Required Materials for Fifth Grade:
● Catechesis & Recitation – none
● Grammar/Spelling
● Composition
Institute for Excellence in Writing Portable Walls for Structure and Style Students
Students must also have access to a thesaurus at home.
● History/Geography – only one of each of the following required per family:
Veritas Press Explorers to 1815 enhanced CD
if you do not have the ability to print documents from a CD-rom, please purchase the following:
Explorers to 1815 Teacher's Manual - will need to make copies if more than one student in your family
● Mathematics - Please do not purchase until your student has been assessed to determine grade level placement.
Math scratch pad - available on the same webpage as above
Strongly recommended for at-home reinforcement (one of each per family):
● Literature - one of each book required per family; one of each student guide required per student (It is permissible to make copies of the student guide for use within your own family. So, you could purchase one student guide per family if you were able to make copies.)
The Princess and the Goblin, with downloadable student guide
Heidi, with student guide
Poetry for the Grammar Stage, with student guide (will be used in 3rd-6th grades)
Students must also have access to a dictionary at home.
Latin - Choose based on ability level:
Level One - Song School Latin 1 Student Workbook
Level Two - Song School Latin 2 Student Workbook - if completed Song School Latin 1, but not ready for Latin for Children A
Level Three - Latin for Children A - for beginning Latin students, requires more homework than Song School Latin
Latin for Children Primer A DVD and Chant CD set - one per family (optional, but recommended)
Each student will also need items from the supply list.