Subject Overview

ART

Art History and Appreciation
Classical Drawing
Painting
Mixed Media
Sculpture

BIBLE

Daily Chapel
Weekly Bible Memory and Catechesis
Oral Memory Checks - weekly
Songs and Chants to Teach Bible Concepts (e.g. "The Books of the Bible")

ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Shurley Grammar (Grades 1-8)
Saxon Phonics Spelling (Grade 1 - 3)
ACSI Spelling Series (Grades 2-3)
Institute for Excellence in Writing (Grades 2-6)
Wordly Wise (K-5)
The Lively Art of Writing (Grade 8)
Vocabulary Roots (Grades 6 - 8)

GEOGRAPHY

Geography Songs
Map Skills - Instructional Fair/TS Denison (Grades 2-6)
Weekly Geography Practice - Steck-Vaughn Comp. (Grades 3-6)
Discovering the World of Geography (Grades 5-6)
Integrated with History and Literature (Grades 1 - 8)

HISTORY

Texas History (Grade 1)
Veritas Press: Old Testament and Ancient Egypt (Grade 2)
New Testament, Greece, Rome (Grade 3)
Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation (Grade 4)
Explorers to 1815 (Grade 5)
1815 to Present (Grade 6)
Omnibus 1 (Grade 7)
Omnibus 2 (Grade 8)

LATIN

Text: Latin Primer I (Latin I)
Latin Primer II (Latin II)
Latin Primer III (Latin III)
Latin Grammar I (Latin IV)
Classes: 2-3 times a week a week (Grades 3-6) for a total of 1 1/2 hours per week
Wheelocks Latin (Grades 6 - 8)  Classes are 3 times per week

LITERATURE

Saxon Phonics (Grades K-3)
Wordly Wise 3000 (Grades K-5)
Quality Literature

MATH

Saxon Math (K-6)
Pre-Algebra (Grade 7)
Algebra 1 (Grade 8)

MUSIC

Brummitt-Taylor Listening Program
Classes: Choir/Music Theory (Grades K-5) - 20-30 minutes, 4 times/week
Piano (Grades 1-5) - Small group lessons weekly

ORATORY

Oral Catechesis Checks - weekly
Oral Reading
Oral Reports
Oral Speaking in School Programs (2-3 times/year)

SCIENCE

Plants (Grade 1)
All Animals except Mammals (Grades 2)
Mammals (Grade 3)
Humans (Grade 4)
Botany (Grade 5)
Astronomy (Grade 6)
General and Physical Science (alternating years Grades 7-8)

WRITING

Modern Manuscript [Grades K-2 (first half)]
Contemporary Cursive [Grades 2 (second half)-6]
Shurley Grammar (Grades 1-6)
Institute for Excellence in Writing (Grades 3 - 8)
Lively Art of Writing (Grade 8)

 

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Keller, Texas 76248
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