Specials Curriculum

Art

Kindergarten and Pre-1st

Students experiment with a wide variety of mediums as they learn to focus on the artistic process learned rather than the product. To ensure success, skills lessons are taught in a step-by-step sequence.

First Grade through Fifth Grade

The principles and elements of design are reintroduced and explored using age-appropriate hands on projects. Art appreciation is woven throughout the curriculum as students learn to recognize master artists’ names and styles. Selected projects are interdisciplinary based, tying in the topic of study from the regular classroom.

Computer

Pre-1st through Fifth Grade

The incorporation of computer classes into the curriculum allows students to prepare for excellence in the area of computer science. Student progression through the curriculum provides the framework for successful integration of the skills and concepts needed to be creative, complete projects, and develop self-confidence. Young learners become familiar with basic computer and keyboard functions, and they progress to a level where desktop publishing, internet, and multimedia skills enhance computer and classroom assignments and projects.

Music

Kindergarten through Fifth Grade

Students continue their study and exploration of music fundamentals, appreciation, and theory. Additional concepts include:

Physical Education

Kindergarten through Fifth Grade

Physical activity is critical to the development and maintenance of good health. The goal of physical education is to develop physically educated individuals who have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of healthful physical activity. Students follow a planned progression through the concepts listed below:

• Motor ability emphasis on power, speed, agility, coordination, and balance
• Sufficient manipulative skill mastery, motor ability development, creative movement perceptions, and skill integration
• Integrative Skills such as running/catching/throwing games, jumping/running/dodging games, striking/catching/games, kicking/trapping games, weight transfer, balance, and body rotation activities
• Team Sports
• Application of Movement Principles
  

Spanish

Kindergarten and Pre-1st

Students receive a basic introduction to the Spanish language and progress from greeting people, counting by 10, saying the alphabet, and identifying family members, to obeying classroom commands, saying the months of the year, identifying articles of clothing, counting to 20, and making polite requests.

First Grade through Fifth Grade

Students build on previously learned concepts and continue to develop their understanding and usage of the Spanish language. From a first grade focus on basic greetings for various times of day and recitation of Bible verses to a fifth grade emphasis on noun-adjective agreement, conjugation of regular AR verbs, and use of numbers and patterns from 1-10,000, our program is a progression that empowers students to develop conversational Spanish skills.