Fox Valley Christian Academy - Elementary School Curriculum

Academics: Elementary Curriculum

Kindergarten
Bible:	Getting Started Bible Curriculum (ACSI*)
Handwriting:	Writing with Phonics (A BEKA)
Health:	Various Resources
Math:	Math K (Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley)
Phonics:	Letters and Sounds K5 (A BEKA); phonics charts and cards
Reading:	Little Owl books (A BEKA) I Can Read (ACSI) Guided reading series (National Geographic, Wright Group)
Science:	Science K (CSI*)

First Grade
Bible:	God and My World (ACSI)
Handwriting:	Writing with Phonics, Grade 1 (A BEKA)
Health:	Various resources
Language:	Language Arts Grade 1 (MacMillan/McGraw-Hill)
Math:	Math 1 (Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley)
Reading/Literature:	A BEKA Reading Series (A BEKA) Reading 1-1, Reading 1-2 (Bob Jones) Trade books: Long Way to a New Land, Long Way Westward
Science:	Science 1 (CSI)
Social Studies:	My America and My World (A BEKA)
Spelling:	Spelling Connections (Zaner-Bloser)

Second Grade
Bible:	God and My Actions (ACSI)
Handwriting:	Transition (Concerned Communications)
Health:	Various resources
Language:	Language Arts Grade 2 (MacMillan/McGraw-Hill)
Math:	Math 2 (Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley)
Reading/Literature:	A BEKA Readers (A BEKA) If Skies Be Blue; When the Sun Rides High (Bob Jones) Circus; Rainbow Bridge; A Shiny Golden Path (McGraw-Hill) Trade books: Sarah Noble; The Treasure of Pelican Cove; Carolina's Courage; Wagon Wheels; The Drinking Gourd; The Bears on Hemlock Mountain; The Josefina Story Quilt; The Cricket in Times Square; Frog and Toad are Friends; Charlotte's Web
Science:	Science 2 (CSI)
Social Studies:	Our America (A BEKA)
Spelling:	Spelling Connections (Zaner-Bloser)

Third Grade
Bible:	Growing with God (Positive Action for Christ)
Handwriting:	Cursive C (Concerned Communications)
Health:	Various resources
Language:	Language Arts Grade 3 (MacMillan/McGraw-Hill)
Math:	Math 3 (Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley)
Reading/Literature:	Not So Very Long Ago; Once Upon an Open Book (Bob Jones) Moccasins (McGraw-Hill) Trade books: The Minstrel in the Tower; Sarah, Plain and Tall; Ramona Quimby, Age 8; Stone Fox; The Chocolate Touch
Science:	Science 3 (CSI)
Social Studies:	Our American Heritage (A BEKA)
Spelling:	Spelling Connections (Zaner-Bloser)

Fourth Grade
Bible:	Christ and His Word (ACSI)
Handwriting:	Cursive D (Concerned Communications)
Health:	Various resources
Language:	Language Arts Grade 4 (MacMillan/McGraw-Hill)
Math:	Math 4 (Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley)
Reading/Literature:	Trade books: Little House in the Big Woods; Jackie Robinson and The Year of the Boar; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Sign of the Beaver; Caddie Woodlawn; Snow Treasures
Science:	Science 4 (CSI)
Social Studies:	Heritage Studies (Bob Jones); The Wisconsin Journey (Gibbs Smith)
Spelling:	Spelling Connections (Zaner-Bloser)

Fifth Grade
Bible:	Christ and My Choices (ACSI) Possessing the Land (Positive Action for Christ)
Health:	Various resources
Language:	Language Arts Grade 5 (MacMillian/McGraw-Hill)
Math:	Math 5 (Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley)
Reading/Literature:	National Geographic Reading Expedition (National Geographic) Wright Group Readers (McGraw-Hill) Trade books: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Mahalia Jackson; The Cay; Catherine Called Birdy; The Midwife’s Apprentice; Island of the Blue Dolphins; Bridge to Terabithia; Out of the Dust; Number the Stars; Guide; Tuck Everlasting; My Side of the Mountain; Holes; Sounder; Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest; Riding Freedom; The Talking Earth; Door in the Wall; White Fang; Flying with the Eagle; The Hermit of Mad River; The River; Where the Red Fern Grows
Science:	Science 5 (CSI)
Social Studies:	The History of Our United States (A BEKA)
Spelling:	Spelling Connections (Zaner-Bloser)

ACSI = Association of Christian Schools International
CSI = Christian Schools International

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Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade