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Kindergarten – 5th Grade

Elementary Program

A safe, Christ-centered environment and an academic program designed to inspire a love of the Truth, building a firm foundation of knowledge and skills for lifelong learners and worshipers.

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Each student is a gift from God

philosophy

We see each student as a gift from God with unique personalities, gifts, and challenges. Together, we strive to meet the educational needs of each of our students by providing a safe, Christ-centered environment and an academic program designed to inspire a love of the Truth, while developing a firm foundation of knowledge and skills to develop lifelong learners and worshipers.

Christian liberal arts

Through core instruction, students master foundational knowledge and the tools of learning that prepare them for middle school and high school.

Foundations

Areas of foundational knowledge and skills: Biblical Literacy, Literature, Vocabulary, Composition, Spelling, Handwriting, Mathematics, Science, History & Geography

Universal Design

Through a variety of researched-based curriculum resources and best-practices, teachers pay special attention to each student's growth in literacy skills and mathematics and seek to challenge, support, and enrich so that each student can reach his or her God-given potential.

Specials

In addition to our core academic curriculum, students experience the joy and beauty of aesthetics, music, and physical activity through our daily specials: art class, music class, and physical education.

Daily Specials

Belong & Engage

Art
Music
Physical Education
science
Elementary Curriculum

Curriculum At-a-Glance

Subject
K
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Bible
Abeka
Positive Action
Positive Action
Positive Action
Positive Action
Positive Action
Discipleship
Positive Discipline with a Biblical Worldview
Positive Discipline with a Biblical Worldview
Positive Discipline with a Biblical Worldview
Positive Discipline with a Biblical Worldview
Positive Discipline with a Biblical Worldview
Positive Discipline with a Biblical Worldview
Literature
Literature List; Gods' Big World
1st Grade Literature List; Academic Reader
2nd Grade Literature List; Academic Reader
3rd Grade Literature List; Academic Reader
4th Grade Literature List; Academic Reader
5th Grade Literature List; Academic Reader
Phonics & Vocabulary
Saxon Phonics & Spelling K; Orton-Gillingham
Saxon Phonics & Spelling 1; Orton-Gillingham
Orton-Gillingham phonics & spelling
Orton-Gillingham phonics & spelling; How to Spell ©
Building Language (Royal Firework); How to Spell ©
Caesar's English I (Royal Firework); How to Spell ©
Independent Reading
Accelerated Reader through Renaissance
Grammar
Shurley Grammar 1
Shurley Grammar 2
Shurley Grammar 3
Shurley Grammar 4
Shurley Grammar 5
Handwriting
D'Nealian
D'Nealian
D'Nealian
Composition
Writing by Design K; Composition
Writing by Design 1; Composition
Writing by Design 2; Composition
Writing by Design 3; Composition
Writing by Design 4; Composition
Writing by Design 5; Composition
Math
Math in Focus K
Math in Focus 1
Math in Focus 2
Math in Focus 3
Math in Focus 4
Math in Focus 5
Math Extension
Freckle Math through Renaissance
History & Geography
Abeka: Our Great Country
Abeka: My America, My World
Abeka: Our America
Abeka: Our American Heritage
Colorado History
American History
Science
Flatirons Academy K-5 Science Program: ACSI
Art
Flatirons Academy K-5 Art Program
P.E.
Flatirons Academy K-5 Physical Education Program
Music
Flatirons Academy K-5 Music Program
Standardized Assessment
NWEA: Measures of Academic Progress (MAP): Reading, Math, & Language Use

Kindergarten Literature

Read together in class throughout the year.

