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St. Stephen's Academy
Curriculum Overview - Lower School
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Kindergarten1st Grade2nd Grade3rd Grade4th Grade5th Grade
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ARTStudio art with emphasis on line, color, shape, and perspectiveContinuation of K-1 with emphasis on form, value, space, and texture
Studio art with projects tied to history and science curriculum
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BIBLEThe Bible in 365 Stories (Batchelor)The Child's Story Bible (Vos)
Veritas Bible Cards		The Child's Story Bible (Vos)
Holy Bible (ESV)
Veritas Bible Cards		Holy Bible (ESV)
Veritas Bible Cards
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First CatechismWestminster Shorter Catechism
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Old Testament
Overview		New Testament OverviewGenesis-JoshuaJudges-KingsChronicles-MalachiGospels
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COMPOSITION AND GRAMMARBeginning Reading Skills/ PhonogramsShurley English 1, simple sentence diagrammingShurley English 2, simple sentence diagrammingShurley English 3, simple sentence diagrammingBuilding with Diligence: English 4, sentence/paragraph structure
Progym: Fable		 Following the Plan: English 5, sentence and paragraph structure
Progym: Narrative
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HISTORYPilgrims, Oregon HeritageKings and QueensAncient EgyptAncient Greece and RomeMiddle Ages, Renaissance and ReformationWorld Explorers and Early America
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GEOGRAPHYContinents and beginning map skills, land formsSeven Continents & Seven Seas, map skillsAfrica, Middle East, map skills, landformsAsia, geographical terms, map skillsEurope, geographical terms, map skills, land forms, Holy LandNorth America, map skills
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LATINLatin Primer I (Picta Dicta)
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LITERATURE/ READINGReading groups using leveled readersReading groups using leveled readers,
Logic of English: Foundations,
Pathway Reading		Bears on Hemlock Mountain, Roxaboxen, Little House in the Big Woods, My Mother's Chair, All the Places to Love, Thunder Cake, Miss Rumphius, Blueberries for Sal, Biggest Bear, Tut's MummyBeverly Cleary books, Laura Ingalls Wilder series, mysteries, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, A Cricket in Times Square, A Question of Yams, Aesop's Fables, My Father's DragonThe Whipping Boy,
Prince Caspian,
Homer Price,
My Side of the Mountain,
The Apple and the Arrow,
Adam of the Road,
Caddie Woodlawn		Voyage of the Dawn Treader,
Witch of Blackbird Pond,
Indian Captive,
Landing of the Pilgrims,
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
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MATHDimensions Math KA/KB (Singapore)Dimensions Math 1A/1B Singapore Dimensions Math 2A/2B Singapore Dimensions Math 3A/3B Singapore Dimensions Math 4A/4B Singapore Dimensions Math 5A/5B Singapore
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MUSICFirst Steps in MusicConversational Solfege
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Choir
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PECardio, coordination, and teamwork
Motor skills: passing, dribbling, running
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POETRYMemorize one poem per month
(see individual grades for complete list of poems)
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SCIENCESeasonal characteristics and simple weather, five senses, rolling and sliding, floating and sinking, bugsSimple machines, animal kingdom, weather, states of matterPlants, geology, forces and technologyMagnetism, life cycles/habitats, crime science, solar systemEcosystems and habitats, entomology, air/atmosphere/ water, oceanography, energy/soundEnergy, light,
electricity, human body
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SPELLING AND PENMANSHIPLogic of English (Eide)