Founders Book List
Loop 1 - American History
The book list provided on this page corresponds with the content provided in your daily lesson plans. You are welcome to add or skip any of the books based on your preference and your students needs and interests. Depending on the time and financial resources that you have available, we have provided suggestions on how to find and purchase the reading materials that you will need for the upcoming school year.
Save Time
Save Money
Many books in the Portals curriculum are classics that can be found in your church or public library. There are a few open source texts that can be found for free on websites such as Project Gutenberg. These resources will significantly reduce the cost of materials needed to educate your children, but they may require more time and effort to find. Portals has created a downloadable book list with full detail, including ISBN #, in order to make it as easy as possible for you to access the resources you need without spending a bunch of money.
Bible
Bible
-Any version
History
Our Star Spangled Story Part 1
-Notgrass
Your Life as a Settler in Colonial America
-Troupe
Our Star Spangled Story Part 2
-Notgrass
How We Crossed the West
-Schanzer
North American Indians
-Gorsline
Civil War on Sunday
-Osbourne
Three Young Pilgrims
-Harness
What Do People Do All Day?
-Scarry
Literature
Five Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables
-Cottage Door Press
Henry Huggins
-Cleary
American Tall Tales
-Obsborne
All-of-a-Kind Family
-Taylor
Homer Price
-McCloskey
Mother Goose Treasury
-McCafferty
The Boxcar Children
-Warner
In Grandma's Attic
-Richardson
Owls in the Family
-Mowat
What's the Big Idea Ben Franklin?
-Fritz
Little House in the Big Woods
-Wilder
Pheobe the Spy
-Griffin
The Light at Tern Rock
-Sauer
Just Dance
-MacLachlan
Pipi Longstocking
-Lindgren
Reading
Pathway Readers
-
Includes texts, workbooks, teacher's manual, readers, and supplements
-
Materials may vary based on individual student reading placement
-
Click here to access the reading placement test
Math
Math-U-See
-
Complete set of materials (includes instruction manual, instruction DVD, student workbook, integer block kit, digital pack, and test booklet
-
Math-U-See placement resources can help ensure students start at the level best suited for them.
