Advanced Scholars: All Ready Learners, All Subjects
ADVANCED SCHOLARS DOWNLOAD: Open or download the Advanced Scholars Student Workbook (PDF, 8 pages). The full student activity text remains available to copy from the Advanced Scholars lesson page. The PDF contains the initial advanced activities, not a completed full-year curriculum.
Advanced learning is based on demonstrated subject readiness, NOT a birthday. Children ages 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 can all qualify for challenging work. A student may be advanced in mathematics while still developing handwriting or decoding. Parents can read directions aloud without solving a task. This module is a starting set of substantive challenges, not yet a full-year advanced course.
Select a route independently in each subject. Explain the method, support claims with evidence, and complete work in a notebook. Reassess with an unfamiliar task before accelerating. Keep private learning records at home.
Mathematics | Early Advanced
Student assignment: Using 12 counters, show three different equal-group arrangements and write an equation for each. Continue 3, 6, 12, 24, __, __ and explain the rule. Find a number that plus 7 equals 19. Explain why 6 is even but not divisible by 4.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
Mathematics | Developing Advanced
Student assignment: A garden has eight rows of twelve plants. Three eighths are moved. How many remain? Show two methods. Solve 4x+9=45. A map has a scale of 1 cm to 8 km: what distance does 6.5 cm represent?
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
Mathematics | Extended Advanced
Student assignment: Solve 3(2x-5)=4x+9, check substitution. Find slope and equation through (2,7) and (6,19). Give an nth-term formula for 5,11,17,23 and check the fifth term.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
English Language Arts | Early Advanced
Student assignment: Original story: ‘Nora built a bridge from blocks. It fell when she added a toy. She changed the supports and tested again.’ Identify problem and response. Write or dictate three sentences distinguishing what happened from a guess.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
English Language Arts | Developing Advanced
Student assignment: Using the Nora story, explain why a second test does not prove that every bridge works. Write an eight-sentence paragraph with two textual details, one inference, and one unsupported conclusion.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
English Language Arts | Extended Advanced
Student assignment: Write 250 words comparing a fictional story with a scientific report. Use textual evidence from Nora’s story, a counterargument and a clear conclusion. Revise for precise words and structure.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
Science | Early Advanced
Student assignment: Watch two safe toy vehicles move on a flat surface with an adult. Draw what you observe. Ask one question about distance and identify one condition to hold constant. Do not invent measurement.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
Science | Developing Advanced
Student assignment: Plan a safe comparison using the same toy vehicle on two surfaces. Specify measurement method and number of trials. With fictional practice counts 40,45,50 cm calculate mean and make a graph. Label data invented.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
Science | Extended Advanced
Student assignment: Design a controlled study of how surface affects travel distance. Identify independent variable, dependent variable, three controls, two confounders and sources of measurement uncertainty. Explain limits of causal conclusions.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
History and Social Studies | Early Advanced
Student assignment: Order four fictional family activities. On a verified map find Alabama and locate north and south. With an adult discuss how a memory differs from a dated document. Do not publish family records.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
History and Social Studies | Developing Advanced
Student assignment: Find Alabama’s statehood date using a reliable historical source. Cite source title and institution. Create a three-event timeline with real verified dates. Explain why sequence alone does not prove cause.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
History and Social Studies | Extended Advanced
Student assignment: Research a documented Alabama event. Compare a primary source with an independent institutional analysis. Write 250 words on provenance, perspective, corroborated facts and limitations, with real citations.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
Scripture and Covenant Study | Early Advanced
Student assignment: Read or listen to Proverbs 18:13 and nearby verses. Explain why listening matters. Act out a fictional misunderstanding and ask one respectful clarifying question.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
Scripture and Covenant Study | Developing Advanced
Student assignment: Read Proverbs 18:13-17 and James 1:19-20 in their contexts. Identify audience, a shared concern, and one difference. Write five sentences with accurate references.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
Scripture and Covenant Study | Extended Advanced
Student assignment: Compare Proverbs 18:13-17, Deuteronomy 19:15-19 and James 1:19-20. Identify genre and settings. Write 250 words making a responsible application without treating distinct texts as identical.
Parent check: Was the solution independently reasoned? Is supporting evidence accurate? Which next prerequisite or extension should be taught?
Pathway to Complete Courses
Continue the Academy’s subject courses while building additional advanced units, assessments, source readers and full-year standards maps. Route names indicate skill depth rather than an age or school-grade ceiling.