Mrs. Rebekah Rulapaugh invites students to get excited about learning as she lays a foundation to prepare students for first grade. Focus on Fives introduces students to phonics and reading as well as themes for further learning in heritage studies and science. Her lessons use a variety of learning activities to teach key phonics skills. Segments cover animated stories and songs, biblical themes, phonics stories, science explorations, and activities with Hopscotch.
Scheduling Information: 180 Days (160 video + 20 non-video days); lessons are 60 minutes in length.
Mrs. Rebekah Rulapaugh invites students to get excited about learning as she lays a foundation to prepare students for first grade. Focus on Fives introduces students to phonics and reading as well as themes for further learning in heritage studies and science. Her lessons use a variety of learning activities to teach key phonics skills. Segments cover animated stories and songs, biblical themes, phonics stories, science explorations, and activities with Hopscotch.
Scheduling Information: 180 Days (160 video + 20 non-video days); lessons are 60 minutes in length.
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All DVD Distance Learning kits now include a Parent Guide as well as a Student Worksheets Packet. The printed parent guides for Grade 5 and above include tests and quizzes and corresponding answer keys. Test packets sold with textbook kits are not compatible with tests used in video courses.
Mrs. Rulapaugh has ten years of teaching experience. Since joining the BJU Press Distance Learning team in 2017, she has developed her style to link her lessons to the natural world by studying the order, pattern, and creativity in God’s design. Her goal for her students is for them to be in awe of their Creator and to see Him as the great and might God He is.