Curriculum

Kindergarten
Reading/Language Arts including phonemic awareness, writing and reading
Mathematics including sorting, estimating and early measurement
Health/Fitness including an understanding of good health and fitness concepts and practice
First Grade
Reading/Language Arts developing phonemic skills through rhymes and stories, developing stories through writing, and reading recognition
Mathematics including comparing, ordering, measuring real objects, understanding numerical patterns, simple addition/subtraction
Science including the exploration of the animal world
Health/Fitness including an understanding of good health and fitness concepts and practice
Second Grade
Reading/Language Arts including reading for meaning and developing characters through the creation of stories
Mathematics including metric measurement and extending the understanding of numerical patterns using addition & subtraction
Science including investigating the Solar System
Social Studies including understanding geography, maps and directions
Health/Fitness including an understanding of good health and fitness concepts and practice
Third Grade
Reading/Language Arts including word analysis such as homophones and including proper punctuation in written work
Mathematics including the introduction to geometric shapes and their properties
Social Studies including the exploration of time, sequence and order of events
Science including understanding the Earth and geographic formations
Health/Fitness including an understanding of good health and fitness concepts and practice
Fourth Grade
Reading/Language Arts including reading for a variety of purposes and various writing formats
Mathematics including the interpretation of data in various forms
Social Studies including an introduction to Washington state history and its Natives
Science including understanding food groups and healthy eating
Health/Fitness including an understanding of good health and fitness concepts and practice
Fifth Grade
Reading/Language Arts including understanding reading strategies while reading various literature selections and writing for various audiences
Mathematics including the continuation of geometry, introducing algebra and decimals
Social Studies including the study of famous historical figures of the 20th century
Science including an in depth study of various planets in the solar system
Health/Fitness including an understanding of good health and fitness concepts and practice
Sixth Grade
Reading/Language Arts including written reactions to various literature selections
Mathematics including understanding multiple-step problem solving situations and continuing understanding of algebra and geometry
Social Studies including the study of famous Americans and their accomplishments
Science including an introduction to science as an integrated study (life, physical, biological, environmental)
Health/Fitness including an understanding of good health and fitness concepts and practice
Seventh Grade
Reading/Language Arts introduction to drama, continuing the exploration of writing for various purposes
Mathematics including the development of algebra and geometry. Pre-Algebra also offered
Social Studies including the study of America’s early beginnings
Science including an introduction to science as an integrated study (life, physical, biological, environmental)
Foreign Languages offered in Spanish and German
Health/Fitness including an understanding of good health and fitness concepts and practice
Eighth Grade
Reading/Language Arts including in-depth character analysis and other literary devices
Mathematics including courses in Pre-Algebra, Algebra (high school credit offered), and Honors Algebra (high school credit offered)
Social Studies Washington state history
Health/Fitness including an understanding of good health and fitness concepts and practice
Science including an introduction to science as an integrated study (life, physical, biological, environmental)
Foreign Languages offered in Spanish and German