Academy for
Business & Technology
Elementary Campus: Grades K - 5
5277 Calhoun Street • Dearborn, MI 48126
Tel: (313) 581-2223
Curriculum
Wit & Wisdom - Kindergarten through Grade 5
Wit & Wisdom® is a comprehensive K–8 English language arts curriculum crafted to help students build the knowledge and skills they need to be successful readers, exceptional writers, and effective communicators. Wit & Wisdom® was crafted by teachers for teachers. With every lesson founded on exceptional texts, all learners are empowered to tackle the rigor of grade-level content with confidence and joy. Core texts are wide-ranging, varied, and provide a careful balance of literary, informational, and fine arts texts.
Fundations - Kindergarten through Grade 3
Based on the Wilson Reading System® principles, Wilson Fundations® provides research-based materials and strategies essential to a comprehensive reading, spelling, and handwriting program. Wilson Fundations makes learning to read fun while laying the groundwork for life-long literacy. Students in grades K-3 receive a systematic program in critical foundational skills, emphasizing: phonemic awareness, phonics/word study, high frequency word study, reading fluency, vocabulary, comprehension strategies, handwriting, and spelling.
Just Words - Grades 4 and 5
The Just Words® program is designed to support struggling readers – those who have not mastered the foundational skills of language structure typically learned in grades K-3 – with strategies that will allow them to independently read and spell words and build the skills necessary to access and master grade–level standards. Emphasizing phonemic awareness, phonics, word study, and spelling, Just Words is the word study component of the Wilson Reading System® curriculum at an accelerated pace.
Geodes - Kindergarten through Grade 2
Geodes® are information-rich books that provide emerging readers with an opportunity to build knowledge while practicing foundational reading skills. Geodes are founded on the belief that by giving developing readers captivating and accessible books about the world, children will become lifelong learners. Crafted as Readables, these books allow students to not just apply phonics skills but to also build enduring knowledge and cultivate a deep learning experience.
Eureka Math - Kindergarten through Grade 5
Eureka Math® is designed to set a new standard for rigor, coherence, and focus in the classroom so students gain a deeper understanding of the why behind the numbers, all while making math more enjoyable to learn and teach. Thoughtfully constructed and designed like a story, Eureka Math is meticulously coherent, with an intense focus on key concepts that layer over time, creating enduring knowledge. Students gain a complete body of math knowledge, not just a discrete set of skills. They use the same models and problem-solving methods from grade to grade, so math concepts stay with them, year after year.
PhD Science - Kindergarten through Grade 5
PhD Science® is a hands-on K–5 science program that sparks wonder as students build enduring knowledge of how the scientific world works. PhD Science students acquire deep and lasting comprehension through hands-on activities and evidence-based learning. Students are actively doing science to build knowledge, rather than memorizing and quickly forgetting. Each lesson builds on the lessons before it, so students develop their understanding of science concepts in the context of each module's anchor phenomenon.
