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Social - Emotional: • Express self verbally • Look forward to going to school • Recognize authority • Share with others • Help with family chores • Identify other children by name • Take care of toilet needs independently • Care for own belongings • Dress self • Brush teeth Can be away from parents 4-6 hours • Join in family conversations • Carry a plate of food • Maintain self control • Get along with others • Talk easily • Greet visitors • Put toys away • Eat lunch with minimal assistance My child knows: • Own first name • Own last name • Parents’ names • Home address • Home phone number • When and how to use a tissue • Own gender • Parts of the body

Kindergarten Highlights

Biblical knowledge and a love for the Lord taught and modeled through Scripture memory verses, Bible stories, worship, and prayer

Weekly chapel attendance with opportunities to participate

Strong phonics, reading, and handwriting program

Strong phonics program combined with learning to read and comprehend literature

Rich language arts and creative writing program where students will be able to organize ideas and write about them

Social Studies, Science, and Math foundations taught with a Biblical Worldview

Art, Music, P.E., and Library Opportunity for students to

develop fine and gross motor skills Engaging and applicable field trips

throughout the school year Opportunity for parents and

families to build community and lasting friendships with one another as events are planned to bring them together at class parties and Kindergarten special events

Summer Suggestions

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr., and John Archambault

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin, Jr.

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales Suggested Guided Reading Levels A-B.

(Scholastic.com is a good tool)

Bay Area Christian School

KINDERGARTEN

4800 West Main League City, TX 77573

281-332-1277 www.bacschool.org

Listening and Sequencing: • Follow simple directions • Pay attention • Recognize common sounds • Retell a simple story in sequence • Repeat a sequence of sounds Repeat a sequence of numbers Reading Readiness • Repeat a 6-8 word sentence Pretend to read (has been read to often) • Identify own first name in writing • Can print first name correctly Answer questions about a short

story • Look at pictures and tell a story Understand words are read from left to right Identify letters and sounds of the alphabet (upper and lower case) • Know some nursery rhymes Know the meaning of simple words

Achievement Testing Students in Kindergarten take a standardized test in the spring. Our Kindergartners typically score significantly above the national average as well as above the region average in all the subtests administered.

Size, Position and Direction: • Know big and little • Know long and short • Know up and down • Know in and out • Know front and back • Know over and under • Know hot and cold • Know empty and full • Know more and less • Know fast and slow • Know top and bottom Motor Skills: • Run • Walk a straight line • Jump and hop • Skip • Walk downstairs using alternate feet • March • Stand on one foot for ten seconds • Walk backwards for five feet • Throw a ball • Paste picture on paper • Clap hands • Button clothes • Build with blocks • Complete a simple five piece puzzle • Draw or color beyond a simple scribble • Control pencil and crayon well • Handle scissors Cut and draw simple shapes Zip clothes Is learning how to tie shoes

Dear Parents, We at Bay Area Christian School are delighted that you have chosen our school for your child’s educational training. We look forward to partnering with your home to provide a quality, Christ-centered classroom environment, in which your child will be nurtured for academic and spiritual growth. Our kindergarten faculty has provided the following readiness areas which we hope will be beneficial for children preparing to enter our kindergarten for the first time. If you have any questions after reading this information, please contact our school office.

Kindergarten Readiness Areas

Time: • Understand day and night Know age and birthday Colors, Shapes and Numbers: • Recognize primary colors • Recognize triangles, circles, squares and rectangles • Recognize numbers • Count to ten • Can count objects

Summer Suggestions

Students are encouraged to read approximately twenty minutes a day during the summer to help retain what they have already learned. Suggested Guided Reading Levels C-D (should be reading easily with no more than 5 mistakes a page). Some students will be at Levels E-F. Scholastic.com is a good tool for leveled readers. Another great resource to help students preserve academic skills between Kindergarten and First grade is Book 1 of BJU’s Vacation Station: Beyond the Back Door, a review program for Reading, Math, and Language Arts.

First Grade Highlights Hands-on science experiences Star of the week Class stuffed animal sent

home with travel journal 100th day activities Games to reinforce academic

concepts Music, Art, Library, and P.E. Academic, fun-related, and

service-oriented field trips Butterfly hatching


First Grade



represent addition and the action of separating to represent subtraction

Solve word problems using objects and drawings to find sums up to 10 and differences within 10.

