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Curriculum Information

 

The district’s adopted core curriculum for English language arts, math, science, social studies is listed on this website. Teachers also use a variety of supplemental materials. Materials are aligned with state standards for learning which are found on the Idaho State Department of Education’s website. 

Parents/guardians and individuals living in our school district are welcome to review these materials and information about the course of study in our schools.

Accessing materials

During the school year, the process to access materials is to contact the student’s teacher. Individuals who do not have children in our schools and resident in our district should contact Kevin Gifford, Director of Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction.

It may be necessary to make an appointment to review textbooks and materials at times when they are not in use by students.

While some materials may be copied for review outside of school, copyrighted material such as textbooks cannot and must be reviewed at the school.

In grades 6-12, teachers post information in our learning management system called Schoology. Parents/guardians access this in these ways:

  1. Ask your student log in and show you materials

  2. Access a parent account and review materials

  3. Contact the teacher to review the materials

Concerns about materials/activities

On the rare occasion a parent objects to learning material or activity in their child’s classroom, they should follow this process:

  • Contact the teacher to identify if an alternative lesson or activity is available and/or

  • Withdraw their student from the lesson or activity

Kuna School District Core Curriculum 

Math

  • K-5 Ready Math from Curriculum Associates (Adoption 2018-2023)
  • 6-8 i-Ready Mathematics (Adoption 2023)
  • 9-12 Big Ideas Learning distributed by Cengage Learning (Adoption renewed 2023)

Social Studies

  • 7-12 McGraw Hill Networks -
    • 7th World History (Discovering Our Past: A History of the World)
    • 8th US History (Discovering Our Past: A History of the United States - Early Years)
    • 9th: Global Studies (Geography: The Human and Physical World)
    • 10th: US History 1 (United States History and Geography)
    • 11th: US History 2 (United States History and Geography)/Economics (Understanding Economics)
    • 12th: Government (United States Government: Our Democracy)
    • 11th and 12th (Electives):
      • Sociology (Sociology and You)
      • Psychology (Understanding Psychology)

Science

English Language Arts

Whole Class Novel Selections:  (Each student in the class reads the same text as part of the class instruction.) 
These novels may be selected by a grade level to engage students in reading comprehension, vocabulary development, speaking & listening, writing, and critical thinking, all skills embedded in the Idaho State ELA Standards. 

6th Grade: 

  • Where the Red Fern Grows - W. Rawls
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - R. Dahl
  • Maniac Magee - J. Spinelli
  • My Side of the Mountain - J. Craighead George
  • The House of Dies Drear

7th Grade:

  • The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
  • Hatchet - G. Paulsen
  • Letters from Rifka - K. Hesse
  • No Promises in the Wind - I. Hunt
  • Crater - H. Hickham

8th Grade:

  • Boy, Tales of Childhood - R. Dahl
  • Ender's Game - O. Scott Card
  • Boy in the Striped Pajamas - J. Boyne

High School Novel Selections:

These novels may be selected by a grade level to engage students in reading comprehension, vocabulary development, speaking & listening, writing, and critical thinking, all skills embedded in the Idaho State ELA Standards. 

Freshmen (9th Grade)

Whole Class Novels Selection Options - (Each student in the class reads the same text as part of the class instruction)

  • Odyssey - Homer
  • Romeo and Juliet - W. Shakespeare 
  • Anthem - A. Rand
  • Greek Gods & Heroes - R. Graves

Book Club Selection Options - (Each student will be provided the selected set of texts as options to choose from as part of class instruction)

  • Armageddon Summer - J. Yolen
  • Romiette and Julio - S. Draper
  • Saving Juliet - S. Selfors
  • Autobiography of My Dead Brother - W. D. Myers
  • Son of the Mob - G. Korman
  • Children of the River - L. Crew
  • Downriver - W. Hobbs
  • Uglies - S. Westerfeld
  • House of the Scorpion - N. Farmer
  • If I Should Die… -H. Nolan
  • When the Legends Die - H. Borland
  • Orphan Monster Spy -M. Killeen
  • Catherine, Called Birdy - K. Cushman
  • Salt to the Sea - R. Sepetus
  • Code Talker - J. Bruchac
  • Fallen Angels - W. D. Myers
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - M. A. Schaffer and A. Barrows
  • Prisoner B-3087 - A. Gratz
  • A Night Divided - J. A. Nielsen

