Our Curriculum

DUNLAP  ADVENTIST  CHRISTIAN  SCHOOL  (DACS)

CURRICULUM

*BIBLE: 

            K-1 Use nature and Bible stories

            Grades 2nd-8th use Encounter Bible Series

*MATH:  Saxon Math

  (Published by Harcourt Achieve Inc. & Stephen Hake)

                    IXL Math Practice (online)

*SOCIAL STUDIES:

            Grades K-1 use discoveries in nature, interactions with each

                        other, and NAD standards to guide their class.

            Grades 2-3 have a 2-year cycle using 2nd -3rd grade NAD

                        standards and Kendall Hunt Publishing along with other

                        resources

            Grades 4th-8th have a 5-year cycle using the following…

            *The United States (Scott Foresman Publishing)

            *World Studies (Pearson Prentice Hall Publishing)

                        -Geography                     -The Ancient World

                        -Europe & Russia         -Medieval Times to Today

                        -Latin America              -Asia and the Pacific

                        -Africa                                 -The United States and Canada

            *The American Nation (Prentice Hall Publishing)

            *A History of the World (McGraw Hill Publishing)

*SCIENCE:

            K-1 use nature, exploration, and discoveries, along with the

                        NAD standards

            2nd-8th Grades use By Design Science (Kendall Hunt Publishing with

                        Seventh-day Adventists/ North American Division Office of Ed)

                        along with connected resources

*LANGUAGE ARTS K-2nd Grades use:

            *Fundations (by Wilson Language Publishing)

            *Phonics (by Savvas Learning Company)

            *Soaring with Spelling & Vocabulary (JacKris Publishing)

            *Pathways 2.0 Journey to Excellence through Literacy

                                    (Kendall Hunt Religious Publishing in collaboration with the

Seventh-day Adventist NAD Office of Education)

 

*LANGUAGE ARTS 3rd – 8th use:

                        *Spelling, Grammar, and Writing are built into the curriculum

                            (Soaring with Spelling & Vocabulary with JacKris Publishing)

            *Phonics (by Savvas Learning Company)

                        *Pathways 2.0 Journey to Excellence through Literacy

                           (Kendall Hunt Religious Publishing in collaboration with the

                              Seventh-day Adventist NAD Office of Education)

                        *Reading has a cross-curricular focus using existing literature…

            Examples from the 4th-8th grade curriculum:

                  -Songs of the Trail                     -Amos Fortune: Free Man

                  -Esperanza Rising                      -If You Lived Here: Houses

                  -The Door in the Wall                -First Flight: A Mother Hummingbird’s Story

                  -A Long Walk to Water              -Volcano: The Eruption &…Mount St. Helens                     *Writers Handbook: Grades 5+

            *Random House Book of Poetry

                  *wpponline Writing Practice  (online)

            *Vocab A-Z (online)

            *IXL Language Arts

                                                                       

*ART:   Arts Attack (online)   and/or   Explorations in Art (Davis Art)

            (Guest artists occasionally teach Art)

 

*MUSIC:

            -Miss Whitmill  (K-2 choir & bells)

            -Ms. Bishop - Music Teacher (3rd-8th graders do chimes)

 

*TECHNOLOGY:

            -Each Student has a Chromebook

            -Keyboarding

            -Technology Standards for Grades 5-8

 

*P.E.

            -P.E. Standards for Grades K-8