| Latin Foundations | Alphabet And Ecclesiastical Pronunciation I can identify Latin letters and say what makes Latin pronunciation predictable. | Marcus Guided: alphabet and pronunciation | Ask the student to name one letter or sound that works differently in Latin than in English. |
| Latin Foundations | First Vocabulary Tier I can recognize common Latin words and give their meaning. | Marcus Guided: first vocabularyLatin flashcards | Ask the student to give the meaning of three practiced words without looking. |
| Latin Foundations | First Nouns And Cases I can tell when a noun is doing the action or receiving the action in a simple sentence. | Marcus Guided: nouns and first cases | Give a two-noun sentence and ask which noun is acting and which receives the action. |
| Latin Foundations | Present Active Verbs I can tell who is doing the action in simple present-tense Latin. | Marcus Guided: present active verbs | Ask the student to explain what a present active verb tells us besides the action. |
| Latin Foundations | Second Declension And Agreement I can see when a noun and adjective belong together by their forms. | Marcus Guided: second declension and agreement | Ask the student to choose which adjective form best belongs with a noun form. |
| Latin Foundations | Sum And First Translation I can translate a very short sentence by using vocabulary, forms, and the verb sum. | Marcus Guided: sum and first sentence forms | Give a short sentence with sum and ask for a smooth English meaning plus one form clue. |
| Latin Foundations | Guided Reading With Cases And Verbs I can find the acting noun, the action, and the receiving noun in a fresh sentence. | Marcus Guided: first sentence reading | Give a simple sentence such as puella rosam portat and ask who acts, what happens, and what receives the action. |
| Latin Foundations | First Syntax Review I can explain how a linking verb or adjective fits the sentence. | Marcus Guided: mixed first syntax review | Ask the student to explain why puella est laeta means the girl is happy. |
| English Grammar Foundations | Nouns And Verbs I can find who or what a sentence is about and what action or state is named. | Marcus Guided: nouns and verbs | Give one sentence and ask the student to identify the noun and verb, then explain each job. |
| English Grammar Foundations | Adjectives And Adverbs I can tell whether a describing word points to a noun or to a verb/adjective/adverb. | Marcus Guided: adjectives and adverbs | Ask the student to explain whether a highlighted word is an adjective or adverb and why. |
| English Grammar Foundations | Pronouns, Prepositions, Conjunctions, And Interjections I can spot words that replace, connect, relate, or interrupt. | Marcus Guided: function words | Ask the student to classify three function words and explain at least one relationship. |
| English Grammar Foundations | Intransitive And Direct-Object Patterns I can tell whether an action stops with the subject or passes to a direct object. | Marcus Guided: first sentence patterns | Ask the student to label a fresh sentence as S-Vi or S-Vt-DO and defend the choice. |
| English Grammar Foundations | Linking Verbs With Predicate Nouns And Adjectives I can tell when a sentence renames or describes the subject after a linking verb. | Marcus Guided: linking patterns | Ask the student to identify whether the complement after a linking verb is a predicate noun or adjective. |
| English Grammar Foundations | Indirect Objects And Object Complements I can notice when a sentence has a receiver, a direct object, or a complement after the object. | Marcus Guided: advanced sentence patterns | Give one harder sentence and ask the student to name the pattern and explain each major role. |
| English Grammar Foundations | Punctuation With Clauses I can tell when a comma joins, separates, or introduces sentence parts. | Marcus Guided: clauses and punctuation | Ask the student to explain why a comma plus and can join two complete thoughts. |
| English Grammar Foundations | Editing For Meaning I can make a sentence clearer and explain the grammar choice I made. | Marcus Guided: editing grammar choices | Give an unclear pronoun or modifier sentence and ask the student what should be clarified. |
| Scripture Foundations | Bible Overview And Divisions I can explain that a Bible reference points to a book, chapter, and verse. | Bible practice: overview and references | Ask the student to read a reference and name its book, chapter, and verse. |
| Scripture Foundations | Creation, Fall, And Patriarchs I can place creation and the patriarchs near the beginning of the Bible's story. | Bible practice: creation and patriarchs | Ask the student to place Abraham in the story and explain one covenant promise idea. |
| Scripture Foundations | Exodus, Law, And Judges I can explain that God rescued Israel and formed them as His covenant people. | Bible practice: exodus through judges | Ask the student to explain why the exodus comes before the giving of the law. |
