Language, Reading and LiteratureOral reading. Reading comprehension. Speed-reading. Vocabulary building. Writing Process: Sentences and sentence parts. Punctuation, capitalization, and quotation facts. Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms. Dictionary, thesaurus skills. Letters—business, friendly, post cards, thank-you notes. Making an outline. Writing a library research paper. Writing book reports. Creative writing. Grammar: Recognizing and diagramming all eight parts of speech. Recognizing and diagramming complements. Word usage Penmanship, Spelling and Poetry Review of cursive writing formation through skill practice, word exercises, original composition, and sentence dictation. Weekly word lists on various categories and vocabulary study. Six poems committed to memory. Eight documents reviewed. History and GeographyGeography facts: terms, rivers, capitals, mountains, climate, and deserts. Introduction to History and Geography. Fertile Crescent: Cradle of Civilization. Ancient Middle East. Middle East Today. Countries of Central and Southern Asia. Countries of the Far East. Egypt: The Gift of the Nile. Africa Long Ago. Africa in Modern Times. Ancient Greece: Home of Beauty. Rome: Ruler of the Ancient World. Christianity: The Greatest Force in History. England and the British Isles. Other Countries of Western Europe. Countries of Eastern Europe. “Land Down Under” and Beyond. Science and Health- Animals: Amazing Mammals. A Variety of Vertebrates.
- Energy: Force and motion. Electricity and magnetism
- Engines: steam, internal combustion, jet propulsion, rocket engines. Light.
- Matter: Water, Air. Weather. Earth and Space
- Geology: Treasures of the Earth.
- Oceanography: The Living Sea.
- Astronomy: The Nine Planets, Stars, Moon, Sun.
- Conservation: Preserving the Sea.
- Circulatory System: Life in the Blood, Your Hardy Heart, and Pathways through Your Body.
- Nutrition and Physical Fitness: A Balanced Diet, Daily Food Guide, Maintaining Your Proper Weight. Raising Your Rate of Metabolism. Aerobic Endurance. Muscular Strength and Flexibility
- Digestive System: Digestion Begins in the Mouth. Through the Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine, Liver, Pancreas. Absorbing Digested Foods.
- Interpersonal Relationships: Social Acceptance, Mental Awareness, And Spiritual Warfare.
Arithmetic - Place value of whole numbers and decimals.
- Mastery of fundamental operations.
- Story problems, Problem-solving strategies.
- Roman numerals.
- Measuring to the quarter inch.
- Calculating time.
- Making change, Rounding off whole numbers, money, decimals, and mixed numbers.
- English and metric measures.
- Converting measures within the same system and solving measurement equations.
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division involving fractions.
- Finding parts of a whole.
- Factoring.
- Divisibility rules.
- Probability, Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division involving decimals.
- Introduction to percents.
- Reading a thermometer, Negative temperature, Converting from a Celsius scale to a Fahrenheit scale and from a Fahrenheit scale to a Celsius scale.
- Solving algebraic equations.
- Graphs and scale drawings, Graphing ordered pairs.
- Reading schedules and charts.
- Basic geometric shapes.
- Perimeter and area.
- Squares and square roots.
- Estimation.
Bible Lessons such as Salvation Series, Life of Moses, Tabernacle, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Jonah, Samuel,
David (includes memory verses, hymns/choruses, and Bible doctrine)
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