Core and Elective Courses
Kindergarten
Self-contained, vibrant classroom focused on working with a child’s natural development, not against it. While aware of the TEKS set forth for Kindergarten students in Texas, we believe our students can learn and grow in the skills needed through a hands-on curriculum. Using multiple brain-breaks, outdoor learning opportunities and age-appropriate lessons, students will develop a deep love for learning that does not produce anxiety but instead offers a challenging curriculum that encourages each child’s knowledge level and learning style to flourish. Math literacy, science, history and Bible lessons will be taught and evaluated but will not require standardized assessments. Our students will thrive from the teaching of both parent and FPA teacher while benefitting from socializing with their peers. Electives will be offered in a rotation during the year including P.E., art, and drama. Kindergarten is a critical year for students to develop a love for learning, literacy and the Lord. Therefore, we believe it is important that they attend school on Monday, Wednesday, and half-day on Fridays. This gives us enough on-one with our students while partnering with parents to ensure a high-level educational experience.
Parent Role: The primary years require more hands-on involvement from parents during the Tuesday and Thursday satellite days. Students benefit from one-on-one personal instruction from their parents to solidify the concepts they are learning in the classroom.
Course Prerequisites: Students should be 5 years old by August 15th
First Grade
First grade is a self-contained, full-day program on Monday and Wednesday combined with targeted practice, reviewing and re-teaching in the satellite classroom at home on the remaining three days a week. Language Arts lays the foundation for developing proficiencies in reading with understanding. Students are introduced to the fundamental concepts associated with the appreciation of literature and spend time reading alone and with a parent to develop this skill. Students will apply fundamental skills of phonics, decoding, phonemic awareness, word analysis, and word recognition skills. In Math, students will develop an understanding of place value, addition, subtraction. Students visualize math concepts with the use of manipulative and basic word problems are introduced to exercise problem-solving skills. First-grade science teaches students to use process skills to learn and tell about Gods creation through scientific investigations and reasoning. Through the studies of organisms and environments, earth and space, matter, energy, force, motion, and energy; students will increase in their knowledge of the world that God has made. In history, students will explore community, Texas, and the United States from Native Americans through Plymouth Colony. Electives will be offered in a rotation during the year including P.E., art, and drama. The primary years require more hands-on involvement from parents during the Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday satellite days. Students benefit from one-on-one personal instruction from their parents to solidify the concepts they are learning in the classroom.
Parent Role: Co-instructor: Parents will receive instructions from the classroom teacher on a weekly basis outlining satellite assignments, follow-up study over covered material, and preparation or review needed for their next class. They will also bear the primary responsibility for direct instruction in some aspects of the course and for monitoring their child’s academic progress (including the timely submission of all assignments).
Course Prerequisites: Satisfactory performance on the appropriate English and math placement test.
Second Grade
Second grade is a self-contained, full day program on Monday and Wednesday combined with targeted practice, reviewing and re-teaching in the satellite classroom at home on the remaining three days a week. Language Arts lays the foundation for developing proficiencies in reading and writing. Students are introduced to the fundamental concepts associated with the appreciation of literature and spend time reading alone and with a parent to develop this skill. The writing process includes the study of grammar, punctuation and capitalization conventions in the context of writing in all genres; narrative, expository and opinion. In Math students will develop an understanding of place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Students visualize math concepts with the use of manipulative and basic word problems are introduced to exercise problem solving skills. Second grade science teaches students to use process skills to learn and tell about Gods creation through scientific investigations and reasoning. Through the studies of organisms and environments, earth and space, matter, energy, force, motion and energy; students will increase in their knowledge of the world that God has made. In history students will explore American culture in colonial times from Jamestown to the War for Independence. Electives will be offered in a rotation during the year including P.E., art and drama. The primary years require more hands-on involvement from parents during the Tuesday, Thursday and Friday satellite days. Students benefit from the one-on -one personal instruction form their parents to solidify the concepts they are learning in the classroom.
Parent Role: Co-instructor: Parents will receive instructions from the classroom teacher on a weekly basis outlining satellite assignments, follow-up study over covered material, and preparation or review needed for their next class. They will also bear the primary responsibility for direct instruction in some aspects of the course and for monitoring their child’s academic progress (including the timely submission of all assignments).
Course Prerequisites: Satisfactory performance on the appropriate English and math placement test.
