GRADE CURRICULUM DESCRIPTION

6th Grade Curriculum Description

Art	Covers five (5) elements of shape, basic drawing, shirt making, learning about artists' life and their works, and some seasonal crafts for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, New Year's Day, etc.
Bible	Covers Adam and Eve, Sin entering the world, the first children, the great flood, Abraham, Lot, Isaac, Ishmael, Jacob, Esau, Laban, the life of Joseph, the life of Moses, Joshua leading the children of Israel, Gideon, Samson, Ruth and Boaz, Samuel, Saul, the life of David, Jonathan, I and II Kings, I and II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obediah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
Computer	Covers typing letters of the alphabet, numbers, punctuation marks, dollar signs, percent signs, parentheses, and quotation marks, correctly using the shift key, the caps lock key, the tab key, the backspace key, the delete key, and the enter key, centering and editing.
English	Covers study skills, types of sentences, nouns, pronouns, modifiers, verbs, adverbs, punctuation, prepositions, capitalization, conjunction, interjections, reports, newspapers, and letter writing.
Handwriting	Covers writing letters A-Z in cursive and calligraphy, writing paragraphs, writing outlines, writing tables, writing recipes, writing schedules, and using information from a time line.
Heritage Studies	Covers Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel, Ancient India, Ancient China, Classical Greece, Roman World, Ancient Mayas, Ancient Africa, the Golden Age of the Orient: Japan, China, and India, the Byzantine Empire, and the Middle Ages.
Japanese	Covers Japanese writing systems (Katakana and Hiragana), Japanese culture, useful vocabulary and short phrases or sentences, and songs in Japanese.
Math	Covers whole numbers, properties, place value, decimals, metric units, multiplication, division, data, graphs, statistics, understanding fractions, customary units, addition and subtraction with fractions, multiplication and division with fractions, mixed numbers, geometry, ratios, proportions, percents, integers, measuring, perimeter, area, volume, probability, and an introduction to algebra.
Physical Education	Focuses primarily on physical development, but also addresses social, emotional, and spiritual growth. Areas of concentration include: physical fitness, skills development, social interaction, individual responsibility, team sports, and competition.
Reading	Covers reading short stories, reading novels, reading poems, reading plays, reading articles, reading comprehension, learning and using literary terms, table of contents, index, alphabetizing, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, cause and effect relationships, sequencing, study skills, reading and using maps, charts, time lines, tables, and diagrams.
Science	Covers earthquakes, volcanoes, stars, space exploration, respiratory system, circulation, laws of motion, nuclear energy, chemistry, animal behavior, the biosphere, and the balance of nature.
Spelling	Covers spelling, vocabulary, alphabetizing, using words correctly in sentences, synonyms, antonyms, suffixes, prefixes, Greek, Latin, and French word origins, and word pairs with internal spelling differences.

5th Grade Curriculum Description

Art	Covers five (5) elements of shape, basic drawing, shirt making, learning about artists' life and their works, and some seasonal crafts for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, New Year's Day, etc.
Bible	A year long course that does a quick overview of the life of Christ.
Heritage Studies	Starts with basic geography, then transportation, and ends with a brief study of the fifties, ending with President Clinton.
Japanese	Covers Japanese writing systems (Katakana and Hiragana), Japanese culture, useful vocabulary and short phrases or sentences, and songs in Japanese.
Language Arts	Includes English, reading, writing, handwriting, spelling, thinking and speaking skills. Oral recitations, workbook lessons, reading various books, reports, quizzes, tests and essays are used to improve skills.
Math	Reviews 4th grade concepts and expands on them daily. Explores the number system and basic functions as well as geometry, statistics, fractions, decimals, word problems, and more using concept development as well as computation skills.
Physical Education	Focuses primarily on physical development, but also addresses social, emotional, and spiritual growth. Areas of concentration include: physical fitness, skills development, social interaction, individual responsibility, team sports, and competition.
Science	The course varies from hands-on, note-taking and research to class discussion. Areas of study include, but are not limited to, biomes, forces, health, simple machines and space.

