Our Academics
As a microschool, students will enjoy subjects like history and science in combined classrooms while maintaining grade-specific subjects like reading and math.
Reading/Literacy
Reading to children helps them build language skills, exposes them to new vocabulary, and introduces them to diverse people and places. It also supports cognitive development, increased concentration and discipline, and improved imagination and creativity.
At Da Capo Classical Academy, we place special emphasis upon reading in the classroom, using living literature to learn about the world God loves.
From CVC readers and blends to two-vowel words, kindergarteners will learn to read for themselves using the Abeka curriculum. First through fourth graders will expand their literary palate with whole book selections ranging from the always-fun Dr. Suess or Frog and Toad books to classics from authors like Marguerite Henry and Beverly Cleary, .
Phonics/Writing
A strong phonics understanding helps children know what letters to use when writing words. In the younger grades, we use Heggerty to develop phonemic awareness through oral exercises and learn common letter blends and digraphs using the Abeka system.
While the kindergarteners learn how to properly write their ABC's and copy words and simple sentences, first through fourth graders will focus on writing mechanics including parts of speech and diagramming in the upper grades. Students also engage in creative expression activities like composing a pet story and a thank-you note.
Beginning in second grade, students learn to read and write cursive.
Mathematics
Colorful pages and manipulatives make building a strong arithmetic foundation fun.
Kindergarteners will learn numbers
1-100, tell time, count money, use a calendar, and meet the addition and subtraction families.
​First graders will learn about place value, addition and subtraction of two- and three-digit numbers, graphs, time, temperature, and fractions.
​Second graders begin to learn multiplication and division, how to read graphs, and more about Roman numerals.
​Third graders continue to learn multiplication and division, advancing to double-digit multiplication and long division. They also practice rounding and averaging money and other groups of numbers.
​Fourth graders will work with metric units and decimals and be introduced to geometrical aspects such as finding angles and determining the perimeter and area of figures.
Science
During the school year, students will learn about wildlife and ecosystems, weather patterns and meteorology, simple machines and physics, and practice critical thinking with STEM-based experiments.
Discover & Do Science Experiments, Usborne books, and fun readers make science all about the joy of discovery.
History/Geography
Kindergarten and first grade students will learn two big ideas during the school year:
past civilizations existed and people around the world live in different ways.
They'll explore exotic places ranging from the South Pole to the Far East and time periods from Ancient Greece to Britain during World War II.
​Second grade will do an overview of American history from the first peoples to the struggle for independence and the building of our nation, touching on key people and places that have shaped our country over the last 250 years.
Third and fourth grades will once again study world history, focusing on the time between the fall of Rome up through modern history.
​Learning about the people God loves and the ways He has worked throughout history enables students to have a foundation to understand where we are today.
Physical Education
God made us physical creatures as well as spiritual creatures. Exercise is not only one way to be a good steward of our body, it's also a lot of fun!
From outside team games to inside calisthenics, Da Capo Classical Academy is on the move!