| Scripture Foundations | Gospels And Disciples I can explain that the Gospels tell us about Jesus and His disciples. | Bible practice: Gospels and disciples | Ask the student to name what the Gospels are and give one example of Jesus' teaching or authority. |
| Scripture Foundations | New Covenant, Cross, And Resurrection I can say why the cross and resurrection are central in the New Testament. | Bible practice: New Covenant and resurrection | Ask the student to explain, in a simple sentence, why the resurrection matters. |
| Scripture Foundations | Apostles, Paul, And The Church's Mission I can explain that the apostles carried the message of Christ into the world. | Bible practice: apostles and mission | Ask the student to explain why Paul traveled and why letters were written to churches. |
| Scripture Foundations | Context And Reference I can say where a passage belongs and why its context matters. | Bible practice: reference and context | Ask the student to name a remembered passage, its book, and one reason the context matters. |
| Scripture Foundations | Application And Prayer I can explain one way a passage calls me to trust, obey, confess, or give thanks. | Bible practice: application | Ask the student to choose one faithful response to a passage and explain why it fits. |
| Geography Foundations | Compass Directions And Map Clues I can use a compass rose and legend to understand a simple map. | Marcus Guided: map orientation | Ask the student to point north, name one intermediate direction, and explain what a map legend does. |
| Geography Foundations | Continents, Oceans, And Regions I can place a clue in the right world region. | Marcus Guided: continents and regions | Ask the student to name one continent, one ocean, and one clue that points to a region. |
| Geography Foundations | Country Clusters I can sort countries into broad regional groups. | Marcus Guided: regional country clusters | Ask the student to place three practiced countries in their correct broad regions. |
| Geography Foundations | Landforms And Bodies Of Water I can tell whether a clue points to a landform or water feature. | Marcus Guided: land and water features | Ask the student to define one landform and one body of water using a clue. |
| Geography Foundations | Mountains, Rivers, Deserts, And Forests I can use a mountain, river, desert, or forest clue to reason about a place. | Marcus Guided: major physical features | Ask the student to explain how one physical feature might affect travel, settlement, or climate. |
| Geography Foundations | Climate Zones And Natural Resources I can explain how climate or resources can shape a region. | Marcus Guided: climate and resources | Ask the student to name one climate factor and one natural resource distinction. |
| Geography Foundations | Relative Location I can explain where a place is by comparing it to another place. | Marcus Guided: relative location | Ask the student to describe one place using north, south, east, west, or across. |
| Geography Foundations | Landforms And Human Routes I can connect a physical feature to a travel or settlement clue. | Marcus Guided: landforms and routes | Ask the student how one physical feature could help or hinder travel. |
| Science Foundations | Measurement And Observation I can choose a tool for length, temperature, mass, or volume. | Marcus Guided: measurement | Ask the student to choose a tool for measuring length, temperature, mass, and liquid volume. |
| Science Foundations | Plant Parts And Animal Classification I can connect a plant or animal clue to its function or class. | Marcus Guided: plants and animals | Ask the student to explain one plant part's job and one animal classification clue. |
| Science Foundations | Food Chains, Ecosystems, And Habitats I can explain how a habitat or food chain supports living things. | Marcus Guided: ecosystems and habitats | Ask the student to name a producer, consumer, and habitat clue. |
| Science Foundations | Earth Layers, Rocks, And Water I can explain one Earth layer, one rock type, and one water-cycle step. | Marcus Guided: earth systems | Ask the student to define one layer, one rock type, and one water-cycle process. |
| Science Foundations | Forces, Motion, And Simple Machines I can identify a force or simple machine from a real example. | Marcus Guided: forces and machines | Ask the student to explain one force example and one simple-machine example. |
| Science Foundations | Energy, Light, Sound, And Electricity I can explain how energy, light, sound, or electricity is behaving in a simple example. | Marcus Guided: energy and waves | Ask the student to explain one example involving energy, light, sound, or a circuit. |
| Science Foundations | Evidence And Classification I can give evidence for why something belongs in a group. | Marcus Guided: evidence and classification | Ask the student to classify an example and give one observable reason. |
| Science Foundations | Cause And Effect Explanations I can tell what changed and why it changed. | Marcus Guided: cause and effect | Ask the student to explain one water-cycle, force, food-chain, or energy example with because. |