Schaeffer Academy follows the Trivium, a method of instruction first used in medieval times.  Its three stages (Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric) correspond to a child's developmental stages. 

 

 

Young children memorize easily, and the Grammar stage includes learning the structure, facts, and rules of each subject.

 

With this basis of knowledge our students progress to learning logic (the use of concepts within the content of a subject), and, later still, to rhetoric, the persuasive use of ideas and argumentation.

 

 

 

 

 

                    Here are the subjects studied in grades 1-6:

 

 

 

Grade	Reading/ Language	Spelling	English	Handwriting	Math	Science	History	Foreign Language	Bible
First	Saxon Phonics I/ SA Literature Series		Shurley Method English I	D'Nealian  l	Saxon I	1st Grade Science/ God's World/ Teacher units	Heritage Studies 1 God's World Maps, globes, graphs	Latin	Jonah, Luke, Acts certain Psalms
Second	Saxon Phonics 2/ SA Literature Series BJ Reader	Saxon Phonics 2	Shurley Method English 2	D'Nealian 2	Saxon 2	Science 2/CSI God's World	Heritage Studies 2 God's World Maps, Globes, Graphs	Latin	Mark, 1John, 2 John, 3 John, 1 Samuel, certain Psalms
Third	SA Literature Series	Scholastic Spelling 3	Shurley Method English 3	D'Nealian 3	Saxon Math 3	Science 3/CSI	Heritage Studies 3 Maps, Globes, Graphs	Latin Primer 1, other materials	Ruth, Nehemiah, John, Phillipians, James
Fourth	SA Literature Series	Scholastic Spelling 4	Shurley Method English 4	D'Nealian 4	Saxon Math 54	Science 4/CSI	Heritage Studies 4 Maps, Globes, Graphs	Latin Primer 1, other materials	Esther, Matthew, 1 Peter, 1 Kings, Galatians
Fifth	SA Literature Series	Scholastic Spelling 5	Shurley Method English 5		Saxon Math 65	Science 5/CSI	Heritage Studies 5 Maps, Globes, Graphs	Latin Primer II, other materials	Genesis, Ephesians, 1-2 Timothy, 1 Corinthians
Sixth	SA Literature Series		Shurley Method English 6		McDougall Littell Course 2	Science 6/CSI	Heritage Studies 6 Maps, Globes, Graphs	Latin Primer II, other materials	Exodus, Proverbs, Romans, Colossians, Titus