College Prep Academy

English Language Arts:

California Treasures meets the specific literacy needs of all California's teachers and students.  The program content is aligned to national and state standards.  It is customized to both California's language arts content and English language development standards and needs to meet California standards.

The curriculum, created specifically for California, is grounded in science-based research as well as in the wisdom and expertise of those recognized as most knowledgeable in teaching reading, writing, and communicating.  Reading selections are culturally sensitive, engaging, and designed for all English students, on level, approaching, and beyond.

• Motivating student books with new, award-winning and culturally diverse literature.  Students talk about, read about, and write about engaging themes on their way to becoming lifelong learners.
• Front-loaded for success on state tests with tested standards taught and systematically reviewed RIGHT in the student book.  Students retain skills and teachers never have to stop teaching to prepare for the test.
• Research-based writing instruction.  Proven writing instruction has shown improved test scores in both writing and reading comprehension, with the largest gain for English language earners.

Mathematics:

Primary Mathematics is the original math curriculum that put Singapore at the top of international math tests. This renowned series has two decades of proven results in the U.S.

Primary Mathematics epitomizes what educators love about the Singapore math approach, including the CPA (Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract) progression, number bonds, bar modeling, and a strong focus on mental math. It is a rigorous program that balances supervised learning and independent practice while encouraging communication.

History-Social Science:

Scott Foresman California History-Social Science is the leading Social Studies elementary program in California.  The program is dedicated to inspiring Citizen Scholars, students that can communicate, participate, and understand their community and the world around them.

Studies Weekly is an engaging and colorful weekly newspapers or magazines.  Hands-on curriculum where they can highlight take notes nad complete learning strategies right on the publication.  Uses balanced literacy approach in your to hit ELA standards.

Science:

This program provides inquiry-rich content with scaffolded inquiry activities; cross-curricular connections that link reading and science skills in every chapter; hundreds of leveled readers for differentiated instruction; and time-saving strategies-from lesson preparation to 30-second lab setup.