Sample Curriculum – Level One

Quran:

·         Memorize JuzAmma

·         Basic Tajweed Rules

Arabic:

·         Alphabet

v  Recognize letters

v  Know the names of each letter

v  Know their sounds

·         Vowels

v  Fatha

v  Kasrah

v  Damma

v  Sukoon

·         Build up Vocabulary

·         Recognize Sight Words

English:

·         Recognize and write all alphabet (upper-case and lower-case)

·         Phonics (consonants, vowels, short vowels, diagraphs, trigraphs, sounds of y, sh, th, ch, wh, ck, tch, s, es, ff, ll, zz, ss, -all)

·         Write First and Last Names

·         Capitalization and Punctuation

·         Compound Words

·         Build Vocabulary

·         Write simple sentences using sight words and phonics skills

·         Identify sight words including names of colours

·         Recognize and use rhyming words

·         Predict, discuss, retell, narrate stories using proper sentences and grammar

·         Put events of a story in order

·         Develop a deep-rooted love for books

·         Encounter various forms of writing styles, poetry, stories (Prophets and Sahabah, Gems and Jewels etc), recipes,

·         Listening Activities (Interactive flash story books)

·         Work as a team, listen, follow and repeat instructions, listen attentively

Integrated Studies:

Islamic Studies

·         Tawheed

v  Allah is One

v  The Kalimah (Laa Ilaaha Ilaa Allah, There is no god worthy of worship except Allah)

v  He is the Creator (created us, animals, plants, unseen beings…everything)

v  At-Tawakol (trust) – We trust in Him Alone

v  He gives and He takes

v  Events only happen with His Leave

v  We obey and worship Him Alone

v  We love Him more than anyone/anything else

v  He is All Knowing, All Seeing, Al Loving, Most Kind, Most Merciful, Most Forgiving

v  His Names (Ar-Rahman, Ar-Raheem, Al-‘Aleem, As-Samee’ etc)

v  Five Pillars of Islam

v  Shahaadatain

v  Salat

v  Zakat

v  Ramadan

v  Hajj

·         Angels, Books, Prophets, Paradise, Hell, Other Unseen Creations

·         Wudu (How to make Wudu) what to do when there is no water, Tayyamum

·         Salat

v  The five obligatory prayers and their times

v  Prayer positions

v  The sayings for each position in prayer

v  Sunnan

v  Witr

·         Basic Adhkaar and Dua (to be memorized)

v  Ta’awudh and Tasmiyah

v  Correct Islamic Greeting

v  Thanking

v  Sneezing

v  Dua before and after eating

v  Dua before sleep and upon waking up

v  Dua for entering and leaving the toilet

Society

·         Identity as a Muslim

v  Slave of Allah

v  Self as a Muslim

v  Relationships with people

v  Family

v  Friends

v  Muslim Brotherhood

·         In Islam there is no place for nationalism

·         The Muslim Community

·         Morals and Ethics

v  Respect for Allah

v  Respect for Parents, Teachers, elders

v  Love for the Sake of Allah

v  Kindness to each other, animals

v  Allah Dislikes bad manners

·         Work and Jobs

·         Our Occasions

v  Ramadan

v  Hajj

v  Two Eids

v  Aqiqah

v  Weddings

v  Significance of Fridays

Science

·         Understanding Concept of Living and Non-Living

·         Common Animals (Farm and Pets) and Plants

·         Major Organs and Systems

·         Five Senses (Touch, Sight, Feel, Hearing, Smell)

·         Temperature (Hot, Cold, Warm, Cool)

·         Earth, Moon, Sun, Stars, Planets

·         Weather and Seasons

Health

·         Take Care of Body (brush teeth, siwak, cut nails, brush hair etc)

·         Cleanliness (body, environment)

·         Body is a Trust from Allah

Mathematics:

·         Recognize and write numbers to 20

·         Understand concept of Ordinal and Cardinal

·         Name Ordinal Numbers First Through Tenth

·         Recognize Patterns and Shapes

·         Recognize Colours

·         Understand the concept of Time and Sequence of Events

·         Learn to use Calendar (parts of calendar) and Clock (tell time to hour)

·         Concepts of more, less than, same

·         Positions (high, low, up, down, over, under)

·         Solve Problems Using Specific Strategies

·         Add and Subtract Numbers to 20

·         Identify the value of money

·         Count and trade using currency

Technology:

Basic Computer Studies

·         Use of Mouse and Keyboard

·         Basic Word (Change Font, Color, Size, Insert Picture)

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