Curriculum Standards, Benchmarks, and Maps
Below you will find the curriculum overviews for Language Arts/Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Bible for each
grade level. These maps provide a brief overview of what is taught in each subject, but it is not meant to be exhaustive.
Reading/Language Arts
Kindergarten Rhyming, listening, shared pen writing workshop, capital/lowercase, non-fiction, parts of a book, reading left
to right, matching capital to lowercase, recall, describing non-fiction, label book parts, categorize nouns,
proper nouns, labeling, sequence, environmental print, categorize verbs (past, present-tense), follow
directions, write directions, sequence, read a map, retell stories, sentence types (asking, exclaiming, telling),
ending punctuation, subject/verb agreement, main idea of a story, letter writing, adjectives, color words,
compose group letter, pronouns (he, she, it, we, they), singular/plural, dictionary skills, match pronoun to
verb, know how to use the library, concepts of print, phonemic awareness, counting syllables, tactile writing,
singing sounds, visual phonics, decodable books, chunking, blending, segmenting, sight words, rainbow
writing of sight words, poetry, short vowels, visualization.
st
1
Initial and first consonant sounds, blending, consonant digraphs, summarizing, theme, main idea and details,
drawing conclusions, classifying and categorizing, responding to literature, listening skills, vocabulary (high
frequency words and word wall recognition, question words, plurals and adjectives, capitalization,
punctuation, sentence types, short and long vowels, onsets and rhymes, predicting, setting, writing traits,
letter and whole word dictation, alphabetical order, dictionary skills, context clues, fiction versus non-fiction,
antonyms, homophones, synonyms, connection words, time and order words
Integrated in Open Court Reading and DOL
nd
2
Review vowel and consonant blends and digraphs, read aloud fluency, rereading, blending new words and
reviewing old, setting, character, main idea, details, predicting and summarizing, reading with appropriate
expression, library skills, using vocabulary in spoken and written sentences, antonyms, homophones,
homographs, and compound words, decodable books and textbook anthology, alphabetical order, nouns,
verbs, adjectives, writing traits, fact and opinion, cause and effect, plot, drawing conclusions, sequencing,
inference, comparatives and superlatives, paragraph writing, story elements, subject/verb agreement.
rd
3
Sentences, capitals, punctuation, abbreviations, cursive, nouns, quotation marks, ideas, organization
singular, plural, contractions, word usage, cursive, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, letter writing, voice,
dictionary skills, word usage, cursive, nouns, creative writing, verbs subjects, sentence fluency
creative writing/proofreading, cursive, word usage, adjectives, work choice, conventions
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Writing (odd years): Narrative, Fairy Tale, Poetry, Newspaper Articles, State Reports
sentence types, letter writing, punctuation, capitalization, creative writing, ideas, organization
creative writing, diagramming, letter writing, voice, diagramming, singular/plural, pronouns, creative
writing, sentence fluency, diagramming, word usage, dictionary skills, creative writing, word choice,
conventions, the eight parts of speech — verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions,
conjunctions, and interjections.
Prepositions - Conjunctions - Interjections - Verbs - Kinds of Sentences – Nouns
Pronouns - Punctuation - Capitalization - Creative Writing 6+Traits
Adjectives - Creative Writing 6+ Traits – Adverbs
Complements - Research Paper
Reading: Story Elements - Reading Strategies - Relationships
Prepositions - Conjunctions - Interjections - Verbs - Kinds of Sentences – Nouns
Pronouns - Punctuation - Capitalization - Creative Writing 6+Traits
Adjectives - Creative Writing 6+ Traits – Adverbs
Complements - Research Paper
Reading: Story Elements - Reading Strategies - Relationships
Prepositions - Conjunctions - Interjections, Verbs - Kinds of Sentences – Nouns
Pronouns - Punctuation - Capitalization - Creative Writing 6+Traits
Adjectives - Creative Writing 6+ Traits - Adverbs - Drama/Speech
Complements – Research Paper
Reading: Relationships - Reading Strategies - Story Elements
Prepositions - Conjunctions - Interjections, Verbs - Kinds of Sentences – Nouns
Pronouns - Punctuation - Capitalization - Creative Writing 6+Traits
Adjectives - Creative Writing 6+ Traits - Adverbs - Drama/Speech
Complements – Research Paper
Reading: Relationships - Reading Strategies - Story Elements
Math