Identify U.S. coins by name, including pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters

Identify circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares

Count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s to one hundred

Tell time to the hour Patterning

Readiness Areas for First Grade Reading/

Language Recognize and write all upper

and lowercase letters Recognize long and short

vowels sounds (a, e, i, o, u) Apply capitalization rule for

beginning of sentence and names

Recognize rhyming words Punctuation Isolate beginning sounds (b)

and blends (bl) Blends include:

l blends: pl, cl, bl, fl, gl, sl, spl

r blends: fr, tr, br, dr, pr, gr, cr, spr, scr, str

s blends; sm, sc, sk, sp, sn, sw

t blends: tw, th Read simple sentences and

predict what will happen next

Dear Parents, We at Bay Area Christian School are delighted that you have chosen our school for your child’s educational training. We look forward to partnering with your home to provide a quality, Christ-centered classroom environment in which your child will be nurtured for academic and spiritual growth. Our first grade faculty has provided the following readiness areas which we hope will be beneficial for children preparing to enter our First Grade for the first time. If you have any questions after reading this information, please contact our school office.

Readiness Areas for First Grade Math

Count forward and backward to 20

Read and write whole number words 1-10

Read and write numbers 1-20 Count a set of objects up to

20 Generate a number that is

one more than or less than another number up to 20

Model the action of joining to

Summer Suggestions

Students are encouraged to read approximately twenty minutes a day during the summer to help retain what they have already learned. Students should be reading chapter books. If not, continue with Leveled Readers. The following chapter book series are suggested: 1) Calendar Mysteries; 2) Flat Stanley; 3) Cam Jansen; 4) Nancy Drew; and 5) Magic Tree House

Another great resource to help students preserve academic skills between the First and Second grades is Book 2 of BJU’s Vacation Station: Wheels Westward, a review program for Reading, Math, and Language Arts.


Second Grade



Prerequisites for Second Grade Math

Read and write numbers to 99 Compare and order numbers to 99 Compare numbers to 99 using the

greater than and less than symbols Recognize place value: ones, tens,

hundreds Identify coins: penny, nickel, dime,

quarter Count mixed coins up to $1.00 Identify fractions: one-half,

one-third, one-fourth Know addition and subtraction

families through 12 Add and subtract two-digit

numbers Identify even and odd numbers Count by twos, fives, and tens Measure in inches Read time to the hour, half hour,

and quarter hour Draw conclusions and answer

questions using graphs Solve written problems with clue

words such as “in all” and “are left” Identify basic shapes: rectangle,

circle, square, triangle

Prerequisites for Second

Grade Reading and Language Arts

Read and comprehend on grade-

level orally and silently Sustain silent reading for 20

minutes Compare and contrast stories Identify the main character and

the main idea of a passage Sequence events in a story Make predictions about a passage

or story Summarize a passage or story Identify vowels and their sounds

(long and short) Write a complete sentence with

capital lettering and appropriate punctuation

Recognize compound words Recognize rhyming words Alphabetize words to the second

letter Recognize synonyms and antonyms Write contractions using not

Dear Parents, We at Bay Area Christian School are delighted that you have chosen our school for your child’s educational training. We look forward to partnering with your home to provide a quality, Christ-centered classroom environment, in which your child will be nurtured for academic and spiritual growth. Our second grade faculty has provided the following readiness areas, which we hope will be beneficial for children preparing to enter our second grade for the first time. If you have any questions after reading this information, please contact our school office. Overall Distinctive Elements

for Second Grade Animal Diorama with report Multiplication and Division facts to 5 Subtraction with regrouping to the

thousands’ place State project Snazzy Snack - handwriting activity Art/Music with a Foreign language

option P.E. twice a week Engaging, applicable, and service-

oriented field trips Introduction to cursive handwriting

with an emphasis on proficiency and correct letter formation

Prerequisites for Third Grade Math

Recall addition and subtraction facts through the sum of 18 and adding doubles to 24 fluently and rapidly

