Language
Arts
Reading & Literature
Read at instructional level
Read independently for information
Word analysis: context clues, root words, prefixes and suffixes,
accent marks
Comprehension: author's intent, skimming, scanning, inference,
summarizing, paraphrasing, prediction
Variety of literature: classics, contemporary, multi-cultural
Compare literary forms and types
Analysis of media: point of view
Speaking
Vocabulary and usage
Discussion and conversation
Reports and messages
Christian drama: audience awareness, empathy
Presence and behavior
Spelling
Assigned words
Organized spelling plan
Spells correctly in written work
Listening
Courtesy and appreciation
Information
Critical thinking: fact versus opinion, persuasive words, nonverbal
clues
Writing
Legibility
Composition, reports, letters, poetry, journal
Parts of speech: nouns, verbs, pronouns, demonstrative and predicate
adjectives, negative adverbs, objects, prepositional phrases
Sentence types
Essays, news articles and editorials
Study Skills and Reference
Note taking, outlining
Concordance and index
Library and media: card catalog and computer access
Social Studies
Westward expansion, colonial and pioneer life
Gaining world power
Cultural groups and diversity throughout history
National geography, natural resources, topography, map and globe
skills
National history, people, places and events
Neighboring countries
Democracy principles and doctrines
Governments: various nations
Economics and economic systems
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Computers
Careers and impact on jobs
Central processing unit
Operating systems
Ethics and commercial programs
Entering and editing text
Block, copy, move, fonts
Fields, files, records, data entry
Update records, sorting, report preparation
Bible
Following God's way
Scripture reveals God as Creator, Sustainer, Friend
Fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, etc.
Living by His counsel: Proverbs
Learning lessons through Parables, lost coin, talents
The Golden Rule
God's words of wisdom, Ten Commandments, Beatitudes
Choices we make
Worshiping God: prayer, tithe, offerings, and Lord's Supper
Responding to and following God
Reverence for God and His Word
Art
Realism and abstractions
Vocabulary
Interpreting feelings and ideas in art
Mixing intermediate, secondary and primary colors
Positive and negative space
Emphasis, balance, unity
Hues, textures, and shapes in creation
Acquaintance with artists' lives and their works
Fabric comparisons: color, texture, design
Media experimentation
Proportion and perspective
Collage, paper mache', block prints, enlargements
Organic and inorganic
Elements and principles of design
Print making
Construction and assembly 3-D
Still life
Neutral colors
Science & Health
God as a creator and sustainer
Cells
Classification of living things
Fish, birds, mammals
Reptiles and amphibians
Ocean ecology
Meteorology, weather, climate
Personality and self-concept
Emotional health
Reproductive system
Development and birth
Waves of energy
Light, sound, heat
Substance abuse
Communicable diseases: TB, AIDS, measles
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Physical
Education
Motor skills: team sports, track, lead-up games
Fitness: testing, agility, running, jogging, cardiovascular
endurance
Positive attitudes: self-worth, self-control, patience, responsibility
Concepts: strategies, history, sports
Interpersonal skills: cooperation, sportsmanship, leadership,
respect
Music
Basic time signatures: 3⁄4, 4/4, 2/4
Simple conducting patterns
Syncopation, phrasing
Three-part round
Major and minor choir sounds
Harmony and dissonance
Rondo and variation forms
Composers and their compositions
Staff, treble clef, measure
Terms referring to tempo
Lines and space names of treble clef
Affect of legato and staccato
Nationalistic and patriotic music
20th Century music
Hymnal page parts identification
Mathematics
Mathematics--
Distributive, commutative and associative properties
Common and decimal fractions
Ratio and percent
Conversion standard and metric measurements
Geometric concepts
Word problems and applications
Charts and graphs
Estimation
Integers
Fractions and mixed numbers: fundamental processes
Statistics: introduction
Multiplying by 2 and 3 digit multipliers
Dividing by 2 digit divisors
Multiplying, dividing with money, decimals
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