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K4

  • Mrs. Betsy Tahfs - Teacher
  • Mrs. Suzie Guerry - Assistant Teacher
  • Mrs. Annette Krengel - Music Teacher

Curriculum

SubjectActivities/Methods
Bible
  • Daily Devotional - The Children's Bible
  • Pledges to the Christian flag, Bible and American flag
  • Scripture memory with each unit of study
  • Simple prayers like a blessing for food and prayer requests
  • Character First! monthly memory verse
Reading, Writing, and Literature
  • Various classical children's books to build learning-readiness skills
  • Recognize and write upper and lower case letters
  • Beginning Sounds
  • Rhyming words
  • Student dictated booklets
  • Hands on activities to promote phonemic awareness
  • Recognize and write first and last name in upper and lower case
  • Positional words (i.e., over, under, in, out, etc.)
  • Distinguish right and left hand
  • Book Buddies with 3rd Grade
Social Studies & Community Awareness
  • Unit on Creation
  • Unit on Going to School and Friends
  • Unit on All About Me including feelings, senses, homes and families
  • Unit on Farms
  • Unit on the Nativity
  • Unit on Manners
  • Unit on Safety
  • Unit on Pilgrims and Indians
  • Unit on Space
  • Unit on animals and their habitats
  • A variety of field trips throughout the community corresponding with units of study
  • Ongoing lessons on the days of the week, seasons, calendar and holidays
Math
  • Recognize and write numbers 1-20, count orally 1-20, one-to-one correspondence in counting
  • Hands on activities introducing addition and subtraction
  • Recognizing, completing and creating patterns
  • Sorting and classifying objects
  • Graphing
  • Identifying colors and shapes
Science
  • Experiments
  • Sink and Float
  • Nature studies - plants and animals
  • Parts of the body
  • Good Health - food groups, healthy eating habits
  • Dental Care
  • Classifying living things
  • Unit on Weather
Music & Movement

Fundamentals of music; scales; rhythm; general songs, Bible songs and patriotic songs; orchestra instruments and music appreciation; songs and fingerplays to teach basic skills; movement songs and games.

Art, Seasonal Celebrations

Various holiday crafts and parties will be developed by the teacher with a variety of materials

Enrichment Activities
  • Fall Festival - Thanksgiving Celebration
  • Living History Festival
  • Salute to America - Celebration for Veterans
  • Christmas Program
  • Quarterly Assemblies - character awards given
  • End of the Year Awards
  • Show and Tell - two share bags sent home daily for the first semester
  • Cooking - bi-monthly projects related to units
  • Senior Cougar Pal