Ex. 3+3, 8+8, 11+11 Recognize numbers that add to 10

Ex. 3+7, 6+4 Identify place value (numbers up to 999 and the value of each digit) Compare numbers through 999 using >, <, and = Order 3 digit numbers from least to greatest Identify numbers that are before given numbers, up to 999 Know addition and subtraction fact families

Ex. 5+4=9 9-4=5 4+5=9 9-5=4

Count by twos, fives, and tens to 200 Solve two digit addition and subtraction problems with and without regrouping Add three-two digit numbers

Add and subtract three digit numbers Solve addition and subtraction one-step word problems Understand concept of multiplication and division Count mixed coins up to one dollar Tell time in hours and minutes

Measurement Measure the length of items to the nearest inch and half inch Round numbers to nearest ten Round money to nearest dollar Know English linear measures: inches, feet, and yards Know metric linear measures: millimeters, centimeters, and meters Know English liquid measure: cups, pints, quarts, and gallons Identify Roman numerals I through XX Internalize the concept of a fraction


Third Grade



Reading

Listen and respond properly to directions, questions, stories, poems, and presentations

Know and apply K-2nd grade sight words

Read second grade level words easily

Use phonics skills and word parts to read words of multiple syllables

Use context clues to read words of multiple syllables

Show understanding of stories by putting story events in order

Show understanding of stories by recalling and locating details

Summer Reading

The Mystery of Pelican Cove by Milly Howard. ISBN: 9780890847114. Available through various sources. Note: This is NOT the same book read in second grade but the sequel.

Short Survey Assignment should be completed and brought to class the first week of school (form on school website). Other related assignments from reading will be completed at school.

Prerequisites for Third Grade

Language Arts

Spell second grade level words Write sentences with correct

capitalization (proper nouns, first letters of sentences and the word “I”)

Write using periods in abbreviations and at the ends of sentences

Write using commas in dates Write using apostrophes in

contractions Write in complete sentences

using correct subject/verb agreement

Divide simple sentences into subject and predicate parts

Identify nouns in sentences Write legibly with appropriate

letter formation and spacing in cursive as well as print

Summer Suggestions Students are encouraged to read approximately twenty minutes a day and discuss what they read during the summer. Another great resource to help students preserve academic skills between the Second and Third grades is Book 3 of BJU’s Vacation Station: Ocean Expedition, a review program for Reading, Math, and Language Arts.

Dear Parents, We at Bay Area Christian School are delighted that you have chosen our school for your child’s educational training. We look forward to partnering with your home to provide a quality, Christ-centered classroom environment in which your child will be nurtured for academic and spiritual growth. Our third grade faculty has provided the following readiness areas which we hope will be beneficial for children preparing to enter our Third Grade program. If you have any questions after reading this information, please contact our school office.

Overall Distinctive Elements for

Third Grade Animal Research (Science) Long division Multiplication and division tables

(0-12) Early American history emphasis Chapter books P.E. twice a week Art, Music, and a Foreign

Language option Engaging, applicable and service-

oriented field trips Learning and applying the writing

process for multiple genres of writing

Prerequisites for Third Grade

Prerequisites for Fourth Grade Reading & Language Arts

Listen attentively and follow multiple-step oral directions

Read and comprehend on grade-level both silently and independently

Read independently for a sustained time and summarize/retell what was read

Determine main idea of what is read

Show understanding of reading by putting events in order, recognizing character traits, making predictions, and supporting inferences with textual evidence

Recognize new words using phonics skills, prior knowledge, and context clues

Complete all work using correct cursive letter formation and spacing on notebook paper

Spell words accurately in written assignments

Understand and identify nouns and verbs in sentences

Write paragraphs with complete sentences using correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization

Use prewriting, drafting, and revising strategies in developing written products

Know birthday and address, city, and state of birth

Summer Suggestion

A great resource to help students retain academic skills between the Third and Fourth grades is Book 4 of BJU’s Vacation Station: Jungle Journey, a review program for Reading, Math, and Language Arts.

Summer Reading Requirement

The Case of the Dognapped Cat by Milly Howard (provided to parents)

Short Survey Assignment should be completed and brought to class the first week of school (form on school website). Other related assignments from reading will be completed at school.


