Simply Classical Curriculum: Levels 5 & 6 Two-Year Pace

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All Major Bible Stories up to the Entry Into Canaan

Christian Studies I is part of a three-year reading course that builds faith by teaching Salvation History as real history. Students work through one-third of The Golden Children’s Bible each year, for three years. Your child will learn the fundamentals of Bible stories, history, and geography, with solid detail at a manageable pace.

Help your student become versed in the central facts of the Old Testament. These cards can be used with our Christian Studies courses, independently, or with other Bible courses. What creature was the "most cunning of beasts"? What is Latin for "the image of God"? What is the name for the "feast celebrating Exodus"? There's no better way to know your Bible.

The Golden Children’s Bible was chosen because of its slightly simplified, but poetically appealing, King James text, along with its beautiful and age-appropriate illustrations. This is important because we believe students should learn to revere the Bible as a sacred book, distinct from modern adventure stories with cartoon heroes.

Regarding the Rod & Staff Grade 3 Math Student Book (includes Supplemental Worksheets), the publisher says: "This hardcover textbook has 170 lessons. It reviews addition and subtraction skills from Grades 1 and 2 and teaches multiplication and division facts through table 9 and simple two and three-step multiplication and division."

Regarding the Rod & Staff Grade 3 Math Teacher Manual (includes Worksheets Key), the publisher says: "The teacher's manual gives detailed instructions for class and shows the pupil's pages with answers filled in."

Regarding the Rod & Staff Grade 3 Math Blacklines, the publisher says: "Extra practice in math facts and reading problems is provided by a set of blackline masters for teachers to copy as needed."

Regarding the Rod & Staff Grade 3 Math Speed Drills, the publisher says: "A small tablet of speed drills provides timed practice in the basic facts."

Traditional Spelling Book II Student Sample

The Traditional Spelling series is a comprehensive approach to teaching spelling and completes our Reading & Phonics program. Following our award-winning First Start Reading and Classical Phonics, the next step towards mastery of phonics is Traditional Spelling. Designed for students who have mastered reading "Consonant-Vowel-Consonant" words and their short vowel sounds, Traditional Spelling is intended to follow a phonics-based kindergarten program such as the Memoria Press First Start Reading program through Book D. The Traditional Spelling II Student Book contains 34 spelling lessons with a variety of activities that encourage mastery of each word list.

Required Supplements: The Phonics Flashcards and Classical Phonics are required to complete all activities in Traditional Spelling.

Teacher Sample

The Traditional Spelling series is a comprehensive approach to teaching spelling and completes our Reading & Phonics program. Following our award-winning First Start Reading and Classical Phonics, the next step towards mastery of phonics is Traditional Spelling. Designed for students who have mastered reading "Consonant-Vowel-Consonant" words and their short vowel sounds, Traditional Spelling is intended to follow a phonics-based kindergarten program such as the Memoria Press First Start Reading program through Book D. The Traditional Spelling Book II Teacher Manual contains all the answers to the Traditional Spelling Book II Student Book and helps guide teachers through the program. 

Required Supplements: Phonics Flashcards and Classical Phonics.

Spelling Practice Sheets: for use with Traditional Spelling Book Two Sample

The Traditional Spelling series is a comprehensive approach to teaching spelling and completes our Reading & Phonics program. Following our award-winning First Start Reading and Classical Phonics, the next step towards mastery of phonics is Traditional Spelling. Designed for students who have mastered reading “Consonant-Vowel-Consonant” words and their short vowel sounds, Traditional Spelling is intended to follow a phonics-based kindergarten program such as the Memoria Press First Start Reading program through Book D. The Traditional Spelling Book II Practice Sheets provide extra practice for each spelling list.

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The Traditional Spelling series is a comprehensive phonetic approach to teaching spelling and completes our Reading & Phonics program. Following our award-winning First Start Reading and Classical Phonics, the next step towards mastery of phonics is Traditional Spelling.

Designed for students who have mastered reading "Consonant-Vowel-Consonant" words and their short vowel sounds, Traditional Spelling is intended to follow a phonics-based kindergarten program such as the Memoria Press First Start Reading program through Book D.

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The Traditional Spelling series is a comprehensive phonetic approach to teaching spelling and completes our Reading & Phonics program. Following our award-winning First Start Reading and Classical Phonics, the next step towards mastery of phonics is Traditional Spelling.

