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Key Learnings

Kindergarten | Gr 1 | Gr 2 | Gr 3 | Gr 4 | Gr 5 | Gr 6 | Gr 7 | Gr 8

First Grade

BIBLE

Belonging to His Family: The Heavenly Family, Families of the Bible and the Church

• Understand that studying Bible leads to understanding God
• Begin to be familiar with the way the Bible is organized
• Identify the “three-in-one” members of the God family, and their individual ministry
• Understand that God is worthy of adoration and trust
• Know that God is the creator, and still loves and cares for individuals
• Understand that before the Fall, Adam and Eve lived in the perfect light of God’s presence
• Know that eternal death is the consequence of sin
• Identify spiritual gifts given to OT Bible characters
• Know the story of how the Adventist church began
• Understand the importance of being an active witness for Jesus
• Understand Jesus will reunite all families who love Him

FINE ARTS

Art

• Use different media, techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories
• Know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas
• Select and use subject matter, symbols and ideas
• Know that the visual arts have both history and specific relationships to various cultures
• Identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places
• Describe how people’s experiences influence the development of specific artworks
• Identify connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum

Music

• Maintain a steady beat
• Understand the value of half and quarter notes
• Write note heads around a line and in a space
• Identify/play pitched and un-pitched classroom instruments
• Sing songs with simple accompaniment patterns
• Recognize the AB pattern
• Recognize differences in tones of human voices
• Identify band instruments by family (brass, woodwind, percussion) and their sounds
• Learn hymns of praise

LANGUAGE ARTS

Viewing

• Use picture clues to predict content
• Compare and contrast works read and viewed
• Understand that media messages are created by people
• Distinguish characteristics between fantasy and reality

Listening

• Listen and stay on the topic in a conversation
• Listen attentively, respectfully while waiting to speak
• Summarize auditory information

Reading

• Phonemic awareness
• Explicit systematic phonics
• Share what is read
• Recognize sight words
• Use correct clues to predict new words

Speaking

• Retell familiar stories
• Deliver brief recitations

Visually Representing

• Develop informational visual media
• Connect information with personal experiences

Writing

• Leave proper spacing between words and sentences
• Spell word family patterns
• Write complete sentences
• Begin the writing process
• Use ending punctuation

MATH

Numbers and Operations

• Count, write and understand numbers 0 to 100
• Count by twos, fives, tens and twenty-fives to 100
• Skip count by tens e.g. 17, 27, 37 …
• Connect numbers to the qualities they represent using various models and representations
• Understand place value of tens and ones
• Explore the concept of zero
• Compare numbers using symbols >, < and =
• Understand the meaning of addition and subtraction and relate to appropriate symbols
• Understand basic addition and subtraction fact families
• Develop a counting strategy for + and - facts to 20
• Memorize + with sums to 12 and related - facts
• Add and subtract 1- and 2-digit numbers, with no renaming
• Understand basic fractions e.g. halves, thirds and fourths
• Read number words to ten
• Understand and use a number line

Algebra

• Recognize and express expanding and repeating patterns
• Identify properties of patterns; create and describe using letters and symbols
• Use variables and open sentences to express relationships
• Use the commutative property and solve number sentences with numbers and symbols

Geometry

• Describe attributes/parts of 2- and 3-dimensional objects
• Describe shapes from different perspectives
• Apply ideas about direction and space
• Recognize and apply slides, flips, and turns
• Recognize rectangles and spheres
• Recognize sides and corners of shapes
• Recognize geometric shapes,structures in the environment
• Recognize and draw a line of symmetry in objects
• Copy figures and draw simple 2-dimensional shapes from memory

Measurement

• Identify and recognize measurable attributes of an object
• Estimate and measure length, weight, volume and mass using nonstandard and standard units
• Compare objects in terms of length, area, capacity, weight
• Recognize and explain the need for measuring tools and fixed units
• Order sequence of events with respect to time, e.g. seasons; morning, afternoon, night; o’clock
• Know the number of minutes in an hour
• Tell time to the hour and half hour
• Identify pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars and dollars
• Determine the value of a set of coins to $1.00
• Determine the equivalent value of coins to $1.00
• Know and name the twelve months of the year

Data Analysis/ Probability

• Use whole number units to construct graphic representations
• Understand information represented in simple bar graphs, line graphs and pictographs
• Collect first-hand information by conducting surveys, measuring and performing simple experiments
• Collect and organize data into charts using tally marks

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Spiritual Emphasis

• Recognize that God’s ideal for quality living includes a healthy lifestyle
• Incorporate into one’s lifestyle the principles that promote health: nutrition, exercise, water, sunlight, temperance, air, rest, trust in God
• Avoid at-risk behaviors
• Apply Christian principles in recreation and sports
• Achieve a balance in work and leisure; balancing physical, mental, social and spiritual activities
• Recognize the interaction of physical, mental and spiritual health with emotional and social well-being

