Instructional Summary

Bible (Deep Roots) 
  Studying God’s Word
  New Testament Stories 
  Miracles of Jesus 
  Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter
  Christian Character Traits 
  Learn worshiping God through song & prayer 
  Scripture Memory Verses

Phonics & Reading (ABeka, Reading A-Z and Foundations and Frameworks)
  Phonemic Awareness & Phonics
  Fluency
  Vocabulary 
  Reading high frequency words 
  Comprehension - cause & effect, character, main idea and details, plot/retelling, setting, summarization, sequence and structure

Math Skills (BJU)
  Identifying and writing numbers 1-1000
  Number sense and place value 
  Counting patterns - multiplication 
  Whole Number Operation - addition and subtraction
  Introduction of multiplication and division (equal parts) 
  Number sentences 
  Algebra readiness
  Fractions - equal parts, halves, fourths
  Geometry 
  Estimation 
  Measurement and Data - statistics and graphs 
  Problem Solving 
  Decimals - money

Writing (Handwriting Without Tears) 
  Review of Letter & number formation and spacing 
  Writes sentences with correct spacing 
  Introduction to cursive

English/Grammar (Shurley English)
  Parts of speech
  Sentence structure, punctuation and capitalization
  Identifying parts of speech in a sentence 
  Paragraph writing

Spelling (ACSI Purposeful Design)
  Beginning consonants
  Short and long vowel words
  Words ending in double consonants 
  Contractions 
  Plural words 
  Compound words 

Social Studies (BJU) 
  Geography - map skills and North America/United States 
  History - communities and memorials 
  Government - rules and laws, leaders and elections, how a bill becomes a law 
  Economics - goods and services and trading
  American Culture - influences and Native Americans and immigrants 
  Social Studies Skills - primary and secondary resources

Science (BJU) 
  Life Science - how plants and animals change and grow, where things live, fossils, the human body
  Earth Science - how the earth moves, what makes up the earth, natural resources 
  Physical Science - what is matter and how it moves and changes

Specials
  Music (30 min. 2x/week) 
  P.E. (30 min. 2x/week) 
  Spanish (30 min. 1x/week) 
  Library (30 min. 1x/week) 
  Art (45 min. 1x/week) 
  Bookmobile 
  Chapel 
  Mentoring

Field Trips: 
  Morton Arboretum 
  Theatrical performance 

CityServe: 
  Life Springs Ministry/chicken farm