Designed for students who have mastered reading "Consonant-Vowel-Consonant" words and their short vowel sounds, Traditional Spelling is intended to follow a phonics-based kindergarten program such as the Memoria Press First Start Reading program through Book D.

Creating Art Sample

This curriculum is designed to challenge students and to develop an appreciation for art. Students will begin with color theory and basic art techniques. They will create projects that relate to literature, science, Mesopotamian and Egyptian art, portraits, landscapes, still life, and much more!

Book Sample Lesson 1
Water Music, Suite in D Major (HWV 349): 2. Alla Hornpipe
Audio Sample Lesson 1: track 1.5

Western classical music is as orderly and logical as mathematics, and yet capable of expressing and connecting with the whole range of human emotions. It consists most often of only twelve notes, a few simple rhythms, and a variety of aural textures that manifest in thousands of complex and distinctive styles and forms. It follows a system of rules set in place long ago, but these rules are flexible enough that new music is always being created, building on what previous generations composed, ever expanding.

This course aims to deepen the student’s appreciation of music by grounding the greatest pieces in the canon of Western classical music in their historical context, and by introducing the foundational musical concepts of notation, rhythm, pitch, form, and melody to give a fuller understanding of the inner workings of the pieces and of music in general. Students will listen to each piece of music and then read each chapter and listen to the corresponding tracks on the Audio Companion CD, which will demonstrate the concepts discussed. The pieces are ordered mostly chronologically in order to illustrate the place each one holds in history and in the evolution of music.

You can find links to all the pieces discussed in Music Appreciation I here.

States & Capitals Student Sample

This study guide thoroughly teaches the states and capitals of the United States. Each page includes a state map and room to write the state's capital, nickname, abbreviation, and fun facts. By the end of this year-long course, students will be able to label all 50 states on a U.S. map (with the capitals). Thorough teaching instructions are included, and the Teacher Manual includes tests. We recommend that this guide be used with Don’t Know Much About the 50 States.

States & Capitals Teacher Sample

States & Capitals thoroughly teaches the states and capitals of the United States. Each page includes a state map and room to write the state's capital, nickname, abbreviation, and fun facts. By the end of this year-long course, students will be able to label all 50 states on a U.S. map (with the capitals).

This Teacher Manual includes thorough teaching instructions, answers to student guide questions, and tests.

God's Protected World contains 39 regular lessons, 7 review lessons, and 7 unit tests structured around the theme of God's care of man and nature. Each lesson has 2 parts—the first part for oral reading and discussion and the second for individual comprehension and exercise. Topics covered in God's Protected World include water, states of matter, the seasons, heat and cold, care of the body, animals, farming, machines, and stewardship.

God's Protected World contains 39 regular lessons, 7 review lessons, and 7 unit tests structured around the theme of God's care of man and nature. Each lesson has 2 parts—the first part for oral reading and discussion and the second for individual comprehension and exercise. Topics covered in God's Protected World include water, states of matter, the seasons, heat and cold, care of the body, animals, farming, machines, and stewardship.

Introduction to Composition Student Sample

Our Introduction to Composition course focuses on the concepts of narration, outlining, summarizing, dictation, and copywork.

Introduction to Composition Teacher Sample

The Introduction to Composition Teacher Key contains the answers to the Introduction to Composition Student Guide. Recommended for Grades 3-4.

English Grammar Recitation I Teacher Sample

English Grammar Recitation I Teacher Manual is tied specifically to the grammar taught in Latina Christiana, but it can be used successfully alongside any Latin program. Students will master (and be able to recite fluently) 31 grammar rules, 10 capitalization rules, and 15 punctuation rules.

Brief exercises, including some diagramming, do accompany these grammar questions; however, the mastery of the English grammar catechism is the primary goal of this course, not its application. English Grammar Recitation also covers capitalization and punctuation through recitation. Students recite the rules and demonstrate their correct use through dictation of model sentences. It is hoped that this course can be completed in much less time than the typical English grammar course, leaving more time for composition and Latin.

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These English Grammar Recitation flashcards include all of the rules from English Grammar Recitation in an easy-to-drill flashcard format.

