Here is what Charlie can look forward to come September:
Charlie will be using Horizons Math 2, book 2. From there we'll move on to Teaching Textbook 3. Life of Fred Edgewood and Farming as a supplement. Living math selections as well.
Charlie started with Spelling Power at a 4th grade level last year, and we will continue with that this year.
We'll pick up with First Language Lessons in level 2. I will skip or condense many of these lessons to work for our style. We'll use this during first term, and then move on to Grammarland. A rather entertaining narrative grammar book. In it, all the parts of speech must go before Judge Grammar who ensures they are all being used properly. I highly recommend this!
Writing with Ease will be our guide for Narration and Copywork, although I do plan to have Charlie make a History notebook of narrations and illustrations as well, so we may drop WWE if it becomes redundant. Just love her book selections, though!
Charlie will also work on Cursive Handwriting
this year with worksheets I've bound especially for him. After every
few pages of work, there is a fun project page for him to do with me or
on his own.
Regular Tea Time Poetry
will continue once a week. Charlie's focus poet this year is Robert
Frost. Unless I decide to do Lewis Carroll. Either way, we'll use the Poetry for Young People offering. Love this series. Plus I'll pull some fun seasonal poems from Poetry Speaks to Children and Favorite Poems old and New.
Some classic read alouds for this year will be Charlotte's Web, The Great Brain, Thimble Summer, Little House in the Big Woods, and Farmer Boy. We'll also get into some American Tall Tales as presented by Mary Pope Osborne to go along with our American History study.
Going the easy route with Science this year and implementing R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey, Life science Level 1 from Pandia Press.. It looks very good and thorough. It is on my shelf. We'll get started with that this month. Bingo!
For Nature Studies,
Charlie has enjoyed being a part of a group this summer that Will has
been a part of for a few years now. The WISE kids meet on a weekly
basis July through August for 3 hours at a time, and deeply explore our
nearby state park and surrounding areas. So far this summer they have:
*Hiked various park trails. All types of terrain, rain or shine.
*Canoed the St. Croix River from St. Croix Falls to Osceola.
*Taken a fish hatchery tour (rainbow trout) and participated in a raceway cleaning service project.
*Heard historical stories of the St. Croix River from St. Croix: Midwest Border River by James Taylor Dunn.
*Listened to the book If You Find a Rock.
Shared rock collections and told stories of personal "memory rocks".
Charlie brought in Madeline Island rocks, and some Wishing Rocks, which
were mentioned in the book.
*Created personal photo journals from various hikes.
*Took part in a Tree study with a local naturalist.
* Fall outing-Visit to a Wildlife Rescue Center and hike at Straight Lake State Park.
In
the winter, Charlie will attend a different program (Nature Story
Time) at the same state park. He'll probably be too old for the
program after this winter, and it will be a sad, sad day when we no
longer attend. This is a program that Ben (now 14) started when he was
Kindergarten age. Lots of years invested there.
Nature reading this year will come from:
Paddle to the Sea and Minn of the Mississippi -H. C. Holling and Clara Dillingham Pierson's Among the Pond People and Among the Night People.
We will also enjoy "morning basket" readings together from an old favorite of ours Wild Wisconsin Notebook. This book is full of short essays, grouped by month. Each essay focuses upon a specific wild animal or plant native to
Wisconsin, with a brief yet vividly detailed description of that
creature's life, habits, and cycles.
Seasons of the Winter Moon and Seasons of the Spring Moon by Jean Craighead George will also be on our list to read in the mornings.
Seasons of the Winter Moon and Seasons of the Spring Moon by Jean Craighead George will also be on our list to read in the mornings.
History- I seriously considered using the Winter Promise
American Story 1 program but it is so spendy and I know I would hate
reading the books in piecemeal like the schedule lays out. I have
practically every book suggested by that program on my shelf though, and
I think that together they will make for a great year of history for Charlie. The Betsy Maestro
books will act as the spine for the studies, and we'll just add in extra topic-appropriate books as we go. I'll try to follow the
order of Will's history curriculum so the boys are all on the same topic
throughout the year.
Music Appreciation-Weekly listening time during breakfast or lunch. This is the same schedule carried over from first grade as it *somehow* fell to the wayside. : )
Carnival of the Animals
Peter and the Wolf
The Magic Flute
The Composer is Dead
The Composer is Dead
Picture Study-Look at one picture weekly, 5 to 10 minutes
Art in Early America
American Indian Art
Art-
Undecided. ????? We'll probably just "wing it"
Fun Ideas stored here-Pinterest
Artistic Pursuits K-3 book 1
Drawing with Children
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