Instructional Summary
Bible (Deep Roots)
Studying God’s Word
The Great Commission and Pentecost
Believers and Prosecution
Paul and his travels
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter
Romans road to salvation
Jesus teaching on prayer
Christian Character Traits
Learn worshiping God through song & prayer
Scripture Memory Verses
Reading (Reading A-Z and Foundations and Frameworks)
Vocabulary
Comprehension - cause & effect, character, main idea and details, plot/retelling,
setting, summarization, sequence of events and structure, drawing conclusions
Math Skills (BJU)
Identifying and writing numbers 1-100,000,000
Number sense and place value
Counting patterns - multiplication
Whole Number Operation - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
Algebra readiness
Fractions
Geometry - lines, symmetry, figures, perimeter
Estimation
Measurement and Data - statistics and graphs, time
Problem Solving
Decimals - mixed numbers
Writing (Handwriting Without Tears)
Print and cursive
Sentence conventions
English/Grammar (Shurley English)
Parts of speech
Sentence structure, punctuation and capitalization
Identifying parts of speech in a sentence
Paragraph writing
Intro to research
Spelling (ACSI Purposeful Design)
Short and long vowel words
Words ending in double consonants
Contractions
Plural words
Compound words
Homophones
Diphthongs
Prefixes and suffixes
Social Studies (BJU)
Geography - map skills, regions
World History - World War 1 & World War 2
American History - the fifty states, inventions, American Industrial Revolution, Spanish-American War, territories
Government - branches of American of government, voting citizenship
Economics - stock exchange, supply and demand
Culture - languages, evangelism and missionary work
Science (BJU)
Life Science - living things and human body
Earth Science - earth and space
Physical Science - energy and matter
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)
Technology (45 min. 1x/week)
Bookmobile
Chapel
Mentoring
Field Trips:
Hoover Forest Preserve
CA Pizza Kitchen
Feed My Starving Children
Kane County Cougars (reading incentive)
CityServe: Local friends, family and community blankets