Composition & Sketchbook: Book Three Sample

Our Composition & Sketchbooks allow each student to write and illustrate compositions. These books are a great resource for all subjects and become a journal of your child's work for each year.

Composition & Sketchbook: Book Three - This book is laid out in 2-page spreads with an entire page for a picture on the left-hand side and a page of college-ruled lines on the right-hand side. Grammar school students will be very comfortable with this more mature format.

Student Sample

This poetry book is intended for use in the grammar school years as a supplemental study of the poetry students memorize in our literature study guides. Poetry study includes questions to help students analyze meanings of the poems, including vocabulary work.

Teacher Sample

This poetry book is intended for use in the grammar school years as a supplemental study of the poetry students memorize in our literature study guides. Poetry study includes questions to help students analyze meanings of the poems, including vocabulary work. Poems increase in difficulty as students move through the book over a four-year period.

Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, tells of her husband's struggles on a farm in New York State when he was a boy. Our Student Guide and Teacher Guide increase both the understanding of the text and develop reading comprehension skills.

Farmer Boy Teacher Sample

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder tells of her husband's struggles on a farm in New York state when he was a boy. The Farmer Boy Teacher Guide contains all answers to the Farmer Boy Student Guide as well as all quizzes and tests. 

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White is an all-time Newbery Honor-winning classic of children's literature. Our Student Guide and Teacher Guide increase both the understanding of the text and develop reading comprehension skills.

Charlotte's Web Teacher Sample

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White is an all-time Newbery Honor-winning classic of children's literature. Our Study Guide and Teacher Guide increase both the understanding of the text and develop Reading Comprehension skills.

A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond has been read and cherished by students for over 50 years. In this first Paddington story, the Brown family finds the little bear at Paddington Station having traveled from Peru. The Browns take Paddington to their home near Notting Hill, and the bear has many adventures around London.

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Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater is a classic work of imagination that always delights young readers.  Our Study Guide and Teacher Guide increase both the understanding of the text and develop Reading Comprehension skills.

Mr. Popper's Penguins Teacher Sample

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater is a classic work of imagination that always delights young readers.  Our Study Guide and Teacher Guide increase both the understanding of the text and develop Reading Comprehension skills.

Get a good laugh with your student from The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! When they show up at Sunday school and muscle their way into the annual Christmas pageant, chaos---and hilarity---ensue! When Jesus said, "Let the little children come," he didn't mean the Herdmans---did he?

New American Cursive 3 Sample

New American Cursive is an easy-to-follow resource for teaching beginning cursive. It presents simplified letter forms, using multi-sensory methods to aid in the learning of motor skills necessary to write well. Developed by Iris Hatfield, with over 35 years of experience in the handwriting field, the book improves the process of teaching handwriting and allows students to start at a younger age.

New American Cursive 3:

• Seven-page Teaching Guide included
• 100 instruction exercises for excellent penmanship development
• Practice pages include Bible verses and character-building quotes
• Simplified alphabet, unnecessary strokes eliminated
• Bound at the top for ease of use by left-handed students
• Includes exercises to develop creative writing skills
• Blank reproducible practice pages included
• Flexible method allows for the individuality of the child

My Thankfulness Journal: Intermediate Sample

My Thankfulness Journals offer practice with writing skills and gratitude.

As the student recalls the pleasant details of the day, he receives clear guidance for sharing his thoughts in prayer to the Giver of every good and perfect gift.

For intermediate writers (chronological age 9-12, or comparable skill level)

• Provides a more advanced, smaller-size font.
• Fades dotted-line prompting as exercises progress.
• Supplies the child with a correct form for letter writing (greeting, indentation for body, closing) in every lesson.
• Provides the opportunity to write in paragraph form.
• Begins each entry, "Dear Heavenly Father," and closes, "Your child," with space for the signature.

Student Book Sample

The Latina Christiana Student Workbook is both the text and workbook for the Latina Christiana program.

Teacher Manual Sample

The Latina Christiana Teacher Manual contains all the answers to the Student Book, as well as the quizzes and tests, and their key.

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These supplemental Latina Christiana Review Worksheets will help your students master the grammar and vocabulary they are learning in Latina Christiana.

Review Worksheets Key Sample

The supplemental Review Worksheets will help your students master the grammar and vocabulary they are learning in Latina Christiana.

