Overview of the grades

First Grade:
Language Arts (letters, simple spelling and introduction to reading)
Arithmetic (introduction to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
Fairy tales and nature stories

Second Grade:
Language Arts (spelling, reading and writing simple stories)
Arithmetic (practice of the four processes; learning math facts and tables)
Animal Fables, Legends of the Saints and nature stories.

Third Grade:
Language Arts (basic elements of grammar, spelling, reading, beginning composition)
Arithmetic (continuing as above)
Cursive writing
Old Testament Stories
Housebuilding, Farming and Crafts

Fourth Grade:
Language Arts (spelling, reading, grammar and composition)
Arithmetic (fractions introduced and practice of all operations)
Local geography
Man and Animal (zoology)
Norse Myths

Fifth Grade:
Language Arts (continued practice as above)
 Arithmetic (decimals introduced and practice of all operations)
United States geography
The Plant Kingdom (botany)
Ancient myths of India, Persia, Egypt and Greece
Ancient Greek history and Olympic training

Sixth Grade:
English (vocabulary, grammar and composition, reading, poetry)
Arithmetic (percents introduced and practice of all operations)
Geometry
Physics of sound, light and heat
Astronomy
Geography of North and South America and Europe
Roman and medieval history

Seventh Grade:
English (vocabulary, grammar and composition, reading, poetry)
Arithmetic (powers and roots, signed numbers and practice of all operations)
Algebra
Geometry
Physics (mechanics)
Physiology (the organs and systems)
Chemistry (acids, bases and salts)
Geography of Africa and the Middle East
Renaissance and Reformation history

Eighth Grade:
English (vocabulary, grammar and composition, history of language, reading, poetry, the short story)
Algebra
Geometry
Physics (electricity and magnetism)
Chemistry (study of foods)
Physiology (the skeleton, brain and nervous system)
Geography of Asia and the world
Modern history [America]