FIRST & second GRADE
everything you need to homeschool in first and second grade
1st & 2nd GRADE HOMESCHOOL PRINT PROGRAM
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NFC Academy's accredited 1st & 2nd Grade uses the Christian homeschool LIFEPAC program for Bible, History, Language Arts, Math and Science. LIFEPAC is a print based first and second grade homeschool curriculum that is a brightly illustrated, engaging workbook curriculum filled with lessons and hands-on activities. As with all of our curriculums they are from a biblical worldview supporting traditional Christian family values with academic excellence.
We know that our homeschool families are busy and want to devote their time to what best serves their children in their homeschool program for first grade and second grade. With that in mind at NFC Academy we have prepared for you the daily assignments for the year that will help guide you to completion within a general time frame of your school year…that is called the NFC Academy Daily Lesson Planner. |
FIRST & second GRADE homeschool CURRICULUM
bible
Made for an individual student, this set contains ten full-color work texts that offer a comprehensive overview of classic Bible stories and Christian teachings.
Offering step-by-step lessons and bright illustrations, these Scripture-based first & second grade Bible work texts cover topics, such as God's creation, love, goodness, prayer, Old and New Testament stories, missionaries, God's promises, and more! Both the first and second grade Bible 10-Unit Set has fun, age-appropriate lessons that include matching exercises, dot-to-dot pictures, and fill-in-the-blank questions. To reinforce concepts, each LIFEPAC work text also includes concept reviews, self- tests, and one removable teacher administered unit test. |
history
Made for an individual student, this complete set contains ten full-color work texts that teach foundational history and geography lessons from a positive, Christian perspective.
The First and Second Grade History & Geography is a biblically integrated approach to teaching your child about history, geography, and living in the world. Ten engaging worktexts in this curriculum present lessons on being special in God's eyes, communication, living in a family, farms, cities, community helpers, our country, our world, and more! Second grade lessons are on helping your neighbors, community helpers, farming long ago, farming today, how communities change, communication in our world, and much more! The print based text include reviews, self-tests and a teacher administered test for each unit of study. |
LANGUAGE ARTS
Made for one student, this comprehensive set contains ten full-color work texts that introduce young students to basic oral and written grammar skills. First grade offers colorful illustrations and practice exercises, these print-based work texts cover topics like the alphabet, short vowels, plurals, suffixes, rhyming words, consonant digraphs and blends, vowel digraphs, R-controlled vowels, diphthongs, and more.
Second grade builds on a strong phonics base, this homeschool language course touches on critical language topics such as building sentences, punctuation, prefixes, suffixes, nouns, verbs and much more! Packed with practical grammar and penmanship lessons, each work text in the Language Arts 10-Unit Set is a unit which can be completed in just three to four weeks, giving students a true sense of accomplishment as they progress through each unit of study. |
mathematics
Created for one student, this complete set contains ten colorful work texts that offer young students a comprehensive overview of beginning math concepts.
These bright, full-color first grade workbooks teach beginning math skills like direction, comparisons, colors, cardinal and ordinal numbers, shapes, and number order. Other math topics covered include colors, shapes, number order, addition and subtraction, place value, time, and money. Second grade curriculum focuses on the basics of elementary math, providing instruction in numbers to 1,000, operation symbols, measurements, shapes, rounding, addition, subtraction, time, estimation, and fractions. Each work text includes fun illustrations, a variety of age-appropriate math exercises, and hands-on activities. In addition, each work text includes reviews, self-tests, and one removable, teacher-administered unit test to help students remember important math concepts. |
science
Made for one student, this set offers ten full-color, print-based work texts that provide a comprehensive overview of beginning science concepts. First Grade Science begins the process of teaching important principles of observation which will in turn assist children as they learn about the physical universe God created.
In second grade as your students’ progress through this ten-part series, they'll learn about the world that God created: living things, non-living things, plants, animals, pet and plant care, five senses, physical properties, and our world! Ten colorful work texts present lessons on the human body, the five senses, animals, plants, energy, health, machines, and God's beautiful world! Complete with engaging illustrations and step-by-step lessons, these Bible-based science work texts will introduce your students to the senses, animals and plants, health, world, energy, machines, and more!