The Latina Christiana Pronunciation Audio gives the correct pronunciation for each lesson and for the prayers and songs in LC.

Pronunciation Sample (Lesson 1):

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While Rome illuminates the formation of governments and societies, Greece illuminates the human condition. Introduce your students to the kinds of characters they will surely meet in life through the entertaining and exaggerated stories of the Greek gods. You will want to read it to your family first and then let your children read the stories again and again. The beautiful artwork is a wonderful teaching tool that allows you to ask questions about each detail. Greek myths are timeless and universal stories that serve as archetypes for the human character and the search for the divine.

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While Rome illuminates the formation of governments and societies, Greece illuminates the human condition. Introduce your students to the kinds of characters they will surely meet in life through the entertaining and exaggerated stories of the Greek gods. You will want to read it to your family first and then let your children read the stories again and again. The beautiful artwork is a wonderful teaching tool that allows you to ask questions about each detail. Greek myths are timeless and universal stories that serve as archetypes for the human character and the search for the divine.

Greek Myth Flashcards Sample

While Rome illuminates the formation of governments and societies, Greece illuminates the human condition. Introduce your students to the kinds of characters they will surely meet in life through the entertaining and exaggerated stories of the Greek gods. You will want to read it to your family first and then let your children read the stories again and again. The beautiful artwork is a wonderful teaching tool that allows you to ask questions about each detail. Greek myths are timeless and universal stories that serve as archetypes for the human character and the search for the divine.

Timeline Handbook Sample

Students will master a total of 60 events over the course of four years (3rd-6th grades). History is a very unsystematic subject, and time is very abstract. Students need a timeline that they memorize, build on, and recite every year.

Composition & Sketchbook Sample

Students will master a total of 60 events over the course of four years (3rd-6th grades). History is a very unsystematic subject, and time is very abstract. Students need a timeline that they memorize, build on, and recite every year.

This book will be completed over the four-year period in which this timeline is completed. Each event has a 2-page spread with a picture frame for illustrating the event on one side, and a page of blank lines for writing a summary of the event on the other.

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Timeline Wall Cards Example

Students will master a total of 60 events over the course of four years (3rd-6th grades). History is a very unsystematic subject, and time is very abstract. Students need a timeline that they memorize, build on, and recite every year.

Cards for the wall timeline have the date and event on the same side. Cards are added throughout the year as students study history in Classical/Christian Studies and American Studies. The wall timeline should be in a prominent place in the classroom throughout the year, beginning in grade 3.

Timeline Student Flashcards Sample

Students will master a total of 60 events over the course of four years (3rd-6th grades). History is a very unsystematic subject, and time is very abstract. Students need a timeline that they memorize, build on, and recite every year.

Each student should have his/her own set of flashcards for drill and practice. One side has the date and the reverse side has the event. These cards are color-coded identically to the Timeline Card on the wall.

In this collection, Jim Weiss narrates tales from the Golden Age of Greece. These true stories explore the first democracy, the original Olympics, the great storyteller Homer, the wise and winsome Socrates, and more! Courage and a Clear Mind is sure to inspire a sense of adventure in those who listen.

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Memoria Press' English Grammar Recitation is unique because it is consistent with the trivium stages of learning. It emphasizes memorization of facts first as the necessary preparation for the logic-level skills of diagramming and analysis. It covers common capitalization and punctuation rules, and approximately 150 grammar facts in a logical and systematic sequence. English Grammar Recitation is a comprehensive list of all the grammar facts covered in our English Grammar Recitation program.

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Designed for the final year of our primary school, English Grammar Practice is an oral practice of many basic aspects of language arts from capitalization and punctuation to language and reading skills. This book includes two worksheets per week that can be added to morning work or used as supplements to Latin or literature studies. English Grammar Practice makes an excellent addition to language study at the end of primary school and prepares students for more in-depth work in grammar school.

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Designed for the final year of our primary school, English Grammar Practice is an oral practice of many basic aspects of language arts from capitalization and punctuation to language and reading skills. This book includes two worksheets per week that can be added to morning work or used as supplements to Latin or literature studies. English Grammar Practice makes an excellent addition to language study at the end of primary school and prepares students for more in-depth work in grammar school.