Year One Academic Curriculum | 36-Week Scope, Sequence and Mastery Plan

36-Week Curriculum Master Plan | Year One

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Curriculum status: This is the complete 36-week scope and sequence, not a claim that each week’s full five-day lessons, all grade-level standards, and individual student assessments are already published. It is a planning spine to guide the remaining instructional work. Use the existing student courses, weekly workbooks, and new volumes as lesson materials while missing subjects and grade-specific work are produced.

Use Alabama Academic Standards and ACAP Summative official resources for current benchmarks. ACAP is a public-school assessment in grades 2–8 for ELA and mathematics, plus science in grades 4, 6 and 8. Homeschool obligations depend on the family’s lawful arrangement. No lesson here guarantees proficiency or a passing result.

Placement, Age and Advanced Access

The Academy serves ages 5–12, but advancement is based on subject-by-subject mastery. Every week includes an accessible foundations entry, grade-developing work, and a deeper advanced option. Younger advanced children are welcome when prerequisites are demonstrated. A parent may read instructions aloud without supplying answers.

Daily Teaching Structure

Reading/phonics and language arts: explicit instruction, quality reading, oral and written response, revision.
Mathematics: worked example, guided practice, independent problems, cumulative review and error correction.
Science and history: at least two substantive sessions each weekly, alternating investigation, factual study, research and projects.
Scripture study in its own literary and covenant context, with careful application but never substituting for academic science or history.
Friday or fifth-day assessment: unfamiliar items and an honest record of independent mastery. Parent answer keys kept separate.

Week 1: Baseline and learning habits

Literacy: Phonemic awareness, decoding baseline, comprehension response. Mathematics: Counting, place value and operations baseline. Science: Observation versus inference. History and Civics: Timelines, maps and primary-source introduction. Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4–9.

Deliverable and assessment: Complete a new reading response, an independent mathematical explanation, one factual science or history activity, and a contextual Scripture summary. Foundations may dictate and draw; advancing learners must justify claims, solve unfamiliar problems and attribute research sources.

Week 2: Sounds, sentences and numbers

Literacy: Sound-symbol correspondences, sentence conventions. Mathematics: Number composition, regrouping, integer structure. Science: Insect anatomy and classification. History and Civics: Alabama geography and map scale. Scripture: Proverbs 1:1–7.

Week 3: Main idea and equations

Literacy: Central idea, textual evidence and paragraph structure. Mathematics: Addition, subtraction and inverse checks. Science: Plants, roots, leaves and needs. History and Civics: Historical evidence and historical questions. Scripture: Proverbs 6:6–11.

Week 4: Sequence and measurement

Literacy: Chronology in narrative and explanatory text. Mathematics: Length, perimeter, area and units. Science: Water, measurement and fair observations. History and Civics: Honest records and history timelines. Scripture: Deuteronomy 25:13–16.

Week 5: Vocabulary, factors and organisms

Literacy: Context clues, prefixes, precise vocabulary. Mathematics: Multiplication, factors, equal groups. Science: Life cycles and reproduction. History and Civics: First peoples of the Alabama region. Scripture: Proverbs 12:17–22.

Week 6: Inferences and fractions

Literacy: Inferential questions and cited evidence. Mathematics: Fractions as quantities; equivalent fractions. Science: Food chains and energy transfer. History and Civics: Tribal nations, continuity and sovereignty. Scripture: Proverbs 18:13–17.

Week 7: Paragraphs and data

Literacy: Organized paragraphs, source attribution. Mathematics: Fractions, decimals and graphs. Science: Ecosystems and biodiversity. History and Civics: Historical geography and place names. Scripture: Proverbs 21:5.

Week 8: Comparing texts and rates

Literacy: Compare two sources and explain viewpoints. Mathematics: Division, unit rates and fractions of sets. Science: Experimental variables and fair comparisons. History and Civics: Timelines and causation. Scripture: Micah 6:6–8.

Week 9: Review and assessment I

Literacy: New reading passage, independent writing check. Mathematics: Cumulative skills check, error analysis. Science: Safe investigation proposal. History and Civics: Corroborated historical summary. Scripture: Review selected readings.

Week 10: Narrative writing

Literacy: Plot, setting, characterization and narrative revision. Mathematics: Operations with multi-digit numbers. Science: Weather observations and instruments. History and Civics: Early Alabama settlement and trade. Scripture: Numbers 15:37–41.

Week 11: Research sources

Literacy: Credibility, evidence and attribution. Mathematics: Ratios and proportional reasoning. Science: Weather versus long-term climate. History and Civics: Primary and secondary evidence. Scripture: Proverbs 18:13–17.

Week 12: Multi-step reasoning

Literacy: Explanatory writing and evidence. Mathematics: Algebraic expressions and equations. Science: Earth material and erosion. History and Civics: Alabama statehood and geography. Scripture: Matthew 5:17–20.

Week 13: Literary language

Literacy: Imagery, literal versus figurative wording. Mathematics: Geometry, coordinate plane. Science: Properties of light. History and Civics: Founding documents of the United States. Scripture: Psalm 19:7–14.

Week 14: Argument I

Literacy: Claims, reasons, evidence. Mathematics: Fractions, decimals, percent in context. Science: Sound and vibrations. History and Civics: Colonization and forced labor. Scripture: Proverbs 15:1.

Week 15: Informational reports

Literacy: Research questions and factual summaries. Mathematics: Area, volume and scaling. Science: Scientific diagrams and structures. History and Civics: Declaration and Constitution. Scripture: Deuteronomy 16:18–20.

