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Enduring Understandings
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Essential Questions
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Sample Instructional Activities/Assessments
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Bible
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The Bible uses many genre to communicate God’s story.
The Bible is both our story and that of ancient people.
Jesus fulfills Scripture, and is our purpose for living, too.
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How do the various genre communicate God’s story?
How is the Bible our story today?
How does Jesus fulfill all Scripture and give us purpose?
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Take-home tests; story maps
Classroom discussions, Bible activities
Memory Work: Psalm 8, Isaiah 53:1-7, John 1:1-14, Matthew 5:1-12, I Corinthians 13, and other passages
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Reading
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Read for fluency and understanding.
Study plot, rising and falling action, climax, character, protagonist, antagonist, metaphor, simile, and setting.
Study examples of fiction and nonfiction.
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How do plot, character, setting complement one another?
How do authors use literary techniques to enrich content?
Why did Jesus call himself The Word? What can that mean for us?
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Theme studies: Animals and People, Pioneers and Native Americans, School and Growing Up
Application of fiction components, metaphor and simile.
Tic tac toe--independent reading of genre-novels
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Spelling
Vocabulary
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English uses common vowel sounds, blends, patterns.
Spelling often involves common endings and beginnings.
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Why, how do English vowels differ from other languages?
How do vowels combine into blends and other patterns to make common sounds and spellings?
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Weekly pretests, practice tests, and post-tests
Weekly lessons to practice vocabulary/spelling lists
Practice pronouncing/defining vocabulary/spelling words
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Grammar
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Identify and write varied sentences; differentiate between adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases.
Use possessive nouns, pronouns; review parts of speech.
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How do modifiers differ? When do you use possessives?
How can you construct effective phrases and sentences?
Why is knowing correct grammar important?
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Daily grammar mini-lessons, journal writing, and sentence surgery; diagramming, paragraph crafting
Unit pretests and post-tests; semester cumulative tests
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Writing
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Apply the writing process: prewriting, first draft, revise, proofread, and publish.
Practice writing a personal narrative, comparison and contrast, story, and research report.
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Why is clear writing essential to communicating?
How should different writing styles match different types of writings?
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Personal narrative, comparison and contrast, story
Research report:: prewriting, note cards, draft, revise-proofread, publish
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Mathematics
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Master the use of whole numbers (+, -, x, ÷).
Learn the relationship of decimals to fractions, and apply both.
Introduce geometry concepts and practices.
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How do we understand and use whole numbers, decimals and fractions, and geometry concepts?
How does math demonstrate both wonder and order in God’s world?
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Daily lessons
Math activities and worksheets
Unit tests
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Science
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Learn how and why we study Physical Science: structures; matter; motion, force, and work; and electricity.
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How do we understand Physical Science: structures; matter; motion, force, and work; and electricity?
How do we acknowledge their Designer and Sustainer?
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Laboratory experiments
Projects
Unit tests
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Social Studies
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Study the history of the Old World from Ancient Mesopo-tamia through the exploration of North America.
Know why history is His story and how it is ours, too.
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Why should we New World dwellers study the Old World?
How do we understand the story of the Old World?
Where do we see God’s hand directing history?
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RAFTS, newspapers, games
Quizzes and unit tests
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Christian Conduct
Service
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Jesus calls us to practice our faith with deeds of service.
Growing a vibrantly Christian learning community involves helping, encouraging, and praying with one another.
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How do we practice learning and living as Jesus’ school?
How should we spend time, money, and effort to serve one another and others in our community and world?
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Recycle paper and commingled plastics, jars, and cans
Participate in chapel and assist with classroom devotions
Annual local service projects such as raking in a cemetery, fundraiser for Hope International.
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