Recite the books of the New Testament in order by the end of grade 1, and all sixty-six books of the Bible in order by the end of grade 2.

Locate any given chapter-and-verse reference in his own Bible without using the table of contents.

Retell thirty biblical narratives and place them on a wall timeline in correct chronological order.

Recite thirty additional Scripture verses with references, plus Psalm 1 and Psalm 23 entire.

Given a passage read aloud, state whether it chiefly tells us what God commands or what God has done to save sinners, and explain the difference in his own words.

Name and define in a single sentence six attributes of God: holy, eternal, unchanging, all-knowing, all-powerful, and everywhere present.

Explain, unprompted, what sin is, why sin separates people from God, and why Jesus Christ had to die and rise again.

State why Christians gather for worship on the first day of the week and name three things the church does when it gathers.

Recite questions 1–90 of A Catechism for Boys and Girls verbatim, answered cold and out of order.

Recite the Ten Commandments verbatim from Exodus 20 in the family's translation, with numbers.

Recite the Apostles' Creed from memory and explain in his own words what each of its three main sections is about.

Decode multisyllabic words by identifying and applying the six syllable types: closed, open, silent-e, vowel team, r-controlled, and consonant-le.

Read aloud unfamiliar grade-level prose with accuracy, appropriate pace, and expression — 60 words per minute by the end of grade 1 and 95 by the end of grade 2.

Spell four hundred cumulative words correctly from dictation and state ten spelling rules that govern them.

Identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns by the end of grade 1, and all eight parts of speech by the end of grade 2, within a given sentence.

Write a complete sentence with correct capitalization and end punctuation, and by the end of grade 2 write a coherent four-sentence paragraph on a single topic.

Write from dictation one to two sentences heard twice, with correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

Form all lower-case and upper-case cursive letters with correct entry and exit strokes, and write his own name and a short verse in cursive.

Retell a passage of two to four paragraphs in his own words after hearing or reading it a single time.

Recite six poems from memory, at least two of them eight lines or longer, with audible voice and appropriate pace.

Narrate twenty books — read aloud or read independently — identifying character, setting, problem, and resolution for each.

Read independently for twenty minutes a day without supervision and report what was read.

Give the English meaning of 125 Latin vocabulary words shown in random order, and the Latin for the English.

Recite five Latin prayers or hymns from memory and give a rough English sense of each.

Chant and write the present-tense personal endings and conjugate a first-conjugation verb in all six persons.

Recite twenty-five Latin sayings with their English meanings and explain what one of them means in ordinary life.

Recall all addition and subtraction facts through 20 automatically.

Read, write, compare, and decompose numbers to 1,000, naming the value of each digit.

Add and subtract multi-digit numbers with regrouping, using the standard written algorithm.

Skip count by twos, threes, fives, and tens to their twelfth multiple, forward from any starting point in the sequence.

Tell time to the nearest five minutes, count mixed coins to one dollar, and measure length in inches and centimeters.

Solve one-step addition and subtraction word problems, writing the number sentence before computing.

Place twenty historical events on a wall timeline in correct chronological order and narrate each in two or more sentences.

Identify fifteen historical figures from the period under study, giving for each roughly when they lived and one thing they did.

Use cardinal directions, a map key, and a simple scale, and explain the difference between a map and a globe.

Describe the life cycle of four organisms — including one insect and one flowering plant — in correct sequence.

Classify animals into the five vertebrate classes and state one distinguishing feature of each class.

Label the parts of a flowering plant and state the function of root, stem, leaf, and flower.

Describe the three states of matter with an example of each, and name the planets in order from the sun.

Produce twenty dated nature journal entries with labeled drawings and one written observation each.

Sing twenty hymns and psalm settings from memory and state in one sentence what each is about.

Identify the staff, treble clef, bar lines, and whole, half, and quarter notes and rests, and clap a simple written rhythm.

Study six works of art and narrate each from memory after the picture is turned over.

Complete five daily chores to standard and perform five household skills: tie shoes, make a bed, set a table, fold laundry, and sweep a floor.

Work at an assigned task for thirty consecutive minutes without supervision or reminders.

Tell the truth when it costs something, and confess wrongdoing without being caught first.

Engage in vigorous physical activity at least three times a week and demonstrate running, throwing, catching, and balance.