Kindergarten Back to School Fun: Sort and Classify/ Numbers 0-5 (sort and classify by color, size, shape, number sense,
shape books, alike and different, positions and patterns, ordinal numbers)
Fall Festival: Positions and Patterns/Numbers 6-10 (position words, ordinal numbers through 10)
Animals: Graphing/Geometry and Fractions (graphing, tally table, compare solid figures, symmetry, equal
parts)
At the Market: Numbers 11-30/Money (ordinal numbers through 30, money)
Helping Hands: Measurement/Calendar, Time, Temperature (compare and order length, estimate, capacity,
weight, area, days of week, months of year, telling time, temperature)
The Great Outdoors: Addition/Subtraction (model addition, joining groups, symbols to add, doubles,
subtraction, model subtraction, act it out)
1st
Number Sense, Addition Concepts, Subtraction Concepts
Understand Addition and Subtraction and Strategies to 12
Relate Addition and Subtraction to 12, Data and Graphs
Probability, Place Value of Numbers to 100
Comparing and Ordering Numbers, Number Patterns
Solid and Plane Figures, Geometric Patterns, Spatial Sense
Counting Money, Time, Calendar, Measuring Length and Temperature, Fractions
nd
2
Addition Facts and Strategies, Subtraction Facts and Strategies, Place Value to 100
Number Sense, Number Patterns
2-Digit Addition and 2-Digit Subtraction
Data, Graphs, and Probability
Counting Money, Using Money, Time
Solid Figures, Plane Figures, Spatial Sense
Patterns, Measurement
Fractions, Place Value, Compare and Order Greater Numbers
3-Digit Addition and 3-Digit Subtraction
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Patterns on a hundred chart, number line, place value up to 6 digits, compare and order numbers, rounding
to nearest 1,000, calculator use, properties, addends, estimate sums and differences, add and subtract 3 digit
numbers, choosing a method, fact families, subtract across zeros, multiplication and division facts, missing
factors, properties, model division, relate subtraction and division, fact families, identify plane figures,
congruent figures, lines of symmetry, translations, reflections, rotations, customary and metric units of
measurement, count bills and coins, make change, tell time (a.m., p.m., elapsed time, calendar, sequence
events), tables and graphs, predict and record, probability.
Place value through 1,000,000, compare and order, rounding, estimate sums and differences, mental math
strategies, 4 digit addition and subtraction, addition properties, expressions and equations, multiplication
and division, missing factors, order of operations, write equations, inequalities, input and output, convert
units of time to the nearest minute or second, elapsed time, temperature, negative numbers, graphs,
customary and metric units of measurement, weight and capacity, 2-D and 3-D shapes, perimeter, area,
volume, fractions.
Number Sense
Division
Decimals
Decimal Operations
Collect and Organize Data
Number Theory and Fractions
Fraction Concepts
Measurement
Whole Numbers and Decimal Operations
Number Theory and Fraction Concepts
Operations with Fractions
Data and Graphing
Integers - Addition/Subtraction and Multiplication/Division
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Equations
Number Patterns and Functions
Measurement
Perimeter and Area
7th
8th
Decimals and Integers
Exponents and Factors
Operations with Fractions
Algebra: Equations and Inequalities
Ratios, Rates, and Proportions
Percent
Geometry
Measurement
Algebra: Patterns and Rules
Algebra: Graphing in the Coordinate Plane
Displaying and Analyzing Data
Using Probability
Algebraic Expressions and Integers
Solving One-Step Equations and Inequalities
Decimals and Equations
Factors, Fractions, and Exponents
Operations with Fractions
Ratios, Proportions, and Percent
Solving Equations and Inequalities
Linear Functions and Graphing
Spatial Thinking
Area and Volume
Right Triangles in Algebra
Nonlinear Functions and Polynomials
Science and Social Studies
Science
Social Studies
Kindergarten
Five Senses
Weather
Light & Heat
Health
Land & Water
Energy
Kindergarten
Citizenship
Changes in U.S. History
Country
American Holidays
Symbols of U.S.
Our Family’s History
Thanksgiving
Why Study History?
Iowa
Workers-Past to Present
Where We Live: Land-Water-Maps-City-Farm
1st & 2nd:
Evens:
Health/Safety
Insects
Earth & Sky
Energy
Force/Friction
Weather
1st & 2nd
Evens:
Patriotism
Early Settlers to Now
Community Helpers
American Cultures
Tomorrow’s America
3rd & 4th
Evens:
Five Senses – Health
Solar System
Fossils
Inventions
Health
Odds:
The Body (5 senses)
Air/Wind
Animals
Seasons
Plants
Two FOSS Kits
Odds:
Plants
Weather
Oceans-ecosystem
Magnets &
Electricity
Two FOSS Kits
3rd & 4th
Evens:
Communities
Natural Resources
Urban Resources
Government
Elections
Holidays
Odds:
All About America
Regions of U.S.
