Language, Reading and Literature

Oral reading. Reading comprehension. Speed-reading. Vocabulary building. Dictionary skills.  Writing Process: Writing, comparison/contrasts, poetry, outlines, library research paper, narration, journal. Sentences and sentence parts. Fragments, run-ons. Punctuation and capitalization rules. Library skills. Student Writers’ Handbook. Grammar: Recognizing, diagramming, and using all eight parts of speech

Penmanship, Spelling and Poetry

• Review of cursive writing formation.
• Practice penmanship through creative writing and word exercises.
• Weekly word lists by prefixes, suffixes, and root words.
• Vocabulary study from the word lists.
• Eight poems committed to memory.
• Dictionary skills.

History and Geography

• Advanced map studies.
• Geography facts, including the 50 states.
• Eight documents reviewed.
• North America: Canada, United States, Mexico and Central America. 
• South America: Continent of Natural Resources. Nations of South America.
• United States History: The Colonial Heritage, New World’s First Republic, and U.S. in the Twentieth Century.

Science and Health

• Earth and Space: Our Fascinating Earth. God’s Great Universe. Exploring Space.
• Chemistry: Matter and Chemistry (atoms, elements, and compounds).
• Plants: Plentiful Plants.
• Animals: Observing Invertebrates
• Health: Safety First. First Steps of First Aid. Your Changing Body. An Active Lifestyle. Your Body’s Defenses. Your Communication System. Drugs—Use and Abuse. A Healthy Spirit.
• Anatomy: Endocrine System, Respiratory System, Muscular System, Skeletal System, Lymphatic System, Nervous System, and Skin.

Arithmetic

• Place value of whole numbers and decimals.
• Maintaining skills in fundamental operations.
• Story problems. Problem-solving strategies.
• Roman numerals.
• Rounding off.
• English and metric measures.
• Converting measures within the same system and solving measurement equations.
• Adding, subtracting, and multiplying measures.
• Prime factoring.
• Fundamental operations involving fractions and decimals.
• Estimation.
• Ratios and proportion.
• Percentages.
• Probability.
• Graphs and scale drawing/Introduction to statistics.
• Basic geometric shapes.
• Perimeter, area, and circumference.
• Bisecting angles.
• Reading thermometers, Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit and Fahrenheit to Celsius.
• Equation solving/Introduction to basic algebra.
• Latitude, longitude, and time zones.
• Banking, finding interest, and installment buying.
• Reading electric and gas meters.

Bible

Lessons such as Salvation Series, Life of Christ, Parables, Elijah, Elisha, Daniel, Esther, Ezra/Nehemiah (Includes memory verses, hymns/choruses, and Bible doctrine).