Fourth Grade

4800 West Main

League City, TX 77573 281-332-1277

www.bacschool.org

9,999 Ex. Put the following numbers

in order from least to greatest: 6095 874 2741 696

Identify greater than, less than, and

equal to (Ex. 29,305 > 2,935)

Round two and three– digit numbers

Ex. 856 rounds to 900; 37 rounds to 40; 13 rounds to 10; 891 rounds to 890

Solve and write multiplication problems with one or two-digit multipliers:

Ex. 33x5 24x7 8762 24 X 7 x73 Solve long division problems with and

without remainders

Ex. 875 ÷ 9; 3 699

Understand that multiplication and division are related by fact families

Ex. 9x3=27 27÷ 3=9

Time, Money, and Measurement

Be able to determine the value of a collection of coins and bills

Be able to tell time to the minute Be able to calculate beginning and

ending times and elapsed times in the context of story problems

Determine values of money using story problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

Ex. Henry bought a dozen eggs for $2.89. How much change did he receive from $5.00?

How much did Ella earn by selling 360 necklaces for eight cents each?

Identify measures and their equivalents including cups, pints, quarts, gallons, inches, feet, yards, miles, millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers

Fractions

Use objects to identify, construct, and compare fractional parts of whole objects or sets of objects

Understand fractional concepts

Fourth Grade Highlights

Hands-on science activities Use of math manipulatives

build number sense and prob-lem solving skills

A variety of writing styles is developed

Unit studies using novels Academic, fun, and service-

oriented field trips The study of Texas history

Dear Parents, We at Bay Area Christian School are delighted that you have chosen our school for your child’s educational training. We look forward to partnering with your home to provide a quality, Christ-centered classroom environment in which your child will be nurtured for academic and spiritual growth. Our fourth grade faculty has provided the following readiness areas, which we hope will be beneficial for children preparing to enter our Fourth Grade program. If you have any questions after reading this information, please contact our school office.

Mastery of Objectives Needed for Entry into

Fourth Grade Prerequisites for Fourth Grade

Math

Know all multiplication facts through twelve

Earn 95% accuracy on 5 minute 100 problem multiplication fact drill upon entry to fourth grade

Add and Subtract three-digit numbers with and without regrouping

Read, write, and identify place values for numbers through 999,999 (Ex. Eight hundred seventy five thousand nine = 875,009; 703 million, 903 thousand, 422 = 703,903,422)

Be able to place commas correctly in numbers (Ex. 4,289,015; 95,238)

Compare and order numbers through

Social/Emotional Behavior

Expectations

Demonstrate personal responsibility for backpack, lunch, gym clothes as well as assignments/books needed daily for class

Demonstrate self control in classroom and hallways

Demonstrate respect for authority and others in a Christ-like manner

Demonstrate Christ’s love when dealing with friendships and con-flict

Summer Suggestion

Students are encouraged to read

approximately twenty minutes a day

during the summer to help retain

what they have already learned.

Another great resource to help

students retain academic skills is

Book 5 of BJU’s Vacation Station:

Polar Explorer, a review program for

Reading, Math, and Language Arts

for fourth graders going into fifth

grade.


Fifth Grade

4800 West Main

League City, TX 77573 281-332-1277

www.bacschool.org

Summer Reading

Requirement

Trouble at Silver Pines Inn by

Gloria Repp (1579244033).

Available through AbeBooks,

BJU Press, etc.

Short Survey Assignment should

be completed and brought to

school the first week (form

available on the school website)

There will be discussions, as-

signments, and assessments

related to this book during the

first weeks back at school.

Reading/Language Arts Readiness Areas

Listen and respond attentively to multiple-step oral directions, questions, speakers and presentations

Use correct grammar when speaking and writing

Read independently and summarize/retell what was read


Read and recognize different text genre, such as fiction, nonfiction, fantasy and drama

Monitor comprehension by putting events in order, recognize character traits, making predictions and supporting inferences with textual evidence

Recognize new words using phonics skills, prior knowledge and context clues to develop an understanding of word meanings

Identify parts of speech

Use proper letter formation and spacing (cursive or print)

Spell fifth grade-level words accurately in written assignments

Write paragraphs with well- developed sentences that are grammatically correct and correctly structured

Math Readiness Areas

Identify lines, angles, rays, and other basic geometric terms

Read and write decimals to the thousandth’s place in word and number form (Ex. 523=five hundred twenty three thousandths)

