Grade 1
Key Learnings
In this section:
BIBLE
Belonging to His Family: The Heavenly Family, Families of the Bible and the Church
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Understand that studying Bible leads to understanding God
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Begin to be familiar with the way the Bible is organized
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Identify the “three-in-one” members of the God family, and their individual ministry
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Understand that God is worthy of adoration and trust
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Know that God is the creator, and still loves and cares for individuals
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Understand that before the Fall, Adam and Eve lived in the perfect light of God’s presence
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Know that eternal death is the consequence of sin
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Identify spiritual gifts given to OT Bible characters
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Know the story of how the Adventist church began
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Understand the importance of being an active witness for Jesus
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Understand Jesus will reunite all families who love Him
FINE ARTS
Art
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Use different media, techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories
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Know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas
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Select and use subject matter, symbols and ideas
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Know that the visual arts have both history and specific relationships to various cultures
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Identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places
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Describe how people’s experiences influence the development of specific artworks
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Identify connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum
Music
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Maintain a steady beat
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Understand the value of half and quarter notes
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Write note heads around a line and in a space
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Identify/play pitched and un-pitched classroom instruments
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Sing songs with simple accompaniment patterns
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Recognize the AB pattern
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Recognize differences in tones of human voices
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Identify band instruments by family (brass, woodwind, percussion) and their sounds
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Learn hymns of praise
LANGUAGE ARTS
Viewing
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Use picture clues to predict content
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Compare and contrast works read and viewed
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Understand that media messages are created by people
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Distinguish characteristics between fantasy and reality
Listening
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Listen and stay on the topic in a conversation
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Listen attentively, respectfully while waiting to speak
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Summarize auditory information
Reading
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Phonemic awareness
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Explicit systematic phonics
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Share what is read
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Recognize sight words
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Use correct clues to predict new words
Speaking
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Retell familiar stories
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Deliver brief recitations
Visually Representing
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Develop informational visual media
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Connect information with personal experiences
Writing
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Leave proper spacing between words and sentences
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Spell word family patterns
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Write complete sentences
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Begin the writing process
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Use ending punctuation
MATH
Numbers and Operations
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Count, write and understand numbers 0 to 100
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Count by twos, fives, tens and twenty-fives to 100
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Skip count by tens e.g. 17, 27, 37 …
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Connect numbers to the qualities they represent using various models and representations
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Understand place value of tens and ones
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Explore the concept of zero
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Compare numbers using symbols >, < and =
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Understand the meaning of addition and subtraction and relate to appropriate symbols
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Understand basic addition and subtraction fact families
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Develop a counting strategy for + and - facts to 20
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Memorize + with sums to 12 and related - facts
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Add and subtract 1- and 2-digit numbers, with no renaming
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Understand basic fractions e.g. halves, thirds and fourths
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Read number words to ten
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Understand and use a number line
Algebra
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Recognize and express expanding and repeating patterns
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Identify properties of patterns; create and describe using letters and symbols
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Use variables and open sentences to express relationships
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Use the commutative property and solve number sentences with numbers and symbols
Geometry
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Describe attributes/parts of 2- and 3-dimensional objects
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Describe shapes from different perspectives
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Apply ideas about direction and space
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Recognize and apply slides, flips, and turns
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Recognize rectangles and spheres
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Recognize sides and corners of shapes
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Recognize geometric shapes,structures in the environment
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Recognize and draw a line of symmetry in objects
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Copy figures and draw simple 2-dimensional shapes from memory
Measurement
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Identify and recognize measurable attributes of an object
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Estimate and measure length, weight, volume and mass using nonstandard and standard units
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Compare objects in terms of length, area, capacity, weight
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Recognize and explain the need for measuring tools and fixed units
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Order sequence of events with respect to time, e.g. seasons; morning, afternoon, night; o’clock
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Know the number of minutes in an hour
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Tell time to the hour and half hour
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Identify pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars and dollars
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Determine the value of a set of coins to $1.00
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Determine the equivalent value of coins to $1.00
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Know and name the twelve months of the year
Data Analysis/ Probability
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Use whole number units to construct graphic representations
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Understand information represented in simple bar graphs, line graphs and pictographs
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Collect first-hand information by conducting surveys, measuring and performing simple experiments
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Collect and organize data into charts using tally marks
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Spiritual Emphasis
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Recognize that God’s ideal for quality living includes a healthy lifestyle
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Incorporate into one’s lifestyle the principles that promote health: nutrition, exercise, water, sunlight, temperance, air, rest, trust in God
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Avoid at-risk behaviors
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Apply Christian principles in recreation and sports
