| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| Art, Seasonal Celebrations |
Various holiday crafts and parties will be developed by the teacher with a variety of materials
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| 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
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