Learning Goals
TOP TEN HIGHLIGHTS 2009-2010
Kindergarten
- Daily Bible lessons teaching children to live the Bible as well as know the Bible.
- Daily routines developed starting with morning calendar and weather.
- Themed lesson plans for every season, integrating science, social studies and math.
- Apples and Pumpkins
- Native Americans and the early Settlers
- The Birth of Christ
- Penguins – A trip to Antarctica
- Oral Health/Taking care of my body.
- Science Fun
- Caterpillars to Butterflies/Insects
- Spelling Bee and Speech Meet participation.
- Scientific procedure and a class experiment for the Science Fair.
- Phonics and reading lessons include:
- Guided reading to develop critical thinking skills Language development – reading related strategies at point of use.
- Meeting individual needs – attention given to every child’s individual learning styles.
- Daily writing skills and development
- Leveled books and practice for each week
- Computer skills lab provided weekly.
- Math lessons using hands on activities are provided weekly to introduce concepts in number, basic operations, measurement, geometry and classification.
- Art and individual expression through crafts, art projects, and color and design concepts.
- Center activities offered weekly to enhance our learning experience for reading, writing, math, social developsment
1st Grade
Reading and Writing
- Participate in leveled reading groups for individualized instruction
- Learn to identify beginning, middle and end and write a recount of a story or set of events
- Sharpen addition and subtraction facts and will begin double digit equations
- Learn to tell time and count money
- Learn about the scientific process
- Participate in a variety of thematic units focusing on world regions: the arctic, the ocean and the African jungle
- Complete science units in the areas of plant life, solids and liquids and magnets
- Complete social studies units on family, Christmas around the world and civil rights
- Learn Biblical knowledge and how to find scripture
- Participate in Biblical units that tie Bible stories in with life application and growing in Christian character
Math
Science
Social Studies
Bible
2nd GRADE
- Learn to have Godly character.
- Learn phonics and other reading skills to become a fluent reader.
- Learn to add, subtract, count money, tell time, be introduced to multiplication and division, and other math concepts
- Make things that fly while learning about Air and Flight
- Take turns studying in a tepee while learning about Native Americans.
- Learn about dinosaurs and have an all-day Dinosaur Day.
- Take turns working in a "hut" and study in a Rainforest environment.
- Learn cursive handwriting.
- Go to Cat Tales and other Field Trips.
- Communication with Parents: Weekly newsletter, Weekly assignment Planner, Student Progress Reports, Notes home.
3rd Grade
English,Reading, and Writing
- Learn how to classify sentences and write a research paper
- Learn from a variety of genres and learn skills to gain meaning
- Learn multiplication facts to twelve
- Hands-on teacher created/designed units: nutrition, plants, solar system
- Field Trips (Planetarium)
- Guest Speakers (Medical Professional)
- Research State or Country Scrapbook
- Washington geography and Spokane history
- Daily Bible lessons and memorizing Scripture that develops Godly character
- Learn the importance of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
Math
Science
Social Studies
Bible
4th Grade
English,Reading, and Writing
- Learn how to classify sentences and write a research paper
- Learn from a variety of genres and learn skills to gain meaning
- Master fractions, two-digit division, measurement
- Hands-on teacher created/designed units: nutrition, plants, solar system
- Field Trips (Planetarium)
- Guest Speakers (Medical Professional)
- Research State or Country Scrapbook
- Washington geography and Spokane history Bible
- Daily Bible lessons and memorizing Scripture that develops Godly character
- Learn the importance of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
Math
Science
Social Studies
5th & 6th
Bible
- Study of Christian Heroes - Missionaries
- Battlefield of the Mind – Kids
- Life of Paul
- Immigration- Orphan from Ellis Island, Family History Reports
- Discovering Ancient Rome – Scale Model of City, Bridge Building, and Mosaic Art
- Ancient China-Terracotta Army Investigation, Three Legged Pots, Ancient Museum, Compare and Contrast Papers, and Block Printing.
- Simple Machines and Inventions
- Space Exploration- News Show Interviewing Famous Dead Astronomers, Planet Reproductions and Posters
- Plants and the Process of Photosynthesis
- Math, Math, and more Math!!!
Social Studies
Science
Math
Jr. High
Language Arts
- Exploring literary elements through an amazing variety of literature such as: A Voice in the Wind; Walk Two Moons; Bronze Bow; Benevon Hur; Left Behind; She Said Yes; King Solomon’s Mines; The Wanderer; Where the Red Fern Grows; Star Girl; Romeo & Juliet.
- Becoming proficient in writing five paragraph essays while learning the six writing traits.
- Four inspiring units…That Mouth of Yours; secrets of the Vine; Heaven; and Cross train-Through the Bible from A to Z.
- Join us as we go back in time, becoming living characters, and immerse ourselves in the periods such as Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance.
- Medieval Feasts…Renaissance Art…Character Journals…The play Romeo & Juliet are just a dash of the excitement to come.
- Your Wonderful Body
- Science and Creation
- Introduction to Physical Science…and much more!
- Middle school Math…Pre-Algebra…and ALGEBRA!
- Beginning of the year assessment to place students in the perfect math class.
