Course of Study 2017-2018
Kindergarten/ Form 1
Bible: Ergermeier’s Bible Story Book
Bible verse memory/ recitation
Math: Singapore Math: Essential Math K
Language Arts:
Phonics Wilson Fundations K
Handwriting Italic A
Literature Five In A Row: literature-based unit studies
Grammar First Grammar Lessons, by Jesse Wise
Writing Transcribed narrations: Home Narration Journal
Golden Lines copy book
History: Intro to the World: Cultures/ Sonlight
Science: Nature Study: Christian Liberty Nature Reader
Natural History: The Burgess Bird Book for Children
Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding, By Bernard J. Nebel
Music: Music and Movement
Composer study: Classical Magic, Themes Vol. 1
Lessons and Carols program
Fine Arts Festival end-of-year program
Art:
Picture study
Artist study
Formal Art
Habit Training: Laying Down the Rails for Children, Lanaya Gore
Form 2 – Grades 1 and 2
Bible: The Child’s Story Bible, New Testament stories, By Catherine Vos
Bible verse memory/ recitation
Math: Singapore Math: Primary Math 1 or 2
Language Arts: 1st-grade 2nd grade
Phonics: Wilson Fundations 1 Wilson Level 2
Handwriting: Italic B Italic C
Literature: Classic selections from Honey for a Child’s Heart, By Gladys Hunt
Grammar: First Language Lessons, by Jessie Wise
Writing: Transcribed narrations: home narration journals
Golden Lines Copy Books…both grades
Poetics:
History: Learning God’s Story: Genesis to Revelation
My Father’s World
Science: Nature Study
Natural History: The Burgess Animal Book for Children, by Thornton Burgess
My Father’s World Science 1
Music: Music and movement
Composer Study: Classical Magic, Themes Vol. 1
Vocal Music
Lessons and Carols program
Fine Arts Festival end-of-year program
Art:
Picture study
Artist study
Formal Art
Habit Training: Laying Down the Rails for Children, Lanaya Gore
Form 3 – Grades 3 and 4
Bible: The David C. Cook Journey Through the Bible By Gilbert Beers
Bible verse memory/ recitation
Celebrating Biblical Feasts, Martha Zimmerman
Math: Singapore Math: Primary Math 3 or 4
Language Arts:
Handwriting: Italic D or E
Literature: Classic selections from Honey for A Child’s Heart, By Gladys Hunt
Grammar: Grammar Island, by Michael Clay Thompson
Writing: Sentence Island, by Michael Clay Thompson
Studied dictation: excerpts from literature
Golden Lines copybooks
Poetics: The Music of the Hemispheres, by Michael C.Thompson
Vocabulary: Caesar’s English 1, Part 1 MCT
History: Creation to the Greeks
My Father’s World
Streams of Civilization, Volume 1
Ancient World, Usborne
Science: Science in the Beginning, By Jay Wile
Music: Vocal Music
Composer Study: Intro to Vivaldi, Bach and Handel
Lessons and Carols program
Fine Arts Festival end-of-year program
Art: God and the History of Art 1
Picture Study
Artist Study
Formal Art
Habit Training: Laying Down the Rails for Children, Lanaya Gore
Form 4 – Grades 5 and 6
Bible: How the Bible Came to Us, by Meryl Doney
Bible verse memory/ recitation
Trial and Triumph: Stories From Church History, By Richard Hannula
Math: Singapore Math: Primary 5 or 6
Language Arts:
Handwriting: Italic F
Literature: Dangerous Journey, The Door in the Wall,
The Bronze Bow, Twice Freed
Grammar: Grammar Town by Michael C. Thompson
Writing: Paragraph Town by Michael C. Thompson
Studied dictation: excerpts from literature
Golden Lines Copybook
Poetics: Building Poems by Michael C. Thompson
Vocabulary: Caesar’s English I, Part 2 by Michael C. Thompson
History: Rome to the Reformation
My Father’s World
The Story of the World, by Susan Wise Bauer
Augustus Caesar’s World, by Genevieve Foster
Science: 1st Semester: The Human Body
2nd Semester: Exploring Creation With Astronomy
Apologia
Music: Vocal Music
Composer study: Into to Haydn, Mozart, and
Beethoven
Lessons and Carols program
Fine Arts Festival end-of-year program
Art: Picture Study: art of the Middle Ages and the
Reformation; Gothic and Romanesque art
Artist Study: artists of the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance: Donatello, Giotto, Ghiberti, Raphael,
Van Eyck. Titian, Durer
Formal Art
Habit Training: Laying Down the Rails for Children, Lanaya
Form 5- Grades 7 and 8
