Grade 1:  weeks 31-36

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Ancient History:

Text:  The Story of the World vol.1

Week 31:  Chps. 33-34:  Confucius,
                                     Julius Caesar

             *Supplemental: Pompeii....Buried Alive

Week 32:  Chp 35: Julius Caesar

            *Supplemental: put finishing touches
                  on Book of Centuries, play outside!

Week 33:  Chp 36: Octavian/Augustus

Week 34:  Chp 37-38: Beginning of Christianity,
                           End of ancient Jewish nation

Week 35:  Chp 39-40: Nero, catacombs,
                          Constantine, weak Rome,
                          Britain

Week 36:  Chp 41-42: Attila, Stilicho, Visigoths,
                          End of Rome

 ---THE END---
(yea!)

Week 31:  Pippi Longstocking  Chps 6-10

Week 32:  Pippi Longstocking  Chp 11
                 Misty of Chincoteague  Chps 1-3

Week 33:  Misty of Chincoteague  Chps 4-7

Week 34:  Misty of Chincoteague  Chps 8-11

Week 35:  Misty of Chincoteague  Chps 12-15

Week 36:  Misty of Chincoteague  Chps 16-18
                  

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 36)

First Language Lessons:  Two lessons per week
                     (at end of this 6 wks you should be finishing lesson 100)

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