Reading and Literature

• Oral reading. 
• Reading comprehension. 
• Speed-reading.
• Vocabulary building

Penmanship

Review of cursive writing formation through skill practice, word games, original composition, and sentence dictation

Spelling and Poetry

• Weekly word lists based on phonics and spelling rules, challenging words, and vocabulary.
• Reinforcement activities. 
• Six poems committed to memory

Language Arts

• Writing Process: Sentence structure, Kinds of sentences, Punctuation; Capitalization facts, Abbreviations. Possessive words. 
• Letters—business, friendly, post cards, thank-you notes. 
• Gathering information.
• Writing with details.
• Writing an encyclopedia report.
• Writing book reports.
• Creative writing.
• Dictionary skills.
• Grammar.
• Recognizing and using all eight parts of speech.
• Diagramming verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs.
• Correctly using troublesome words

History and Geography

• Map study.
• State history for six weeks.
• Eight documents memorized.
• The Years of Discovery.
• The Years of Conquest.
• The First Americans.
• The English Come to America.
• The New England Colonies.
• The Middle and Southern Colonies.
• A Picture of Colonial Life.
• The Great Awakening.
• The French and Indian War.
• The American War for Independence.
• Building a New Nation.
• Our Nation Grows.
• The Civil War.
• New Frontiers.
• An Age of Progress.
• Beyond Our Boundaries.
• The World Wars.
• Time for Freedom and Responsibility.

Science Plants

• Plants: Provision for Man and Beast.
• Animals: Birds, Winged Wonders;  Insects, Miniature Marvels of Creation.
• Matter: Water, Air, and Weather.
• Energy: Sound and Hearing. Earth and Space.
• Geology: Planet Earth
• Oceanography: Wonders of the Sea.
• Astronomy: Consider the Heavens

Health

• Physical Fitness.
• Your Body Framework.
• The Muscle Builder.
• Your Breathing Machine.
• Personal Hygiene.
• A Winning Smile.
• Your Body Cover.
• Keys to Good Grooming.
• Interpersonal Relationships.
• A Healthier You.

Arithmetic

• Place value of whole numbers and decimals.
• Mastery of fundamental operations.
• Story problems
• Estimating answers.
• English and metric measures.
• Converting measures within the same system and solving measurement equations.
• Roman numerals.
• Addition, subtraction, and multiplication involving fractions.
• Estimation.
• Averaging.
• Factoring.
• Divisibility rules.
• Introduction to decimals.
• Making change.
• Reading a thermometer.
• Solving equations using addition and subtraction, axioms.
• Graphs and scale drawing.
• Basic geometric shapes.
• Perimeter and area.
• Using an English and metric ruler.
• Time lapse.

Bible

Lessons such as Salvation Series, Genesis, Life of Christ, Paul (includes memory verses, hymns/choruses, and Bible doctrine).