Language Arts: The study of phonics, reading manuscript writing, listening, speaking, and written communication.                       

Textbooks: A Beka Readers, A Beka  Language, A Beka  Letters & Sounds

Arithmetic: Course provides instruction, practice and evaluation of many concepts, including numbers concepts from one through on hundred, place value, numeral formation, number words, solving problems, measurement, geometric concepts, probabilities and statistics, basic operations, simple combinations, money, and telling of time.

Textbook: A Beka Number Skills

Science/Health: The study of God’s creation to learn more about Him, the world He created and man integrated with health and social studies.  Students begin to develop skills of asking questions, gathering information, communicating findings, and making informed decisions.  Designed to introduce and motivate children to take care of the body God has given them, the course includes training in safety, manners and awareness of God’s creation.

Textbook: A Beka  Discovering God’s World

Bible: The study of the Word of God, to lead and instruct children to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior through Bible stories and to reinforce personal character and Christian family living.

Textbook: A Beka Bible Curriculum

History: The study of our community, world, and ourselves and our personal, social, and civic responsibilities to the community and the world around us.

Textbook: A Beka Text

Language Arts: To master phonics rules, to understand authors and content, God and people.  Also to stimulate thinking, decoding, repetition and reinforce skills learned.  Introduction to parts of speech, writing process, and by using spelling rules, phonics, and sight words.

Textbook: Bob Jones English, Grammar, Phonics and Reading, Spelling

Arithmetic: Designed to strengthen the mind by exercising the ability to think and remember.  The students learn to begin at the concrete and move to the abstract.  They learn basic computation skills and recall basic mathematical facts.

Textbook: A Beka Arithmetic

Science/Health: The study the earth, space, living things, human body, motion, energy and matter.  Process skills:  hypothesizing, predicting, measuring, experimenting, models, observing, inferring, classifying, identifying, collecting, communicating and defining.

Textbook: Bob Jones

Bible: Concentration on the salvation message and introduces the student to the work of God in the lives of various Old Testament characters.  Character development of thankfulness, recognizing God’s care and provision.  Study of the life and ministry of Jesus and the life and ministry of Paul.

Textbook: NKJV Bible, ACSI Textbook

History: Study of New World Early America pre-1000-1682.  Topical, geographical, historical and cultural.

Textbook: Bob Jones...Heritage Studies 1

Language Arts: How to use the mechanics of grammar in writing.  Parts of speech, subject/action, capitalization, homophones, using thesaurus, writing process, combining sentences, personal narrative, poetry, alphabetical order, parts of the book. Listening skills, oral and written book reports.  The student swill be able to systematically decode, pronounce, and spell lists of words directly involving the phonics skills learned.

Textbook: Bob Jones English, Grammar, Writing, Spelling, and Phonics

Arithmetic: The study of basic arithmetic facts and drills to acquire mastery of computation and problem-solving skills.  Process by study and mastery of solving story problems, understanding place value, geometry, Roman numerals, graphs, telling time, beginning fractions, and measuring units.

Textbook: A Beka Arithmetic 2

Science/Health: Study of the history of the earth, theories, fossils, oceans, movement, plants, bones, muscles, forces, light, shadows, measuring length.  Process – hypothesizing, predicting, measuring, experimenting, making and using models, observing, inferring, classifying, identifying, collecting, recording, interpreting, communicating, defining operationally.

Bible: Focus on salvation through Jesus Christ and the building of Godly characteristics in students through specific Bible characters, with tools for evangelism.

Textbook: NKJV Bible, ACSI Bible 2

History: Winning America, working together in the colonies (1607-1776).  Geographical study through maps, historically – kings and queens, colonial life, War of Independence, Constitutional Convention.

Textbook: Bob Jones Heritage Studies 2

Language Arts: Parts of speech, abbreviations, subject, predicate, types of sentences, compound subject/predicate, diagramming.  Mechanics – capitalization, homophones, pronoun reference, subject/verb agreement.  Using thesaurus, planning with a word web, Venn diagram, proofreading, game instructions, persuasive essay, book reports, poetry, and research report and compare-contrast essay.  Alphabetical order, encyclopedia, atlas, library, taking notes.  Listening skills, introductions, speaking tips.

Textbook: Bob Jones English, Grammar, Reading, Spelling – 3

Arithmetic: The study of basic arithmetic facts and processes, solving addition and subtraction by checking, borrowing and carrying.  Checking multiplication and division.  Solving story problems, metric and English measures, Roman numerals, geometry, terminology, multiplication and division facts from 1 – 12.  Students will master averaging numbers, solving simple equation, convert measurements, parenthesis, and solve economic problems.

