and lower case letter formation

• Begin to write letters/words in isolation

• Write first name

• Begin using phonetic and spelling strategies

• Begin to use ending punctuation

Writing Modes

• Begin to express ideas through pre-writing activities

Writing Process

• Practice the writing process of writing, publishing and sharing

• Dictate or write a personal experience in sequential order

• Participate in the development of class stories

• Use illustrations to support story details

Communication

• Listen to and follow directions

• Listen and respond to rules of conversation

• Speak clearly, in complete sentences

MATH

Algebra

• Recognize and search for patterns in everyday situations

• Identify, describe and extend two and three part patterns using sounds, objects and symbols

• Locate missing numbers in a counting sequence or on a number line

Operations

• Combine and separate sets of objects

• Introduce addition and subtraction concepts and their symbols (e.g., +, -)

• Explore the basic addition and subtraction facts to 10

Data Analysis/ Probability

• Collect, tally, organize, display and describe simple data with pictographs and graphs

• Carry out simple experiments and compare predicted and actual outcomes

• Determine probability of a given event (e.g., equally likely, most likely, impossible)

Geometry

• Understand geometric terms

• Sort, classify and describe plane and solid geometric shapes

Measurements

• Identify yesterday, today, tomorrow, and morning, afternoon, evening as related to calendars and clocks

• Know the twelve months of the year and the seven days of the week in order

• Measure objects with a variety of non-standard units

• Know concepts of longer and shorter, lighter and heavier, more and less

• Begin to identify coins and bills and know their value

Numbers

• Establish one-to-one correspondence between objects and numbers

• Write numerals 0-10 correctly

• Count and use whole numbers up to 20 by reading, writing, ordering, modeling and comparing

• Use ordinal numbers to indicate position first through tenth

• Introduce fraction concepts (whole, half, equal, unequal)

Problem Solving, Reasoning

• Use correct objects and counting skills to create number stories

• Record results of simple number stories using digits and symbols

• Select relevant information and appropriate mathematical strategies in oral story problems

• Formulate and solve problems from everyday situations

• Expand and defend the process used to solve a problem

SCIENCE

Physical  

• Understand the states of matter

• Apply an understanding of light

• Apply an understanding of measurement

• Apply an understanding of heat sources

• Draw a conclusion about forces need to move objects

• Deduce the relative mass of objects

• Make an inference about the effects of force

Life

•  Classify living things

• Sequence growth and development patterns of organisms

• Identify an animal by its environment

• Identify living and non-living things

• Relate the structure of living things to their functions

• Use observations to group organisms

• Sequence stages of animal development

• Identify senses used to gather data

• Associate products with their sources

• Identify organs by their function

Earth and Space

• Associate the sun with its functions

• Apply an understanding of seasonal characteristics

• Identify sources of water

• Associate water with its characteristics

• Evaluate methods of helping the environment 

• Apply an understanding of pollution

Health 

• Identify common hazards and practice safety rules

• Demonstrate appropriate work and play behaviors

• Determine cause and effect of health relationships

• Evaluate the relative value of different foods to meet nutritional needs

Scientific Inquiry

• Make observations

• Ask questions or form hypotheses based on these observations

• Plan a simple investigation

• Collect data from the investigation

• Use the data collected from the investigation to explain the results

• Safely use and store tools and equipment  

Service/Career Options:

• Explore ways to use Physical, Life, Health, and/or Earth Science to serve the community

• Identify careers in areas of Science

SOCIAL STUDIES

History: Yourself (Time, Families, Holidays)

• Understand that God has a plan for your life

• Introduce calendar time: days, weeks, months, birthdays, holidays

• Understand your roll in your family

• Explore the contributions of the lives of people in past and present

Civics:

• Understand basic safety rules

• Understand individual roles in groups and government

• Understand the relationship between home, school and the community

• Appreciate and respect diversity

• Know the importance of Christian citizenship

• Develop responsibility through good decision making

Geography: 

• Know where you live

• Know what it is like where you live (e.g., weather, topography)

Economics:

• Understand that community helpers are paid for the services they provide

• Explore basic information about transportation and communication

• Know that a price is the amount a person pays when they buy goods or services

• Know the major services provided by the community

• Know that some of the goods and services we receive are provided by the government

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

 Motor Skills        

• Engage in basic locomotor movements (e.g., run, hop, jump, skip)

• Engage in basic non-locomotor skills (e.g., twisting, stretching, lifting)

• Balance on a variety of body parts (leg and hand, right foot, etc.)

