Language Arts: Phonics and Reading

• Review of vowels, consonants, blends, one and two vowel words, consonant blends.
• Recognition and use of all phonics special sounds in reading.
• Spelling rules: doubling consonants, dropping silent e, changing y to i.
• Oral reading.

Language Arts: Cursive Writing

• Review of letter formation.
• Guided creative writing and journal writing.
• Daily seatwork practice in all academic areas.
• Introduction to ¾ space writing.

Language Arts: Spelling and Poetry

• Weekly phonics-based word list.
• Vocabulary words and definitions.
• Weekly test.
• Reinforcement activities.
• Spelling glossary.
• Seven poems committed to memory.

Language Arts: Language

• Capitalization of first word in a sentence, days of the week, months of the year, special holidays, people, and places.
• Correct punctuation at the ends of sentences.
• Complete sentences, questions, and exclamations.
• Words using suffixes, prefixes, abbreviations, compound words, rhyming words, opposite words, same-meaning words, singular and plural words, singular possessive words, and contractions.
• Alphabetizing words and dictionary skills.
• Word usage rules.
• Writing of complete sentences, questions, exclamations, and short stories.
• Writing letters and thank-you notes.
• Creative writing.

History and Geography: America, Our Home

• Our Flag, Our patriotic Holidays, Our Songs

History and Geography: The People Who Built America

• The Separatists, America’s Indians, The colonists, America’s Pioneers, America’s Cowboys, The New Americans, and Tomorrow’s America

Bible

• Memory verses.
• Lessons such as Salvation Series, Life of Moses, Tabernacle, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Jonah, and many more.

• Number recognition, counting, and writing 1-10,000 and beyond.
• Numbers greatest and least 1-1,000.
• Counting and writing to hundred thousands, threes to 36, fours to 48.
• Ordinal numbers.
• Additional facts through 18, column addition, four-digit addition with carrying.
• Subtraction facts through 18, four-digit subtraction with borrowing.
• Multiplication facts 0-5 and Division facts 1-5.
• Story problems and multiple combinations.
• Estimation and rounding.
• Numbers before and after by ones, twos, threes, fours, fives, and tens.
• Counting and combining coins and bills.
• Telling time to the nearest minute.
• English and some metric measures.
• Drawing and measuring lines to one-half inch.
• Developing listening skills.
• Calendars.
• Place value to thousands.
• Unit fractions and making change.
• Reading a thermometer.
• Reading pictographs, bar graphs, and line graphs.
• Roman numerals.

Science: Plants and Animals

• Enjoying the Plant and Animal World.

Science: Health and Human Biology

• Enjoying Myself and Others.

Science: Earth and Space

• Enjoying the Stars and Planets.
• Enjoying Planet Earth.

Science: Matter, Energy, and Conservation

• Enjoying the Air Around Us.
• Enjoying Things That Move.
• Enjoying Things That Work Together.

Science: Health, Safety, Manners

• Posture, Nutrition, Exercise, Rest, Cleanliness, and Diseases.
• Safety at home and away, on the streets, around water, and during bad weather.
• Manners such as politeness, kindness, cheerfulness, respect, thoughtfulness, thankfulness, patience and table and telephone manners.