Landmarks
Map Skills
Travel the World
Odds:
Map Skills
U.S. Regions
U.S. States
5th & 6th
Evens:
Motion & Forces
Work/Simple Machines
Body Systems
Health – Harmful Drugs
Food
Odds:
Earth Science
Geology
Ecosystems
Matter/Energy
Mixtures/Solutions
FOSS
Weather
7th & 8th
Odds:
Evens:
Scientific Method
Scientific Method
Living Organisms
Rocks/Minerals
Cells
Earthquakes/Volcanoes Taxonomy
Atmosphere/Weather Viruses/Bacteria
Solar System
Protists
Genetics/Heredity
Animals
Ecology
5th & 6th
Evens:
Odds:
Land Forms/Cultures
Native American Regions
Europe
Explorers
Asia
13 Colonies
Pacific Islands
Iowa History
Africa
Early Civilizations to Reformation
7th & 8th
Evens:
Revolutionary War
U.S. Government
Industrial Revolution
Pioneers
Pre-Civil War
Civil War
Odds:
Industrialization
Farming Revolution
Expansion-U.S. Borders
Social Reform
World War I
Great Depression
World War II
Cold War
Bible
Kindergarten
Little Children Come to Jesus
A New World and a New Start
The Patriarchs
From Egypt to Canaan
Israel in Canaan
Kings and Prophets
Exile and Return
Continued:
Jesus on Earth
Parables of Jesus
Thanksgiving
Christmas
Jesus’s Death and Resurrection
Ascension and Pentecost
1st & 2nd:
Evens: (finish book 1)
Samuel and Saul
King David
Reign of Solomon
Psalms and Proverbs
Divided Kingdom
Exile
A Savior is Born (start book 2)
Jesus Begins His ministry
Jesus Preaches
Prayer
Miracles of Jesus
Parables of Jesus
Passion Week/Easter
3rd & 4th
Evens:
Judges
Solomon
Ruth
Psalms and Proverbs
Samuel
Divided Kingdom
King Saul
Elijah
David
Elisha
Solomon
After Ahab to Israel’s Exile
Psalms and Proverbs
Divided Kingdom
Isaiah
1st & 2nd
Odds: (Start book 1)
Walking with God
The World God Made
Abraham
Isaac and Jacob
Joseph
Moses and Israel
Settling the Land
The Judges
Samuel and Saul
Christmas
Thanksgiving
Easter
3rd & 4th
Odds:
In the Beginning
The Fall to Babel
Abraham
Isaac and Jacob
Joseph
Moses and the Exodus
God’s Law
Worshiping God
Forty Years in the
Wilderness
Settling the Land
Ephesians
5th & 6th
Evens: (5th Grade Curriculum)
God’s Covenant People – God’s Covenants
Last Days of Judah – Rulers and Prophets
Daniel – Israelites in Exile
Esther: A Story of Divine Providence
Judah’s Return – Rebuilding the Temple
Gospel Writers
Jesus’ Birth, Early Life, and Early Ministry
7th & 8th
Evens: (7th Grade Curriculum)
Themes of the Old Testament – Overview
Feasts of the Lord
Job and Ecclesiastes
Proverbs
Prophets
Prayer
5th & 6th
Odds: (6th Grade Curriculum)
The Setting of God’s Story
Later Judean Ministry
Triumphal Entry through Passover
Last Supper and Jesus’s Death
Jesus’s Resurrection
Pentecost, Peter, Stephen, and Philip
Paul’s Missionary Journeys
Letters to Churches
Revelation
7th & 8th
Odds: (8th Grade Curriculum)
The Early Church
New Testament Writings
Personal Devotions
Church History
For more detail about the curriculum, including essential questions for each unit, please use the following links:
Reading and Language Arts K to 8
Math K to 8
Science 1st to 8th
Bible 1st to 8th
Kindergarten Social Studies and Bible
Social Studies Grades 3 to 6
Sully Christian School shares a Curriculum Director with other area Christian Schools. The following standards and
benchmarks were developed from that partnership: District V Christian Schools Standards