Primary School

The path to a successful future starts at the beginning. Our commitment to our student’s future starts at the beginning of their academic journey. Our mission for our primary school is to develop early literacy and math skills, develop their social and emotional learning skills, and introduce them to the online community through digital citizenship classes. Our primary students continue their college and career readiness program as we expose our elementary students to business, marketing, and management; communications and information systems; and skilled and technical sciences.

Literacy

Newsela

Newsela is an Instructional Content Platform that brings together engaging, accessible content with integrated assessments and insights to supercharge reading engagement and learning in every subject. Newsela publishes daily content to support instruction for ELA, Social Studies, Science, and even Social-Emotional Learning. It starts with dynamic, game-changing content covering topics students care about. Every article comes in 5 reading levels, tailored to the skill level of each reader. Assessments are integrated directly into articles to help students engage with the content and to give teachers and administrators actionable insights on students’ reading activity.  The result is more engaged readers—and engaged readers are better learners. (About Newsela)

Khan Academy Grammar

Grammar is the collection of rules and conventions that make languages go. This section is about Standard American English, but there’s something here for everyone. (View Course)

Accelerated Reader

Individual reading recommendations use students’ interests and reading levels to suggest “just-right” titles—or students can self-select from over 200,000 choices! “Just reading” transforms into high-quality reading practice that fuels growth: Reading quizzes monitor comprehension, while literacy skills and vocabulary quizzes extend student learning and build skills mastery. (Watch: An Overview of Accelerated Reader)

Freckle

Students practice early reading and math skills at their own pace with audio-guided lessons and big, colorful buttons.  With Freckle, your students will start recognizing words, associating letters and sounds, and reading fun, age-appropriate stories.  Hundreds of Freckle’s ELA, Science, and Social Studies articles are available in K-2 reading levels. Each student will practice reading at the level that’s perfect for them. (Watch: An Overview of Freckle)

Current Events

Students complete weekly ELA lessons that develop their literacy and critical thinking skills.  Assigned each week by your teacher, these lessons are designed to empower the Kindest Generation to engage with and discuss what’s happening in the world around them. (Sample Lesson: 2019-2020 Coronavirus Outbreak)

Math

Khan Academy

Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace. Their math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. (Watch: You Can Learn Anything)

Social & Emotional Learning

Growth Mindset Practices

In these lessons, students explore ACSD’s Habits of Mind through the lens of improving their growth mindset to answer the question “Why is how I learn as important as what I learn?” (Sample Lesson: Persistence)

SEL in Action

In these lessons, students will explore CASEL’s Social and Emotional Learning competencies to answer the question “How can we promote a positive, safe learning culture in our school?” (Sample Lesson: Embracing our Diversity)

SEL Moments

In these mini-lessons, students discover in-the-moment strategies to practice and apply social and emotional learning competencies, including self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, and social awareness. (Sample Lesson: Teamwork)

Lifelong Learning Strategies

In these lessons, students gather learning strategies, improving their study skills, organization strategies, and more to answer the question “How can I become a life-long learner?” (Sample Lesson: Setting Goals)

Exploring the Social Emotional World

Social-emotional skills play a crucial role in a child’s success, both socially and academically. In this lesson, students will explore self-control, social awareness, communication, trust building, and decision making. (Sample Lesson – Building Trust)

Teaching Tolerance

In these K-2 lessons, students address important topics that aim to build empathy and create active citizens. These lessons educate the whole child and build 21st Century Skills, like communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. (Sample Lesson: Activism – An End to Bullying)

Digital Citizenship & Literacy

Digital Citizenship and Literacy

Common Sense Media

These digital citizenship lessons provide resources to assist in preparing students with critical 21st century skills, including media balance, online privacy, digital footprint, online communication, cyberbullying, digital drama, and media literacy. (Sample Lesson: Digital Friendships)

Be Internet Awesome with Google

Be Internet Awesome is a multifaceted program that includes a fun and free web-based game called Interland and an educational curriculum to teach kids how to be safe and responsible explorers of the online world. (View Course)

