Mastery of concepts develops from hands-on experience transferred to symbolic representation. Daily instruction includes daily speed tests of computational skills, new increment instruction, number fact practice, practice of previously introduced concepts, and homework that mirrors the classroom practice. Written and oral assessments are built into the program and occur at regular intervals. Upper grade instruction includes the introduction of increasingly more difficult concepts and the application of those concepts. Concepts include patterning, sorting and classifying, geometric shapes, measurement, number operations, number lines and probability, graphing, geometry, time and money skills, fractions, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, decimals, English and metric units of measure, Roman numerals, and basic algebra.
Emphasis is placed on problem solving.
Science Our goal is to give students first-hand knowledge of life, earth, and physical science from a clear Christian perspective. We attempt to help children understand that science is a way of thinking a method of thought which applies not only to explorations of the physical universe but to all other realms of intellectual inquiry that require hypothesis, inference, and other tools of brainwork. We use the Scott Foresman 2000 science program. Social Studies Social studies should introduce children to their world - its past and present. Key components are civic, historic, and geographic literacy.