4th Grade Curriculum Description

Art	Covers five (5) elements of shape, basic drawing, shirt making, learning about artists' life and their works, and some seasonal crafts for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, New Year's Day, etc.
Bible	Covers Bible doctrines: bibliology, theism, anthropology, soterilogy, ecclesiology, angelology, eschatology. The class meets daily and involves unit tests and Bible verse memory tests.
English	Course fosters an appreciation of language as a gift from God, develops the correct use of English grammar in written and oral communication, uses the Writing Process to teach different types of compositions, encourages clear and effective writing, develops study and reference skills, improves listening and speaking skills and encourages enjoyment through chapter themes and connections to other subject areas. Grammar units cover sentences, nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and sentence phrases and clauses. Writing units cover the writing of the following: personal narratives, friendly letters, comparison and contrast essay, book review, tall tale, research report, business letter and poetry.
Handwriting	Emphasizes good handwriting posture, letter formation, slant consistency, alignment, spacing and neatness.
Heritage Studies	Promotes historic and geographic literacy, as well as, developing a knowledge of God by studying the history of the world and the features of the earth. Lessons cover the continents, immigration in early America, preachers and missionaries, the 50 states, inventions, economics, industrial revolution, westward expansion, citizenship, the Boer War, and the Boxer rebellion.
Japanese	Covers Japanese writing systems (Katakana and Hiragana), Japanese culture, useful vocabulary and short phrases or sentences, and songs in Japanese.
Math	Covers concepts and basic facts in addition and subtraction, place value and money, addition and subtraction of whole numbers, data, graphs, and probability, concepts and basic facts in multiplication, multiplying by 1-digit factors, multiplying by 2-digit factors, time and customary measurement, concepts and basic facts in division, 1-digit divisors, geometry, fractions, decimals, metric measurement and addition and subtraction of decimals.
Physical Education	Focuses primarily on physical development, but also addresses social, emotional, and spiritual growth. Areas of concentration include: physical fitness, skills development, social interaction, individual responsibility, team sports, and competition.
Reading	Teaches biblical principles and discernment for daily living, develops higher-level thinking skills, builds skills needed for lifelong learning, fosters enjoyment and appreciation for reading and learning, and meets the needs of individual teachers and students. Daily lessons cover phonics, structural analysis, vocabulary and compression.
Science	Promotes scientific literacy by teaching the child to use scientific knowledge and skills to identify and solve science-related problems. Content covers the history of the moon, insects, arachnids and myriapods, electricity, plats, measurement, digestion, moon's structure and motions, animal defenses, light, machines, trees, and the earth's crust. In addition, the students will experience extracurricular activities unique to their own environment - the ocean and the volcanoes.
Spelling	Each week students receive a spelling test based on a spelling generalization. Lessons include opportunities for learning the meanings and usage of the spelling list, dictionary skills and journal writing.

3rd Grade Curriculum Description

Art	Covers five (5) elements of shape, basic drawing, shirt making, learning about artists' life and their works, and some seasonal crafts for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, New Year's Day, etc.
Bible	Covers the Old Testament and New Testament, from creation in the book of Genesis to the anticipation of Christ's return in the book of Revelation. Also examined are the lives of men of faith such as Augustine and D.L. Moody.
English	Covers the following basic grammar concepts: declarative/interrogative/ exclamatory sentences, capitalizing, commas, plurals, verbs and adjectives.
Handwriting	Reviews cursive handwriting.
Heritage Studies	Covers history, geography, economics, culture and government. The book begins with The Constitution of the United States, War in France, Settlers, and concludes with railroads and cowboys.
Japanese	Covers Japanese writing systems (Katakana and Hiragana), Japanese culture, useful vocabulary and short phrases or sentences, and songs in Japanese.
Math	Covers addition/subtraction facts, place value, time/money, graphs, measurement, multiplication/division facts, geometry, metric measurement and fractions/decimals.
Physical Education	Focuses primarily on physical development, but also addresses social, emotional, and spiritual growth. Areas of concentration include: physical fitness, skills development, social interaction, individual responsibility, team sports, and competition.
Reading	Covers vocabulary development, silent reading, writing, thinking, comprehension, guided discussion, oral reading, word family practice, and syllable rules. Reading novels include "Mr. Popper's Penguins", "These Are My People", "Pulling Together", "Mountain Born", etc.
Science	Covers space, insects, electricity, plants, simple machines, and animals.
Spelling	Covers auditory discrimination of various sounds, rhyming words, blends and digraphs; syllabication; identification of words by definition and context clues; developing of word meaning; and the alphabetization of groups of words.

2nd Grade Curriculum Description

Art	Covers five (5) elements of shape, basic drawing, shirt making, learning about artists' life and their works, and some seasonal crafts for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, New Year's Day, etc.
Bible	Covers the Creation in the Book of Genesis to Paul's missionary travels in the Book of Acts. Also examines the lives of men of faith, such as John Bunyan, Richard Allen, and John Calvin. Involves weekly memory verse work and oral testing, Bible and application stories followed by discussions and unit review tests.
English	Covers basic grammar/phonics concepts: syllables, sentences, suffix, compound words, prefix, root words, verbs, alphabetical order, contractions, and abbreviations.
Handwriting	Covers: review of handwriting and introducing cursive handwriting.
Heritage Studies	Covers history, geography, economics, culture and government. The book begins with: Communities, Farming, Colonies, and concludes with Starting a Country (America).
Japanese	Covers Japanese writing systems (Katakana and Hiragana), Japanese culture, useful vocabulary and short phrases or sentences, and songs in Japanese.
Math	Covers addition and subtraction using one, two, and three digits, problems solving and reasoning, using number lines, estimation, counting patterns, comparing numbers using greater than and less than, ordinal numbers, beginning geometry, congruent figures, symmetry, graphing, counting money, telling time, measurements and fractions, place value numbers to 1000, and beginning multiplication and division.
Physical Education	Focuses primarily on physical development, but also addresses social, emotional, and spiritual growth. Areas of concentration include: physical fitness, skills development, social interaction, individual responsibility, team sports, and competition.
Reading	Covers: vocabulary development, silent reading, writing, thinking, comprehension, guided discussion, oral reading, word family practice, and syllable rules. Reading novels include "With Wings as Eagles", "Mice of the Herring Bone", and "Treasure of Pelican Cove".
Science	Covers biomes, health, simple machines, animals, insects and space.
Spelling	Covers phonics review, identification of short and long vowels, use of plurals and other suffixes, auditory discrimination of rhyming words, initial consonants, double consonants, initial blends, and digraphs; developing word meanings; and sounds and pronunciation of sounds.

