Primary Grades (JK-2nd)

JUNIOR Kindergarten

(must be 4 by September 1 OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR and fully potty trained)

character training, recitation, calendar, phonemic awareness, fine- and gross-motor skills, number and alphabet lessons, classic children’s read-aloud picture books, classical music and poetry appreciation, manners, games, and crafts

Kindergarten

First Start Reading, I Can Read It! Readers, Primary Phonics readers, Core Skills Phonics K and 1, Number lessons, Singapore Math: Dimensions Math K, Memoria Math Challenge Level A, Copybook I, memory work, science, social studies, classical music, art, and poetry appreciation, classic children’s read-aloud picture books, manners, and crafts

First/SECOND Grade

Traditional Spelling I, StoryTime Treasures* and More StoryTime Treasures**, Singapore Math: Dimensions Math 1, Memoria Math Challenge Level B, New American Cursive 1, Copybook II, memory work, science, social studies, classical music, art, and poetry appreciation, classic children’s read-aloud picture books, and crafts

*Books to be read along with the StoryTime Treasures program include Little Bear, Frog and Toad are Friends, Caps for Sale, and Make Way for Ducklings. 

**Books to be read along with More StoryTime Treasures include Billy and Blaze, Blaze and the Forest Fire, The Story About Ping, Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, Stone Soup, The Little House, Miss Rumphius

Second/THIRD Grade

Introduction to Grammar School Latin, Traditional Spelling II, Second Grade Literature*, Core Skills Language Arts 2, Introduction to English Grammar, English Grammar Practice, Singapore Math: Dimensions Math 2, Memoria Math Challenge Level C, New American Cursive 2, Copybook Cursive I, memory work, science, social studies, classical music, art and poetry appreciation, and classic children’s read-aloud picture books

*Prairie School, The Courage of Sarah Noble, Little House in the Big Woods, Tales from Beatrix Potter, Amelia Bedelia, Brambly Hedge

Grammar Grades (3rd-7th)

THIRD/FOURTH Grade

Grammar School Latin (Year 1), All Things Fun & Fascinating, Core Skills Language Arts 3, Traditional Spelling III, English Grammar Recitation Workbook One (Year 1), Literature* & Poetry, Singapore Math: Dimensions Math 3, Memoria Math Challenge Level D, D’Aulaires’ Greek Myths (Year 1), States & Capitals, New American Cursive 3, Mammals

*Farmer Boy, Charlotte’s Web, The Moffats

FOURTH/FIFTH GRADE

Grammar School Latin (Year 2), Writing & Rhetoric: Fable/Narrative I, Core Skills Language Arts 4, Spelling Workout E, English Grammar Recitation Workbook One (Year 2), Literature* & Poetry, Singapore Math: Dimensions Math 4, D’Aulaires’ Greek Myths (Year 2), States & Capitals (Year 2), Astronomy

*The Blue Fairy Book, Homer Price, Winnie-the-Pooh, My Side of the Mountain

FIFTH/SIXTH GRADE

First Form Latin, Writing & Rhetoric: Narrative II/Chreia & Proverb, Core Skills Language Arts 5, English Grammar Recitation Workbook Two, Traditional Spelling V, Literature** & Poetry, Singapore Math: Dimensions Math 5, Famous Men of Rome, Geography I with States & Capitals Review, Insects

** Heidi, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, Lassie Come-Home

SIXTH/seventh GRADE

Second Form Latin, Writing & Rhetoric: Refutation & Confirmation/Commonplace, Core Skills Language Arts 6, English Grammar Recitation Workbook Three, Traditional Spelling VI, Literature** & Poetry, Saxon Math 7/6, Famous Men of the Middle Ages, Geography II, The Book of Birds

** The Door in the Wall, Adam of the Road, Robin Hood, King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Poetry for the Grammar Stage

Upper Grades (7th-12th)

 Latin & English Grammar

• First Form Latin (Grades 7+) / English Grammar Recitation II

• Second Form Latin (Grades 7+) / English Grammar Recitation III

• Third Form Latin (Grades 7+) / English Grammar Recitation IV

• Fourth Form Latin (Grades 7+) / English Grammar Recitation V

• Latin Translation: Caesar (Grades 8+)

Math

• Saxon 7/6 (Grades 6-8)

• Saxon 8/7 (Grades 7-8)

• Saxon Algebra I (Grade 8+)

• Saxon Algebra II (Grade 9+)

• Saxon Advanced Mathematics (Grade 10+)

Writing

• Writing & Rhetoric Year 4 (Grades 7-8): Writing & Rhetoric: Encomium & Vituperation/Comparison

• Writing & Rhetoric Year 5 (Grades 8-9): Writing & Rhetoric: Description & Impersonation, Thesis Part I

• Writing & Rhetoric Year 6 (Grades 9-12): Writing & Rhetoric: Thesis Part 2, Material Logic

Literature

• Literature I (Grades 7+): Anne of Green Gables, The Trojan War, The Twenty-One Balloons, The Hobbit, Poetry for the Grammar Stage 

• Literature II (Grades 8+): The Wind in the Willows, As You Like It, Treasure Island, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Poetry & Short Stories for the Logic Stage

• Literature III (Grades 8+): Beowulf the Warrior; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; The Hound of the Baskervilles; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Book of the Middle Ages; and Poetry, Prose, and Drama: Old English and Medieval Periods

• Literature IV (Grades 9+): Romeo & Juliet, The Scarlet Letter, To Kill a Mockingbird, Julius Caesar, Poetry & Prose II: The Elizabethan to the Neoclassical Age

• Literature V (Grade 10+): Pride & Prejudice, The Great Gatsby, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Poetry Book Three: The Romantic to the Victorian Age Set

• Literature VI (Grade 11+): Anna Karenina, A Tale of Two Cities, Hamlet, King Lear, Poetry Book Three: The Romantic to the Victorian Age Set

Classical Studies

• Famous Men of Greece (Grades 7-8): Famous Men of Greece, Horatius at the Bridge, The Greek Alphabet

• Classical Studies I (Grades 8+): The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Book of the Ancient World, The Book of the Ancient Greeks

• Classical Studies II (Grades 9+): The Aeneid, The Book of the Romans

Modern History

• American Studies (Grades 7-8): Story of the Thirteen Colonies & The Great Republic, 200 Questions About American History

• American History (Grades 9+): Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story

• American Government & Politics

Science

• The Book of Trees (Grades 7-8) semester

• Earth Science (Grades 7-8)

• Physical Science (Grades 7-8)

• Biology (Grades 9+)

• Chemistry (Grades 9+)

• Physics (Grades 9+)

Electives

• Geography III (Grades 7+) semester

• Logic: Traditional Logic I & Traditional Logic II (Grades 7+)