  • A Tree is Nice — Janice May Udry
  • How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World — Marjorie Priceman
  • Hubert's Hair Raising Adventure — Bill Peet
  • The Important Book — Margaret Wise Brown
  • Frederick — Leo Lionni
  • Follow the Dream — Peter Sis
  • Ox-Cart Man — Donald Hall
  • Pumpkin Moonshine — Tasha Tudor
  • The Story of Ferdinand — Munro Leaf
  • Pancakes, Pancakes — Eric Carle
  • Bread and Jam for Frances — Russell Hoban
  • The First Thanksgiving Day — Laura Krauss Melmed
  • The Little Fir Tree — Margaret Wise Brown
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas — Jan Brett
  • Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree — Robert E Barry
  • Come on Rain! — Karen Hesse
  • One Wintry Night — Ruth Bell Graham
  • Stellaluna — Janell Cannon
  • Owl Moon — Jane Yolen
  • Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening — Robert Frost
  • Gregory's Shadow — Don Freeman
  • Katy and the Big Snow — Virginia Lee Burton
  • Walter the Baker — Eric Carle
  • The Frogs and Toads All Sang — Arnold Lobel
  • Cactus Hotel — Brenda Z. Guiberson
  • Hide and Seek Fog — Alvin Tresselt
  • What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? — Steven Jenkins and Robin Page
  • A House for Hermit Crab — Eric Carle
  • An Extraordinary Egg — Leo Lionni
  • The Seven Silly Eaters — Mary Ann Hoberman
  • A Tale for Easter — Tasha Tudor
  • Wonders of Nature — Eloise Wilkins
  • All Things Bright and Beautiful — Cecil Frances Alexander
  • A Tale for Easter — Tasha Tudor
  • Wonders of Nature — Eloise Wilkin
  • All Things Bright and Beautiful — Cecil Frances Alexander

1st Grade Literature

Read together in class throughout the year.

  • Blueberries for Sal — Robert McCloskey
  • Caps for Sale — Esphyr Slobodkina
  • Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie — Peter & Connie Roop
  • Little Bear — Else Holmelund Minarik
  • Little Bear's Visit — Else Holmelund Minarik
  • Make Way for Ducklings — Robert McCloskey
  • Stone Soup — Marcia Brown
  • The Little House — Virginia Lee Burton
  • The Story about Ping — Marjorie Flack
  • Miss Rumphius — Barbara Cooney

2nd Grade Literature

Read together in class throughout the year.

  • Bears on Hemlock Mountain — Alice Dalgliesh
  • Courage of Sarah Noble — Alice Dalgliesh
  • Little House in the Big Woods — Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • My Father's Dragon — Ruth Stiles Gannett
  • Prairie School — Avi
  • Roxaboxen — Alice McLerran
  • Tales of Benjamin Bunny — Beatrix Potter
  • Animal Folktales
  • Selected Tales from Beatrix Potter — Beatrix Potter
  • White Fur Flying — Patricia MacLachlan

3rd Grade Literature

Read together in class throughout the year.

  • Charlotte's Web — E. B. White
  • Henry Huggins — Beverly Cleary
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe — C. S. Lewis
  • The Lemonade War — Jacqueline Davies
  • The Tale of Despereaux — Kate DiCamillo
  • The One and Only Ivan — Katherine Applegate
  • Love that Dog — Sharon Creech

4th Grade Literature

Read together in class throughout the year.

  • Homer Price — Robert McCloskey
  • Little Pilgrim's Progress — Helen L. Taylor
  • Perilous Road — William O. Steele
  • Shiloh — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • Voyage of the Dawn Treader — C. S. Lewis
  • Black Beauty — Anna Sewell

5th Grade Literature

Read together in class throughout the year.

  • The City of Ember — Jeanne DuPrau
  • Hatchet — Gary Paulsen
  • Number the Stars — Lois Lowry
  • The Sign of the Beaver — Elizabeth George Speare
  • By the Great Horn Spoon! — Sid Fleischman
  • A Wrinkle in Time — Madeleine L'Engle
  • A Wish in the Dark — Christina Soontornvat
  • True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle — Avi
  • Inside Out and Back Again — Thanhhà Lại
  • The Westing Game — Ellen Raskin

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