Retell, orally and unaided, eight core biblical narratives — Creation, the Fall, the Flood, God's promise to Abraham, the Exodus, David and Goliath, the birth of Christ, and the crucifixion and resurrection — and place them in chronological order.

State that the Bible is one book with two Testaments, written by many men but authored by God, and open a physical Bible to the correct Testament on request.

Recite twelve assigned Scripture verses verbatim with their references.

Name the three persons of the one God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — and state that there is only one God.

State in his own words that God made all things for His own glory, that all people sin, and that sin deserves God's punishment.

Participate daily in family worship: sit attentively for the reading, sing along, and pray aloud a simple prayer of his own composition.

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.

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.

Explain from Scripture why baptism is for those who profess faith, describe baptism by immersion as a picture of death and resurrection, and state two reasons Baptists do not baptize infants.

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.

Produce a one-page written chronological outline of redemptive history from creation to the consummation, including at least twelve dated or datable anchor events.

Identify the genre of any biblical book — law, history, wisdom, prophecy, gospel, epistle, apocalyptic — and state one way that genre affects how the book should be read.

Recite a cumulative one hundred verses plus Romans 8:28–39, Isaiah 53, the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20, and the Beatitudes.

Trace one doctrine — substitutionary atonement — from Genesis through Revelation, citing at least six texts from both Testaments and explaining how each contributes.

State that the Second London Baptist Confession has thirty-two chapters, name its major divisions, and locate the chapter that addresses a given doctrinal question.

Compare the 1689 Confession with the Westminster Confession on baptism and church government, stating accurately what each teaches and where the Baptists departed and why.

Write a three-paragraph defense of the sufficiency and final authority of Scripture, supported by at least four texts and answering one common objection.

Narrate the Reformation naming six figures with dates and contributions, and explain the origin of the Particular Baptists, including the 1644 and 1689 confessions and why they were written.

State the regulative principle of worship, cite two supporting texts, and evaluate a proposed order of service by it, explaining each judgment.

Recite questions 1–30 of A Catechism for Boys and Girls, giving the answer verbatim when asked the question cold and out of order.

Recite the Lord's Prayer from memory and state whom we pray to and through whom we pray.

List the Ten Commandments in order in simplified form and state that the first four concern love to God and the last six love to neighbor.

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.

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.

Complete all 114 questions of The Baptist Catechism verbatim, answered cold and out of order, with proof texts for the questions on the Ten Commandments.

Name the thirty-two chapter titles of the Second London Baptist Confession in order.

Explain in his own words, with proof texts, the substance of eight chapters of the 1689 Confession: 1 (Scripture), 3 (Decree), 7 (Covenant), 8 (Christ the Mediator), 11 (Justification), 22 (Worship and the Sabbath), 26 (The Church), and 29 (Baptism).

Produce the name and the primary sound of all twenty-six letters, shown in random order in both upper and lower case.

Blend spoken phonemes into consonant-vowel-consonant words and segment a spoken CVC word back into its phonemes.

Read aloud an entire decodable reader at the CVC-plus-digraph level.

Print all upper- and lower-case letters and the digits 0–9 legibly between primary ruled lines, with correct starting point and stroke order.

Answer questions in complete sentences and retell a short story in correct order without prompting.

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.

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.

Write a five-sentence narrative or expository paragraph with a topic sentence, three supporting sentences, and a clincher.

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.

Diagram complex and compound-complex sentences including subordinate clauses, appositives, participles, gerunds, and infinitives.

Write a five-paragraph essay with an arguable thesis, three developed supporting paragraphs each with evidence, and a conclusion that does more than restate.

Write a persuasive composition that states a claim, gives at least two reasons with support, and answers one opposing argument fairly.

Use forty Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes to infer the meaning of unfamiliar English words in context.

Take notes in outline form from a fifteen-minute spoken lecture or sermon and reconstruct its argument afterward.

Revise his own draft against a twelve-item proofreading checklist covering agreement, tense, fragments, run-ons, spelling, punctuation, and word choice.

Recite two short poems or nursery rhymes from memory before an audience of at least three people.

Listen attentively to forty read-aloud books across the year and narrate something from each.

Name who the story was about, where it happened, and what happened, for any story read aloud.

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.

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.

Identify the plot structure, central conflict, and theme of a book read independently.

Recite ten selections from memory including one Shakespeare passage of at least twelve lines and one full psalm.

Read sixteen full-length books independently, spanning at least four genres and at least three centuries.

Identify and explain the effect of allusion, metaphor, simile, personification, foreshadowing, and irony in a text.

Write a literary analysis of 600–800 words arguing a claim about a book, supported by at least four quotations correctly cited.

State what a book treats as good, true, and beautiful, and evaluate that vision against Scripture — without reducing the book to a moral lesson or condemning it merely for depicting sin.

Pronounce the Latin alphabet using ecclesiastical pronunciation and sing two Latin hymns or prayers by rote.

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.

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.

Decline nouns of all five declensions in every case and number from memory, and identify the declension of an unfamiliar noun from its genitive singular.

