Apply spiritual and practical truths from God’s Word
Discover the joy of worship & prayer in the classroom and at school-wide chapel service
Language Arts
Learn and practice reading strategies to become proficient readers
Develop thinking skills by predicting, reflecting on and evaluating literature
Implement the writing process, focusing on ideas and organization
Use capital letters and end punctuation in writing
Math
Add to and subtract from 20 using number sense strategies
Understand place value and numbers through 120
Solve word problems using learned concepts
Explore graphing, time, money, geometry, fractions, and probability concepts
Science
Investigate concepts in physical, life, chemical, and earth science with hands-on activities
Predict, observe and record using scientific method
Participate in environmental learning in NHCA butterfly garden and local nature center
Integrate Christian worldview
Social Studies
Understand how people and events shape history
Discover how location affects how people live, while learning map skills
Learn how economics affects choices and basic economic concepts
Identify symbols of our country and good citizenship habits
Special Projects/Trips
History Then and Now Project
Christmas Tradition Sharing
Reading Buddies with the fourth graders
Class Readers Theater
First Grade Authors
Monthly school-wide TEAM events
Soar
"...but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."