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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.  

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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.

Science

Apologia: Anatomy

  • Textbook Only

Apologia: Zoology 2

  • Textbook Only

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