Grades K-8:		 Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
Reading
(SRA Horizons)
Literature		 Nursery rhymes, children’s poems, folk tales, Aesop’s Fables, sayings and phrases, Direct Instruction Reading Children’s poems, more folk tales, Aesop’s Fables, Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Pied Piper, Comparing similar stories from different lands, etc.  Direct Instruction Reading Poems, A Christmas Carol, Peter Pan, Iktomi stories, takes from China and Japan, mythology of ancient Greece, American tall tales, sayings, & moreDirect Instruction Reading Ogden Nash, Lewis Carroll, Langston Hughes, Aladdin, Alice in Wonderland, Ali Baba, William Tell, Norse Mythology, Greek and Roman Myths, Direct Instruction Reading Legends of King Arthur, Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island, Gulliver’s Travels, famous speeches,Poems of: Silverstein, Emerson, Millay, Nash, Sandburg, Lear.  Tom Sawyer, Little Women, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Secret Garden, Gettysburg Address, Poems of: Dickinson, Longfellow, Whittier, Whitman, Frost, Blake The Iliad & the Odyssey, The Secret Garden, The Prince and the Pauper, Julius Caesar, Classical Mythology, Poems of: Dickinson, Frost, Wordsworth, Longfellow Call of the Wild, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Cyrano de Bergerac, Gift of the Magi, Diary of Anne Frank, Shakespeare The Good Earth, Twelfth Night, Animal Farm, Short stories: Chekov, Hawthorne, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Crane, poetry, essays, speeches
Math
(Saxon Math)		 Patterns; counting to 31; counting by 1,2,5,10; money; addition facts to 10; measurement; shapes Classification; count to 100; dozens; fractions; money; measurement; add, subtract to 12; story problems; shapes and orientation Numbers to 1000; graphs; number line; fractions; money; addition w/regrouping; perimeter; intro to multiplication Fractions to 1/10; decimals; square roots; Roman numerals; multiplication and division; weight; time; volume; temp; graphs Grids, planes, mixed numbers, lowest form, decimals, making change, angles, radius, diameter, division, multiplication Sets, prime numbers, common factors, ration, fractions: add, subtract, decimals: +-x/, probability & statistics, algebra (variables) Saxon Math 76 or Algebra 1/2: Fractions; decimals; exponents; integers; geometric concepts; the Pythagorean theorem Saxon Math - Pre-Algebra or
Algebra 1		 Saxon 
Algebra 1
Geometry 
(Harold Jacobs)
Writing/Grammar and Other Beginning punctuation; beginning capitalization; writing short stories; D’Nealian handwriting system Spelling Mastery, Shurley Grammar; D’Nealian handwriting system Spelling Mastery, Shurley Grammar, D’Nealian handwriting system Spelling Mastery, Shurley Grammar, D’Nealian handwriting, report writing, descriptive writing, etc. Spelling MasteryShurley GrammarReport writing, note taking, paragraph writing, organization and formats Spelling Mastery, Shurley Grammar, Report writing, research techniques Spelling Mastery, Shurley Grammar, writing & research, expressive writing, persuasive essay, speaking & listening Spelling, essays, expository writing, research papers, Shurley Grammar, vocabulary, Formal Logic Spelling, essays, research papers, Shurley Grammar, vocabulary, speaking and listening, Formal Logic
History Early explorers, Columbus, pilgrims, Independence Day, selected presidents, Native American tribe Early civilizations (Egypt, Africa, Mesopotamia), Mayas, Incas, Aztecs, Colonies to American Revolution, Louisiana Purchase History of Asian religions, China, India, Japan, ancient Greece, American Constitution, War of 1812, westward expansion, Civil War, immigration, civil rights Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Native Americans, Early exploration of North America, the thirteen colonies Middle Ages, Islam, early African kingdoms, Medieval China, French & Indian War, American Revolution, Declaration, Constitution, Early presidents Mesoamerican exploration, renaissance, reformation, England, Russian, Feudal Japan, U.S. expansion, Civil War, Reconstruction, Native Americans Ancient Greece & Rome, Enlightenment 17th c. French Revolution, Romanticism, Industrial Revolution, Immigration, Reform, Latin America Russian Revolution, U.S. as a world power, WWI, Twenties, Depression, New Deal, Totalitarianism, WWII in Europe, US, WWII in the Pacific Break up of British Empire, China, Cold War, Korean, Vietnam, Civil rights movement, Middle East, USSR, Apartheid, Bill of Rights, Constitution
Geography Oceans, continents, poles, maps and globes, locate WI, AL, and HI Mexico, Appalachians, Rockies, Mississippi, Africa, Mesopotamia, peninsula, harbor, bay North & South America, Asia, Ancient Greece, geographical features and terms Important rivers of the world, Canada, Mediterranean region, early America Africa, Western Europe, major mountain ranges Important Lakes, Europe, Russia, Japan, geography of trade Great Deserts, Middle East, Latin America Western and Central Europe, Russian, U.S. physical map, important cities Middle EastCanadaMexico
Science Plant parts, farming, health, five senses, magnetism, seasons, care of the earth, science biographies Living things and their environments, human body, matter, electricity, solar system, the earth, science biographies Seasonal cycles, life cycles, weather, insects, cells, digestive system, healthy diet, magnetism, tools & simple machines, science biographies Classification of animals, muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems, the eye and ear, optics, sound, ecology, astronomy, science biographies Circulatory system, respiratory system, chemistry: atoms, elements, solutions.  Electricity, geology, weather, science biographies Classification, cells, photosynthesis, periodic table, life cycles and reproduction, endocrine and reproductive systems, chemistry: matter and change, science biographies Plate tectonics, ocean, astronomy: gravity, stars, & galaxies; energy, heat, energy transfer, lymphatic and immune systems, science biographies Atomic structure, Chemical bonds and reactions, cell division and genetics, history of earth and life forms, evolution, science biographies Physics, electricity and magnetism, electromagnetic radiation and light, sound waves, chemistry of food and respiration, science biographies
Foreign Language Spanish - daily Spanish - daily Spanish - daily Spanish - daily Spanish - daily Spanish - daily Spanish – dailyGreek/Latin words Spanish – dailyGreek/Latin words Spanish – dailyGreek/Latin words
Art Elements of art, sculpture, discussing works by artists such as Cassatt, Bruegel, Rivera Art from long ago, elements of art, portrait and still life, da Vinci, van Gogh, Goya Elements of art, sculpture, landscapes, abstract art, architecture  Elements of art, American Indian art, art of ancient Rome and Byzantine civilization Art of Middle Ages, Islamic art and architecture, art of Africa, Art of China, Art of the new nation: U.S. Renaissance art; 19th c. American art; art of Japan Art history: Classical, Goth, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassical, Romantic, Realism) Art history: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, Abstraction, Modern Art history: painting since WWII, photography, 20th c. sculpture, architecture since Industrial Rev.
Gym Gym – twice weekly Gym – twice weekly Gym – twice weekly Gym – twice weekly Gym – twice weekly Gym – twice weekly Gym – twice weeklyy AASD gym program AASD gym program
Music Elements of music; listening and understanding; songs Elements of music, composers, study of orchestral, opera, ballet, jazz music Elements of music, study of orchestras, keyboards, composers Elements of music; listening and understanding orchestra & composers Elements of music, listening and understanding orchestra, vocal ranges, composers, optional: strings Elements of music, listening and understanding composers, connections, American musical traditions (spirituals) optional: strings Elements of music, Classical music from Baroque to Romantic (Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann), optional: strings, band Chorus, Band, Strings, or General Music Chorus, Band, or Orchestra

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