Resources for Lower School
2014-15
Bible
First Grade: Christian Schools International, God’s Plan
Second Grade: Christian Schools International, God’s Promises
Third Grade: Positive Action for Christ, Growing With God
Fourth Grade: Positive Action for Christ, Building Life Castles
Language Arts
First Grade:
Phonics:
Reading:
Spelling:
Handwriting:
Grammar:
Writing:
Houghton Mifflin, Saxon Phonics 1
Pearson, Reading Street 1
Houghton Mifflin, Saxon Phonics 1
Zaner Bloser, Handwriting 1
Shurley English, Shurley English I
Shurley English 1, Collins Writing and Thinking Method
Second Grade:
Phonics:
Reading:
Novels:
Spelling:
Handwriting:
Grammar:
Writing:
Pearson, Reading Street 2, Modern Curriculum Press, Phonics Level C
Pearson, Reading Street 2
The Courage of Sarah Noble, Helen Keller
Modern Curriculum Press, Spelling Workout C
Zaner Bloser, Handwriting 2 (manuscript then cursive)
Shurley English, Shurley English 2
Shurley English 2, Collins Writing and Thinking Method
Third Grade:
Reading:
Novels:
Spelling:
Handwriting:
Grammar:
Writing:
Fourth Grade:
Literature:
Novels:
Spelling:
Vocabulary:
Grammar:
Writing:
Pearson, Reading Street 3
Sarah, Plain and Tall, Skylark, Ballad of the Civil War, Thomas Edison,
and Charlotte’s Web
Modern Curriculum Press – Spelling Workout D
Zaner Bloser – Handwriting 3
Shurley English, Shurley English 3
Shurley English 3, Collins Writing and Thinking Method
Pearson, Reading Street 4
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nihm, The Boy in the Alamo,
and The Indian in the Cupboard
Modern Curriculum Press – Spelling Workout E
Great Source, Daily Teaching Strategies – Analogies
Shurley English, Shurley English 4
Shurley English 4, Collins Writing and Thinking Method
Mathematics
First Grade: Pearson, EnVision Math 1
Second Grade: Pearson, EnVision Math 2, Excel Math 2, Weekly review sheets
Third Grade: Pearson, EnVision Math 3, Excel Math 3, Weekly review sheets
Fourth Grade: Pearson, EnVision Math 4, Excel Math 4, Weekly review sheets
Great Source, Daily Teaching Strategies – Mathematics
Science
First Grade: Teacher created units
Second Grade: Teacher created units, Great Source, Daily Teaching Strategies – Geography
Third Grade: A Beka, Enjoying God’s World 3
National Geographic Reading Expeditions, Machines Make It Move
National Geographic Reading Expeditions, Weather and Climate
Usborne Discovery, Internet-linked, Birds
Fourth Grade: A Beka, Understanding God’s World
National Geographic Reading Expeditions, Understanding Electricity
Social Studies
First Grade: Teacher created units
Second Grade: Teacher created units
Third Grade: Scholastic, If You Lived During the Civil War,
National Geographic Reading Expeditions, The Industrial Revolution,
National Geographic Reading Expeditions, The Age of Inventions,
Scholastic, If You Changed Your Name at Ellis Island
Fourth Grade: MacMillan/McGraw Hill, Texas, Our Texas
MacMillan/McGraw Hill, World Atlas for Intermediate Students
Great Source, Daily Teaching Strategies – Geography
Foreign Language: Spanish
First Grade:
Second Grade:
Third Grade:
Fourth Grade:
Q Talk Publishing, Spanish Sprout
Q Talk Publishing, Spanish Sprout
Q Talk Publishing Sapling (DLS), symbol cards and Tribeca Language Games
Q Talk Publishing Sapling (DLS), symbol cards and Tribeca Language Games