Concepts

• Become aware that God created us to perform life-long physical activities

Positive Attributes

• Follow rules and procedures

• Understand importance of safety in movement activities

• Use equipment and space safely and properly

Interpersonal Skills

• Work cooperatively

Technology

• Demonstrate proper use and care of computers and other audio-visual equipment

• Begin learning basic keyboarding

• Use a variety of electronic resources to enhance learning and access information

• Use computers to express ideas with drawing and word processing software

• Begin learning correct use of computer terms

• Practice courtesy and sharing of computer time

                Art

• Use experience and imagination to make visual art works 

• Begin to use tools properly for drawing, painting, printing and sculpture

• Explore colors and the use of lines, shapes and textures 

• Explore a variety of media to create art work 

• Describe visual works of art and give reasons for preference

• Develop awareness of connections between visual art and other curricula

• View art created at different times and in different cultures

Music

• Initiate a steady beat

• Begin echo singing

• Sing with instrumental accompaniment

• Discern when a verse has ended and a chorus has begun

• Listen to band and orchestra music

• Sing scripture songs and children’s hymns

 

1st Grade Curriculum/Key Learnings

BIBLE

Belonging to His Family: The Heavenly Family, Families of the Bible and the Church

• Understand that studying Bible leads you to understand God

• Understand that God is worthy of your adoration and trust

• Know that God is the creator, and still loves and cares for you

• Understand that before the Fall, Adam and Eve lived in the perfect light of God’s presence

• Know that eternal death is the consequence of sin

• Identify spiritual gifts given to Old Testament Bible characters

• Understand the importance of being an active witness for Jesus

• Understand Jesus will reunite all families who love Him

LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH

Literature

• Learn to read, listen to and participate in shared reading of a variety of literary forms

• Identify and describe the elements of character, setting, plot, main events and problems in a story

• Recognize rhythm, repetition and alliteration

• Identify the story’s beginning, middle and end

• Locate the title, table of contents, author(s) and illustrator(s)   

Comprehension

• Identify main idea

• Identify cause and effect to make simple predictions

• Tell and retell a story for facts, meanings and sequence

• Use appropriate self-correcting reading strategies

• Distinguish factual/nonfactual and reality/fantasy

• Respond to who, what, when, where and how questions

• Locate information using illustrations, tables, charts, graphs, diagrams, headings and tables of contents

Phonetics

• Begin to decode unknown words

• Practice to distinguish initial, medial and final sounds in single-syllable words

• Practice to distinguish long and short vowel sounds in single-syllable words

• Begin to create and recite rhyming words including those with consonant blends

• Begin to read fluently one-syllable words

• Begin to apply knowledge of vowel digraphs and r-controlled vowels

• Begin to read single-syllable words with long vowel sounds controlled by silent “e”

• Begin to read common irregular sight words accurately and fluently

• Begin to read inflectional forms (e.g., look, looked, looking)

• Begin to read common word families

• Begin to read contractions

• Alphabetize words by first letter

• Read at a target rate of 40-60 words correct per minute

Vocabulary

• Continue to use context clues to predict new words

• Continue to build understanding of key words from a story

• Understand word relationships (e.g., synonyms)

Writing Conventions, Structure and Grammar

• Capitalize sentence beginnings, proper nouns, pronoun "I"

• Begin to develop proper sentence and paragraph structure

• Use correct subject/verb agreement

• Continue using phonetic spelling strategies

• Spell grade appropriate words, sight and cvc words

• Leave appropriate space between letters and words

• Write all letters of the alphabet accurately and in directionally correct form

• Continue correct formation of lower case/upper case letters

• Use basic ending punctuation rules

Writing Modes

• Use a variety of forms to express ideas for different audiences: pictures, stories, poetry, journal, letters

• Write narratives containing two or more sequenced events

• Practice descriptive writing of a real object, person and place

• Write simple instructions

Writing Process

• Practice the writing process of writing, publishing and sharing

• Brainstorm words and write for a specific purpose

• Use illustrations to convey ideas

• Write complete sentences 

• Sequence two or more events in story form

• Practice writing a main idea sentence with two sentences containing supporting details

• Spell grade appropriate words

Communication

• Listen, respond and make contributions to group discussions

MATH

Algebra

• Recognize and continue a wide variety of patterns with numbers, shapes and objects

• Identify missing numbers on a number line or in a number sentence

Operations

• Understand addition and subtraction facts and strategies to 20

• Begin to understand addition and subtraction fact families

•  Instantly recall addition and subtraction facts to 10

• Understand the addition and subtraction properties of 0

• Perform one and two digit addition and subtraction of whole numbers without regrouping

• Model equality and non-equality by comparing sets with known and unknown quantities

• Recognize whether or not a given estimate is reasonable

• Represent and describe mathematical relationships using objects, words and numerals

• Introduce mental math strategies for computation

Data Analysis/ Probability

• Collect, organize, display, and describe simple data with graphs, charts, and tables

• Carry out simple experiments and compare predicted and actual outcomes

• Determine probability of real life events (e.g., weather, game outcomes, etc.)

