Imago Dei Academy Primary School Curriculum Overview
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
Bible
New Testament
Stories by Veritas
Press
Character of God
Old Testament Stories
Character of God
God’s Great Covenant Old
Testament I by Classical Academic
Press
God’s Great Covenant Old Testament II
by Classical Academic Press
Handwriting
Handwriting without
Tears K
Phonics Museum –
Kindergarten by
Veritas Press
Phonics Museum
Primers by Veritas
Press
Literature Pockets
by Moore and
Norris
Handwriting without
Tears 1
Phonics Museum – 1st
Grade by Veritas
Press
Handwriting without Tears 2
Handwriting without Tears 3
NA
NA
Phonics
Reading
First Favorites Collection
Phonics Museum
Primers by Veritas Press
Selected Readings from
list below:
 The Egg - MP Robertson
 Harry the Dirty Dog –
Gene Zion
 Doctor DeSoto – Steig
 Henry and Judge –
Cynthia Rylant
 The Story About Ping –
Frank/Wiese
 Madeline – Bemelman
 Floss – Kim Lewis
 Magic Fish – Freya
Littledale
 The Little Engine that
Could – Watty Piper
 Caps for Sale – Esphyr
Slobodking
 If You Give a Mouse a
Muffin
Language
Arts
(grammar,
spelling,
vocabulary,
composition)
NA
Shurley English Level
1
Materials/ Literature List:
 Ameila Bedelia – Parish
 Baby Island Brink and Sewell
 Dragon of Lonely Island - Rupp
 The Box Car Children (series) – Warner
 Grandma’s Attic - Richardson
 – EB White
 The Emperor’s New Clothes – Gross
 Hank the Cow Dog – Erickson
 Little Bears Visit – Minarik
 Pinocchio – Collodi
 A The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Potter
 Favorite Poems for Children
 Word Eater – Amato and Ryniak
Boxcar Children Comprehension Guide – D
Chapin
Pinocchio
Charlotte’s Web
Comprehension
Guide – Detweiler
Comprehension
Guide -Chapin and
Detweiler
Materials/ Literature List:
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Black Ships Before Troy – Sutcliff
The Children’s Homer – Colum
d’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths – d’Aulaire
Detectives in Togas – Winterfield
Grimm’s Fairy Tales – Grimm
Homer Price – McCloskey
Indian in the Cupboard – Reid
Misty of Chinocteaque – Henry
Paul Bunyon – Kellogg
Pompeii … Buried Alive – Kunhardt
The Roman Mystery Serires – Lawrence
Sarah Plain and Tall – MacLacklan
Story of the Last Days of Jerusalem –
Josephus Alfred Church Edition
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Stuart Little – White
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The Trojan Horse – Little
Black Ships Before Troy Comprehension Guide Kuliszewski
Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm Comprehension
Guide – E Fischer
Homer Price Comprehension Guide – Detweiler
Misty of Chincoteague Comprehension Guide –
Detweiler
Shurley English Level 2
Shurley English Level 3
Houghton Mifflin Spelling
Houghton Mifflin Spelling
Imago Dei Academy Primary School Curriculum Overview
Latin
History
Math
Science
Art
Music
PE
NA
1st QTR: States &
Capitals, Biblical
History, & World
Geography
2nd QTR: Greek
History & Mythology
3rd - 4th QTR: New
Mexico History &
Shakespeare
Saxon Math Grade
1
NA
1st QTR: States &
Capitals, Biblical
History, World
Geography
2nd QTR: Greek
History & Mythology
3rd -4th QTR: New
Mexico History
Dinosaurs and Fossils
- Institute of Creation
Research Materials
and Answers in
Genesis materials
Drawing with Children
by M. Brookes
Tigers and Sails and
ABC Tales by M.
Cormack
Dinosaurs and Fossils Institute of Creation
Research Materials and
Answers in Genesis
materials
Discoveries in Art –
Calvert School
ABC Music and Me
- Kindermusik
ABC Music and Me Kindermusik
Rockbridge Academy
Physical Education
Curriculum: Kinder
Saxon Math Grade 2
Rockbridge Academy
Physical Education
Curriculum: 1st Grade
NA
Old Testament and Ancient Egypt
Series and Literature Kit by Veritas
Press
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NA
New Testament, Greece, and Rome
Series and Lliterature Kit by Veritas Press
Mummies Made in Egypt – Aliki
The Pharohs in Egypt – Payne
Tutankhamen’s Gift – Sabuda
Tut’s Mummy: Lost and Found –
Donnelley
Saxon Math Grade 3
Saxon Math Grade 4
Astronomy
Exploring Creation with Astronomy Apologia
Botany
Exploring Creation with Botany - Apologia
Discovering Art and God – Donna
Winters
Discovering Art and God – Donna
Winters
Teacher designed curriculum that
provides beginning instruction in the:
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Eras of Art
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7 elements of art
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color
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composition
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perspective
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pattern and desgin
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animation
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art of telling a story via Rockwell
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illusions in art via Magritte and
Escher
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techniques
Teacher designed curriculum that provides
beginning instruction in the:

Eras of Art

7 elements of art

color

composition
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perspective
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pattern and desgin

animation
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art of telling a story via Rockwell
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illusions in art via Magritte and Escher
 techniques
ABC Music and Me - Kindermusik
Rockbridge Academy Physical
Education Curriculum: 2nd Grade
Music 1
Teacher designed curriculum based on
the Orff approach using speech, body
percussion, dance, singing with solfege, and
recorder.
Recorder Karate
Rockbridge Academy Physical Education
Curriculum: 3rd Grade
Imago Dei Academy Primary School Curriculum Overview
4th
5th
6th
Bible
God’s Great Covenant New Testament I
by Classical Academic Press
God’s Great Covenant New Testament II
by Classical Academic Press
Light Bearers by Summitt Ministries
(Introduction to Apologetics)
Handwriting
Phonics
Reading
Handwriting without Tears 4
NA
Handwriting without Tears 5
NA
Handwriting without Tears 6
NA
Materials/Literature List:
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A Wrinkle in Time – L’Engle
The Adventures of Robin Hood – Green
Augustine, The Farmer’s boy Tagaste –
Zeew
Black Beauty – Sewell
Bruchko – B. Olsen
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald
Dangerous Journey – Hunkin
The Door in the Wall – DeAngeli
Escape from Warsaw – Serrailier
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler – Konigsburg
Heidi – Spyri
Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates –Dodge
The Hobbit – Tolkien
Incredible Journey – Burnford
Island of the Blue Dolphins – O’Dell
Lassie Come Home – Knight
Luther the Leader – Robinson
Macbeth – Shakespeare
Pilgrim’s Progress – Bunyan
Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow – French
Tom Sawyer – Twain
Wind in the Willows – Grahame
Winder of Red Snow – Gregory
Chronicles of Narnia (7 in series) – Lewis
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Comprehension Guide – L Detweiler
Dangerous Journey Comprehension Guide – E
Fischer
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler Comprehension Guide – E Fischer
The Hobbit Comprehension Guide – E Fischer
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow
Comprehension Guide – E Fischer
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Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery
Blackthorn Winter – D Wilson
The Cricket in Times Square – Selden
Gulliver’s Travels – Swift
Guns for General Washington – Wright
Homes in the Wilderness – Brown
Huckleberry Fin – Twain
Johnny Tremain – Forbes
Little Men – Alcott
Little Women – Alcott
Mourt’s Relation – Heath
Old Yeller – Gipson
Robinson Crusoe – Defoe
Seaman – Karwoski
Six Sherlock Holmes Stories – Doyle
Susan Creek – D Wilson
Swiss Family Robinson – Wyss
The Tinker’s Daughter – Lawton
The Word Came with Power - Shetles
Treasure Island – Stevenson
Tuck Everlasting – Babbit
Where the Red Fern Grows – Rawls
Blackthorn Winter Comprehension Guide – M and
L Detweiler
Little Women Comprehension Guide – L Bustard
Susan Creek Comprehension Guide – M and L
Detweiler
Swiss Family Robinson Comprehension Guide – M
and L Detweiler
Where the Red Fern Grows Comprehension Guide
– Foster and Detweiler
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All Creatures Great and Small – Herriot
Animal Farm – Orwell
Around the World in Eighty Days – Verne
Call of the Wild – London
A Christmas Carol – Dickens
The Diary of Anne Frank – Frank
Fahrenheit 451*m- Bradbury
Great Expectations – Dickens
Hamlet – Shakespeare
The Hiding Place – Ten Boom
The Jungle Book – Kipling
Kidnapped – Stevenson
Lord of the Rings trilogy – Tolkien
Much Ado About Nothing – Shakespeare
My Antonia – Cather
Out of the Silent Planet – Lewis
The Scarlet Pimpernel – Orczy
Story of The Trapp Family Singers – Trapp
Watership Down – Adams
White Fang – London
The Yearling – Rawlings
The Call of the Wild and White Fang
Comprehension Guide – N. Bustard
Farenheit 451 Comprehension Guide – N. Bustard
The Jungle Book Comprehension Guide – J.
Daughtry
Lord of the Rings Comprehension Guide – N.
Bustard
Imago Dei Academy Primary School Curriculum Overview
Language
Arts
Shurley English Level 4
Shurley English Level 5
Shurley English Level 6
(grammar,
spelling,
vocabulary,
composition)
Teacher generated spelling/ vocabulary
from Shurley Grammar and reading
Teacher generated spelling/ vocabulary
from Shurley Grammar and reading
Teacher generated spelling/ vocabulary
from Shurley Grammar and reading
Latin
Latin for Children – Primer A by
Classical Academic Press
Libellus de Historia A by Classical
Academic Press
Middle Ages, Renaissance, and
Reformation Series and Literature Kit by
Veritas Press
Saxon Math Grade 5
Zoology – Flying Creatures
Exploring Creation Zoology 1 – Flying
Creatures of the Fifth Day - Apologia
Latin for Children – Primer B by Classical
Academic Press
Libellus de Historia B by Classical
Academic Press
Explorers to 1815 Series and Literature
Kit by Veritas Press
Latin for Children – Primer C by
Classical Academic Press
Libellus de Historia C by Classical
Academic Press
1815 to Present Series and Literature Kit
by Veritas Press
Saxon Math Course 1
Zoology – Land Animals
Exploring Creation Zoology 3 – Land
Animals of the Sixth Day - Apologia
NA
Music 2
Teacher designed curriculum based on
the Orff approach using speech, body
Saxon Math Grade 6
Zoology – Swimming Creatures
Exploring Creation Zoology 2 –
Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day Apologia
NA
Music 3
Teacher designed curriculum based on
the Orff approach using speech, body
percussion, dance, singing with solfege, and
recorder.
Recorder Karate
Rockbridge Academy Physical Education
Curriculum: 4th Grade
percussion, dance, singing with solfege, and
recorder.
Recorder Karate
Rockbridge Academy Physical Education
Curriculum: 5th Grade
percussion, dance, singing with solfege, and
recorder.
Recorder Karate
Rockbridge Academy Physical Education
Curriculum: 6th Grade
History
Math
Science
Art
Music
PE
NA
Music 4
Teacher designed curriculum based on
the Orff approach using speech, body