Syllabus for Palisades Summer School 2012

3rd Grade

Summer 2012
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Mission Statement: The mission of Palisades Summer VBS is to foster the academic, spiritual, personal, social, and physical development of students from Christian/Non-Christian families for effective service to the Lord. 

Instructor: Mishell Kwon

          Room: 303

          E-mail: mishellkwon@gmail.com

Teacher's Aid: Brian Choi (brianchoi925@gmail.com)

Textbooks:
          Math: Advantage Math
          Language Arts: Advantage Reading & Voyage in English

Prerequisites:
          Completion of the 2nd grade prior to summer school so that each student has developed the fundamentals of mathematics, reading, writing, and grammar. 

Homework, Tests, and Projects:
          Homework: There will be no mathematics, reading, writing, or grammar homework that will be assigned to the students during the course of the summer school. However, they will be assigned daily bible readings that each student is recommended to read and comprehend. Not only do they have daily bible readings, but students are also encouraged to memorize a weekly bible verse. There is a total of 6 verses that each student will know by heart by the end of summer school.

Week 1's Memory Verse: "I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."- Philippians 3:14

          Tests: Each week students will be taking a test to review their comprehension of the different math topics learned. Every 2 weeks students will be taking a tests on Reading, Writing, Grammar, and Math. This test will be specifically designed by myself and the TA. 

          Projects: This year, the theme for Palisades Church Summer School is, "Run the Race with Jesus!" As we all know, the Summer Olympics is also taking place later this month. As a result, the staff decided to use the Olympics as a motive. Each class will be representing a country, as a class we have picked Vietnam. Our students will have to research and do a presentation with a mission/outreach purpose. Our 3rd grade class will be participating in the "Change for Change"program. This program requires us to collect change in order to designate a gift for Vietnam. This program is authorized by the Palisades Church as well as World Vision. 

Weekly Evaluation:
          Every Friday, students will be taking home a weekly newsletter. This is for the parents and well as the student to see how they are doing in class and if there are any areas they are in need of improvement. 

Schedule for Week 1