Geometry

• Understand geometric terms

• Identify, sort and draw simple geometric shapes

• Introduce the concept of symmetry

Measurements

• Tell time to the hour and half-hour using standard and digital clocks

• Estimate and measure length, capacity, temperature and weight using standard measures

• Use comparative words related to length, capacity, temperature, distance and weight

• Understand that there are two systems of measurement (standard and metric)

• Count money to one dollar using various coins

Numbers

• Identify whole numbers and count 1-100

• Determine sequencing of numbers on a number line and skip count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s to 100

• Begin to understand ordinals and whole number place value to 100

• Compare numbers using appropriate symbols (+, -,x )

• Use models to distinguish between wholes and fractional parts

Problem Solving

• Use concrete objects and correct terminology to create number stories

• Write a number sentence that describes a given story problem or situation

• Present a problem’s main idea clearly and validate solution using words and models

• Recognize that different strategies can be used to solve a problem

• Sort objects into sets according to common characteristics

SCIENCE (Grade Level Rotated)

Physical: Electricity/Magnetism, Force/Motion, Energy/Work

• Define electricity and describe electrical fields of force

• Recognize that electricity in circuits produces light, heat, sounds and magnetic effects

• Compare the force of various magnets

• Investigate how magnets interact with each other

• Define force and gravity

• Describe how physical forces affect an object’s movement

• Define energy and identify common types and uses

• Define work

•  Identify simple and compound machines and their relationships

Life: Plants/Animals: Biomes/Habitats, Life Cycles, Characteristics, Classification; The Senses

• Identify various ecosystems (grasslands, forests, wetlands, desert, etc.) and the organisms that live there 

• Understand growth processes and life cycles of plants

• Describe the basic needs of living things

• Describe how animals gather and store food, defend themselves and find shelter

• Recognize characteristics that are similar and different between related and unrelated organisms

• Identify the senses and their functions and describe how they contribute to learning

Earth: Solar System: Sun, Earth, Moon, Seasons

• Identify the Sun as the source of heat and light to Earth and explain why the Sun is necessary for life on Earth

• Identify Earth as one of the Sun’s planets

• Understand that Earth revolves around the Sun and the moon is Earth’s satellite

•  Identify and trace the movement of objects in the sky, including the orbits of the Earth and moon

• Recognize how Earth’s orbit influences the seasons

• Compare and contrast the seasons

Health: Care and Basic Structures of Teeth, Eyes, Ears, Skin

• Describe structures, functions and personal hygiene of the sense organs

• Describe structure, function and personal hygiene of teeth

Scientific Inquiry

• Make observations

• Ask questions or form hypotheses based on these observations

• Plan a simple investigation

• Collect data from the investigation

• Use the data collected from the investigation to explain the results

• Safely use and store tools and equipment

 

Service/Career Options:

• Explore ways to use Physical, Life, Health, and/or Earth Science to serve the community

• Identify careers in areas of Science

SOCIAL STUDIES (Grade Level Rotated)

History: Families (Time, Families: Past and Present, Holidays)

• Understand that God has a plan for your family

• Identify calendar time: days, weeks, months, birthdays, holidays

• Develop a personal picture timeline of your family’s history

• Know family history through two generations

• Discuss family traditions

• Explore families in history (e.g., early settlers, Native people, national leaders, missionaries)

• Understand why national, cultural and religious holidays are celebrated

• Know the history of American symbols (e.g., the eagle, the Liberty Bell, flag)

Civics:  Ideas about Civic Life, Politics and Government

• Understand basic safety rules

• Understand individual roles in groups and government

• Understand the relationship between home, school and the community

• Appreciate diversity in people

• Know current local and national leaders

• Know the importance of Christian citizenship

• Develop responsibility through good decision making

Geography: Understand Geographic Features and Patterns of the Environment

• Read and identify simple maps, globes and graphics

• Locate where your family lives on maps of your neighborhood, community, state, country and world

