TELOS ONE DAY ACADEMY

LOWER LEVEL ACADEMICS

2025-2026
LOWER LEVEL (ELEMENTARY) CURRICULUM

We believe the foundation of a child’s education shapes their entire life. Our classical approach is designed to cultivate wonder, strengthen character, and nurture a lifelong love of learning from the very beginning.

Rooted in a Christ-centered worldview, our program introduces young learners to truth, goodness, and beauty through rich literature, language, history, music, nature study, and hands-on discovery. We focus on training minds and shaping hearts—developing not just what students know, but who they are becoming.

Classical education in the elementary years emphasizes mastery of foundational skills, especially in reading, writing, and arithmetic, while capitalizing on a child’s natural curiosity and capacity for memorization. Using time-tested methods such as narration, recitation, and Socratic questioning, we equip students with the tools of learning that will serve them for a lifetime. At TELOS, our goal is to cultivate wisdom and virtue from the earliest years—laying a joyful, God-honoring foundation that prepares children to think deeply, live faithfully, and grow in their love for the Lord and His world. *Note, There may be small changes to the following curricula.

At TELOS LOWER LEVELS, classes are broken into the following segments: K-2, 3-4, 5-6.

MEMORY WORK

CYCLE 1—CLARITA’S PUBLISHING

TEXTBOOK/CURRICULUM—Provided

MATHEMATICS

At Telos, students will be taught the fundamental skills using their grade’s scope in sequence listed below. This will provide parents the flexibility to purchase their preferred curriculum. To facilitate choosing the correct curriculum for your child, the following resources are available:

TEACHING TEXTBOOKS PLACEMENT TEST

SAXON PLACEMENT TEST

- Counting to 100
- Number recognition (0-20)
- One-to-one correspondence
- Basic addition and subtraction (within 10)
- Shape recognition and properties
- Sorting and classifying objects
- Patterns and sequencing
- Measurement concepts (longer/shorter, heavier/lighter)
- Time concepts (days of week, seasons)
- Count, read, write numbers 0-120
- Understand place value (tens and ones)
- Addition and subtraction facts to 20 (fluency)
- Add within 100 using strategies
- Tell time to hour and half-hour
- Identify and compose basic shapes
- Measure lengths with non-standard units
- Represent and interpret simple data
- Numbers to 1,000 with place value understanding
- Fluent addition/subtraction within 100
- Addition/subtraction within 1,000 using models
- Tell time to five minutes
- Money (coins and bills)
- Measure lengths in standard units
- Understand odd/even numbers
- Create/interpret simple graphs
- Partition shapes into equal shares (½, ⅓, ¼)
- Multiplication and division facts (0-10)
- Understand multiplication as equal groups
- Understand division as sharing/grouping
- Use multiplication/division to solve word problems
- Properties of operations (commutative, associative, distributive)
- Arithmetic patterns and relationships
- Fractions as parts of a whole (numerator/denominator)
- Compare fractions with same numerator or denominator
- Tell time to the minute
- Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses
- Understand area and perimeter
- Organize and interpret data with scaled graphs
- Multi-digit multiplication (up to 4 digits × 1 digit)
- Multi-digit division (up to 4-digit dividends)
- Place value understanding to 1,000,000
- Equivalent fractions and comparing fractions
- Add/subtract fractions with like denominators
- Multiply fractions by whole numbers
- Understand decimal notation for fractions (tenths, hundredths)
- Measure angles with protractors
- Classify shapes by properties (parallel sides, angles)
- Apply area and perimeter formulas
- Analyze and create line plots with fractions
- Decimal operations (all four operations to hundredths)
- Multi-digit multiplication and division (up to 4-digit ÷ 2-digit)
- Add/subtract fractions with unlike denominators
- Multiply fractions by whole numbers and fractions
- Divide unit fractions by whole numbers and vice versa
- Volume concepts and formulas (rectangular prisms)
- Coordinate graphing (first quadrant)
- Interpret and evaluate expressions with brackets/parentheses
- Classify two-dimensional figures by properties
- Ratios, rates, and percentages
- Divide fractions by fractions
- Introduction to negative numbers
- Coordinate graphing (all four quadrants)
- Write and solve one-step equations and inequalities
- Variables in expressions and equations
- Area of triangles and polygons
- Surface area using nets
- Statistical concepts (mean, median, mode, range)
- Data distribution and representation (histograms, box plots)