Al Huda School Curriculum Standards

Arabic and Islamic Studies

Pre-Kindergarten, 4 years old

- Recognition of letters, names, sounds, and pictures, learning some duas and short Surah or two,
learn to recognize first name.
- Communications: manners(adab), greetings(salam), addressing people(respect)
- Music and Arts: songs(w/o instruments – Nasheeds), arts and crafts

Kindergarten, 5 years old

- Recognition of long and short vowels and consonants, names, sounds and pictures, sounding of
words, beginning phonics rules, reading simple sentences, ayaat and consonants, recognition of
sentences by periods, 6-7 small surahs committed to memory, 4 duas committed to memory
- Communication: manners, behavior, listening skills
- Personality Development: attitude, behavior, health, safety
- Music and Art: nasheed, arts and crafts

1st Grade, 6 years old

- Phonics and reading; review of long and short vowels; spelling rules; shaddah; madda; quranic
recitation; writing; review of letter formation; weekly word list; weekly test; reinforcement
activities, 5-14 surahs committed to memory; 4-10 dua’s or ayaat committed to memory; correct
punctuation at the ends of sentences; recognition of complete sentences; words using past,
present and future tense; verbal nouns; recognizing words that have same masdar; opposite
words; same meaning words; alphabetizing of words; writing complete sentences; creative
writing
- Communications: persuasion, how to disagree without arguing, properly requesting something,
rules regarding talking to strangers, listening skills
- Personality Development: manners at home, away from home, health, safety at home, away
from as well as on the streets, playgrounds, water, correct eating habits when eating at table or
on floor, exercise, rest posture, behavior at social gatherings, at masjid, at home and in the
public, care of personal body and clothes.
- Music and Art: nasheed, arts and crafts, tajweed
2nd Grade, 7-8 years old
- Arabic: review of what was learned last year and reading, learning some new rules, oral reading,
guided creative writing and journal writing, daily reading or quran and stories, writing practice,
dictation, weekly word list, vocabulary words and definitions, reinforcement activities, learn to
find masdar and then use dictionary to find greater meaning, 10-25 surahs committed to
memory, 6-15 duas committed to memory, know the days of the week and months, questions,
exclamations, past, present and future tenses, opposite words, same meaning words, word
usage rules, writing complete sentences, writing questions, writing letters, thank you notes,
writing short stories, creative writing
- Communication: persuasion, how to disagree without arguing, properly
- Personality development: manners at home, away from home, health, safety at home, away
from home as well as on the streets, playgrounds, water, correct eating habits when eating at
table or on floor, exercise, rest , posture, behavior at social gatherings, at masjid, at home and in
the public, care of personal body and clothes, politeness, kindness, respect, thoughtfulness,
thankfulness, patience, phone manners
- Music and Art: nasheed, arts and crafts, tajweed

3rd Grade, 8 years old

- Arabic: reading, oral reading, reading comprehension, writing, review of letter formation,
spelling, weekly word list, sentence dictation using spelling words, reinforcement activities, 15-
30 surahs committed to memory, 10-20 ayaat and duas committed to memory, writing complete
sentences, friendly letters, grammar recognition of simple nouns, subjects, verbs, adjectives,
forming plurals, dictionary skills, basic tajweed skills
- Communication: hospitality, proper introductions, table and phone manners, courtesy and
respect
- Personality development: manners at home, away from home, nutrition (halal foods) and diet,
correct eating habits when eating at table or on floor, exercise, rest, postuer, behavior at social
gatherings, at masjid, at home and in the public, care of personal body and clothes, politeness,
kindness, respect, thoughtfulness, thankfulness, patience, phone manners
- Music and Art: nasheed, arts and crafts, tajweed
- Islamic Sciences: study of our Islamic heritage, life of Prophet Muhammad
4th Grade, 9 years old
- Arabic: reading and quran and hadith, oral reading, reading comprehension, reading with
tajweed, vocabulary building, penmanship, writing skills practice, word games, spelling words,
original composition, surah and ayaat and hadith dictation, weekly word list, challenging words
and vocabulary, sentence dictation using spelling words, reinforcement activities, 20-35 surahs
committed to memory, 15-25 hadith and duas committed to memory writing process, sentence
structure, kinds of sentences, reading menus, friendly letters, reading applications, writing with
detail, book reports, creative writing, dictionary skills, grammar – diagramming verbs, nouns,
pronouns, adjectives, correctly using troublesome words
- Communication: positive attitudes, interpersonal relationships
- Personality Development: taharah and good grooming
- Music and Arts: tajweed, online projects

5th Grade, 10 years old

- Arabic: Reading and literature quran and hadith, oral reading, reading comprehension, tajweed
mastery, vocabulary building, penmanship, writing formation, writing skill practice, word
exercises, spelling words, original composition, sentence dictation, spelling, weekly word lists,
challenging words and vocabulary, paragraph dictation, reinforcement activities, 25-40 surahs
committed to memory, 20-30 hadith and duas committed to memory, writing process, sentence
structure and parts, kinds of sentences. Business letters, friendly letters, gathering information,
writing with detail, writing encyclopedia and book reports, creative writing, dictionary, creative
writing, grammar, word usage
- Communication: interpersonal relationships
- Personality Development: social acceptance, mental awareness, spiritual welfare
- Social Science: Mohammed’s prophethood, rise of Islam, Islamic beliefs and practices

6th Grade, 11 years old

- Arabic: oral reading, reading comprehension, speed reading, vocabulary building, review of
writing formation, practice creative writing, prefixes, suffixes, root words, vocabulary study,
writing process, writing, comparison, poetry, outlines, narration, journal, library research paper,
fragments and run-ons, punctuation and capitalization rules, dictionary, thesaurus and library
skills, student writers’ handbook
- Communication: learning behavior and interfacing with adults vs. peers vs. those in authority,
tajweed
- Social Science: history of Islamic state, study of khalifahs, Umayyad, abbasid, periods, break up
of Muslim state
7th Grade, 12 Years old and up
- Arabic: grammar, composition, outlining, summaries, writing style, letter writing, vocabulary
lessons, weekly spelling lessons, larger surahs memorized, quranic study – tafseer, lots of
reading for enjoyment: life History of the Prophet Muhammad and the Caliphate, Study of
Hadith
- Communication: personal appearance, learning behavior and interfacing with adults vs. peers
vs. those in authority
- Personal Development: morality – social
- Social Science: Islam versus Christendom and Judaism, an age of darkness, what were the
Muslims doing during Dark Ages (history of Muslims between 1000CE – 1500CE) an age of
exploration