Elementary School

Elementary School at AIAN is where challenging fundamentals meet hands-on learning experiences. From the ages of seven to eleven, students in the Elementary program will learn to think, learn, care, and grow in their core specials classes. Students will develop an inquisitive nature and begin to discover who they really are. They will do experiments, equations, and locate the equator; they will sing, share, and study. Our teachers will guide them and shape them into the very best versions of themselves that these wonderful children can be. Below, you can browse some of the key domains that we are growing young minds in.

Grades 1 & 2
Grades 3 & 4

Grades 1 & 2

-Reading Literature and Informational Text	-Characteristics of Living Things
-Foundational Skills: Fluency	-Sky and Weather
-Language and Writing	-Caring for the Earth
-Conventions of Standard English	-What Makes Things Move
-Spelling Lists and Quizzes	-Animals and Humans
-Speaking and Listening	-Science and Engineering Practices
-Operations and Algebraic Thinking	-Relationships in Habitats
-Numbers and Operations in Base 10	-Properties of Matter
-Measurement and Data	-Changes to Matter
-Geometry and Fractions	-The Earth's Land and Water
-STEM/STEAM	-Our Community

Grades 3 & 4

-Reading Short Stories and Novels	-Time, Continuity, and Change
-Grammar (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, etc.)	-Society and Identity
-Storytelling and Imagination	-Science and Technology
-Spelling Strategies	-Production and Consumption
-The Writing Process	-Multi-Digit Addition and Subtraction
-Writing Narratives, Essays, and Poetry	-Multiplication and Division
-Dictations	-Decimals and Fractions
-Local and Global Communities	-Introduction to Geometry
-Geography and Culture	-Introduction to Algebra
-Indigenous Peoples	-Structures of Life
-Rights and Responsibilities	-Earth Science

Charity Yi, Vice Principal of Elementary School

Academics are rigorous and challenging in all levels of Elementary School, and through the AERO standards, you can be certain that your child is building the absolute best foundation in education that he or she possibly can. As Elizabeth Warren said, 'A good education is a foundation for a better future,’ and we solemnly believe this here at AIAN. By teaching inquisitiveness, we set the children up for success in the future.