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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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God keeps His promises to Israel, Samuel, and David.
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Why does God keep promises?
How is He sovereign?
What does this mean for us today?
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Bible review of Joshua, Judges, I & 2 Kings, Daniel
Daily lessons
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Reading
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God’s gift of language is fun, rich, and amazing.
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How can literature show us and teach us?
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Textbook lessons
Read Chronicles of Narnia and Charlotte’s Web
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Spelling
Vocabulary
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Use words to strengthen comprehension and meanings.
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How can we all develop our gift of spelling?
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Weekly enriched lessons, tests
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Grammar
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Language should make sense and have a purpose.
Learn, apply, and compare/contrast the parts of speech.
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How does language work?
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Supplemented grammar lessons
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Writing
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Reports, stories, essays, and poems each have a distinct style and pattern.
Editing final copies is essential to communicating clearly and correctly.
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How can we communicate clearly and richly through each style and pattern of writing?
Why is editing essential?
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Daily lessons
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Mathematics
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Deep learning of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts reveals beautiful order and symmetry.
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How does math reflect God’s order and plans?
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Daily lessons
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Science
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God’s creation is rich and awesome in the area of Life Science.
It is a joy to study, organize, and understand insects, spiders, plants, food, and nutrition.
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How can we better appreciate God’s creation?
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Daily lessons
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Social Studies
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The state of Michigan has a rich history and many gifts of people and resources.
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How does Michigan’s history show God’s plan and purpose?
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Textbook lessons
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Christian Conduct
Service
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How can we live according to God’s plan?
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How can we J-O-Y?
How do we let people go?
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Expressions of love and service to those who have lost loved ones or who are sick.
Clean up our classroom and the lunch room.
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