SBA Elementary School Curriculum

Curriculum Elementary School

About SBA

Silverdale Baptist Academy Elementary School is a Charlotte Mason school�

We believe:

Children are born persons, created in the image of God, they are born with an appetite for knowledge, and it is our job as teachers and administrators to provide a feast for each child�

Education is an atmosphere: A structured scheduled time for free play and outdoors as well as a rigorous curriculum�

Education is a discipline: We emphasize the importance of forming intellectual, physical, religious, and social habits�

Education is a science of relations: A broad curriculum, where children discover connections to the Creator and themselves�

Education is a life: “The mind feeds on ideas and therefore children should have a generous curriculum�” — Charlotte Mason

What does this look like in the classroom?

Living Book: We provide and encourage rich literature for learning � We practice narration, where students practice the art of retelling what has been learned�

Language: Through exposure to great literature, our children are exposed to great writing We focus on modeling the examples of great writers�

Math: Students are taught critical thinking and reasoning skills through mathematical problems�

Science and Nature: Students begin to understand God as the Creator of all things and their significance in being placed upon this Earth

Picture and Composer Study: Students study classical artists and composers to develop an appreciation for both art and music�

History: We teach according to a timeline,so students can connect one time period to the next�

SBA is different — Very different

We believe that childhood should be preserved�

We believe that school should be like family, not separate from home, with one gracious Lord

We believe that knowledge is great, yet fueling imagination and serving others are even greater

We believe in your child�

Kindergarten

READING/LITERATURE

Heggerty and decodeable Books

Small group reading

READ-A-LOUD/ SUMMER READING

Magic Tree House – Dinosaurs

Before Dark – Osborne

Boxcar Children-Warner

Dolphin Adventure-Grover

Summer Reading

Honors Reading

SPELLING/VOCABULARY

Heggerty

HANDWRITING/ DICTATION

Heggerty READ workbooks

Journals/Creative Writing

Copywork

HABITS FOR CHARACTER TRAINING

Attention

Thinking

Remembering

Neatness/Order

Responsibility

Courtesy

Self Control

Perfect Execution

First Time Obedience

LATIN AND SHAKESPEARE

Introduction to Latin vocabulary

Aesop’s Fables

Natura Latina

Kindergarten

HISTORY

History Fair/Creation

Thanksgiving

Community Helpers

MLK/Presidents/American Symbols

BIBLE

Answers In Genesis

Survey of the Bible

Jesus Storybook Bible

MUSIC

Sousa – Marches

General Music Class

Kindergarten Chorus

WRITING

Heggerty

Draw and write

GEOGRAPHY

Me on the Map

Map Skills

Transportation

NATURE STUDY

Fall – Bears/Leaves Changing/ Pumpkin/Spiders

Winter – Animals in Winter

Spring – Plants/Flowers/insects/Bees

PICTURE STUDY

Eric Carle

Norman Rockwell

Kandinsky – art class

Alma Thomas – art class

POETRY

Abeka – K book

Robert Louis Stevenson

Large group recitation

Christina Rossetti

Poetry Recital

Kindergarten

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Motor Skills Locomotion Run Hop Jump Skip Leap Side Step Gallop

Basic skills underhand, overhand throwing, dribbling, kicking striking volleying catching jump rope

Balance Levels Pathways

MATHEMATICS

Bob Jones Math K

Math Manipulatives

*Small Group Instruction –Workshop Model

SCIENCE

Fall – All About Me/Leaves Changing/ Farm/Pumpkins/Apples/Spiders

Winter – Animals in Winter/Snow

Spring – Plants/Flowers/insects

Oceans

STEAM Lab and Outdoor Education

HANDICRAFTS

Torn paper crafts

Clay Pinch Pot

Pony Beads necklace/bracelet

Tri beads candy cane

Sticker Mosaics

Sewing on Burlap, wood slice ornament painting

Clay leaf painting, oil pastel evergreen tree, canvas nativity painting, turtle direct draw and water color painting on canvas, tape resist cross painting

TECHNOLOGY

Media Center

ISTE Standards

Internet Safety (K–2)

iPad Cart to meet lesson objectives when appropriate

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