• Understand the climate of your community in which you live

• Recognize the importance and distribution of and changes in natural resources

Economics

• Understand responsibilities of Christian stewardship (tithing, spending, saving, giving)

• Identify how community helpers provide services for your family

• Know the major services provided by the community

• Know how families earn and spend money

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Motor Skills

• Demonstrate basic locomotor skills (e.g., run, hop, jump, skip)

• Demonstrate basic non-locomotor skills (e.g., twisting, stretching, lifting)

• Use a variety of basic object-control skills

• Understand basic movement concepts (personal space, fast/slow, low/high)

• Use body control in balance and weight-bearing activities

Concepts

• Engage in activities that include flexibility, cardiovascular exertion and endurance development

• Know the physiological indicators (e.g., perspiration, increased heart rate, breathing rate)

• Know how to measure heart rate

• Understand the importance of playing, cooperating and respecting others during physical activity

• Work cooperatively

• Incorporate rules and safety procedures into physical activity

• Understand that God created you to have life-long physical activity

• Understand health benefits of physical activity

 

TECHNOLOGY

• Demonstrate proper use and care of computers and other audio-visual equipment

• Begin learning basic keyboarding and computer terms

• Use a variety of electronic resources to enhance learning and access information

• Learn about technology related occupations

• Learn about the role of technology in business and the home

• Practice courtesy and sharing of computer time

ART         

• Use subject matter from environment, nature and other cultures 

• Make paintings, collages and three-dimensional art work

• Begin to create art work by using elements of design 

• Explore a variety of computer programs to create art 

• Learn the correct and safe use of materials 

•  Describe visual works of art and give reasons for preference 

• Begin to make connections to works of art and general themes 

• Begin to understand that art is created at different times and in different cultures

MUSIC

• Maintain a steady beat

• Understand the value of half and quarter notes

• Identify and play pitched and un-pitched classroom instruments

• Sing songs with simple accompaniment patterns

• Recognize the AB pattern

• Recognize difference in tones of human voices

• Learn hymns of praise

• Participate in Musicals

 

2nd Grade Curriculum/Key Learnings

BIBLE

Exploring His Power:  Through Creation, the Israelites, Jesus and the Early Church

• Begin to be familiar with the way the Bible is organized

• Know that Bible lessons can be used to help us in our everyday life

• Know that God is everywhere, all-powerful and all-knowing

• Understand that the “God Family” created the world and is one way God reveals Himself to humanity

• Understand that Adam and Eve were created to have a perfect relationship with God

• Know the story of Jesus’ birth, death and resurrection

• Realize that salvation is a free gift when you accept Jesus as our Savior

•  Understand that although your sins are forgiven, there are still consequences to your choices

• Identify one’s spiritual gifts and acknowledge those given to others

• Understand that a consistent prayer life brings peace, protection and answers

• Know that God wants you to trust Him to provide our needs

• Understand that worship and obedience is a natural response to Christ’s work in your life

• Understand the importance of preparing for Christ’s return

• Know that God has forgiven you and has the power to resurrect you

LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH

Literature

• Continue to read, listen to and participate in shared reading from a variety of cultures and time periods

• Continue to identify the literary elements of character, setting, plot, main events, problems, etc.

• Recognize rhythm, rhyme, repetition, alliteration, dialogue and personification 

•  Make simple inferences regarding the order of events and possible outcomes

• Relate selections to other texts, life experiences, issues or events

Comprehension

• Tell and retell a story for facts, meaning and sequence

• Practice identification of cause and effect to make simple predictions

• Use appropriate self-correcting reading strategies

• Practice distinguishing factual/nonfactual and reality/fantasy

• Respond to who, what, when, where and how questions

• Extend skill to locate, understand and interpret information using illustrations, charts, graphs, diagrams, glossaries, indexes, headings, tables, tables of contents

Phonetics

• Continue to develop knowledge and use of complex word families

• Continue to decode unknown words using basic elements of structural and phonetic analysis

• Recognize and use knowledge of spelling patterns (e.g., diphthongs, special vowel spellings)

• Practice how to recognize common irregularly-spelled words

• Develop knowledge of basic syllabication rules

• Begin to recognize and correctly use regular and irregular plurals

• Begin to recognize common abbreviations

• Read aloud grade appropriate text fluently with appropriate expression

• Alphabetize a list of words to the second letter

• Read at a target rate of 90-100 words correct per minute by the end of second grade

