Third Grade Curriculum

Math: Saxon Math (according to placement test)

Grammar: Shurley English

Rhetoric: IEW & Classically Cursive

Natural Philosophy: Biology & Earth Science

Theology: Veritas Bible (see below), Heidelberg Catechism

History & Geography: Veritas History (see below) plus supplemental material, Map Drawing (Bortins)

Latin: Latina Christiana 1 (Memoria)

Literature: Covenant Classical Third Grade Book List:

  • The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis

  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

  • Little Britches by Ralph Moody

  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater

  • Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

  • Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff

  • Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla

Music and jingles are integrated throughout the curriculum, and we hope to add PE, music, and art as formal specials when resources are available.

The curriculum plans will be subject to ongoing Board and faculty review and fine-tuning.

Bible & History will rotate for the school from 1 to 5 depending on the year; depth of study will correspond to grade level (2nd - 6th).

Bible cycles:

  1. Genesis to Joshua

  2. Judges to Kings

  3. Chronicles to Malachi and Job

  4. Gospels

  5. Acts to Revelation

History cycles:

  1. Old Testament & Ancient Egypt

  2. New Testament, Greece & Rome

  3. Middles Ages, Renaissance & Reformation

  4. Explorers to 1815

  5. 1815 to Present

“The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.”

- G.K. Chesterton