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Achieve a balance in work and leisure; balancing physical, mental, social and spiritual activities
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Recognize the interaction of physical, mental and spiritual health with emotional and social well-being
Movement and Motor Skills
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Demonstrate mature form - skip, hop, gallop, slide
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Demonstrate mature motor patterns in simple combinations, e.g. dribbling a ball while running
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Demonstrate smooth transitions in sequential motor skills
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Exhibit the ability to adapt and adjust movement skills
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Demonstrate control in traveling activities
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Identify the critical element/s (technique/s) of basic movement patterns
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Apply movement concepts to a variety of basic skills
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Use feedback to improve performance
Lifestyle and Fitness
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Experience and express pleasure from participation in physical activity
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Identify at least one activity associated with each component of health-related physical activity
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Engage in sustained physical activity that causes an increased heart rate and heavy breathing
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Recognize the physiological indicators that accompany moderate to vigorous physical activity
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Know how to measure heart rate
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Identify the components of health-related physical fitness
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Gain competence which will provide increased enjoyment in movement
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Try new activities
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Express feelings about and during physical activity
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Enjoy interaction with friends through physical activity
Sportsmanship and Appropriate Behaviors
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Apply rules, procedures and safe practices
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Follow directions
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Work cooperatively with others to complete an assigned task
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Play and cooperate with other regardless of personal differences, e.g. gender, ethnicity, disability
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Treat others with respect during play
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Resolve conflicts in socially acceptable ways
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Practice Christ-like principles in interactions with others
SCIENCE
Physical: Electricity/Magnetism, Force/Motion, Energy/Work
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Define electricity and describe electrical fields of force
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Recognize that electricity in circuits produces light, heat, sounds and magnetic effects
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Compare the force of various magnets
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Investigate how magnets interact with each other
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Define force and gravity
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Describe how physical forces affect an object’s movement
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Define energy and identify common types and uses
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Define work
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Identify simple, compound machines and their relationships
Life: Plants/Animals: Biomes/Habitats, Life Cycles, Characteristics, Classification; The Senses
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Identify various ecosystems (grasslands, forests, wetlands, desert, etc.) and the organisms that live there
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Understand growth processes and life cycles of plants
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Describe the basic needs of living things
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Describe how animals gather and store food, defend themselves and find shelter
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Recognize characteristics that are similar and different between related and unrelated organisms
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Identify the senses and their functions and describe how they contribute to learning
Earth: Solar System: Sun, Earth, Moon, Seasons
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Identify the Sun as the source of heat and light to Earth and explain why the Sun is necessary for life on Earth
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Identify Earth as one of the Sun’s planets
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Understand that Earth revolves around the Sun and the moon is Earth’s satellite
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Identify and trace the movement of objects in the sky, including the orbits of the Earth and moon
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Recognize how Earth’s orbit influences the seasons
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Compare and contrast the seasons
Health: Care/Basic Structures of Teeth, Eyes, Ears, Skin
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Describe structures, functions, and personal hygiene of the sense organs
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Describe structure, function, and personal hygiene of teeth
Scientific Inquiry
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Make observations
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Ask questions or form hypotheses based on these observations
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Plan a simple investigation
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Collect data from the investigation
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Use the data collected from the investigation to explain the results
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Safely use and store tools and equipment
Service/Career Options
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Explore ways to use Physical, Life, Health, and/or Earth Science to serve the community
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Identify careers in areas of Science
SOCIAL STUDIES
History: Families (Time, Families: Past/Present, Holidays)
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Identify calendar time: days, weeks, months, birthdays, holidays
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Understand that God has a plan for one’s family
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Develop personal picture timeline of one’s family history
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Know family history through two generations
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Discuss family traditions
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Explore families in history e.g. early settlers, Native people, national leaders, SDA pioneers, missionaries
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Understand why national, cultural and religious holidays are celebrated
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Know the history of American symbols e.g. the eagle, the Liberty Bell, flag
Civics: Ideas about Civic Life, Politics and Government
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Understand basic safety rules
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Understand individual roles in groups and government
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Understand the relationship between home, school and the community
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Appreciate diversity in people
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Know current local and national leaders
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Know the importance of Christian citizenship
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Develop responsibility through good decision making
Geography: Understand Geographic Features and Patterns of the Environment
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Read and identify simple maps and globes
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Locate where one’s family lives on maps of neighborhood, community, state, country and world
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Understand climate of the community in which one lives
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Recognize the importance and distribution of and changes in natural resources
Economics:
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Understand responsibilities of Christian stewardship
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Identify how community helpers provide services one’s family
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Know the major services provided by the community
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Know how families earn and spend money
TECHNOLOGY
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Demonstrate proper use and care of computers
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Begin learning basic keyboarding and computer terms
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Use computers to express ideas with drawing and word processing software
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Learn about the role of technology in business and home
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Learn about technology related occupations
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Practice courtesy and sharing of computer time
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).