Reading/Language Arts

• Be immersed in a literature rich environment in which students will develop phonemic awareness, oral language, and auditory processing skills
• Develop a love for literature and gain awareness of beautifully illustrated stories
• Listen and respond to stories, rhymes, conversations, discussions, and one and two step instructions
• Know that print is read and written left to right and top to bottom
• Recognize the parts of a book
• Show their understanding of a story by retelling the order of important events in the story or by acting out the story
• Recognize beginning, middle and end of stories
• Recognize and categorize folktales, nursery rhymes, fairy tales
• Distinguish between rhyming and non-rhyming words
• Participate in shared reading and writing activities
• Compare and contrast different versions of the same story
• Predict outcomes of stories
• Create books such as class books and individual take home books
• Recognize that books are made of words and words are made of letters and letters stand for speech sounds we call phonograms
• Identify number of syllables in words
• Identify simple parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective)
• Be able to identify, verbalize, and write the basic single and multi-letter phonograms (visual and auditory)
• Begin to recognize phonograms in print
• Learn correct handwriting strokes of capital and lowercase letters
• Begin to spell, read, and write words using phonograms
• Learn correct posture and pencil grip for writing
• Begin to write simple sentences using capital first letter, proper spaces between words, and correct end mark
• Take risks in writing
• Begin to write thoughts on paper through journal writing
• Write first and last name using capital first letter and completing with lowercase

Mathematics

• Skip count by 5, 10, and 25 (to 100)
• Verbally count to 100
• Count objects (one-to-one) to 100
• Identify patterns in nature and environment
• Using manipulative identify patterns, add to them, and create new ones
• Sort and arrange items by traits or by category
• Use number words to describe how many are in a set
• Use one-to-one correspondence to describe relative sizes of sets
• Make and use graphs of real objects or pictures to answer questions
• Read a daily calendar, using days, weeks, and months
• Describe the order of events or objects, using words such as first, second, before, after, and between
• Compare daily temperature and weather activity
• Compare and order objects according to length, weight, or capacity
• Identify, describe, and compare shapes and solids in real-life objects
• Use manipulatives in order to move from the concrete to symbolic levels
• Use a variety of manipulatives to recognize number groups
• Use a variety of manipulatives to create number group addition/subtraction patterns
• Recognize and use correct signs for basic equations (plus, minus, equal signs)
• Solve problems in everyday life
• Use correct stoke patterns to write the numerals 0-9
• Identify, verbally name, and draw six basic shapes
• Identify coins and their value
• Be able to count coins to $1.00
• Read clock by hour and half-hour
• Understand time concepts such as yesterday, today, tomorrow
• Estimate quantities in a set
• Use daily chart graph to recognize place value (ones, tens, hundreds)

Bible

• Understand the nature of God as Creator, Redeemer, and Savior
• See the Bible as the living and life giving Word of God
• Praise and worship God through prayer, song and Bible study
• Be introduced to people of faith through Old and New Testament stories
• See God’s work of Redemption through the birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ
• Delight in God’s love and experience a heartfelt response to Him through obedience

Memory Work

• Psalms 139:1-16
• Psalms 100
• Psalms 19:1-11
• 1 John 4:7-21
• Exodus 20:1-17
• Selected poems/finger plays/songs throughout the year

Science

• Observe weather changes and record weather patterns daily
• Name four seasons and name characteristics of each season
• Identify unique attributes of self that has been created by God
• Identify primary and secondary colors
• Know how to create secondary colors from primary colors
• Identify the five senses and use them to make observations and discoveries
• Identify simple plant parts and their function
• Observe and understand the conditions needed for seed germination and plant growth
• Know different types of plants
• Observe and record changes in plant growth
• Classify animals by type, as well as by environment
• Identify characteristics of pond life
• State differences between freshwater and saltwater
• Look for patterns, designed by God. in the natural environment
• Share in science activities by bringing items from home and travels

Social Studies

• Understand significance of patriotic holidays
• Use maps, pictures, and symbols to gain information
• Identify self by name, address, telephone, number, and birthday
• Identify family members and traditions
• Place events in order of time (first, next, last)
• Identify different forms of transportation
• Name community helpers and their contribution to society
• Differentiate types of landforms and aquatic life and source
• Compare and contrast living conditions in the present day life to life in the past