PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN EDUCATIONAL GOALS

Southeast Christian Academy's preschool and kindergarten program is developed to provide young children with a sound foundation for future learning. It is developmentally appropriate and includes a child-centered environment. It includes a combination for quiet and active periods intended to enhance emotional stability.

The A Beka curriculum is used to introduce the children to phonics, math, and letter formation. Group activities are composed of short segments that focus on socialization, language arts, numbers, science, music, and art. These short segments closely approximate the attention span of three, four, and five year olds.

The majority of our four year olds are either reading or ready to read when they enter kindergarten. Our kindergartners are reading and solving simple addition and subtraction problems by the time they enter first grade.

ELEMENTARY GRADES GOALS
The traditional curriculum has been adopted with an emphasis on reading, math, and science. All students receive Spanish, music, art, and computer training as well as well as physical education.

Kindergarten
Learning to read through use of phonics rules; writing sentences; addition and subtraction facts; telling time; money values; learn about our country and God's world.

1st Grade
Knowing capitalization rules; punctuation; recognize and write complete sentences; journal writing; counting by 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's, 100's; 3-digit addition; 2-digit subtraction; multiplication facts by 2's, 5's, and 10's.

2nd Grade

Writing complete sentences and short stories; cursive writing; addition with carrying; subtraction with borrowing; multiplication and division facts (0 - 5); spelling vocabulary words and writing definitions.

3rd Grade
Reading comprehension; creative writing; recognizing simple nouns, subjects, verbs; dictionary skills; relationship between multiplication and division; introduction to decimals; basic understanding of fractions.

4th Grade
Speed reading and vocabulary building; kinds of sentences; learning locations on the map; early American History; study of plants, animals, matter, energy, oceanography and astronomy; addition, subtraction, and multiplication of fractions; perimeter and area.

5th Grade
Reading comprehension; oral reading; punctuation; capitalization; making outlines; study of ancient civilization; solving story problems; rounding; factoring; studying mammals, vertebrates, forces and motion, electricity, and planets.