Week 16: Visual sources

Literacy: Chart and diagram comprehension. Mathematics: Statistics, mean, median and variation. Science: Scientific recording and uncertainty. History and Civics: Historical maps and artifacts. Scripture: Proverbs 11:1.

Week 17: Revision and error correction

Literacy: Edit grammar and clarify interpretation. Mathematics: Linear equations and inverse reasoning. Science: Energy and energy transfer. History and Civics: Civil War causes, documented sources. Scripture: Matthew 6:1–18.

Week 18: Review and assessment II

Literacy: Independent comprehension and argument. Mathematics: Midcourse cumulative test and application. Science: Experiment critique. History and Civics: Cited historical chronology. Scripture: Review in context.

Week 19: Advanced comprehension

Literacy: Compare complex information and literary passages. Mathematics: Rates, ratios and proportional models. Science: Matter and observable properties. History and Civics: Reconstruction and citizenship. Scripture: Matthew 7:24–27.

Week 20: Research ethics

Literacy: Paraphrasing and accurate citations. Mathematics: Expressions, inequalities, functions. Science: Physical and chemical changes. History and Civics: Alabama civil rights organizing. Scripture: Proverbs 12:17–22.

Week 21: Long-form narrative

Literacy: Character motivation, pacing and revision. Mathematics: Geometric reasoning and proof models. Science: Forces and motion. History and Civics: Montgomery boycott, sourced history. Scripture: Numbers 14:17–24.

Week 22: Expository essay

Literacy: Research paragraph and structure. Mathematics: Area, volume, angle relationships. Science: Earth systems, weathering and erosion. History and Civics: Selma and voting rights. Scripture: Proverbs 24:3–4.

Week 23: Debate and evidence

Literacy: Counterargument, respectful response. Mathematics: Probability and compound events. Science: Data collection and visualization. History and Civics: Civics, rights and responsibilities. Scripture: Proverbs 18:13–17.

Week 24: Complex source comparison

Literacy: Bias, reliability and corroboration. Mathematics: Statistics and distribution shape. Science: Ecosystem changes and human impact. History and Civics: Local, state and federal roles. Scripture: Deuteronomy 1:16–17.

Week 25: Review and assessment III

Literacy: Timed independent reading and writing sample. Mathematics: Mixed mathematical problem set. Science: Scientific interpretation review. History and Civics: Historical source evaluation. Scripture: Review selected readings.

Week 26: Poetry, logic and meaning

Literacy: Literary analysis and careful interpretation. Mathematics: Functions, graphs and patterns. Science: Light, sound and energy interactions. History and Civics: Economic activity and geography. Scripture: Proverbs 2:1–6.

Week 27: Instruction writing

Literacy: Step-by-step procedural text and editing. Mathematics: Financial literacy: budgets and rates. Science: Design an investigation with controls. History and Civics: Community institutions and public services. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12.

Week 28: Nonfiction synthesis

Literacy: Compare three informational sources. Mathematics: Number patterns, equations and models. Science: Health, nutrition, movement and evidence. History and Civics: Historical biography and perspective. Scripture: Proverbs 16:3.

Week 29: Advanced argument

Literacy: Thesis, evidence, counterclaim and revision. Mathematics: Systems of equations and graph interpretation. Science: Earth and space pattern observations. History and Civics: Comparative government structures. Scripture: Matthew 5:1–12.

Week 30: Scientific writing

Literacy: Methods, results, inference and limitations. Mathematics: Data modeling, percent changes. Science: Independent study design. History and Civics: Trade, cultural exchange and map evidence. Scripture: Deuteronomy 25:13–16.

Week 31: Historical essay

Literacy: Evidence-based historical argument. Mathematics: Geometry and measurement transfer. Science: Weather, climate and uncertainties. History and Civics: Alabama history research project. Scripture: Proverbs 18:17.

Week 32: Reading across disciplines

Literacy: Science/history informational text synthesis. Mathematics: Integrated multi-step problem solving. Science: Interpret multiple scientific data sources. History and Civics: Compare primary and secondary sources. Scripture: Proverbs 24:3–4.

Week 33: Capstone design I

Literacy: Research question, outline and sources. Mathematics: Mathematics capstone problem development. Science: Science capstone plan and ethics. History and Civics: Historical inquiry capstone plan. Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4–9.

Week 34: Capstone design II

Literacy: Draft, revise and fact-check writing. Mathematics: Capstone calculations and checking. Science: Gather evidence or analyze labeled practice data. History and Civics: Corroborate historical timeline and conclusions. Scripture: Matthew 7:24–27.

Week 35: Independent mastery assessment

Literacy: Unfamiliar reading, writing and revision. Mathematics: End-year independent mathematics assessment. Science: Applied science questions and safe design. History and Civics: Sourced historical interpretation. Scripture: Scripture context analysis.

Week 36: Portfolio and next-level placement

Literacy: Review fluent reading and writing growth. Mathematics: Identify mastered skills and next prerequisites. Science: Explain evidence and scientific limitations. History and Civics: Explain continuity, change and responsible citizenship. Scripture: Reflect on faithful hearing and doing.

What Parents Must Verify

Confirm actual grade placement or skill equivalence, not just age. Keep work samples and independent results privately.
Do not assume this scope alone fulfills state requirements. Align each subject and grade to the current official course of study and document gaps.
Review assessment performance every nine weeks and reteach missing prerequisites before accelerating.
Use the Academy Course Download Library and Advanced Scholars for currently published materials.