College & Career Readiness

Common Sense Media

In these lessons, students use VR to explore what options exist for after high school and how these options overlap with their skills and interests to answer the question “How can I be prepared for life after school?” (Sample Lesson: Exploring Campus – Liberal Arts vs. Research)

Career Exploration

In these lessons, students use VR to explore career fields and how these fields overlap with their skills and interests to answer the question “How can I be prepared for life after school?” (Sample Lesson – Virtual Career Fairs: Medical Careers)

STEM Project-Based Learning

Defined Learning

To prepare students for the future, they need to be engaged with lessons that are relevant, encourage critical thinking and collaboration, and provide an authentic assessment of their understanding. (See Research & White Papers)

Science

BBC Worldwide

In these lessons, students will be challenged to think critically about real world issues using video from BBC Worldwide. Students explore, comprehend, and research lessons that explore a grab-bag of scientific, environmental, and historical topics. (Sample Lessons for Young Emperor Penguins: Mini Lesson, Comprehension Check, Research Skill Builder)

Social Studies

Social Studies

Units focus on Native American Cultures, Ancient Civilizations, and Early American History.

World Languages

Spanish 1

Breaking the Barrier

Founded in 1997 by educators, Breaking the Barrier is a global leader in digital language learning. Breaking the Barrier provides students with a rock-solid understanding of language fundamentals as well as cultural insights from around the world. (Sample Lesson – Present Tense)

Computer Science

Code.org

Pre-Reader Express: An introduction to computer science for pre-readers; combines the best of our kindergarten and first grade courses. (View Course)

Life Skills

Evaluating Media

Students will learn skills necessary to evaluate information online and interrogate the platforms they get information from. The curriculum comes with assessments to measure growth and a PBL activity for students to creatively apply what they have learned. (Sample Lesson – Evaluating Evidence)

Learning Strategies

In these lessons, students gather learning strategies, improving their study skills, organization strategies, and more to answer the question “How can I become a life-long learner?” (Sample Lesson: Mnemonics)


Primary School

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The path to a successful future starts at the beginning. Our commitment to our student’s future starts at the beginning of their academic journey. Our mission for our primary school is to develop early literacy and math skills, develop their social and emotional learning skills, and introduce them to the online community through digital citizenship classes. Our primary students continue their college and career readiness program as we expose our elementary students to business, marketing, and management; communications and information systems; and skilled and technical sciences.

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Literacy

Newsela

Newsela is an Instructional Content Platform that brings together engaging, accessible content with integrated assessments and insights to supercharge reading engagement and learning in every subject. Newsela publishes daily content to support instruction for ELA, Social Studies, Science, and even Social-Emotional Learning. It starts with dynamic, game-changing content covering topics students care about. Every article comes in 5 reading levels, tailored to the skill level of each reader. Assessments are integrated directly into articles to help students engage with the content and to give teachers and administrators actionable insights on students’ reading activity.  The result is more engaged readers—and engaged readers are better learners. (About Newsela)

Khan Academy Grammar

Grammar is the collection of rules and conventions that make languages go. This section is about Standard American English, but there’s something here for everyone. (View Course)

Accelerated Reader

Individual reading recommendations use students’ interests and reading levels to suggest “just-right” titles—or students can self-select from over 200,000 choices! “Just reading” transforms into high-quality reading practice that fuels growth: Reading quizzes monitor comprehension, while literacy skills and vocabulary quizzes extend student learning and build skills mastery. (Watch: An Overview of Accelerated Reader)

Freckle

Students practice early reading and math skills at their own pace with audio-guided lessons and big, colorful buttons.  With Freckle, your students will start recognizing words, associating letters and sounds, and reading fun, age-appropriate stories.  Hundreds of Freckle’s ELA, Science, and Social Studies articles are available in K-2 reading levels. Each student will practice reading at the level that’s perfect for them. (Watch: An Overview of Freckle)