Conjugate verbs of all four conjugations in the six active indicative tenses, and form the principal parts of a given verb.

Parse any noun form by case, number, gender, and declension, and any verb form by person, number, tense, voice, mood, and conjugation.

Make adjectives agree with their nouns in case, number, and gender, including when the adjective belongs to a different declension than the noun.

Translate a connected Latin passage of at least twenty sentences into idiomatic English with a glossary but no answer key.

Count aloud to one hundred, read and write any numeral from 0 to 100, and count a set of up to twenty objects with one-to-one correspondence.

Count by ones, fives, and tens to one hundred, and by twos to twenty.

Recall sums and differences within five without counting on fingers.

Compare two sets or two numerals and state which is greater, which is less, or whether they are equal.

Name six plane shapes, identify and value the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter, tell time to the hour, and extend a repeating pattern.

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.

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

Multiply a three-digit number by a two-digit number using the standard algorithm.

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.

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions with unlike denominators, mixed numbers, and decimals.

Write and solve ratios and proportions and convert fluently among fractions, decimals, and percents, including percent increase and decrease.

Divide multi-digit numbers by two-digit divisors, including decimal quotients.

Apply the order of operations to expressions with parentheses and exponents, and add, subtract, multiply, and divide positive and negative integers.

Solve one- and two-step linear equations in one variable and check the solution by substitution.

Calculate area of triangles, parallelograms, and circles; circumference of circles; and volume and surface area of rectangular prisms.

Compute mean, median, mode, and range for a data set, and construct and interpret bar graphs, line graphs, and circle graphs.

Score at or above the publisher's placement threshold for a first-year algebra course.

Use yesterday, today, and tomorrow correctly, sequence three events from his own week, and name his parents' and grandparents' names.

Name his country, state, and town, and point to his country on a globe.

Identify the seven continents and five oceans on a globe or unlabeled map.

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.

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

Write a three-to-five sentence narration about a historical figure or event after reading a source, without copying the source's wording.

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.

Place sixty events across the full chronological cycle and recall ten anchor dates exactly from memory.

Write a three-paragraph historical essay with a thesis, evidence from at least two sources, and a conclusion.

Explain the causes and consequences of five major historical events, distinguishing immediate from underlying causes.

Explain what it means that God governs history, and evaluate a historical figure — including a figure the student admires — against Scripture, acknowledging both good and evil in the same person.

Label the major nations of every continent on unlabeled maps, and name the capital of at least thirty of them.

Name the five senses and describe an object using at least three of them.

Sort objects and pictures into living and nonliving, and state two things every living thing needs.

Observe and record the weather daily for twenty consecutive school days using a simple symbol chart.

Produce ten dated nature journal entries, each with a drawing made from direct observation out of doors.

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.

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.

Measure length, mass, volume, and temperature using metric instruments and record with correct units and reasonable precision.

Write ten formal lab reports containing purpose, hypothesis, materials, procedure, data, analysis, and conclusion, identifying the independent, dependent, and controlled variables.

Label the organelles of plant and animal cells and state the function of each, and explain the difference between the two cell types.

Describe atomic structure, read an entry on the periodic table, and identify the first twenty elements by symbol.

Describe six forms of energy and their transformations, and explain energy flow and nutrient cycling in an ecosystem.

Distinguish an empirical claim from a philosophical one in a science text, state what Scripture affirms about creation and providence, and identify where a naturalistic assumption has been smuggled into an argument as though it were an observation.

Sing ten hymns or psalm settings from memory, on pitch, with the congregation or family.

Identify the four instrument families by sound alone.

Use scissors, glue, brush, and crayon with control, and draw a recognizable picture of an object placed in front of him.

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.

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.

Sing forty hymns and psalm settings from memory and sight-sing a simple unfamiliar melody in a major key.

Perform a prepared piece on an instrument or as a vocal solo before an audience outside the household.

Write a one-page biography of a composer or artist, connecting the person's work to the period in which they lived.

Evaluate a work of music or visual art by craft, truthfulness, and fittingness, giving reasons that go beyond personal preference.

Dress himself, manage the bathroom, wash hands, and put away his own things without being told each step.

Obey a parent's instruction the first time it is given, without arguing, delaying, or requiring repetition.

Attend to a single task or reading for twenty consecutive minutes without wandering off.

Complete three assigned household chores daily to a standard the parent has demonstrated.

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.

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.

Work independently on assigned schoolwork for forty-five consecutive minutes and produce the expected output.

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

Plan, shop for, and cook a full meal within a set budget, and keep a written personal budget for a term.

Use basic hand tools safely and complete two household repairs or making projects, including one requiring measurement.

Work independently for ninety consecutive minutes on a multi-step assignment and produce the expected output.

Identify twelve informal fallacies in real arguments and construct a valid categorical syllogism, distinguishing validity from truth.

Write a weekly schedule covering schoolwork, chores, and personal time, and keep it without parental reminders.

Hold a defined serving role in the local church for a full term and report on it.