1st Grade Curriculum Description

Art	Covers five (5) elements of shape, basic drawing, shirt making, learning about artists' life and their works, and some seasonal crafts for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, New Year's Day, etc.
Bible	A chronological study of parts of the New Testament, life of Christ, Christian growth, prayer, missions, character qualities, and scripture memorization. We also have chapel two times a week.
Handwriting	Teaches proper pencil hold, proper positioning of paper, and proper technique for precursive writing.
Heritage Studies	Consists of: globe and map skills, reading a compass, map symbols, transportation, Columbus and the New World, first settlements, trading with the Indians, religion, needs and wants, families, and family trees.
Japanese	Covers Japanese writing systems (Katakana and Hiragana), Japanese culture, useful vocabulary and short phrases or sentences, and songs in Japanese.
Math	Consists of: numbers, addition, subtraction, graphing, geometric designs, place value, counting patterns, money, time, measurement, and fractions.
Phonics	Complements First Grade Reading. Each day whatever was covered in Reading will be reinforced in Phonics. The class involves daily homework.
Physical Education	Focuses primarily on physical development, but also addresses social, emotional, and spiritual growth. Areas of concentration include: physical fitness, skills development, social interaction, individual responsibility, team sports, and competition.
Reading	Covers letter sound associations, encoding word family words, service words, alphabetical order, comprehension, relating stories to Biblical truths, poetry, illustrating a story, compound words, contractions, antonyms and synonyms, following directions, matching pictures and words, counting syllables, completing a story, interpreting a picture, true and false statements, capitalization. Students read silently and orally.
Science	Units covered are: reptiles, ponds, waterfowl, ocean creatures, tide pools, senses, teeth, matter, sun moon and stars, roots stems and leaves, flowers and seeds, tame animals, and wild animals.
Spelling	Starts about the third week of school and continues until the end of the year. The words each week are word family words that have been covered. A trial test and final test are given.

Kindergarten Curriculum Description

Art	Covers five (5) elements of shape, basic drawing, shirt making, learning about artists' life and their works, and some seasonal crafts for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, New Year's Day, etc.
Bible	Teaches Bible scripture references and lessons, doctrinal truths, including basic beliefs of the Christian faith, qualities of Christian character and standards, memorization of scripture verses, catechism questions and answers, songs and hymns that reinforce Bible lessons, teaching about prayer and how to pray.
Handwriting	Teaches students pencil hold position, proper posture for proper penmanship, proper seating, motor skills practice, left to write and top to bottom writing positions, writing on lined-paper, letter formation for upper and lower case Aa-Zz, pre-cursive letter formation, writing of their full names, word families, color words, number words, weekdays.
Heritage Studies	Covers citizenship, local and national government, some early historical events, national and state holidays, monuments, our US flag, anthem, seal, etc., our presidents, 50 states and capitals, working with maps, current events.
Math	Covers sorting, classifying, shapes, patterns, comparing and ordering, comparing and graphing, numbers 0-12, measuring, time, money, putting together (introduction to addition), taking away (introduction to subtraction), sharing, counting patterns, counting by 1s, 5s, 10s, up to 100, counting and writing and number recognition from 0-100, power practices and test to reinforce lessons.
Phonics	Introduces students to the excitement of learning with phonics songs for each new letter-sound association, letter formation of upper and lower case Aa-Zz, vowels and consonants, motor activities and games to involve students, comprehension-centered reading that includes: literal, interpretive, critical and appreciative questions, phonics stories for practice, phonemic awareness to identify beginning, middle, and ending sounds of each letter, blends, digraphs, long vowels, r-influenced and special vowels, strong letter-strong associations using real words, decoding words, word family practice both oral and written, precursive handwriting skills, composition activities to promote reading and writing connection.
Reading	Teaches children the joys and benefits of reading, fosters Christian growth, gives opportunity for students to apply phonic skills, comprehension reading skills, reading fundamentals, reading from left to right, reinforcement practice with short vowels, consonants, consonant blends, long vowels, r-influenced and special vowels, developmental thinking: literal, interpretive, critical and appreciative skills, story sequence, special and service words, words that build, silent and oral reading habits.