Movement and Motor Skills

• Demonstrate mature form - skip, hop, gallop, slide
• Demonstrate mature motor patterns in simple combinations, e.g. dribbling a ball while running
• Demonstrate smooth transitions in sequential motor skills
• Exhibit the ability to adapt and adjust movement skills
• Demonstrate control in traveling activities
• Identify the critical element/s (technique/s) of basic movement patterns
• Apply movement concepts to a variety of basic skills
• Use feedback to improve performance

Lifestyle and Fitness

• Experience and express pleasure from participation in physical activity
• Identify at least one activity associated with each component of health-related physical activity
• Engage in sustained physical activity that causes an increased heart rate and heavy breathing
• Recognize the physiological indicators that accompany moderate to vigorous physical activity
• Know how to measure heart rate
• Identify the components of health-related physical fitness
• Gain competence which will provide increased enjoyment in movement
• Try new activities
• Express feelings about and during physical activity
• Enjoy interaction with friends through physical activity

Sportsmanship and Appropriate Behaviors

• Apply rules, procedures and safe practices
• Follow directions
• Work cooperatively with others to complete an assigned task
• Play and cooperate with other regardless of personal differences, e.g. gender, ethnicity, disability
• Treat others with respect during play
• Resolve conflicts in socially acceptable ways
• Practice Christ-like principles in interactions with others

SCIENCE

Physical: Electricity/Magnetism, Force/Motion, Energy/Work

• Define electricity and describe electrical fields of force
• Recognize that electricity in circuits produces light, heat, sounds and magnetic effects
• Compare the force of various magnets
• Investigate how magnets interact with each other
• Define force and gravity
• Describe how physical forces affect an object’s movement
• Define energy and identify common types and uses
• Define work
• Identify simple, compound machines and their relationships

Life: Plants/Animals: Biomes/Habitats, Life Cycles, Characteristics, Classification; The Senses

• Identify various ecosystems (grasslands, forests, wetlands, desert, etc.) and the organisms that live there
• Understand growth processes and life cycles of plants
• Describe the basic needs of living things
• Describe how animals gather and store food, defend themselves and find shelter
• Recognize characteristics that are similar and different between related and unrelated organisms
• Identify the senses and their functions and describe how they contribute to learning

Earth: Solar System: Sun, Earth, Moon, Seasons

• Identify the Sun as the source of heat and light to Earth and explain why the Sun is necessary for life on Earth
• Identify Earth as one of the Sun’s planets
• Understand that Earth revolves around the Sun and the moon is Earth’s satellite
• Identify and trace the movement of objects in the sky, including the orbits of the Earth and moon
• Recognize how Earth’s orbit influences the seasons
• Compare and contrast the seasons

Health: Care/Basic Structures of Teeth, Eyes, Ears, Skin

• Describe structures, functions, and personal hygiene of the sense organs
• Describe structure, function, and personal hygiene of teeth

Scientific Inquiry

• Make observations
• Ask questions or form hypotheses based on these observations
• Plan a simple investigation
• Collect data from the investigation
• Use the data collected from the investigation to explain the results
• Safely use and store tools and equipment

Service/Career Options

• Explore ways to use Physical, Life, Health, and/or Earth Science to serve the community
• Identify careers in areas of Science

SOCIAL STUDIES

History: Families (Time, Families: Past/Present, Holidays)

• Identify calendar time: days, weeks, months, birthdays, holidays
• Understand that God has a plan for one’s family
• Develop personal picture timeline of one’s family history
• Know family history through two generations
• Discuss family traditions
• Explore families in history e.g. early settlers, Native people, national leaders, SDA pioneers, missionaries
• Understand why national, cultural and religious holidays are celebrated
• Know the history of American symbols e.g. the eagle, the Liberty Bell, flag

Civics: Ideas about Civic Life, Politics and Government

• Understand basic safety rules
• Understand individual roles in groups and government
• Understand the relationship between home, school and the community
• Appreciate diversity in people
• Know current local and national leaders
• Know the importance of Christian citizenship
• Develop responsibility through good decision making

Geography: Understand Geographic Features and Patterns of the Environment

• Read and identify simple maps and globes
• Locate where one’s family lives on maps of neighborhood, community, state, country and world
• Understand climate of the community in which one lives
• Recognize the importance and distribution of and changes in natural resources

Economics:

• Understand responsibilities of Christian stewardship
• Identify how community helpers provide services one’s family
• Know the major services provided by the community
• Know how families earn and spend money

TECHNOLOGY

• Demonstrate proper use and care of computers
• Begin learning basic keyboarding and computer terms
• Use computers to express ideas with drawing and word processing software
• Learn about the role of technology in business and home
• Learn about technology related occupations
• Practice courtesy and sharing of computer time

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Our key learnings are aligned with the North American Division curriculum guides, national standards, McRel Database (Mid-Continental Regional Educational Laboratory) and Ten Sigma (a compilation of standards for 38 states).

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