We are flipping part of our day! Our specials will come first. Research tells us that they are crucial for holistic student development, fostering creativity, physical health, and emotional growth. We are going to wake up our brains and bodies with music, art, technology and life skills Mondays through Thursdays. Each month we will have a new set of Practical Skill Workshops. The students will be able to sign up for classes like woodworking, robotics, stock market games, pet care and training, home economics, yoga and more! During guided reading, our teachers lead lessons to build skills and close gaps to grow each student. In reading each student is tested to find their just-right reading level, where gaps can be closed and new skills can be taught. We use these reading levels to place them into our studio classes where they receive small group instruction. Our teacher's focus each child's lessons based on the running record report and skills applicable to that level. During our read aloud time, our teacher guides students using mentor texts to practice standards relating to literature. Students practice the skills being taught in their guided reading groups as well as other standards such as inferring, character analysis, vocabulary development, identifying key details and evaluating the texts. Language Arts...Phonics and English are taught to ensure that students have the language skills they need to be effective readers and writers. Our activities are differentiated for students working with skill acquisition through the second-grade level and for third and up as they grow and expand their abilities. Writing and Handwriting (both print and cursive) is approached through variations of two main goals: production of writing with skills and practicing writing with ideas and organization in mind. Students working with reading levels Pre-A through M will refine Zaner-Bloser (ball and stick print) handwriting. Upper students will be taught cursive and transition into the frequency of use. In Guided Math each student is pre-tested in our math strands. This is for placement in their small groups and to ensure that we close gaps before presenting new material. As we spend a month on each strand, this allows us to close gaps, teach their "grade level" standards and move on into other levels that they are ready for. It is not uncommon for a student to have a few gaps from prior grades, tackle their own new material and then do advanced content within the month. Science and Social Studies We use a standards-based, immersive curriculum that takes your students deeper through primary sources paired with a robust, interactive experience. Our hands-on Science curriculum gets your students exploring and evaluating their world. Our Social Studies curriculum gets your students deeper into history and integrates with language arts. Both are based on Georgia grade level standards to ensure that your child covers the goals for each grade level. In our thematic time class, the teacher's role is more of mentorship as the students practice skills from their core classes. It may be support when they need to try a strategy or two, or when it's time to give a student opportunities to try new things that may be challenging. Activities will include opportunities in critical thinking, problem/project based learning and STEM-typed activities. Choose Full Day or Homeschooler's Half Day Our core program is based on customized placement and includes reading, language arts, writing, math and thematics. Monday - Friday. Lunches need to be brought daily for full day students. Hesitant? We offer a shadow day for you and your child to experience the benefits of what having Advanced Academics as learning partners is like. If you are interested in speaking with the parents of current students, let us know and we will make that connection!