Sophomores (10th Grade)

Whole Class Novels Selection Options - (Each student in the class reads the same text as part of the class instruction)

  • To Kill a Mockingbird - H. Lee
  • Antigone - Sophocles
  • Night - E. Wiesel
  • Fahrenheit 451 - R. Bradbury
  • The Lord of the Flies - W. Golding
  • Animal Farm - G. Orwell
  • A Separate Peace -J. Knowles
  • A House on Mango Street - S. Cisneros
  • Taming of the Shrew - W. Shakespeare
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream - W Shakespeare
  • Our Town - T. Wilder
  • The Pearl - J. Steinbeck  

Book Club Selection Options - (Each student will be provided the selected set of texts as options to choose from as part of class instruction)  

  • Farewell to Manzanar - J. W. Houston

Juniors (11th Grade)

Whole Class Novels Selection Options - (Each student in the class reads the same text as part of the class instruction) 

  • The Great Gatsby - F. S. Fitzgerald
  • Of Mice and Men - J. Steinbeck
  • Grapes of Wrath - J. Steinbeck
  • The Crucible - A. Miller
  • Unbroken (YA adapted version) - L. Hillenbrand
  • The Scarlet Letter - N. Hawthorne
  • The Help - K. Stockett
  • The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn - M. Twain   

Book Club Selection Options - (Each student will be provided the selected set of texts as options to choose from as part of class instruction)    

  • My Story - E. Smart

Seniors (12th Grade)

Whole Class Novels Selection Options - (Each student in the class reads the same text as part of the class instruction)  

  • Frankenstein - M. Shelley
  • Dracula - B. Stoker
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - R. L. Stevenson
  • Northanger Abbey - J. Austen
  • Jane Eyre - C. Bronte
  • Hamlet - W. Shakespeare
  • Macbeth - W. Shakespeare
  • Princess Bride - W. Goldman
  • Inferno - Dante
  • Beowulf - Anonymous
  • Pride and Prejudice - J. Austen
  • Heart of Darkness - J. Conrad
  • Metamorphosis - F. Kafka
  • Tuesdays with Morrie - M. Albom
  • Cannery Row - J. Steinbeck
  • Brave New World - A. Huxley
  • 1984 - G. Orwell
  • The Chosen - C. Potok
  • Life of Pi - Y. Martel
  • Canterbury Tales - G. Chaucer
  • Bless Me Ultima - R. Anaya
  • Atomic Habits -  J. Clear
  • Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal - C. Grennan
  • Siddhartha - H. Hesse  

Book Club Selection Options - (Each student will be provided the selected set of texts as options to choose from as part of class instruction)    

  • My Name is Asher Lev - C. Potok
  • Power of One - B. Courtenay
  • Born a Crime - T. Noah

Dual Credit Courses:

Dual Credit courses (college level courses) are not part of the adoption process but are listed here for transparency purposes.  
Dual Credit courses must meet the approval of partnering colleges and are subject to change based on those partnerships.

ENGL 102:
Write What Matters
By Long, L., Gladd, J., and Minervini, A. Write What Matters.

ENGL 191:
Introduction to Creative Writing
By Linda Frances Lein

ENGL175: 
The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature
2nd ed -  Dermot Cavanagh (Editor), Alan Gillis (Editor), Michelle Keown (Editor), James Loxley (Editor), Randall Stevenson (Editor)

ENGL101:
Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide
twelfth, thirteenth, and fifteenth editions -  Laurie G. Kirszner (Author), Stephen R. Mandell (Author)

The River:
A novel - by P. Heller
Senior/Junior whole class read