Bible: Introduction to inductive Bible study
Precept Upon Precept, by Kay Arthur
Math: Pre-Algebra: Singapore
OR
Beginning Algebra, by Margaret Lial
(Algebra 1)
Language Arts:
Literature: Titles from The Brave Writer: Boomerang Series
Across Five Aprils, A Wrinkle in Time, LIttle Women,
Animal Farm, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
The Pearl, To Kill a Mockingbird,
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
Grammar: Grammar Voyage by Michael Clay Thompson
Writing: Essay Voyage by Michael Clay Thompson
Studied dictation: excerpts from literature
Golden Lines copybooks
Poetics: A World of Poetry by Michael Clay Thompson
Vocabulary: Caesar’s English II by Michael C. Thompson
History: The History of US: 1850-Present
Oxford University Press
Science: 7th Grade: Exploring Creation with General Science
8th Grade: Earth Science, BJU Press
Music: Vocal Music
Composer Study: American composers
1850-present
Stephen Foster, Cole Porter, John Philip Sousa,
Scott Joplin, Aaron Copeland, Duke Ellington,
George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein
Lessons and Carols program
Fine Arts Festival end-of-year program
Art: Picture and Artist study: American artists
1850-present
Winslow Homer, Mary Cassat, Georgia O’Keeffe,
Jackson Pollock, Norman Rockwell, Picasso
Foreign Language: Spanish 1
Habit Training: Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations, by Alex and Brett Harris
Forms 6- High School Grades 9-10
Bible: (Incorporated into Omnibus II)
The Gospel of John
Ephesians
Math: Geometry: Seeing, Doing, Understanding, Jacobs
OR
Intermediate Algebra, Margaret Lial
(Algebra 2)
Language Arts:
Literature: The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Rings,
The NIne Tailors, The Dragon and the Raven,
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood,
The Two Towers, Henry V, King Richard III,
The Return of the King
Grammar: Easy Grammar by Wanda Phillips
Composition: Lost Tools of Writing, Level 1 Circe Institute
Poetry: The poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson
History: Omnibus II: Veritas Press
“All-encompassing Bible, Literature and HIstory”
Medieval Age. from the times of the early church
fathers to the Protestant Reformation
History reading includes:
The Church History Eusebius,
Confessions of St. Augustine,
On the Incarnation, The Creeds (Apostles, Nicene,
& Chalcedonian), The Ecclesiastical History of the
English People, The Rule of St. Benedict, Beowulf,
The Song of Roland, The HIstory of the Kings of
Britain, Macbeth, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,
Divine Comedy: The Inferno, The Canterbury Tales,
The Bondage of the Will
Science: Glencoe Chemistry: Matter and Change,
McGraw Hill Higher Education
OR
Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable
Future, by Richard T. Wright
Music: Vocal Music
Composer Study
Lessons and Carols Program
Fine Arts Festival end-of-year program
Foreign Language: Spanish 2 or 3
Habit Formation: Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against
Low Expectations, Alex and Brett Harris
The Discipline of Grace, Jerry Bridges
*NOTE: Upper grades (11th and 12th) will participate in dual-enrollment courses at Thomas Nelson Community College for instruction in electives beyond those offered at Covenant.
Form 7-High School Grades 11-12
Bible: Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against
Habit Training: Low Expectations by Alex and Brett Harris
The Discipline of Grace, Jerry Bridges
Math: Intermediate Algebra, Margaret Lial
OR
Higher level math, dual enrollment TNCC
Humanities: Literature, Composition, Christian Worldview and Apologetics
Composition: Lost Tools of Writing, Level 2 Circe Institute
Literature:
A C.S. Lewis Symposium, to include:
Mere Christianity
Screwtape Letters
Out of the Silent Planet
Worldview: How To Be Your Own Selfish Pig, By Susan Schaeffer McCauley
The Deadliest Monster, Jeff Baldwin
Electives Available: Art
Choral music or private voice lessons
Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future by Richard T. Wright
Composer study, Drama, Nature Study and
Gardening, Handcrafts and Life Skills