Current Events

Students complete weekly ELA lessons that develop their literacy and critical thinking skills.  Assigned each week by your teacher, these lessons are designed to empower the Kindest Generation to engage with and discuss what’s happening in the world around them. (Sample Lesson: 2019-2020 Coronavirus Outbreak)

Math

Khan Academy

Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace. Their math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. (Watch: You Can Learn Anything)

Social & Emotional Learning

Growth Mindset Practices

In these lessons, students explore ACSD’s Habits of Mind through the lens of improving their growth mindset to answer the question “Why is how I learn as important as what I learn?” (Sample Lesson: Persistence)

SEL in Action

In these lessons, students will explore CASEL’s Social and Emotional Learning competencies to answer the question “How can we promote a positive, safe learning culture in our school?” (Sample Lesson: Embracing our Diversity)

SEL Moments

In these mini-lessons, students discover in-the-moment strategies to practice and apply social and emotional learning competencies, including self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, and social awareness. (Sample Lesson: Teamwork)

Lifelong Learning Strategies

In these lessons, students gather learning strategies, improving their study skills, organization strategies, and more to answer the question “How can I become a life-long learner?” (Sample Lesson: Setting Goals)

Exploring the Social Emotional World

Social-emotional skills play a crucial role in a child’s success, both socially and academically. In this lesson, students will explore self-control, social awareness, communication, trust building, and decision making. (Sample Lesson – Building Trust)

Teaching Tolerance

In these K-2 lessons, students address important topics that aim to build empathy and create active citizens. These lessons educate the whole child and build 21st Century Skills, like communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. (Sample Lesson: Activism – An End to Bullying)

Digital Citizenship & Literacy

Digital Citizenship and Literacy

Common Sense Media

These digital citizenship lessons provide resources to assist in preparing students with critical 21st century skills, including media balance, online privacy, digital footprint, online communication, cyberbullying, digital drama, and media literacy. (Sample Lesson: Digital Friendships)

Be Internet Awesome with Google

Be Internet Awesome is a multifaceted program that includes a fun and free web-based game called Interland and an educational curriculum to teach kids how to be safe and responsible explorers of the online world. (View Course)

College & Career Readiness

Common Sense Media

In these lessons, students use VR to explore what options exist for after high school and how these options overlap with their skills and interests to answer the question “How can I be prepared for life after school?” (Sample Lesson: Exploring Campus – Liberal Arts vs. Research)

Career Exploration

In these lessons, students use VR to explore career fields and how these fields overlap with their skills and interests to answer the question “How can I be prepared for life after school?” (Sample Lesson – Virtual Career Fairs: Medical Careers)

STEM Project-Based Learning

Defined Learning

To prepare students for the future, they need to be engaged with lessons that are relevant, encourage critical thinking and collaboration, and provide an authentic assessment of their understanding. (See Research & White Papers)

Science

BBC Worldwide

In these lessons, students will be challenged to think critically about real world issues using video from BBC Worldwide. Students explore, comprehend, and research lessons that explore a grab-bag of scientific, environmental, and historical topics. (Sample Lessons for Young Emperor Penguins: Mini Lesson, Comprehension Check, Research Skill Builder)

Social Studies

Social Studies

Units focus on Native American Cultures, Ancient Civilizations, and Early American History.

World Languages

Spanish 1

Breaking the Barrier

Founded in 1997 by educators, Breaking the Barrier is a global leader in digital language learning. Breaking the Barrier provides students with a rock-solid understanding of language fundamentals as well as cultural insights from around the world. (Sample Lesson – Present Tense)

Computer Science

Code.org

Pre-Reader Express: An introduction to computer science for pre-readers; combines the best of our kindergarten and first grade courses. (View Course)

Life Skills

Evaluating Media

Students will learn skills necessary to evaluate information online and interrogate the platforms they get information from. The curriculum comes with assessments to measure growth and a PBL activity for students to creatively apply what they have learned. (Sample Lesson – Evaluating Evidence)

Learning Strategies

In these lessons, students gather learning strategies, improving their study skills, organization strategies, and more to answer the question “How can I become a life-long learner?” (Sample Lesson: Mnemonics)