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READERS
Exciting reading material for the first grade Language Arts curriculum, this set includes five colorful readers, as well as a study guide with comprehension questions for the entire series. Perfect for teaching budding readers basic phonics rules, the readers include Dog in the Tub, Cotton Candy, Oats Are for Goats, Flying My Kite, and The Gold Coin. Each reader has 24 short stories that build students’ reading abilities. The readers start with one- and two-syllable words with long and short vowel sounds and gently progress to more advanced words. All of your reading for second grade is included in the student books as the students continue the develolpment of their reading and language skills.
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SPANISH
This introductory optional online elective Spanish I course, designed specifically for younger students (K-2), provides a fun, interactive experience for a student's first exposure to the Spanish language. The content for each unit is based on an authentic story, myth or legend from Spanish-speaking cultures. This course focuses principally on vocabulary acquisition through stories, games, songs and practice activities to start students on a path to language proficiency. Students are exposed to Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures in a fun environment. The Middlebury Spanish for K-2 is an additional tuition charge for those families wanting this optional elective course. |
NFC ACADEMY PRINT GRADES
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YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ON TIME WITH OUR PLANNER
NFC ACADEMY DAILY LESSON PLANNER
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The NFC Academy Elementary Daily Lesson Planner lays out each day's work to get you through the year without concern about the pace. Your NFC Academy Daily Lesson Planner is your guide to use so you stay on schedule. It lays out all work that is done in each subject for each day of your school year.
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Notice: The use of the NFC Academy Daily Lesson Planner is only for those families with actively enrolled students in the NFC Academy Print Program.
START YOUR SCHOOL YEAR AT ANYTIME
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When do you want to start your school year? NFC Academy operates school year-round and you can start on your schedule that works for you.
We set-up every student with the typical school year of 180 school days no matter when you start. As we noted in our Daily Lesson Planner your school year will have holidays built into the school year, but it is up to you if you take those days or work those days. We are ready to start your school year when you tell us it is time to get started. |
we make grading easy for you
your own online gradebook
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NFC Academy has made grading easy for you. No more need to record grades in a notebook or on forms and then calculate grades. Now with NFC Academy’s Grade Central electronic gradebook you enter grades as assignments are completed and the gradebook does the calculation for you. You will be able to see the grades in the Print Program grades 1-5 as you enter grades.
Use the NFC Academy Scoring Guide which is shipped to you with your books to easily see the numeric grade to be entered as you grade each assignment. When you enter the grades, the electronic gradebook does the rest for you. When it is time to do report cards just send in copies of the unit test and we do the rest to complete your report card. |
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NFC ACADEMY IS ACCREDITED
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we are here to support and help you
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We are here to support your exciting task of first and second grade homeschooling. All of our homeschool families in the Print Program K-5th Grade will have our own NFC Academy Resource Support Assistant to answer questions and get you any needed help.
As you complete your grading in your online electronic gradebook your Resource Support Assistant will take each semester’s grade and create your report card in our administrative management system. Joining together with our Academy office staff, your Resource Support Assistant is an important part in our Print Program. |
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we will take care of your records
all your recordsWe take care of all of your official records at NFC Academy. Your assigned NFC Academy Resource Support Assistant will provide you answers to questions that may arise during the year...they are here to help you. The NFC Academy Resource Support Assistant will create your official NFC Academy Report Card. When the semester work is complete your Resource Assistant will go to the electronic grade book where you have entered all grades and create each semester's report card. |
annual testingSome states require some form of annual standardized testing for homeschool students. Typically, a test must be called a norm referenced test and not one similar to the various state created tests. To enable our families to meet this requirement and to help us evaluate our academic program, we make the Stanford Achievement Test Online available each spring for our students from Kindergarten through eleventh grade. Testing is encouraged by NFC Academy but not required. |
PATHBLAZER FOR K-5
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Pathblazer is a new program available to full-time NFC Academy students in K-5th grade. Pathblazer is a personalized intervention program that provides supplemental online instruction with fun, motivating content that builds foundational skills in math and ELA. The online Pathblazer program is a supplement to the daily academic lessons and does not replace those requirements in any grade. This is an exciting new addition to NFC Academy in 2020-21. There is no additional cost this first year.
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ENROLL 1ST & 2ND GRADE PRINT
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The NFC Academy registrar is ready to help!! We will help you obtain your student’s previous school records so that the enrollment process runs smoothly.
We use our “My Application” program to update you throughout the enrollment process. Through our status updates and emails, you never have to wonder where you are in the process. |
