Student Texts

Zion utilizes the following publishers and textbooks to teach the content of the curriculum:

Art: Art in Action (1st-3rd)
           Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (grade 4-8) by Betty Edwards

English: Shurley English (K-8) from Shurley Instructional Materials, Inc.

Handwriting: Zaner-Bloser Publishing

Latin: Latina Christiana (3rd grade and up) from Memoria Press

Mathematics: Saxon Math (K-8) from Saxon Publishing

Reading/Literature:  Scott Foresman Reading (grades 1-3) from Pearson Publishing
Grades 4 and up do not use basal readers, but instead read and learn from several novel units that include (but are not limited to) the following:

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (grade 4-5)
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein (grade 4-5)
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (grade 4-5)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (grade 4-5)
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (grade 4-5)

The Illustrated Treasury of Children’s Literature edited by Margaret Martignoni (grades 4-8)
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (grade 4-8)

Treasure Island  by Robert Louis Stevensen (grade 5-6)
The Giver by Lois Lowry (grade 5-6)

The Iliad by Homer (grade 6)
The Aeneid by Virgil (grade 7)
The Odyssey by Homer (grade

Call of the Wild by Jack London (grades 6-8)
Cyrano DeBergerac by Edmond Rostand (grades 6-8)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (grades 6-8)
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (grades 6-8 only)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (grades 7/8 only)
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkein (grade 7/8)
Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkein (grade 7/8)

Religion: Voyages (preschool thru grade 3) from Concordia Publishing House
                      Advanced Bible History (grades 4 and up) from Concordia Publishing House

Phonics: Saxon Phonics (Kindergarten and 1st grade) from Saxon Publishing

Science: Scott Foresman Science (1st thru 6th grade) from Pearson Publishing

Social Studies: Harcourt Social Studies (1st thru 6th grade)

Spelling: Everyday Spelling (1st and 2nd grade) from Scott Foresman
                      Spelling and Vocabulary (3rd-5th grade) from Houghton Mifflin

Typing: Mavis Beacon Software (3rd grade and up)

* Please note that many subjects in preschool, prekindergarten, and kindergarten do not utilize student texts.  Instructional materials typically are drawn from a variety of resources and units are developed by the teacher.