Vocabulary

• Continue to use context clues to predict new words

• Continue to build understanding of key words and reading vocabulary

• Develop and understand word relationships (e.g., synonyms, antonyms)

• Begin to use knowledge of individual words to predict meanings of compound words

• Begin to learn the meanings of simple prefixes and suffixes

Writing Conventions, Structure and Grammar

• Spell high frequency sight words

• Use appropriate margins

• Use appropriate spacing between words and letters

• Use correct subject/verb agreement

• Begin to group ideas by gathering information using listing, webbing, and other strategies

• Understand word and sentence order

• Begin to develop paragraphing with one topic

• Use commas in dates, items in a series, and greeting/closure of a letter

• Use apostrophes in common contractions

• Use basic rules of punctuation correctly

Writing Modes

• Begin to write in several modes according to ability level: narrative, descriptive, expository

• Continue to use a variety of writing to express ideas for different audiences: pictures, stories, poetry, journal, letters, paragraphs

Writing Process

• Continue to practice the writing process: prewriting, writing, revising, editing, publishing

• Use visual representation when appropriate to convey an idea

• Write complete sentences with varied beginnings

• Use a variety of descriptive words in writing activities

• Spell grade appropriate words

• Begin to practice using the three writing traits of organization, conventions and ideas to self-reflect

Communication

• Continue to contribute to Group/Class discussions

• Listen to and recite familiar stories with rhyme and pattern using clear delivery

• Convey clear focused main ideas with supporting details appropriate to audience and purpose

MATH

Algebra

• Recognize, create, describe and extend numeric and geometric patterns

• Identify missing numbers on a number line or in a number sentence

 Operations

• P   Perform two and three digit addition and subtraction with regrouping

• Add three numbers together

• Construct addition and subtraction fact families

• Solve problems with missing addends

• Instantly recall addition and subtraction facts to 20

• Model simple multiplication and division using concrete objects

• Round one and two digit numbers to the nearest 10 using a number line

• Use estimation to solve problems and to check accuracy of solutions

Data Analysis/Probability

• Collect, organize, display and describe simple data with bar graphs, line graphs, charts and tables

• Carry out simple experiments and compare predicted and actual outcomes

• Use data to make real life decisions

Geometry

• Understand geometric terms

• Visualize, sort, classify, model, draw and describe geometric shapes

• Identify patterns, symmetry and congruent figures

• Identify geometric shapes in natural and constructed environment

Measurements

• Tell time to five minute intervals

• Understand elapsed minutes, hours, days and weeks using clocks and calendars

• Select appropriate units and tools for measuring tasks

• Estimate and measure length using inches, feet, yards, centimeters and meters

• Estimate and measure liquid capacity or weight using gallons, quarts, liters, pounds, ounces

• Count money to five dollars using coins and bills

Numbers

• Review ordinals and count by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, 25’s, and 100’s

• Represent whole numbers to 1,000 using models, pictures and numerals

• Identify the number of hundreds, tens and ones in a given numeral

• Order sets of whole numbers from least to greatest

• Compare numbers using less than, greater than and equal to

• Understand the meaning of halves, thirds and fourths

Problem Solving

• Select relevant information and appropriate strategy to solve problem

• Solve one-step word problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, money, fractions

• Communicate the solution process clearly using words, models, diagrams, or pictures

• Review solutions for accuracy and reasonableness 

SCIENCE (Grade Level Rotated)

Physical: States and Changes of Matter, Energy Waves: Heat

• dentify the states of matter and their characteristics

• Describe physical changes that occur in matter

• Define heat and describe how it affects matter

Life: Amphibians/Reptiles, Insects, Human Body Systems

• Describe the basic needs of living things

• Recognize characteristics that are similar and different between organisms

• Describe how related plants and animals have similar characteristics

• Describe how animals gather and store food, defend themselves, find shelter and adapt

• Recognize the organization of the body’s systems and organs

Earth Geology: Earth’s Structure, Dinosaurs/Fossils; Natural Resources

• Recognize physical differences in Earth materials.

