Teaching Textbooks Pre-Algebra

What if you could teach your child using the same writing program that produced such masters of the language as John Milton, William Shakespeare, and Benjamin Franklin? What if you could have the same composition curriculum used by Quintilian, the greatest teacher of ancient rhetoric, and Cicero, the greatest persuasive speaker of all time?

Jim Selby has blown the dust off the writing curriculum that was used in schools for over 1,500 years and put it in an easy-to-teach format that will revolutionize your home or private school curriculum. Presented clearly and systematically in a structured curriculum, Classical Composition will give you a clear road map to writing excellence.

For grades 4-12.  9 volumes.

Dive into this comprehensive curriculum and get an up-close look at peculiar creatures and exotic environments that exist in the wonderful world below the surface of Earth’s ocean! Sixteen modules cover marine vertebrates and invertebrates, intertidal zones, estuary communities, coral reefs, continental shelf communities, deep ocean habitats, and more. Hands-on experiments require microscope and dissection equipment. Includes a 190-page test/solutions book. 462 pages, hardcover. This course is designed for high school seniors or for students whose parents feel that they are sufficiently prepared for the demands of this advanced course.

Make your way across the great United States with this Trail Guide to US Geography. Three different trails allow for three years worth of use, or for three different students to simultaneously use the same curriculum. Geography Trail features include five minute drills that use an atlas, almanac or critical thinking and analysis skills on the part of the student; “Points of Interest” contains a variety of mapping, research or other projects for students to choose from, and Geography Through Literature follows the Louis and Clark Expedition. Systematically moving through the US, there’s something here for everyone, whether you’re looking for a few warm up drills or a thorough, in-depth geography course. Reproducibles and answers included. 126 pages, softcover.

Analytical Grammar teaches English grammar, punctuation, and usage. It is designed to be taught in three grammar “seasons” over three years; however, it is flexible enough to be adapted to a one- or two-year schedule.

AG has been used successfully with students from the learning disabled to the highly gifted. This innovative and logical method is not only extremely effective, but makes learning grammar fun.

It is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach that will prepare your student for high school and college-level work. The home teacher does not need to be a grammar expert but can learn along with the student. For grades 6 and up.

Written for under-performing students who haven’t done well in conventional classrooms, this high school elective course will introduce teenagers to the basic tools, skills, terms, and concepts associated with shop, home, and community facilities. Each text covers a unique topic, including auto repair, carpentry, home remodeling, electrical, and construction work; the included activity books provide fill-in-the-blank, diagram completion, reading comprehension, and matching exercises for reinforcement and reflection. Each of the 75 lessons begins with a narrative involving teenage role models who demonstrate character and skills such as courtesy, honesty, integrity and commitment. Tools are suggested, but not required. Course Kit consists of five, soft-cover, saddle-stitch books with five companion activity books, plus a Teachers Resource Kit with blackline master for activity answer keys, 15 section quizzes, 5 chapter tests with answer keys and CD-ROM for printing as needed on your computer quizzes, tests and keys.

Explode The Code provides a sequential, systematic approach to phonics in which students blend sounds to build vocabulary and read words, phrases, sentences, and stories.

This program is designed for Pre-K through 3rd grade.

Volumes for preschool-aged children:

Get Ready, Book A – Book A teaches students consonants b, f, k, m, r, and t with an emphasis on phonemic awareness and sound-letter correspondence.

Get Set, Book B – Book B teaches students consonants d, h, j, n, p and s with an emphasis on phonemic awareness and sound-letter correspondence.

Go For the Code, Book C – Book C teaches students initial and final consonants c, g, l, q, v, w, x, y, and z with an emphasis on phonemic awareness and sound-letter correspondence.

Volumes for Elementary-aged children:

Book 1 – Children will learn to sound out short vowel CVC words.

Book 2 – Skills addressed through a variety of encoding, decoding, and writing exercises include: bl, sp sw, -mp,dr, and more. Students will also practice final consonant blends.

Book 3 –  Skills addressed through a variety of encoding, decoding, and writing exercises include: y as a vowel, silent -e, consonant digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch, -tch, -ng, -ck), and vowel digraphs (ee, ea, ai, ay, oa, ow).

Book 4 – Skills addressed through a variety of encoding, decoding, and writing exercises include: compound words, word endings -ful, -ing, -est, -ed, -ness, syllable types (open, closed, Cle, silent-e, digraph) and syllabication with 2 and 3-syllable words.

Book 5 – Skills addressed through a variety of encoding, decoding, and writing exercises include: sounds of -ed, words ending in -ey, word families (all-alk, old-olt-oll, ild-ind), word letter blends (thr-, shr-, scr-, str-, spr-, spl-), and qu words.

Book 6 – Skills addressed through a variety of encoding, decoding, and writing exercises include: -r controlled vowels (ar, or, er, ir, ur, war, wor), silent letters (-igh), and vowel diphthongs (oo, ea, ie, oi, oy, ou, ow, au, aw).

Book 7 – Skills addressed through a variety of encoding, decoding, and writing exercises include: sounds of soft c and g, silent consonant patterns such as -dge, -mb, kn, wr, and silent t and silent h.

Book 8 – Skills addressed through a variety of encoding, decoding, and writing exercises include: common suffixes and endings (-ness, -less, -ous, -able, -ment).

Half books (1 1/2, 2 1/2, 3 1/2, etc)  are also available, to be completed if a child does not master the lessons for that level book.