Grade 1:  weeks 25-30

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Ancient History:

Text:  The Story of the World vol.1

Week 25:  Chp. 27:  Medes, Persians, Cyrus

               *Supplemental: Children's Homer
                     Part II:XVI-XVII

              *Supplemental: Adv. of Greek Heroes
                     Section: Hercules

Week 26:  Chp 28: (thru p. 219)  gods,
                             architecture

                *Supplemental: Adv. of Greek Heroes
                     Section: Perseus

Week 27:  Chp 28: (p.220-end)  Gladiators

               *Supplemental: Adv. of Greek Heroes
                     Section: Thesus

Week 28:  Chp 29: Rome & Carthage

               *Supplemental: Adv. of Greek Heroes
                     Section: Orpheus

Week 29:  Chp 30-31: India- Aryans, Mauryan

               *Supplemental: Adv. of Greek Heroes
                     Section: Meleager

              *Supplemental: The Token Gift (all)

Week 30:  Chp 32: China

               *Supplemental: Adv. of Greek Heroes
                     Section: The Argonauts

              *Supplemental:
                             The Great Wall of China

Week 25:  Dr. Dolittle  Chps 7-10

Week 26:  Dr. Dolittle  Chps 11-14
 

Week 27:  Dr. Dolittle  Chps 15-18
 

Week 28:  Dr. Dolittle  Chps 19-20, Afterword,
                                  About the Author

Week 29:  Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (all) 

Week 30:  Pippi Longstocking  Chps 1-5
                  

Poetry:  Read one or two poems aloud from
             Favorite Poems Old & New daily.

Reading:  Really Reading:  if finished, review concepts
                Reader:  choose any easy reader and have child
                read aloud for approx 5-10 min a day *remember-
                that too easy is better than too hard!

Phonics workbook:  approx. 1p a day (if not already finished)

Language Practice 1: do p lesson/day until finished (or more if
                 needed in order to finish before standardized test)

Spelling:  One lesson per week  (at end of this 6 weeks, you should be
                                                                  finishing lesson 30)

First Language Lessons:  Three lessons per week
                     (at end of this 6 wks you should be finishing lesson 90)

The Burgess Bird Book:  Read one chapter per week
    (Coming next year:  Jack's Insects by Edmond Selous!)

Nature Walk/outing:  Try to do two outings per week. 
     On at least one of the outings, have your student  focus on one particular group of living things (i.e. mammals, insects, birds, flowers, etc)  Briefly read to yourself one or two lessons about that group in the Handbook of Nature Study and share some interesting fact concerning it with your student at some point during the outing. 

    Have your student record observations in the nature notebook, perhaps including one of the appropriate verses found in the Handbook.

Wks 19-18:  Topics

coming soon