• Describe Earth’s basic structure and habitats

• Identify examples of common dinosaurs

• Explain fossils as the remains or evidence of formally living organisms

• Identify Earth’s basic natural resources found and the wise use of these resources

Health: Home/Community Safety, Emotions

• Identify common hazards at home

• Observe rules for public safety and recall appropriate precautions that should be taken in special conditions

• Identify emotions and share feelings in appropriate ways

• Know ways to seek assistance if worried, abused or threatened

Scientific Inquiry

• Make observations

• Ask questions or form hypotheses based on these observations

• Plan a simple investigation

• Collect data from the investigation

• Use the data collected from the investigation to explain the results

• Safely use and store tools and equipment  

Service/Career Options:

• Explore ways to use Physical, Life, Health, and/or Earth Science to serve the community

• Identify careers in areas of Science

SOCIAL STUDIES (Grade Level Rotated)

History: Neighborhoods (Time, Holidays, Neighborhoods: Past and Present)

• Understand that God is present in your neighborhood

• Begin using time lines and time words: now, later, before, then, etc.

• Explore your neighborhood

• Explore neighborhoods in history (e.g., early settlers, Native American)

• Recognize the significance of cultural holidays

Civics: Ideas about Civic Life, Politics and Government

• Understand the purposes of laws and know how they protect individual rights

• Know current local, national and global leaders

• Know the importance of Christian citizenship

• Develop responsibility through good decision making

• Understand individual roles in groups and government

Geography: Geographic Features and Patterns of the Environment

• Classify areas according to climate, vegetation and landform

• Locate where your family lives on maps of your neighborhood, community, state, country and world

• Understand the interrelationship between people and the environment

• Know how a neighborhood is part of a community, state and country

Economics:

• Understand responsibilities of Christian stewardship

• Know the ways people earn a living in the neighborhood

• Identify the basic needs of individuals, families and communities

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

• Demonstrate improvement when using locomotor, non-locomotor skills and object-control skills

• Use simple combinations of fundamental movement skills

• Use body control in balance and weight-bearing activities

• Use smooth transitions between sequential motor skills (e.g., running into jumping)

• Apply positive behavior management

• Understand that God created you to have life-long physical activity

• Incorporate rules and safety procedures into physical activity

TECHNOLOGY

• Use hardware properly

• Becomes familiar with the keyboard and computer terms

• Use a variety of electronic resources to enhance learning and access software

• Use computers to express ideas with drawing, multi-media and word processing software

• Learn about technology related occupations

• Practice courtesy and sharing of computer time

ART         

• Identify, describe and use variations of line, value, texture and color 

• Use geometric shapes and forms, man-made and natural, to create a work of art  

• Experiment with a variety of computer graphic media 

• Experiment with a variety of art media 

• Learn about fibers and textiles

• Become aware of the art culture in your community

• Study and describe art from several cultures 

MUSIC

• Demonstrate correct posture and breathing

• Recognize the ABA pattern

• Recognize sudden or gradual changes in tempo

• Recognize sudden or gradual changes in dynamics

• Identify stringed instruments and their sounds

• Listen to classical music

• Learn to locate hymns by page numbers

• Participate in Musicals

 

3rd Grade Curriculum/Key Learnings

BIBLE

Accepting His Plan: The Plan of Redemption, God’s plan for the church and for the individual

• Understand the importance of studying scripture in daily life

• Understand that God and the angels He created lived in heaven in perfect harmony before sin

• Understand that sin and its effects are the result of the universal conflict between God and Satan

• Know that death is a consequence of sin, but God has the power to raise the dead from their graves

• Explain Jesus’ role as Messiah, Savior and Redeemer in the plan of salvation

• Know that Christians are part of God’s family and have a responsibility to witness and serve others

• Understand that all people are equal in God’s sight and are accepted into the Family of God

• Know how God has worked in history to preserve the Christian church

• Understand that each person has spiritual gifts and talents

• Know that the power to make right choices is provided by grace

• Understand that Jesus is coming back for all who have chosen to follow Him and will live with Him in Heaven and the New Earth

LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH

Literature

• Continue to identify literary elements of character, setting, plot, main events and problems

• Continue to predict outcomes based on prior knowledge, illustrations and/or context

• Identify author’s purpose and intended audience

• Identify whether the selection is based on fact or opinion

• Draw and support logical conclusions based on the selection

Comprehension

• Extend ability to identify cause and effect and to make simple predictions

• Continue to identify main idea and sequence of events

• Demonstrate literal comprehension by identifying answers in grade level selections

• Begin to use a variety of strategies such as skimming to locate information and clarify meaning in grade level materials

• Continue to understand and interpret information from sources such as charts, graphs, tables, diagrams

• Evaluate information, draws conclusions and makes judgments

• Follow simple multiple-step written instructions

Phonetics