Grade 4/5 Kit Includes:

Reasoning & Reading: Level One

The Reasoning & Reading workbooks develop basic language and thinking skills that build the foundation for reading comprehension. Exercises reinforce reading as a critical reasoning activity. Many exercises encourage students to come up with their own response in instances in which there is no single correct answer. In other cases, exercises lend themselves to students working collaboratively to see how many different answers satisfy a question.

All the books in the series share the following:

• Unit I, Word Meaning: comparing, contrasting, and classifying words, and discriminating between good and vague definitions
• Unit II, Sentence Meaning: complete sentences, recognizing the main thought, as well as time order, cause and effect, comparison, generalizations, and examples
• Unit III, Paragraph Meaning: topic sentences, signal words, unity, examples, and support for the main idea
• Unit IV, Reasoning Skills: fact and opinion, relevance, syllogisms, and inferences

Kit includes: Reasoning & Reading: Level One and Level One Answer Key

Latin for Children B

Latin for Children Primer B Program, the second book in the award-winning Latin for Children series, is just as engaging, incremental, and creative as Latin for Children Primer B Program. In Latin for Children Primer B (Student Edition), students will learn new grammar concepts, Latin numbers, and much new vocabulary. Exercises, tests, and a useful reference section are also included. Lessons include a plethora of mnemonic aids (songs, chants) that enable students to learn vocabulary and grammar with ease and delight. Kit includes: Primer B, Primer B Answer Key, Primer B streaming Video and Audio, Primer B Activity Book, and Primer B History Reader.

Writing & Rhetoric Books 3&4

The Writing & Rhetoric series is a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric, in which our students will serve as apprentices to the great writers and great stories of history.

Writing & Rhetoric Book 3: Narrative II (Student Edition) is the third book in this 12-book series. Narrative II exposes students to new genres of story, including historical narrative and legend. It includes a variety of culturally important examples. All of the skills practiced in Narrative I are extended and new skill sets are introduced, including identifying the difference between fact and opinion and learning to ask the five W's of a historical narrative: who, what, when, where, why.

Writing & Rhetoric Book 4: Chreia & Proverb Teacher’s Edition includes the complete student text, as well as answer keys, teacher's notes, and explanations. For every writing assignment, this edition also supplies descriptions and examples of what excellent student writing should look like, providing the teacher with meaningful and concrete guidance.

The word "chreia" (cray-ă) comes from the Greek word chreiodes (cray-o-dees), which means “useful.” It is a short essay or remembrance that praises the author of a saying or proverb and shows why the saying is useful. This book employs all the skills of the preceding books in the series and teaches students how to write a six-paragraph essay on the basis of a saying or an action. The thinking and exercises occur within the framework of the stories in this book, which include wonderful historical figures such as King Arthur, King Alfred, Lady Godiva, King Canute, Omar Khayyam, and more. These two books are the third and fourth in a series of 12 books that will train students over 6 years, starting in grades 4 or 5 and up. Kit includes: Books 3 & 4 Student Edition, Books 3 & 4 Teacher's Edition, Books 3 & 4 Streaming Audio Files.

Well-Ordered Language Levels 2 A&B

The Well-Ordered Language curriculum presents the study of language in a way that appeals to a child’s inborn curiosity and desire to collect, gather, and order. The curriculum presents grammar in a clear, orderly way, while simultaneously seeking to cultivate a child’s wonder of language by presenting instruction in the context of narrative and language, attractive illustrations, and samples taken from classic children’s literature and poetry.

Students will not merely be able to identify the parts of a sentence, but also will understand how words behave in a sentence. As students see the components of language (the parts of speech) unfold before them throughout the Well-Ordered Language series, they will be able to apply their knowledge, gathering and arranging words to express their thoughts clearly and accurately.

The curriculum is designed for teachers and students to actively engage with each other and with the grammatical concepts in each lesson, using language skills—reading, writing, speaking, and listening—along with physical movement, songs, and chants. Through Well-Ordered Language’s unique, creative, and orderly method of analyzing the grammatical functions of the parts of speech, students will find the mastery of grammar achievable, meaningful, and delightful. Kit includes: Student Edition, Teacher's Edition, Extra Practice and Assessments (PDF), and Streaming Songs and Chants

The Curious Historian Levels 1 A&B

The Curious Historian Level 1 is the first part in a 3-level series that presents the study of history and culture from the beginnings of civilization (Mesopotamia and Egypt) through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Students will grow excited about history, see how people throughout the ages were both similar to and different from themselves, and learn to be scholars of the past who can make a difference in the future.

The Curious Historian Level 1A: The Early & Middle Bronze Ages and The Curious Historian Level 1B: The Late Bronze & Iron Ages include weekly chapter lessons that present a chronological narrative of history. Accompanying sidebars feature historical and archaeological tidbits, discussion questions, and Greek/Latin root words for key vocabulary. A wealth of exercises, hands-on projects and activities, maps, and appendices help to present the study of history in an engaging, creative manner. Kit includes: The Curious Historian Level 1A Student Edition, The Curious Historian Level 1A Teacher Edition,The Curious Historian 1A Archive: Extra Resources, The Curious Historian Level 1A Bonus Resources AND The Curious Historian Level 1B Student Edition, The Curious Historian Level 1B Teacher Edition,The Curious Historian 1B Archive: Extra Resources, The Curious Historian Level 1B Bonus Resources.