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1st Grade

Introduction

Life Christian First grade is dedicated to the training of students in a program of study, activity, and living that is Christ-centered. We believe that "all things should be done decently and in order" and that students should be taught to accept God-given authority which is firm, consistent, fair, and tempered with a genuine love for the students. This web site is designed to provide you with information about the skills your child will learn this year. Many skills are practiced and improved upon in more than one grade level.

Memorize and apply scripture to their daily lives
Students will be able to:
-Know the Bible is the word of God from reading the Picture Bible and from worship songs.
-Memorize a portion of scripture each week.
-Understand the meaning of scripture.
-Learn the Ten Commandments.
-Learn the Order of the Books of the Bible.
-Understand that God is powerful; He defines the laws of nature because He created them.
-Learn that they can find help to resist temptation by memorizing scripture just as Jesus did.

Understand the significance of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ
Students will be able to:
-Learn about God's greatest miracle: the ultimate impossibility--His coming to earth Himself in human form.
-Understand why Jesus had a humble birth.
-Understand that Jesus alone has power over nature, our bodies, our minds, and over life and death.
-Understand that Jesus alone deserves our worship.

Become familiar with major characters from the Old and New Testament of the Bible
Students will be able to:
-Learn about when God's perfect world was spoiled by sin, God did what seems impossible to us-he started over and repopulated the earth with the descendants of Noah. God protected Noah and his family, and they were saved.
-How the Nation of Israel began, through the stories from Joshua and Judges.
-How God worked in the lives of those who trusted and obeyed Him.
-God kept His promises in the face of seemingly impossible situations.
-Know that God's world was spoiled by sin through the story of Adam and Eve.
-Know that God judges sin, from the story of Noah.
-Know that God keeps His promises and that obedience brings reward, from the story of Abraham.
-Learn to treat their own family members with kindness and honesty, from the story of Isaac.
-Learn that Jealousy is a wrong choice because it causes family problems, and that God's will can be done through us if we will forgive others, from the story of Joseph.
-Learn that God can use obedient people to do mighty works, from the story of Moses.
-Understand how God rewards faithful people, from the story of Ruth.

Understand what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
Students will be able to:
-Understand that following Jesus is a choice and that they, as children, can be His disciples also.
-Follow John the Baptist's example in telling others that Jesus can come into their lives today.
-Follow Jesus' example of speaking and studying God's word as they grow up physically and spiritually.

Demonstrate growth in Christian character
Students will be able to:
-Learn the meaning of over 20 Christian character traits such as obedience, attentiveness, patience, and diligence to guide them into behavior that pleases God.
-Understand through the Beatitudes that the world's way of thinking and God's way of thinking are quite different.
-Thank and praise God for answered prayers.

What your child will learn to do
- write to inform, explain and entertain; use steps in the writing process (plan, write, revise, edit); recognize the days of the week, the names of the months; write simple sentences, simple paragraphs, friendly letters, lists and invitations.
-distinguish between complete and incomplete sentences; use pronouns to replace nouns; use nouns to name persons, places, and things; use singular and plural nouns and correct verb forms.
-retell a story; use courtesy in conversation; participate in class discussion.
-listen, observe, and respond appropriately; follow oral directions.
-use capital letters, periods and question marks correctly; use legible manuscript handwriting; spell over 30 common sight words; use abbreviations.

-count by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's to 100; write numerals through 100; recognize and use symbols (=,+, and -); read and write two-digit numbers and identify place value; identify ordinal numbers first through twelfth.
-add and subtract problems with sums to 12.
-write addition and subtraction number sentences for a picture problem.
-tell time to the hour and half hour; find the value of coins to sets of 50 cents; measure using inches and centimeters.
-name lines, circles, triangles, rectangles, cones, and squares.

-practice good oral hygiene and learn basic safety rules for the home and school.
-learn that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and to keep it healthy.