Core Curriculum Riverside offers a broad and enriching curriculum to which children respond with the highest academic achievement. Our curriculum intentionally spirals, and we are fortunate to have highly trained teachers to deliver this exceptional learning to our children.
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Literacy incorporates both the reading and writing portion of our lower school curriculum. It involves interactive read alouds, reading groups, and independent reading. Infused into reading is deep and expressive creative writing. Handwriting is taught from PreK 3 through 3rd grade, culminating in cursive writing. Language Arts is our reading and writing curriculum in upper school. Here children read to learn through rich novel-based reading. Grammar is also part of Language Arts. Students continue to develop and hone their writing skills in a variety of ways.
Singapore Math
Dimensions, which is a component of Singapore Math, is taught from PreK 4 through 6th Grade. This curriculum uses the concrete to pictorial to abstract approach. Dimensions is strategic in its methodology and leads to higher algebraic thinking and quantitative reasoning.
History & Global Studies
Science and Social Studies are taught throughout the week as part of Riverside’s curriculum. Some of the many units of studies include Jacksonville history, American history, Ancient Civilization, Regions of the United States, Florida History, and more.
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Our Kindergarten through 6th Grade science classes use the Amplify Science curriculum developed out of The Lawrence Hall of Science at UC - Berkeley. Amplify Science is a multimodal, hands-on program designed to help educators create the next generation of citizens who are curious, skeptical, and evidence-based thinkers. The pedagogy is project-based, in which students explore and solve authentic problems. This curriculum inspires students to read, write, and argue like scientists in order to gain a better understanding of the world.