Identify metric prefixes and their value (Ex. Kilo=1,000)

Fluent recall of multiplication facts up through the twelves

Add and subtract decimals

Add, subtract, multiply, and simplify fractions with like and unlike denominators

Solve perimeter problems

Divide/check with two-digit divisors

Estimate and measure using customary and metric units

Solve area problems

Understand the relationship between fractions and decimals (Ex. .7=7/10)

Read, write, and identify place value to hundred thousands

Write a number in word and number form (Ex. 386=three hundred eighty)

Use proper grade level Math vocabulary

Dear Parents,

We at Bay Area Christian School are delighted that you have chosen our school for your child's educational training. We look forward to partnering with your home to provide a quality, Christ-centered classroom environment in which your child will be nurtured for academic and spiritual growth.

Our Fifth Grade faculty has provided the following readiness areas which we hope will be beneficial for students preparing to enter our Fifth Grade program. If you have any questions after reading this information, please contact our school office.

Overall Distinctive Elements

for Fifth Grade

Christmas service project Hands-on math Robotics opportunity Band/Orchestra option Art/Music/French or Spanish option P.E. everyday Class changes for specific content

instruction Engaging, applicable, and educa-

tional and service-oriented field trips

Science fair project Project-based learning Learning through simulations

Math Readiness Areas Identify, measure, and convert

units of length, capacity, and mass in customary and metric units

Perform operations accurately using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals

Determine the perimeter of polygons and the area of squares and rectangles

Exercise proper, grade-level math vocabulary

Perform operations correctly using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, algebraic equations, and formulas of geometry

Summer Reading Requirement

Wonder by R.J. Palacio (ISBN: 978-0375869020)

Short Survey Assignment should be completed and brought to school the first week (form available on the school website)

There will be class discussions, assignments, and assessments related to this book during the first weeks back at school.


Sixth Grade

4800 West Main

League City, TX 77573 281-332-1277

www.bacschool.org

Summer Suggestions

Students are encouraged to read approximately twenty minutes a day during the summer to help retain what they have already learned. Another great resource to help students retain academic skills is Book 6 of BJU’s Vacation Station: Outback Odyssey, a review program for Reading, Math, and Language Arts for fifth graders going into sixth grade.

Summer Activities

Volleyball, basketball and football camps available for entering sixth graders.

Boys and Girls Basketball Boys football

Academic Prerequisites for Sixth Grade

Listen and respond attentively to multiple-step oral directions, questions, speakers, and presentations

Use correct grammar when speaking

Read silently and independently daily

Read independently for a sustained time and summarize/retell what was read

Use background knowledge to enhance reading comprehension


Demonstrate understanding of the content of sixth grade reading materials

Display reading comprehension by putting events in order, recognizing character traits, making predictions, and supporting inferences with textual evidence

Apply deductive reasoning to make predictions and inferences in literature

Utilize synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and analogies to build vocabulary

Write paragraphs with well developed sentences that are grammatically correct and correctly structured

Identify and apply parts of speech in sentences

Use prewriting and revising strategies in developing written products

Edit writing from knowledge of spelling, punctuation, and grammar and usage

Demonstrate the use of the writing process

Form analogies, similes, and metaphors to establish relationships

Condense learning material through note taking, outlines, and summaries

Employ and discuss symbolism and personification in writing and literature

Use research skills in History and Science

Apply and use of the scientific method

Dear Parents,

We at Bay Area Christian School are delighted that you have chosen our school for your child's educational training. We look forward to partnering with your home to provide a quality, Christ-centered classroom environment in which your child will be nurtured for academic and spiritual growth.

Our sixth grade faculty has provided the following readiness areas and academic prerequisites which we hope will be beneficial for children preparing to enter our Sixth grade program. If you have any questions after reading this information, please contact our school office.

Overall Distinctive Elements for Sixth Grade

Application with Scripture memory

Opportunity to join Robotics

Band/Orchestra option

Art/Music/French or Spanish option

P.E. everyday

Signature Sixth Grade trip to Pine Cove: Teambuilding Activities

Lockers and switching classes

Hands-on Science focus

In-depth literature study

Engaging, educational, applicable, and service-oriented field trips

Girls Volleyball

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