WISDOM TREE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Partners with Parents
Wisdom Tree has divided each area below into Goals and Memory sections. The Goals are those basic principles we seek to achieve throughout the years of elementary school. The Memory section contains an abbreviated list of material we seek to have the children commit to memory through repetition within that subject area.
A. GOALS: We seek to:
1. By our word and deed encourage each child to come to the Father, through the Son, and grow in their knowledge and love of Him.
2. Have the children read the actual text for themselves vs. only prescribed verses.
3. Have the children read at least one Gospel account, one Epistle, and one Old Testament book each year.
4. Encourage the children to understand the verses in context, along with other good interpretation principles.
5. Let the scriptures speak for themselves with clarifications and illustrations by the teacher.
6. Show the children the richness and requirements of the Bible.
7. Teach the biblical pattern of salvation.
B. MEMORY: The children will recall:
1. The entire list of books of the Bible in correct order.
2. The major attributes of God, i.e. Loving, Just, Omnipresent, Omniscient, Creator, etc.
3. The names and significance of Adam, Abraham, Moses, David, Paul, Peter, etc.
4. The major acts and themes of the Gospels: Jesus’ birth, miracles, crucifixion, resurrection.
5. The Ten Commandments
II. ENGLISH:
A. GOALS: We seek to:
1. Demonstrate that God is the creator of language and thus find order and reason in language.
2. Equip every child with the skills necessary for good writing, including correct spelling and grammar, pleasing style, clarity of focus, proof-reading, and self-correcting.
3. Put a major emphasis on good writing by requiring the children to write often and correctly in each subject area.
4. Encourage clear thinking by the children through requiring clear, focused writing.
5. Introduce the children to many styles of writing using the Bible and other high quality literature.
6. Teach spelling study skills for maximum learning retention.
B. MEMORY: The children will recall:
1. The names and functions of a noun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, etc.
2. Basic spelling rules.
3. Correct punctuation marking and capitalization rules. A. GOALS: We seek to:
1. Foster a life-long love of reading and high quality literature, especially the Scriptures, after being taught to recognize the characteristics of such literature (the Rhetoric of reading).
2. Use phonics (the Grammar of reading) as the primary building blocks for teaching children to read.
3. Encourage the children to read correctly as soon as possible.
4. Introduce the children to high-quality children’s literature as soon as possible through our literature program.
5. Carefully monitor the child’s reading abilities to ensure he or she is at a reasonable level, is comprehending adequately (the Logic of reading), and is reading fluently, both orally and silently. This includes the proper use of word-attack skills.
6. Integrate, wherever possible, other subjects into reading, such as history and science.
7. Build and maintain clear, specific, but broad criteria for the selection of a good number of varied, high-quality titles to include in our reading lists for each grade. The classes also should maintain titles with a range of difficulty from grade-level to above grade-level. These titles are to be logically sequenced in difficulty from first through the seventh grade.
B. MEMORY: The children will recall:
1. The vowels and their sounds.
2. The consonants and their sounds.
3. The definitions of plot, character, fiction, non-fiction, biography, etc.
4. Oral reading skills.
5. Their favorite authors. A. GOALS: We seek to:
1. Instruct the children in the fundamental vocabulary and grammar of Spanish and Latin to better their fundamental understanding of English and the understanding of Romance languages.
2. Reinforce the children’s understanding of the reasons for, and the use of, the parts of speech being taught in our traditional English grammar class work, e.g. plurals, nouns, verbs, prepositions, direct objects, tenses, etc.
B. MEMORY: The children will recall:
1. The vocabulary introduced and used.
2. All of the declensions of nouns and the conjugations for verbs.
3. Subject-noun agreement.
4. Forming simple sentences, commands, and questions.
A. GOALS: We seek to: 1. Ensure that the children have a thorough mastery of basic mathematical functions and tables. 2. Put an emphasis on conceptual, as well as practical, understanding of math through the frequent use of story problems. 3. Illustrate God's unchanging character through the timeless, logical mathematical systems He gave to man through His gift of reason. B. MEMORY: The children will recall: 1. The four basic mathematics properties; i.e. addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and their uses. 2. Multiplication and division facts to 12. 3. Addition and subtraction facts to 20. 4. All aspects of telling time, reading thermometers, and identifying dates. 5. All cardinal directions and basic geometric shapes. 6. An understanding of algebra as appropriate for each grade level. A. GOALS: We seek to: 1. Teach the children that God is in control of history and He will determine its ultimate outcome. 2. Enable the children to see God's hand in the history of the world and the 3. Broaden the children’s understanding of history and geography as the children mature, specifically by deepening the level of exposure and research into various topics from first through eighth grades. 4. Make history and geography "come alive" for the children through the use of a unit approach to history and its related areas and by using many forms of information and research, e.g. biographies, illustrations, time lines, field trips, guest speakers, music, art, foods, and architecture.
B. MEMORY: The children will recall: 1. The names and capitals of all fifty United States. 2. The names of most major countries of the world. 3. Key figures in history; e.g. Homer, Martin Luther, George Washington, etc. 4. Key dates and their significance in history. 5. Preambles to the Declaration of
III.
A. GOALS: We seek to:
1. Demonstrate that God is the creator of all things and thus we can reasonably expect to find order and meaning in the discovery of creation.
2. Teach that the biblical creation account is true.
4. Show the children that, because God made the universe, it has inherent order which in turn makes it possible to hypothesize and experiment (scientific method), as well as to identify, classify, and categorize elements of creation. This is particularly practiced with plant and animal life.
5. Use many forms of instruction to teach science: weekly experiments, demonstrations, collecting, illustrating, and field trips.
A. GOALS: We seek to:
1. Demonstrate that since man is created in the image of God, we are creative beings.
2. Teach all our children the basic fundamentals of drawing to enable them to create adequate renderings.
3. Encourage the children to appreciate and imitate the beauty of the creation in their own works.
4. Introduce the children to masters' works of the Western culture.
5. Equip the children to knowledgeably use a variety of art media.
B. MEMORY: The children will recall:
1. The primary and secondary colors.
2. The use of perspective in drawing and at least four famous artists.
