2016-2017 CARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CURRICULUM MATERIALS
Phonics School (K-2)
K
1
SUBJECT
Art
Music
Bible
Language
Arts/
Reading/
Literature
Spelling
Penmanship
Grammar/
Writing
Social
Studies/
History/
Geography
Latin
Math
Science
P.E.
CCS Objectives (1x/wk),
flash cards
CCS Objectives (1x/wk),
classical listening
CCS Objectives: Old
Testament - attributes of God,
books of the Bible in motion
Beginning to Read, Write and
Listen (McGraw Hill), Sing,
Spell, Read & Write songs,
journals
Literature: Miscellaneous
phonics practice readers (short
and long vowels)
2
3
CCS Objectives (1x/wk),
flash cards
CCS Objectives (1x/wk),
classical listening
CCS Objectives: New
Testament - life of Christ
CCS Objectives (1x/wk),
flash cards
CCS Objectives (1x/wk),
classical listening
CCS Objectives: Old Testament
- Genesis, Exodus, and Ruth
Raceway; Sing, Spell,
Read & Write (2nd ed.),
Words I Use When I
Write, Saxon Phonics and
Spelling I
Literature: A New Coat for
Anna, Miss Nelson Is Missing,
Blaze and the Lost Quarry,
A Chair for My Mother,
Ox-Cart Man, Curious George,
The Magic Fish, Little Bear’s
Visit, Caps for Sale, A Birthday
for Frances, Nate the Great and
the Lost List, Frog and Toad
are Friends, A Baby Sister for
Frances, Madeline, The Biggest
Bear, The Little House, Make
Way for Ducklings, The Bears
on Hemlock Mountain, Henry
Huggins, Dr. Desoto and more
CCS Objectives (1x/wk),
flash cards
CCS Recorder - all students,
(2x/wk), classical listening
CCS Objectives: Walk through the
Bible, John 3, excerpts from James
and Psalms
Literature: Winnie-the-Pooh, By
the Shores of Silver Lake may
alternate with The Long Winter,
Charlotte’s Web, The Great Brain,
(If Justin Morgan Had a Horse or
The Treasure Seeker), Homer
Price, The Hundred Dresses,
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrim;
Readers’ Theatre: read–aloud
plays
Literature: Keep the
Lights Burning Abbie,
The 18 Penny Goose,
Frog and Toad Together,
Johnny Appleseed,
Amelia Bedelia, Sam the
Minuteman
Beginning to Read, Write and
Listen, CCS
Saxon Phonics and
Spelling I
CCS Spelling 2
CCS Objectives
Manuscript (D’Nealian)
Manuscript (D’Nealian)
CCS Objectives
Shurley English 1 (2nd ed.)
Manuscript (D’Nealian),
Classically Cursive (D’Nealian)
Shurley English 2 (2nd ed.)
CCS Objectives
CCS Objectives
CCS Objectives:
CCS Units: family, patriotism,
community helpers, Pilgrims,
geography, important
Americans
CCS Units: county,
colonial America,
Pilgrims
N. C. history, geography,
agriculture, state facts,
government
N/A
N/A
CCS/Logos Objectives
Box It, Bag It, Math Their Way
Saxon 1 (2nd ed.)
CCS Objectives
CCS Units: seasons, senses,
bugs, N. C. animal habitats
CCS Objectives (1x/week)
Independent Reading:
Courage of Sarah Nobel, The
Minstrel in the Tower, Sarah,
Plain and Tall, The Mouse and the
Motorcycle
Logos Spelling 3
CCS Objectives
REV. 01/11/2106
Grammar School (3-5)
4
5
CCS Objectives (1x/wk),
flash cards
CCS Chorus - or - Beginning band
(2x/wk), classical listening
CCS Objectives: Sermon on the Mount,
Matthew 5-7
CCS Objectives (1x/wk),
flash cards
CCS Chorus - or - Continuing
band (2x/wk), classical listening
CCS Objectives: Philippians
Literature: The Wheel on the School, Caddie
Woodlawn, Stonewall, The Lion, the Witch &
the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Indian in
the Cupboard, Thomas Edison: the Great
American Inventor, My Side of the Mountain,
Misty of Chincoteague, Readers’ Theatre:
read-aloud plays
Literature: Cricket in Times
Square, The Secret Garden,
The Witch of Blackbird Pond,
Rascal, Tuck Everlasting, Where
the Red Fern Grows, Summer of
the Monkeys, The Bronze Bow,
Snow Treasure, Pushcart War,
The Phantom Tollbooth
Independent Reading (book reports): Heidi,
Anne of Green Gables, Stuart Little, Island of
the Blue Dolphin, Magician’s Nephew,
Sign of the Beaver, Old Yeller, From the
Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,
Number the Stars, The Horse and His Boy
Logos Spelling 4 (4-6)
CCS Objectives
Logos Spelling 5 (4-6)
CCS Objectives
Cursive (D’Nealian)
Cursive (D’Nealian)
Cursive
Shurley English 3 (Rev. 2007),
Excellence in Writing
Shurley English 6 (2nd ed.),
ocean report/presentation,
European country research paper,
Excellence in Writing
N/A
CCS Objectives: states and
capitals, U.S. presidents, the first
Americans, explorers, making 13
colonies, U.S. state facts, events
leading up to the Revolutionary
War and the Revolutionary War,
The American Revolution,
Meet Thomas Jefferson,
Phoebe the Spy, Meet George
Washington
Logos Latin Book I , Garfield
Shurley English 4 (Revised 2007),
Excellence in Writing, Writing Trails in
American History; Pony Express Adventure,
reports and presentations: Grandparent
Biography, Famous American Biography,
Independent Reading
CCS Objectives: 1800-1900, U.S.
government – the Constitution, The Monroe
Doctrine, The Alamo, westward expansion,
War with Mexico, Pony Express, Civil War,
Abe Lincoln, Spanish American War,
Theodore Roosevelt, immigration, Wright
brothers and other inventors, History of US
(Hakim, Oxford Press Vol. 6), War, Terrible
War, Heritage Studies 4 (2nd ed., supp.),
Geography – maps and terminology
Logos Latin Book 2, Garfield
Classical Math 2 (Logos)
Saxon Intermediate 3 (2008)
Saxon 54 (3rd ed.)
Saxon 65 (3rd ed.)
CCS Objectives
CCS Objectives
CCS Objectives: Science 4 (BJUP), CSI
CCS Units: solar system,
polar region, plants, frogs,
weather
CCS Units: deserts, skeletal
system, mammals & reptiles,
animal report
CCS Objectives:
Science 3 (BJUP, 2nd ed.)
CCS Objectives:
Science 5 (BJUP), supplemental
CSI
CCS Objectives (1x/week)
CCS Objectives (1x/week)
CCS Units: rain forest, five senses,
rocks and minerals, birds, fish
CCS Units: early space exploration, moon,
deep sky objects, constellations,
simple machines, electricity, energy,
human circulatory, skeletal, respiratory
systems, insects and insect collection
CCS Objectives (2x/week)
CCS Objectives (2x/week)
History: 1900-1945
CCS Objectives: The Story of the
World Book Four, Heritage
Studies 5, BJUP;
Supplemental History Of US,
1880-1917 (Hakim, Oxford Press,
Vol. 8), History Of US, (Hakim,
Oxford Press, Vol. 9
Logos Latin Book 3, Garfield
CCS Units: oceans, seashells, shell
project, fossils, periodic
table/chemistry, weather
(atmosphere, wind), natural
disasters, nervous system, flight.
CCS Objectives (2x/week)