Textbook: A Beka Arithmetic 3

Science/Health: Earth science – minerals, rocks, soil; Space – solar system; Life – birds, cells, tissues, organs, plants, grouping animals; Human body – skin, care of skin, hair, nails.  Physical science – work, sound, mass and weight.

Textbook: Bob Jones Science 3

Bible: The study of the life of Christ (His actions, teachings, and miracles), the early Church in Acts and Paul’s missionary journeys.

Textbook: NKJV Bible, ACSI Text

History: The Spirit of Growing America – 1776-1876.  Physical maps, time zone maps,Regions/States, grid maps.  Constitutional Convention, Bill of Rights, French Revolution, American frontier, American Civil War, and railroads/Wild West.  Folk tales, legends, and fables, songs of war and peace; American celebrations; transportation development.

Textbook: Bob Jones Heritage Studies 3

Language Arts: The study of parts of speech, sentence structure, mechanics of grammar and the usage of homophones, pronoun reference, subject/verb agreement, proper nouns, verbs.  Writing skills – using a thesaurus, planning with word webs, opinion charts, plot pyramid, t-charts, Venn diagram, outline, revising, proofreading, preparing a bibliography.  Writing projects – personal narrative, letters, compare-contrast essay, book review, poetry, haiku, research report.  Study skills, silent and oral reading, setting, plot, character growth and change, point of view, foreshadowing, moral, personification, distinguishing genres, onomatopoeia, imagery and suspense.

Textbook: Bob Jones English, Writing, Grammar, Reading, Spelling 4, Selected Novels

Arithmetic: Review of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division rules.  Students are introduced to conversion of measures, fractions, metric measures, story problems, averaging, Roman Numerals, decimals, estimation, graphs and geometry.  Written and oral practice, mental math, rapid calculation and reasoning skills.

Textbook: A Beka Arithmetic 4

Science/Health: Earth science – weathering, mass-wasting, erosion; Space – history of the moon (theories, age, activity, dust, purpose, light, etc.), moon features; Life science – living things, human body (digestion, organs); Physical science – motion, machines, electricity, light, length, area, and volume.

Textbook: Bob Jones Science 4

Bible: God’s plan of salvation focusing on character qualities of Christ and how these qualities can be applied to build character in our lives.  The study of Heaven, the beginning of sin, the sacrifice for sin, the resurrection, God’s desire for us to grow spiritually, and attributes of Jesus’ character and the call to be like Him.

Textbook: NKJV Bible, ACSI Text

History: 1769 – 1903 – Doors of Opportunity – nineteenth century America.  The students will study hemispheres, exploration of North and South Pole, immigration, the fifty states with an emphasis on Texas History, the American Industrial Revolution, pony express, inventions and Spanish -American War.

Textbook: Bob Jones Heritage Studies 4

Language Arts: Parts of  speech reviewed, sentence structure, simple, compound, complex; mechanics quotation marks; titles of books, poetry, stories.  Usage – thesaurus, compare-contrast essay; persuasive business letter, diamante, sense poem, book review, research report, parts of a book, copyright page, reference skills, speaking skills and tips.  Vocabulary, comprehension, conflict, mood, symbols, rhyme pattern, enjambment, plot resolution, author biographies, suspense, and allusion.

Textbook: Bob Jones English, Grammar, Spelling, Reading, Writing, Selected Novels

Arithmetic: The 5th grade math course introduces algebraic reasoning, critical thinking skills with more problem solving activities.  Process – factoring, parts of a whole, divisibility rules, probability, decimals, percents, negative temperature, converting

Celsius scale to Fahrenheit scale and reverse, solving algebraic equations, graphs, scale drawings, ordered pairs, reading charts and schedules, perimeter and area, squares and square roots, estimation, and review of basic math processes.

Textbook: A Beka Arithmetic 5

Bible: The 5th grade Bible course presents an overview of the Old Testament with an in-depth study of the lives of various Bible characters presented in chronological order, and choices made by these characters that can be applied to our lives.  The salvation message is woven throughout the course.

Text: NKJV Bible, ACSI Text

Science/Health: Earth science – layers of the earth, soil, minerals, rocks, fossils, layers of the atmosphere, weather; Space – technology; Life science – dinosaurs, biomes, ecosystems; Human body – respiratory system, circulatory system; Physical science – heat, sound, light, measuring matter, physical changes, atoms molecules, mixtures, scientific method.

Text: Bob Jones Science 5

History: For the Sake of Freedom – struggles of a New Century – 1903-2000.  Geography – globes, cartography; maps – flat, interrupted, Mercator, political, physical; cultural and natural boundaries, hemispheres; inventions, World War I; states and regions; Roaring Twenties; Depression of 1930’s; communism and socialism; World War II; Korean War; Vietnam.  Culture – languages, religions, customs; economy, stock market, investments, supply/demand; American homes and customs.