Outline the storyline of Scripture in six movements — creation, fall, promise, Christ, church, consummation — and place at least four biblical events under each.

Summarize each of the five books of Moses and each of the four Gospels in one accurate sentence.

Recite sixty cumulative Scripture verses and three extended passages — Psalm 100, Psalm 19:1–14, and Romans 3:21–26 — with references.

Define in his own words and use correctly in a sentence: justification, sanctification, atonement, repentance, faith, regeneration, providence, covenant, grace, and glory.

Use a concordance and the cross-reference column of a study Bible to find at least four additional texts on an assigned topic.

Explain the difference between the covenant of works made with Adam and the covenant of grace revealed in Christ, and cite one supporting text for each.

Identify five figures from church history — for example Athanasius, Augustine, Luther, Calvin, and Bunyan — giving century, one contribution, and one reason God's providence used them.

Complete all 144 questions of A Catechism for Boys and Girls, answered verbatim and out of order.

Recite questions 1–43 of The Baptist Catechism verbatim — through the application of redemption — and give at least one proof text for ten of them.

Restate any of twenty selected catechism answers in his own words without losing the doctrine, and say why the question matters.

Diagram simple and compound sentences showing subject, predicate, direct and indirect objects, modifiers, and prepositional phrases.

Recite the twenty-three helping verbs, the linking verbs, and at least forty prepositions from memory.

Produce a key-word outline of a source paragraph and rewrite the content from the outline alone, then summarize a whole chapter in three to five sentences.

Spell eight hundred cumulative words and use twenty Latin and Greek roots to explain the meaning of English words containing them.

Write all daily written work in legible cursive at a sustainable pace.

Recite eight selections from memory, including at least one of sixteen lines or more and one psalm.

Read twelve full-length books independently and discuss each with a parent.

Distinguish fable, fairy tale, myth, legend, history, and biography, and state one mark of each.

Give the meaning of four hundred cumulative Latin vocabulary words and name at least one English derivative for eighty of them.

Chant and write the first- and second-declension noun endings in all cases and both numbers, and decline any given noun of those declensions.

Conjugate first- and second-conjugation verbs in the present, imperfect, and future active indicative.

Translate simple Latin sentences into idiomatic English and simple English sentences into correct Latin, using known vocabulary and forms.

Recite thirty cumulative Latin sayings with meanings, including several used in the church and in law.

Recall all multiplication and division facts through 12 × 12 automatically.

Divide a four-digit number by a one-digit divisor, interpreting the remainder correctly for the context.

Identify equivalent fractions, reduce to lowest terms, compare fractions, and add and subtract fractions with like denominators.

Read, write, and compare decimals to hundredths, relate them to fractions, and state place value through the millions.

Calculate perimeter and area of rectangles and composite rectilinear figures, labeling units correctly.

Solve two-step word problems involving any of the four operations, showing the work for each step.

Place forty historical events on a timeline with dates or centuries, drawn from the four-year chronological cycle.

Label all fifty United States and their capitals, and identify thirty countries relevant to the period under study, on unlabeled maps.

Distinguish a primary from a secondary source and explain why the difference matters for judging a historical claim.

Form a hypothesis, conduct a controlled investigation, record data in a table, and state a conclusion that either supports or contradicts the hypothesis.

Name six body systems, their main organs, and their function.

Identify the six simple machines, give a household example of each, and explain how each reduces the effort required.

Construct a food chain and a food web for a local habitat, and describe the three rock types and the cycle that relates them.

Sing thirty hymns and psalm settings from memory, at least five of them metrical psalms, and name the author of ten.

Identify eight composers, place each in the correct musical era, and name one work by each.

Produce finished work in at least four media — for example drawing, watercolor, clay, and printmaking — following a demonstrated technique.

Explain what the regulative principle means for what the church sings, and state the family's position and one reason another faithful church might differ.

Plan and prepare a simple meal for the family, including safe knife and stove use and cleaning up afterward.

Divide his own money into giving, saving, and spending, keep a written record, and explain from Scripture why Christians give.

Identify five informal fallacies — ad hominem, straw man, appeal to popularity, false dilemma, and circular reasoning — in real examples.